2018 AUDI A4 navigation

Voice recognition system
Voice recognition system Operating
Applies to: vehicles with vo ice recognition system
You con operate many Infotainment functions
conveniently by speaking.
Req uirements: the ignition and the MM I must be
sw itched
on~ page 155 , there must not be any
phone call in progress and the parking system
m ust not be active .
.. Switching on: press the~ button @
¢
page 15, fig. 11 or ¢ page 16, fig . 13 briefly
on the multifunction steering wheel and say
the des ired command after the
Beep .
.. Switching off : press and hold the~ button.
Or: press the l2l button.
.,. Pause : say the command Pause . To resume,
press
the~ button .
.,. Correcting : say the command Correction . Or :
simp ly say a new comma nd during an an­
no uncement ¢
page 248.
Input assistance
The system gu ides you throug h the input with
visual and audio feedbac k.
- Visual input as sistance : after switching on
vo ice recognit ion, a display with a selection of
poss ible commands appears . This command
display can be sw itched on o r off. Se lect:
IMENU I button> Set tings > left co ntrol button
> MMI setting s> Speech di alog system .
- Audio input a ssistanc e:
to have the poss ible
commands read, turn t he voice recogn ition sys­
tem on and say
Help.
For the system to understand you:
Speak clearly and dist inctly at a normal volume .
Speak louder when d riving faster .
Emphasize the words in the commands even ly
and do not leave long pauses .
Close the doors, the windows and the sunroof* to reduce background noise . Make sure that passen­
gers are not speaking when you are giving a voice
command .
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Do not direct the air vents toward the hands -free
microp hone, which is on the roof headliner near
the front interior lights .
Only use the system from the dr iver's seat be­
ca use the hands -free microphone is directed to ­
ward that seat .
Additional settings
See¢ page 248, Speech dialog system .
.8, WARNING
-Dire ct yo ur full attention to dr iv ing . As the
driver, you have complete responsibility fo r
safety in traffic. Only use the functions in
such a way that yo u always maintain com­
plete contro l over your vehicle in a ll traffic
situations .
- Do not use the voice recognition system in
emergencies beca use your voice may change
in stressful s ituations. It may take longer to
dia l the number or the system may not be
ab le to dial it at all. Dial the emergency
number manually.
(D Tips
- The d ialog pauses when there is an incom­
ing phone call and will continue if you ig­
nore the call. The dia log ends if you answer
the ca ll.
- You can select an item in the list us ing ei­
ther the vo ice recognit ion system or the
cont rol knob.
Command overview
information
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
The following overv iews des cribe the commands
that can be used to operate the MMI using the
voice recognition system.
Alte rnative commands are separated using a"/ ",
for example say:
Telephone / (or) Navigation /
(or) Radio.
Sequences of commands used to perform an a c­
tion are identified w ith a
"> ", fo r example say:
Enter addre ss> (t hen) Enter country /state . ..,.

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Voice recognition system
The majority shown are main commands. This
system also recognizes synonyms in certain cas-es
. For a bu siness add re ss, yo u can also say busi­
ness , work , office or at the office .
Commands
Global commands
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
You can a lways use the global commands, re­
ga rdless of the me nu selected.
Function Say:
Open ing a menu Tel ephon e/ Directory / Navigation / Radio / Medi a/ Audi con -
n ec t*
I Car I Tone
Hav ing the possible commands Help / Help Speech dialog system I Help Telepho ne /
read aloud Help Na vigat ion / Help Map / Help Radio / Help Med ia / He lp
Aud i connect *
Telephone fu nctions Call (XV ), for example Call "John Smith" /
Enter numbe r/ Redial / Di rectory / Read out new te xt me s-
s age
I Read out new e -mail
Navigation funct ions* Drive me to (XV ) or Navigate to (XV ), for example Navigate to
"John Smith" /
Enter addre ss/ Cancel r oute guidance / Map / Online de stin a-
tion s*
I Online destinat ion (X V)*
Access ing favorites Favorites > follow the system prompts
Selecting an entry from a list Line (XV)
Scrolling through a list N ex t page / Pre viou s page
Correcting the command given Correction
Switching the vo ice recogn it io n sys-Canc el
tern off
Telephone
Applies to: veh icles with vo ice recognition system and telephone
Req uirement: a cell phone must be connected to
the MMI ¢
page 175 and the Telephone menu
must be open ¢
table on page 169.
Depending on the vehicle equipment and these­
l ected menu item, you can say the following com­
mands:
Function Say:
Calling a contact from the directory Call (X V ), for example Call "John Smith "
Selecting a specific contact number Call (XV) at work / Private / Landline /Cellphone ,
for example, Call "John Smith" p riv at e
Selecting a phone number with an Call/ Call wo rk / Call private / Call land l ine / Call cell phone
address card open wo rk
C alling a contact from yo ur favor -Teleph one fav orite s > After being prompted, say the desired
ites list contact > Dial
Displaying the call list Call list
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Voice recognition system
Messages (Audi connect (Infotainment))
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system and Audi connect (Infotainment)
Requirement : a cell phone w it h an ac tiv e MAP
( M essage Access Profi le) must be con nected to
the M MI
¢page 18 0 .
Function Say:
Text ed it ing com mands Read out / Add / Delete / Record everything again / Replace
with (XV) / Add recipient / Send
Read ing out a new message Read out new text message / Read out new e-mail
Reading a message Read out text mes sage / Read out e-mail
Replying to the open text message Reply
Forward ing the open text message Forward > Add recipient / Insert template / Send
Correct ing data in put No I meant (XV)
(D Tips
-For more information on sup ported cell
phones, v is it
www.audiusa.com /bluetooth
or contact an author ized A udi dealer or au­
t hori zed Audi Service Facili ty.
-Always read the chapter¢ page 195 , Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa­
tion.
Navigation
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognitio n system and navigation system
Req uireme nt: the Navigation men u m ust be
ope n
¢table on page 169 .
Depend ing on the vehicle equipmen t an d these­
l ected menu item, you can say the following com ­
man ds to enter a destination:
Function
Say:
Open ing the list of previous nav iga -Last destinations
tio n destinations
Acc ess ing favo rites
Navigation favorites
Se lecting the home add ress Home address or Drive home
Ente ring a n add ress with guida nce Enter address > follow the system prompts
from the system
Individual comma nds for entering a
Enter country/state / Enter city / Enter ZIP code / Enter
destination street / Enter house number
Ma king a co rrection wh ile entering a Correction
destination
N avigating to a co ntact
Drive me to (XV ) or Navigate to contact , for example Drive me
to "John Smith"
N avigating to a specific address for Navigate to (contact) business / Private ,
a contact for example, "Navigate to John Smith private"
N avig ating to f avorites
Navigation favorites > Line (XV) / Line con tents> S tart route
guidan ce when promp te d
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Voice recognition system Function Say:
Starting route g uidance with an ad-Na vigate / Navigate to p riv ate addre ss / Na vig ate to bu sin ess
dress card open address
Ente ring a new desti nation/stop-Enter addr ess > enter the desired address when prompted>
over when ro ute gu idance is ac tive confirm the new destination/stopover if prompted
Start ing route gu idance after enter-Start route guidance
ing a dest inat ion
Canceling current route gu idance
Cancel route guidance
Calc ulating alternative routes C alculate alternati ve route s
Entering a point of interest by se-POI > Change search a rea > category or subcategory when
lecting a searc h area with guidance prompted, for examp le "restaurant"
from the system
Dest ina tion input categor ies
Audi Service / Train station I Airport / Hot el / Ho spital / Park -
ing / Re st area /Restaurant / G as sta tion
etc.
Search areas for entering points of Nearb y/ Along the route I Near destination / Near stopove r/
interest In a new city / In a new state /country
Ente ring an online destination * Online destination ( XV), for example "Online de stin ation
" Lake view Hotel ""
Correct ing data input No I meant (XV)
Clos ing the full-screen command C lo se
list
Requirement: you must be in the
Navigation or
M ap menu. Depending on the vehicle equipment
and the selected menu item, you can say the fol-lowing
commands for additional settings in navi­
gation:
Function Say:
General map options Map/ Da y map / N ight map / Automatically change map colo r
Map type 2D heading up map I 2D north up map / 3D map / Destination
map
I Ov erview ma p/ Standard map */ Googl e Earth map *
Showing the route list Route l ist
Showing the remaining d istance/ De stin ation information
time when route guidance is active
Speed l imit prompt
How fa st can I dri ve here
Setting voice g uidance for active Voice guidance on I Vo ice guidan ce off I Vo ice guidance short-
route guidance en ed I Voi ce guidance complete I V oi ce guidance traffic
B locking a ce rtain sect ion on the Block route for (XV ) m eter s/kilometers /yard s/miles / Block
rou te next rou te I A void n ext se ction of r oute
(D Tips
- Destinations may have to be spe lled when
entered, depending on which region you are
i n and which men u language you have se­
l ected. -
Always read the
chapter~ pag e 195, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa­
tion.
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Delete this message*
The selected e-mail can be deleted.
Read out 1
)
You can have the MMI read an open e-mail.
E-mail settings*
To disp lay when a new e-mail is received, activate
the
E -mail notifications. New e-mails are indicat­
ed with an
envelope~ in the Infotainment sys­
tem display status line .
Connection manager
See q page 249.
Wi-Fi settings
See qpage 194.
Telephone settings
See qpage 185.
(D Tips
-Messages that are deleted in the MMI are
also automatically deleted in the connected
cell phone.
-You cannot read any messages while driv­
i ng .
Listening to voicemail
Applies to: vehicles with telep hone
.. Select : I MENU I button >Telephone > left con­
trol button. Select and confirm
Call list/Direc­
tory /Favo rites
> Voicemail.
- Entering the voicemail number:
enter the de­
s ir ed number. Select and confirm
OK .
-Dialing the voicemail number: select and con­
firm
Voicemail.
@ Tips
-This service must be set up and activated in
advance by the cell phone service provider.
You can obtain more information from your
cell phone service prov ider.
l) Not availab le in all la nguages .
Telephone
-The voicemail number depends on the cell
phone service provider.
Directory
Opening the directory
Applies to: vehicles wit h te lephone
After connecting the cell phone, the contacts in
it are automatically imported into the MMI .
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,e _c_t _o _,y _________ ,
~~· f
J • Voicemail
• Sm ,th, John
• Muster, Manfred
• Schmidt. Ralf
Fi g. 181 Directory
Requirement: you must have at least one contact
stored in your cell phone .
.. Select: !MENUI button> Telephone > left con­
trol button >
Directory .
- Calling a contact:
select and confirm a contact
from the directory. The phone numbers for the
selected contact are displayed . To make the
call, select and confirm a phone number.
- Free text search for a contact : see q page 164.
Contacts are displayed in alphabetical order and
can be sorted by first or last name
¢ page 186,
Sort order .
The directory can be opened through the Tele­
phone
menu as well as thr ough the Navigation*
menu.
(D Tips
-Add itiona l information on free text searches
can be found under
¢page 164.
-Check for a possible request to synchronize
on you r cell phone. Requests to synchronize
the directory must be confirmed so that
your cell phone contacts can be loaded into
the MMI.
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Telephone
-The contact display in the MMI depends on
the cell phone used. For more information
on supported cell phones, visit
www.audiusa.com/bluetooth or contact an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Service Facility.
- Please note that only the directory from the
primary phone* is always displayed.
- The contacts from the cell phone may not be transferred in alphabetical order. If there
are too many entries, contacts with differ­
ent first letters may be missing in the MMI.
- The contacts in the local MMI memory are
always visible and can be accessed by other
users.
Free text search for a contact
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
.. Select: I MENU I button> Telephone> left con­
trol button >
Directory .
.. To limit the search, enter the initials of the con­
tact being searched with each initial separated
by a space in the input field. Enter additional
letters if necessary.
.. Select and confirm a contact from the directo­
ry. The phone numbers for the selected contact
are displayed.
.. To make the call, select and confirm a phone
number .
- You can scroll through long lists quickly by
turning the control knob quickly. The scroll­
ing speed depends on the number of list en­
tries.
-Additional information on free text searches
can be found under
<:}page 164.
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· Showing contact details*
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
You con show contact details depending on the
vehicle equipment.
Fig. 182 S h owing contact deta ils
.. Select: !MENUI button> Telephone> left con­
trol button .
.. Select and confirm Directory> a contact from
the directory .
.. Select: right control button> Show contact de­
tails.
- Calling :
select and confirm the desired tele­
phone number.
- Navigating: to start navigation, select and con­
firm the desired address . Select and confirm
Start route guidance.
Press the right control button to open additional
options for the contact details .
Add destination
To start navigation, select and confirm the de­
sired address. Select and confirm
Start route
guidance.
Store as favorite
See c::> page 180, Favorites.
Send text message*
You can send a text message c::> page 180 to the
selected contact .
Delete contact
The selected contact can be deleted .
(D Tips
-Contacts edited in the MMI directory cannot
be automatically updated in the connected
.,,.

.. Enter your myAudi user data. Or : enter your
eight-digit myAudi PIN .
.. Confirm your entry with OK.
Then yo u can open your persona l sett ings from
your my Audi account in your vehicle .
(D Tips
You can receive your my Audi P IN if you have
set up a myA udi account. For addi tional in for ­
mat io n, see
www.audiu sa.com /myaudi.
Opening Audi connect
(Infotainment)
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
F ig. 184 Aud i co nn ect (Infot ainmen t) home page
.. Select : the I MENU ! button> Audi connect .
.. If necessary, confirm the note displayed with
Accept .
A list of all of the ava ilable Audi connect Infotain­
ment services is shown in the Infotainment sys­
tem disp lay
c::;, fig. 184 .
You can a lso filter the Audi connect Infotainment
services by category:
.. Select : I MENU I button > Audi connect > left
contro l button> for example,
Na vig ation for
the Audi connect Infotainment services in the
navigation me nu
r::!) page 192.
Audi connect
Infotainment services
Basic functions
App lies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
~ If available, funct ions specific to certa in services
~ "' are in the selection menu of that particular Aud i ...... N ~ 0 0
~ 1> Not availab le in all la n guag es.
Audi conne ct (Inf otainment )
connect Infotainment service r=!)page 157. The
basic functions are in the corresponding options
menu:
.. Sele ct: !MENU I button> Audi con nect > desired
Audi connect Infotainment service>
right con­
trol button .
Depend ing on the Audi co nnect Infota inment
se rvice sele cted, the following basic f unct ions are
available :
Save as prev iew*
Yo u can save every Audi connec t Infotainmen t
se rvice as a preview a nd d isplay it on the Audi
connect (I nfota inme nt) home
scr een @
r=!)page 189, fig . 184 .
Show on map
You can show selected contents on the map and use them fo r route g uidance.
Login
See c::;, page 188 , Logging in to myAudi in the vehi­
cle .
Read out1l
You can allow the MMI to read out t he se lected
contents .
Calling*
If a phone number was assigned to an entry , you
can call the number, for examp le to reserve tick­
ets.
Start route guidance
If a c ity was added to an ent ry, such as for City
Event s,
you can use it as a nav igation dest ina­
t io n. Rou te g uidance sta rts immed iate ly .
Change search area
The set search area can be changed at any time .
Additional information on search areas can be
fo und
under ¢ page 207 .
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Audi connect (Infotainment)
You must have connected your vehicle with
myAudi
¢ page 188.
.,. Se lect: I MENU I button> Audi connect> Twitter
> left contro l button > desired function (for ex­
amp le,
Trends ).
The following categories can be selected in the
Twitter menu:
- My tweets : News Feed and the Tweets you have
posted are listed.
- Home: the Tweets for everyone you follow are
displayed .
-Trends: topics on Twitter that are currently
popular within a country .
Different functions are available depending on
the Twitter category you have selected:
- New tweet : you can post a new tweet using
pre-made templates or using myAudi tem­
plates that you have created yourself.
- Refresh : the selected Twitter function is re­
freshed.
- Favorite: set a Tweet as favorite to show you
liked it.
-Retweet : you can quote a Tweet to share it with
others.
(D Tips
- Other settings such as account, language,
Tweet security and location settings
cannot
be changed in the MMI. These changes must
be made on the Twitter website.
- You can only connect
one Twitter account
with your myAudi account.
- Audi connect (Infotainment) makes it possi­
ble to access Tw itter . Permanent avai lability
cannot be guaranteed, because that de­
pends on Twitter.
Travel (travel guide)
Ap plies to veh icles with Audi co nnect (Infotainment)
You can use the Audi MMI connect opp to store
points of interest on your mobile device (such as
a smartphone) and then use them for route
guidance in the
MMI.
Requirement:
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The Audi MMI connect app must be installed and
open on your mobi le device .
You must be logged into your myAudi account in
the
Audi MMI connect app and you must have se­
l ected your vehicle.
The Wi-Fi function on your mobile device and on
the
MMI must be switched on.
The
MMI must be connected to the network .
"'Press: !MENU ! button> Audi connect> left con-
trol button >
Information category > Travel.
After opening the travel guide, trave l tips in your
area wi ll be displayed including current ratings as
well as the corresponding category .
"' Press the left control button to change the cat­
egory (such as bars nearby).
A WARNING
-
-It is o nly safe to use tablets, laptops, mo­
bi le devices and other similar devices when
the vehicle is stationary because, like all
loose objects, they could be thrown around
the inside of the vehicle in a crash and cause
serious injuries. Store these types of devices
secure ly while driving.
- Do not use any wire less devices on the front
seats within range of the airbags while driv­
ing. Also read the warnings in the chapter
¢ page 275, Front airbags .
Q) Note
Always fo llow the information found in ¢@ in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 194.
(D Tips
Units of measurement, language settings and
time are shown in the Infotainment system
display based on how they were set in the
MMI system settings ¢ page 248.
Audi connect (Infotainment) in navigation
App lies to : vehicles wit h a navigation system and Audi co n·
nec t (In fo ta inm ent)
... Select: !MENUI button> Audi connect > left
control button >
Navigation .