2018 AUDI A5 COUPE audio

Table of contents
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Media ... .. .... ... .......... .. .. ... 230
I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Notes ... .... .. .. . .......... .. .. ... 230
Media drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
O nline media and Internet radio . . . . . . . . 235
Mult imedia connect ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Pla ying media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Supported media and file formats . . . . . . 245
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . 249
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
System settings ........... .. .. .. .
Sett ing the date and time ............ .
MMI settings ..... ........... ...... .
Connection manager .......... .... .. .
System update .. .. . .......... .. .. .. .
Sound settings .. ..... ........... ... .
Volume settings . ................ ... .
Restarting the MMI ... .... .... .. .. .. .
Software license i nfo rmat ion 25
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Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Bas ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 259
Driver's and front passenger's footwell . . 262
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . 265
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Safety belts ............... .... ... 268
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Be lt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
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Airbag system ... .. ... .......... .. 277
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 289
Knee a irbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
S ide air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
S ide curta in air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Important informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
LATCH system (lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 22
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Diesel fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Se lective cata lytic reduction (Ad Blue/
DEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Emiss ions control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Se rvice interva l display
340
Wheels .......... .. ... .......... .. 3 41
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 359
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Cleaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 363
Plac ing your vehicle out of serv ice . . . . . . 367
Do It Yourself ... .. ............. .. 368
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 368
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

<( a, .... N ,....
N .... 0 \0
3 a,
(!) side assist displays, warning abo ut
exiting the vehicle ..... ... .. .. .
@ Door handle
@ Cent ral locking switch ....... .. .
@ Memory buttons ........... .. .
® Vent
® Thumbwhee l for vent
(J) Lever for:
- T urn signals and h igh beams
- High beam assistant ........ .
- Active lane assist .. ..... ... . .
- Traffic jam assist ....... .. .. .
@ Mul tifunction steer ing wheel with:
- Horn
- Driver's airbag . ..... ... .. .. .
- Drive r information system con -
t rols .. .. ............. .. .. .
- Audio/v ideo, telephone, nav iga­
t ion and voice recognition con-
trols . ... .... .. .... ... .. .. .
- ~ button/stee ring wheel heating
- Sh ift paddles .............. .
® Instrument cluster .... ... .. .. .
@
@
@
@
~
@
Reset trip odometer ........ .. .
W indshie ld washer system lever
Emergency flashers .... ... .. .. .
Knee a irbag ........ ..... ... . .
Adjustable steer ing column
Lever for:
- Cruise cont rol system ..... .. .
- Adaptive cruise cont rol .. ... . .
@ Instrument i llum ination ... .. .. .
@ Data link connector for On Board
Diagnostic System (OBD II) .. .. .
@ H ood release . ........... .. .. .
@ Button for switching the head-up
d isplay on/off, adjust ing the
height .. .. ............... .. .
@ Lig ht switch ............... .. .
@ Buttons for :
- All -weather lights .......... .
- Rear fog lights ........... .. .
@ Sw itch for luggage compartment
lid .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .
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6 2
62
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15, 16
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99
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12
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63
293
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107
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65
24
33 1
24
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Coc kpit o ve rv iew
@ Power exterior m irror adjustment
@ Power windows .............. .
@ Depend ing o n eq uipment:
- Chi ld safety lock . .. .. ..... .. .
- Central power w indow switch . .
@ Infotainment system display ... .
@ Lockable glove compa rtment ... .
@ Drives for CD, DVD, SIM cards .. .
@ Front passenge r's airbag ..... . .
@ Swi tch for cooled glove compa rt-
ment . ... .. .. ... .. .. ..... .. .
@ Valet Parking funct ion ........ .
@ Climate cont ro l system ........ .
@ Depending o n equipment, buttons
for :
- drive se lect .. .. .... .. ... .. . .
- Start/Stop system .......... .
- Electronic Stabili zation Control
(ESC) . .. .. .. .. .... . ..... .. .
- Parking aid .. .............. .
- Switching the I nfotainment sys-
tem disp lay on/off .......... .
(§) Socket ....... .. ............ .
@ Cup holder . .. ... .... . ..... .. .
@ Infotai nment system on/off
button ....... .. ............ .
@ Open ing t he power top ........ .
@ Closing the power top ......... .
@) Center armrest w it h sto rage com-
partmen t. D epending on vehicle
equipmen t, it may have:
- Audi m usic interface . ..... .. .
@ Start ing the eng ine when there is a
ma lfunction ... .. ... ....... .. .
@ E lectromechanical parking b rake
@ Depend ing o n equ ipment:
- Selector leve r (a utomat ic t ra ns-
m iss ion) .. . ... ............ .
- Gea rshif t leve r (manua l transmis­
sion)
@ Infotainment unit ............ .
@ I START ENGINE STOP ! button . . .
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159 75
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Switching views
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
Applies
to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
Fig. 9 Expanded view
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
Fig. 10 Defau lt v iew : classic/spo rt•
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
-Switching views: press the IVIEW ! button @
c:> page 13, fig . 7 to switch from the default
view~ fig. 10 to the expanded view ~ fig. 9. To
return to the default view, press the
! VIEWI
button again.
Applies to: vehicles with sport view
-Setting the default view: depending on the ve­
hicle equipment, you can choose between the
classic and sport v iew . Select on the multifunc­
tion steering wheel: left control button>
Lay­
out
> Sport layout o r Classic layout .
Applies to: vehicles with analog instrume nt cluster
-Reducing the display : press the IVIEWI button
to switch from the classic to reduced display.
Cockpit overview
To return to the classic view, press the IVIEWI
button again.
(D Tips
Applies to: vehicles with sport view
A lways set the desired default view before
driving, because the display functions will not
be available for several seconds.
Othe r function button s
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
Fig. 11 Right side of multifunction steer ing wheel plus
(D button 0
-Accepting a call: press the [a button when
there is an incoming call.
- Ending a call: press the (a button during an ac­
tive phone call.
- Opening the call list: if no phone call is in prog­
ress and there are no incoming calls, press the
ra button.
@button ~
-Switching the voice recognition system on:
briefly press the~ butto n. Say the desired
command after the
Beep.
- Switching the voice recognition system off:
press and hold the ~ button . Or: say the com ­
mand
Cancel.
For more information about the voice recognition
system,
see~ page 171, Voice recognition sys­
tem
or ~page 251.
@ Right thumbwheel
You can adjust the volume of an audio source or a
system message (for example, from the voice
recognition system) when the sound is playing.
.,.
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Cockpit overview
-Increasing or decreasing the volume: tu rn the
r ig ht th umbwhee l up o r down.
-Muting or pausing : turn the right thumbw heel
down .
Or: press the rig ht t hu mbwhee l.
-Unmuting or resuming: tur n th e right t humb­
whee l up.
Or : press t he rig ht t humbwheel.
© Button lt1> 1!
-Selecting the previous/next track or station :
press th e l1<11>1 I butt on .
-Fast forwarding/rewinding audio files: press
and hold the
! 1l> 1! bu tton until the d esir e d
lo ca tion in the fi le i s r eache d.
® @button/ steering wheel heating* ~
-Steering wheel heating* : you can find addition­
al i nfo rmation
in ¢ pag e 85 .
-Programmable steering wheel button -open­
ing a function :
press the@butto n on the mul ­
tif unct ion s teer ing whee l.
-Programmable steering wheel button -re­
questing a function :
press and hol d the@ but ­
ton .
-Programmable steering wheel button - chang­
ing a function :
press and ho ld the @ button .
Se lect and confir m an entry .
Or
-Select in the Infotainment system: I M EN U I but­
ton
> Vehicle > left contro l bu tton > Vehicle
settings > Steering wheel button assignment.
® button 1~·" 1
-Repeating the last navigation prompt : press
the
I Q•« I button when route guida nce is act ive .
-Changing the voice guidance volume : when
route guidance is active, tu rn t he right thumb­
whee l upwar d or dow nward during a navigation
pro mpt.
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Multifunction steering
wheel
Operating
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
With t he multif unct ion s teering wheel , you can
oper ate the driver info rm at ion system as well as
t he
MM I functions and y ou con al so a djus t the
volume.
Fig. 12 L ef t side of multifunction s tee rin g w heel
Fig. 13 R ig ht side of the mul tifu ncti on s tee rin g w hee l
Requirement : the igni tion must b e switch ed on .
@Operating the driver information system
The driver information system contains mu ltiple
tabs
(D ¢ page 13, fig. 6 that d isp lay various in ­
formatio n @ ¢ page 13, fig. 6.
The following tabs a re available, depen ding on
vehicle eq uipme nt:
Fi rst tab Ve hicle (on -boar d co mp ute r)
~ pag e 17
Second Messages
tab al

<( a, .... N ,....
N .... 0 \0
3 a,
Third tab Rad io ¢page 18
Media ¢ page 18
Fourth tab Telephone ¢
page 19
a) This tab is only v isible when there is at least one ind icato r
l ight or mess age disp layed.
- Switching tabs : press the !MODE ! button
<=> fig. 12 on the mult ifunction steering wheel
repeatedly unti l the des ired tab is d isp layed .
-Se lect ing a function in the m enu /list : turn the
left thumbwheel on the mult ifunct ion steer ing
whee l to the desired funct ion.
- Confirming a sel ection : press the left thumb­
wheel on the multifunction steer ing wheel to
confirm your se lec tion.
- Scrolling within th e lists: turn the left thumb­
wheel on the mult if u nction steer ing wheel
quick ly to scroll wi thin the lists.
@ button @;]
- Switching the voice recogn it ion sy stem on :
briefly press the 51 button¢ fig. 13 . Say the
desired command after the
B eep .
- Switching th e vo ice recogn ition sy stem off :
press and hold the 51 button. Or: say the com­
ma nd
Cancel.
For more information about the vo ice recognit ion
system, see
<=> page 171, Voice recognition sys­
tem
or ¢ page 251.
@ Right thumbwheel
The volume of an audio source or a system mes­
sage (such as traffic announcements) can be di­
rectly adjusted dur ing the aud io output.
- Inc rea sin g o r decrea sing the volume : turn the
rig ht thumbwhee l
¢ fig. 13 up or down.
- Muting or pausing : turn the right thumbwheel
down.
Or : press the right thumbwhee l.
-Unmuting or resuming : turn the right thumb­
whee l up.
Or : press the right thumbwhee l.
Cockpit o ve rv iew
Driver information
system
On-board computer
F ig. 14 Instrument cluster: fuel co nsumpt io n display
Resetting values to zero
Requirement: the Fue l consumption , Short -term
memory or Long-t erm mem ory
d isplay must be
selected.
.. To reset the value for the respective memory to
zero, press and hold the left thumbwheel
(i)
¢ page 13, fig. 7 or @ <=> page 16, fig. 12 on
the multifunction stee ring wheel for one sec­
ond. Or
.,. On the multifunction stee ring wheel, select:
the right control button>
Re set value s*.
Ad justing additional displays (Audi virtual
c ockpit)*
.,. Select on the multif unction steering whee l:
right control button >
Additional di splay .
.. Select the desired additional display .
In the first tab (on -board comp ute r), you can c all
u p the following disp lays one after the other by
turning the left thumbwheel on the multifunc­
tion steer ing wheel.
- Time and da te
<=>page 251
- Dig ita l speedomete r*
- Average consumption
- Remaining range*
- Ad Blue
range*<=> page 326
- Short-term memory overview
- Long-term memory overview
- Energy consumers
r=> page 18
- Dr iver assistan ce* ¢ page 113
-Traff ic sign recog nition* ¢ page 109
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Cockpit over view
The short -term memory collects driving informa­
tion from the time the ignition is switched on un­
til it is switched off . If you cont inue driv ing with­
in two hours after switching the ignition off, the
new values are included when calculat ing the cur­
rent tr ip informat ion.
Unlike the short-term memory, the long-term
memory is not erased automat ically. You can se­
lect the time period for evaluat ing trip informa­
tion yourself .
Fuel con sumpti on
The current fue l consumption can be shown us­
ing a bar graph
cc> fig. 14. The average cons ump­
tion stored in the short-term memory is also dis­
played. If the bars are green or the gray tone on
the bars changes (depending on the equipment),
your veh icle is sav ing fuel by the following func­
tion:
- Recupe ration : electrical energy can be stored in
the ve hicle battery when the vehicle is coasting
o r driving downhi ll. The bar will move toward
0 /0.
(D Tips
The date, time of day and t ime and date for­
mat can be set in the Infotainment system
cc> page 251 .
Energy consumers
Fig . 15 Inst rume nt cluste r: e nergy cons ume rs
In the En ergy con sumer s view, the othe r equip­
ment that is currently affecting fuel consumption
is listed in the first tab (on-board comp ute r) . The
d isp lay shows up to three ene rgy consumers @
cc> fig. 15. The eq uipme nt using the most powe r is
listed first. If more than three items using power
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are switched on, the eq uipment that is c urren tly
using the most power is disp layed .
A ga uge @ also shows the c urrent tota l con­
s u mption of a ll othe r consumers .
. Radio
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
.,. Press the I MODE i button on the m ultif un ction
s teer ing whee l repeatedly u nti l the Radio/ Me­
dia tab is d isp layed.
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
.,. Press the I <11>I button repeatedly until the Ra-
dio/Med ia tab is d isplayed.
.,. Press the left control b utton cc> page 14 .
Depend ing on veh icle equipment, the following
funct ions may be ava ilable i n the dr iver informa­
tion system .
-Select ing the frequen cy band : select and con ­
firm a freq uency band .
-Selecting a station from the station list : select
and confirm a radio station.
- Select ing a station from the preset s list : select
and confirm
Presets and then a radio station .
-Opening a media sou rce: se lect and confirm
Swit ch to media.
Additional settings
- Sele ct: r ight cont rol b utton> desired entry.
Depend ing on the function se lected, the follow­
i ng additional settings may be possible:
- "Now Playing" screen : see cc> page 229.
Media .
Requirement: a media drive must contain audio/
video files
cc> page 231 .
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
.,. Press the I MODE i button on the mu ltifunction
steer ing whee l repeatedly until the Radio/Me-
dia tab is d isplayed .
.,.

Applies to: ve hicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
"Press th e l<1 1>I butto n repeated ly until the Ra -
dio/Media tab is disp layed .
" Press the left control button ¢ page 14 .
Depending on vehicle equipmen t, the following
functions may be availab le in the driver informa­
tion system .
-Selecting a source : select and confi rm a source
s u ch as the SD card.
- Selecting a radio station from the source li st:
sele ct and confirm Switch to radio .
- Playing an audio /video file :
select and confi rm
a file.
- Pau sing/resuming playba ck : press the r ight
t hu mbwheel @
~page 15, fig. 11. To res ume
playb ack , p ress the r igh t thumbw heel again .
-Re starting playback of an audio file : select the
file that is curre ntly playing, if necessary. Press
the left th umbwheel.
- Opening additional track information: select:
r ig ht cont rol bu tton>
Show "Now Playing"
screen .
@ Tips
-The media drives do not play files that are
p ro te cte d by DRM and that a re identif ied
wi th the sym bol
1'.D.
- Please note t hat w ithin a media sou rce in
th e d river i nfo rm at ion s ystem, o nly pl aylis ts
tha t we re sele cted t hroug h the MMI cont rol
p anel c an be
playe d~ page 24 0.
- Pay attention to t he Infotai nmen t sys te m
dis play if ne cess ary. Depen din g on these­
l ected function, it may
be necess ary to use
t h e MM I cont rol panel.
Cockpit overview
Telephone
Applies to: vehicles with te lephone
Fig . 1 6 Ex ampl e: telep hone functio ns in th e drive r info r­
m ati on sys te m
Requireme nt: a ce ll phone must be connected to
the MMI
~ page 178.
Applies to: vehicles wit h mult ifunction stee ring wheel
" Press the IMODE ! button on the m ultifun ction
steer ing whee l re peat edly u ntil t he Telephone
t ab is d is pla yed .
Applies to: vehicles with mult ifunction steering wheel plus
" Press the l<1 1>I button repeatedly until the Tele-
p ho ne tab is d isplayed .
" Press the le ft con trol b utton ¢ page 14 .
Depending on veh icle equipment , the following
funct ions may be ava ilable i n the dr iver informa­
t ion system .
-Accessing a contact : select and confirm Call
list / Favorites / Directory .
Select and confirm
a contact .
Directory contacts* : the driver info rmation sys­
tem on ly disp lays directory contacts that have a
phone number stored .
If several phone numbers
are stored with a contact, the list of stored num­
bers is d isplayed first when the entry is selected .
Recent calls*: the recent calls list contains all in­
coming, o utgoing and missed ca lls.
Caller information *: the name, phone number or
Unknown ap pears in the drive r information sys­
tem display depend ing on whether the ca ller has
been stored in the d irecto ry and if the phone
number has been transmitted.
Functions during an incoming call
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Opening and closing
luggage compartment lid also unlocks when All
is selected. If you select Driver 's door in a vehicle
with a convenience key*, only the door whose handle you pull will unlock.
If you select
Driver's door , all the doors and lug­
gage compartment lid will unlock if you press the
m button on the remote control key twice .
Disable rear lid handle -if you select On , the lug­
gage compartment lid hand le is locked. In this
case, the luggage compartment lid can be
opened with the
c::$ button on the remote con ­
trol key or w ith the
c::$ button in the driver's
door. In vehicles with a convenience key*, you can
still open the luggage compartment lid using the
handle if an author ized remote control key is
near the proximity sensor*.
Fold mirrors * -if you select On , the exterior rear­
view mirrors fold in automatica lly when you press
the~ button on the remote control key or touch
the sensor* in the hand le .
Tone when locking1> -if you select On , a tone
will sound when you lock the vehicle.
Emergency locking /unlocking the doors
F ig. 30 Drive r's door : door lock cylinder
l) This function is not availab le in all countries.
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Fig. 31 Door: emergency locking
If the central locking system malfunctions, you
mus t un loc k/lock the doo rs separately using the
mechanical key.
Unlocking/locking the driver's door with the
mechanical key
.,. Remove the mechanical key¢ page 39.
.,. To unlock the driver's door, turn the key to the
open position @¢
fig. 30.
.,. To lock the driver's door, se lect the P position
(automatic transmission) and t urn the key
once
to the closing position @¢&, .
Locking the front passenger's door/rear
doors* with the mechanical key
The emergency lock is located on the rear side of
the front passenger's door and the rear doors*. It
is only visible when the door is open .
.,. Remove the mechanical key ¢ page 39 .
.,. Remove the cap from the opening ¢ fig. 31 .
.,. Insert the key in the inside slot and turn it all
the way to the right (right door) or left (left
door).
A WARNING
Read and following all WARNINGS c:) A in De­
scription on page 3
7.
Anti-theft alarm sy stem
Applies to: vehicles wit h anti -theft ala rm system
If the anti-theft alarm system detects a vehicle
break-in, audio and visual warning signals a re
..,.