2018 AUDI A8 display

Radio
Radio
Accessing the radio
The radio supports the FM, AM and Sirius* (satel­
lite radio) bands. By means of an HD Radio re­
ceiver, you also receive radio stations on the FM
and AM band in digital format.
F ig. 1 89 FM stat ion lis t (H D Ra dio)
SIR IUS ~ ..
A
006 60s Hits Linking
(
007
70s Hits Linking ----~-- ---·
Linking _
008 80s Hits
009 ThePulse Linking
010 Bridge Linking
011 Radio 1 Linking
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F ig . 19 0
Sir iu s st ati on l ist
.,. Se lect: the I RADIO I button.
After se lecting the r ad io, the last menu th at was
open is displayed.
- Showing the station li st : p ress the I RADIO I
button aga in. The receivab le s tat ions are shown
o n a ra d io s ta tion lis t
c:> fig. 189 and can be se­
lected direct ly.
- Selecting a station : select and confirm a sta­
tion from the s tation list. FM/ A M stations that
can be received by digital radio are marked with
the HD
symbol @ c:> fig. 189 . If reception quali­
ty declines, the radio automat ica lly switches to
the analog FM/AM stat ion. Dig ital FM HD Rad io
stations may contain multiple additional sta­
tions* . The available additional stations* are
listed unde r the radio station . When you leave
the reception a rea, additional stations* that
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cannot be received are marked w ith a symbol
@ c:>fig.189 .
-Quick storing from the station list : select and
confirm a station from the station list. Press
and hold the control knob until
Store station
name
here appears in the presets list. Select
and confirm the des ired presets location.
- Select ing a stored station : press the Presets
control b utton . Select and conf irm a station
from the presets list.
- Select ing the frequen cy band : press the Band
control button. Select and conf irm the desired
band.
Or : press the !RADIO I button repeated ly
until the des ired frequency band appears in the
tit le line
c:> fig . 189 .
-Updating the station list : select and confirm
Update station list . The station lists in the FM
and Sir ius* bands are updated automatically . If
the last station that was play ing is no longer
avai lab le after the stat ion list is updated, sta­
t ion 18 4 is played au tomatically.
If there is a loss of radio signal (Sir ius*), t he fol­
lowing system informat ion may display in the
station list:
LINKING : the tuner is current ly not receiving a
sate llite
s ignal @<=:> fig. 190.
ANTENNA : the antenna is not ready. For addi­
tional information, contact an author iz ed Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Fac il ity .
The system information turns off when the radio
stations are rece ived again .
@ Tips
- HD Radio reception is not available in Cana­
da.
- Con tact the Sirius * prov ider if you wo uld like
to receive satellite p rogramm ing .
- T hat stations in the AM station list are s till
displayed after you leave t he reception area.
There is no longer any reception .
- B uildings, tunnels, bridges, open areas, oth ­
er veh icles or objects on the veh icle roof can
affect reception.
- Sate llite radio is not availab le in Alaska and
Hawaii.

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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Radio functions
Fig . 19 1 Radio mai n fu nctio ns
.,. Se lect: t he I RADIO I b utt on> Functions con trol
bu tton.
The fo llow ing funct io ns can be selected, depend­
in g o n the band that is selected:
(D Save station /Store channel
The selected stat ion is stored in the next empty
position in the presets list
c::> page 179 . Select
a n d confi rm the desired p resets loca tion.
@ Seek down /Seek up (FM , AM)
The prev ious 1<111 or next ~I receivable station is se­
lected .
Or: press the arrow keys on the MMI con­
tro l pane l
lt> I.
Previous channel /N ex t channel (Siriu s*)
The prev ious 1<111 o r next ~I channel is selecte d. Or:
press the ar row keys on the MMI contro l pane l
lt>I.
@ Manual search
The fre quency bars are disp laye d. Select and con ­
firm the desired freq uency .
Manual search (Sirius*)
Select a nd confi rm the desired cha nnel from the
Sir ius frequen cy ba nd* .
@ Scan
All stations are played for several seconds each .
® Information (FM)/Info (Sirius*)
The rad io text (such as station name, art ist o r ti ­
tle) is show n in the I nfotai nment display, de­
pending on availability.
Radio
@ Information window
Va rious informa tion about the se lec ted stat ion
(s uch as t he s ta tion name, ensemble o r program
type) is displaye d, depending on availability.
(j) Presets
T he presets list can co nta in up to SO stations
from all fre quency bands .
-Storing stations : select the Presets control
button >
Save station name . The selected sta­
t ion is s to red in t he nex t emp ty pos it ion in the
p rese ts lis t. Sele ct an d confi rm the des ire d pre ­
se ts lo cati on .
-Selecting a stored station : press the Presets
cont rol b utt on . Se lec t a nd con firm a stat ion
from t he p rese ts lis t.
Or : press the ar row keys
on the MMI cont rol panel
(lt> I).
-Moving stored stations : press the Presets con ­
t rol button. Se lect and confirm the s tat ion
from the station list and then
Move station
name .
Select and confi rm the desired presets
location.
Other settings
.,. Select: the I RADIO I button > Settings control
button.
T he following se tt ings ca n be selected depend ing
on the band that is selected ( FM, AM, Si rius *):
HD Radio* (FM/AM )
You can swi tch HD Radio reception o n or off.
HD station information* (FM /AM)
Requirement: HD Radio reception must be
switched on.
When the funct io n is switched on, va rious in fo r­
mation about the t itle that is c urrent ly playing
(such as artist or a lbum) is disp layed, depending
o n ava ilab ility.
Station names (FM )
-Variable : scro lli ng text t ransmitte d by the FM
stat ions is shown in the Infotainment system
disp lay .
-Fixed : scrolling text transmitted by the FM sta­
tions is not shown in the Infota inment system
.,..
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Radio
display. Only the curren t sec tion of the sc roll ­
ing text is displayed .
-Off : scr oll ing text tra nsmi tte d b y the F M sta ­
tions is not shown in the Infotainment display .
Scro lling text from HD stations is shown in the
Infotainment display.
Show channel information (Sirius*)
If tr ack info rm at ion is ava ilable fo r the cur rent ti­
t le (such as a rtist or album), i t will be d isp layed
i n a pop -up win dow if this function is act ivated .
Station sorting (Sirius*)
- Channel number:
the sta tio ns are sorted in as­
c ending ord er acc ording to their ch annel num­
b er.
- Channel name : the stations a re listed in alpha­
be tica l o rd er.
- Category and channel number: the stations are
so rted acc ordin g to their ca tegory a nd then ac­
cordi ng to their ch annel number.
-Category and channel name : the sta tions are
sor ted a cco rdin g to their ca tegory a nd then ac­
cording to their s ta tion name .
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution Category filter (Sirius*)
The s
tations shown in the st ation list c an be fil­
te red by yo ur persona l pre ferences and b y pro ­
g ram type . The program cate gories that you can
se lect depen d on w hat is offere d by your provid ­
e r. Se lect the
Deact ivate category filter option to
deact ivate all filte r opt ions and disp lay all ava ila­
ble stations in the sate llite station list.
Receiver serial number (Sirius*)
The elect ronic se rial num ber (ES N) is disp layed .
The number is requ ired w hen logg ing in to Si r­
i us *.
Deleting presets
Require ment: a sta tion mus t be s to re d in th e
p resets list ¢ page
179 .
Store d sta ti ons can be dele ted Individually or All
at once .
A station with poo r reception is no Sto
re the station ahead of time and then se lect it from the pre -
longer disp laye d in the station list
sets list
later (z) <=>page 179, fig. 191 .
once you switch to a diff erent sta-
t io n.
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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Media drives and
connections
Introduction
There are various media drives and connections
ava ilable i n the MMI. For example, you can play
aud io/video* f iles through the Jukebox, or you
can connect a portable device to the Audi music in te rface* a nd ope rate it throug h the MM I.
Notes
General information
Media and format restr ictions :
the MMI (includ­
ing the SD card reader and the USB storage de­
vice connect ion*) was tested w ith a var iety of
products and media on the market. However,
there may be cases where ind iv idual devices or
media and aud io/video files* may not be recog­
niz ed, may play o nly w it h rest rictio ns, o r may no t
p lay at a ll.
The MM I media dr ives do not suppo rt W indows
M edia Audio 9 Vo ice, W indows Media Aud io 9
L oss less and Windows Media
9 Pr ofessional for ­
mats .
Digital Rights Management : please note that
the audio/v ideo* fi les are subject to copy right
p rotection.
The med ia drives do not play f iles that are pro­
tected by DRM and that are ident ified w ith the
symbo l
i'.D.
Data se curity : Never store important data on the
memory cards, the Jukebox, CDs/DVDs or porta­
b le aud io devices . Audi is not responsib le for
damaged or lost fi les and med ia.
Loading times : the more files/fo lders/playlists
that are on a storage medium, the longer it will
take to load the aud io/v ideo* fi les . Audi recom­
mends us ing storage med ia that o nly conta in a u­
d io/video files*. To de cre ase the time it takes to
l oad audio/v ideo f iles*, c reate subfo lders ( for ex ­
ample, for the a rtist o r album). The loading time
will also increase when importing fi les .
Additional information : when playing, aud io
fi les are a utomatica lly displayed with any addi -
Media drives and conn ection s
tiona l information t hat is stored (such as t he ar ­
tist, track and a lbum cover) . If this information is
not avai lab le on t he storage medium, the MMI
will check Gracenote . However, in some cases,
the addit ional information may not be d isplayed .
Restricted functionality : if functionality is re­
stricted, reset the
Media setting s to the factory
defau lt settings
¢ page 207.
Reset the Jukebox to the factory defa ult settings
if functiona lity is
restricted ¢ page 207.
Fo r i nforma tion abo ut the p roper ties of support ­
ed med ia an d file forma ts , see
¢ page 187 .
(UJ) Note
Always fo llow the information fo und in ¢ (i} in
Wi -Fi
hot spo t on page 161.
CD/DVD operation
CD /DVD and format re striction s:
the functiona li­
ty of individ ua l storage media may be limited due
to the va riety of b lank CDs/DVDs avai lab le and
the various capacities. Audio CDs or video DVDs
with copy protection, CDs/DVDs that do not con­
form to the standard and mult i sess ion CDs may
have l imited playback or may not play at all. Audi
r ecommends finaliz ing the reco rding process
whe n creat ing mult isess ion C Ds. Mult isess ion is
not supported for DV Ds.
Handling CD s/DVDs and the DVD drive : to en­
su re good, high-quality sound reproduction and
to prevent damage to the dr ive or d isc read ing er­
r ors, always s to re CDs/DVDs in a protective
s leeve and do no t expose t hem to direct s unligh t.
Do
not u se :
- Damaged, dirty o r sc ratched CDs/ DVDs
- Single CDs/DVDs (3 inch/8 cm d iame ter)
- CD/DVDs tha t are not round
- CDs/DVDs w ith labe ls
- Protective rings
- Clean ing CDs
Thermal protection switch : CD/DV D playback
may be tempora rily unavai lab le if o uts ide tem ­
peratu res are extremely hot or co ld . A t hermal
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DVD changer
Applies to: vehicles wit h DVD changer
The DVD changer is located in the glove com­
partment.
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F ig. 194 DVD changer
-Loading a CD/DVD : press the I LOADI button @
¢ fig. 194. The DVD changer is not ready to
load if the LED in the DVD slot is red . T he LEDs
in the DVD slot @ blink green when the DVD
changer is ready to load . Slide the CD/DVD
straight into the DVD slot @with the labe l fac ­
ing up. The CD/DVD is automat ically loaded in
the next empty pos ition in the DVD changer .
The corresponding button © lights up .
-Load ing mult iple CDs/DVDs at the same time:
press and hold the I LOADl @button for more
than two seconds . Wait until the green LEDs in
the DVD slot@start to blink . Slide the CDs/
DVDs one after the othe r straight into the s lot
@ wit h the label facing up. The CDs/DVDs are
a ut omatica lly loaded in t he next empty posi­
tions in the DVD changer.
-Loading a CD/DVD to a specific position: press
the I
L OAD ! button @. The next empty posit ion
© blinks. The occupied positions light up and
do not blink. Press the button for the desired
position and remove the CD/DVD if necessary.
Slide the CD/DVD you would like to load
straight into the DVD slot @with the label fac­
ing up .
-Ejecting the current CD/DVD: press the button
CD briefly two times. The CD/DVD is pulled back
i nto the DVD changer automatically if it is not
removed from the DVD slot with in 30 seconds
u.
~ of ejecti ng it .
~ -Ejecting any CD/DVD : press the button CD and
~ then press a blinking button @. 0 :c ' Media drives and connections
-Ejecting all CDs : press and ho ld the button CD
longer .
-Canceling the loading process : press the
!LOAD! button @ again during the loading proc­
ess.
Six CDs/DVDs can be loaded into the DVD chang­
er. For information on the properties of support ­
ed file formats, refer to
¢ page 188.
T he DVD changer is sta rted and operated through
the MMI
¢ page 190.
@ Tips
-Follow the instructions for handling C Ds/
DVDs.
- When playing MP3 files with a variable bi­
trate, there may be a disc repancy between
th e play time displayed and rea l time.
Jukebox
Audio/video files from a CD/DVD-ROM, a USB
storage device or an SD card can be copied to the
Jukebox.
.,. Select the I MEDIAi button> Source control but­
ton >
Jukebox.
Adding files to the Jukebox
- Selecting files/folders :
select the Copy control
button
> desired source > individual files or
folders.
Press the All control button to select
All files or folders. Or : select and confirm a
folder and press and hold the control knob.
-Starting the importing process : press the
Start copying control button. The status of the
import process is shown in the Infotainment
disp lay and in the status line with the symbo l
@¢page 139, fig . 158.
-Hiding the importing process : select and con­
firm
Continue importing in the background.
The importing process is hidden.
-Canceling the importing process: select and
confirm
Cancel copying. Or: remove the source
that is being imported. Files already copied re-
main.
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Media drive s and conn ection s
Cl earing the Juk ebo x
Req uirement: the J ukebox must con tain audio/
video fi les.
- Sele ctin g fil es/ fo ld ers: se lect the S ettings con­
trol button
> Clear Juk ebo x > individual files or
folders.
Press the All control b utton to sele ct
all fi les or folders.
O r: se lect and confirm a
fo lder and press and hold the contro l knob . All
files in the folder are se lected for de leting .
-Delet ing file s and folder s: select the Start de­
leting
control b utton > Ye s. The status of the
deleting process is shown in the Infotainment
display. Jukebox playback stops dur ing the de­
leting process and starts again automatically
once the deletion is complete .
Showing memo ry cap acit y
Select : Settings control button > Jukebo x memo­
r y.
The used/free Jukebox memory as well as the
number of stored tracks appear in the Infotain­
ment d isplay.
The Jukebox is started and operated through the MMI
c>poge 190.
@ Note
Do not import audio/video files when the en ­
gine is turned off because this will drain the
veh icle battery.
(D Tips
- Tracks from audio CDs cannot be imported
to the J ukebox for legal reasons.
- Fil es a lready imported a re recognized and
will be grayed out when setting up a new
import.
- It is no t possib le to play audio/video fi les in
the DVD drive while importing them.
- The Jukebox does no t provide an export
function due to lega l reasons.
- F il es or tracks without s tored information
are listed as
Unknown . Audi recommends
adding additiona l information (s uch as 1D3
tags) to aud io files.
- Reset the Jukebox to the factory defau lt set­
tings when sel ling your
vehicle¢ page 207.
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Bluetooth audio player
App lies to : vehicles wi th Blue toot h int erface
You con ploy music wirelessly from your cell
phone through the
MMI using the Bluetooth au­
dio player.
Requirement: the vehicle must be stationary. The
B luetooth function on the portab le aud io player
and the MMI
A ud io player must be switched on
c> poge 156.
.,. Select the I MEDIAi button > Source control but­
ton
> Bluetooth audio player > Connect new
Bluetooth audio playe r.
The available Blue­
tooth audio players are d isplayed.
.,. Select and confirm the des ired Bluetooth audio
player from the l ist .
.,. Sele ct and confirm Audio pla yer. Th e M MI gen­
erates a PIN for the con nection.
.,. Sele ct and confirm Ye s.
.,. Enter the PIN for connecting on your cell
phone .
Or: if the PIN is already displayed on
your cell phone, confirm it in the ce ll phone and
in the MMI. The t ime allowed for entering the
PIN is limited to approximate ly 30 seconds.
The media are started and operated through the
portable device or the M MI, depending on the de ­
vice be ing used
¢ page 190.
(D Tips
-Be sure to pay attention to any possible con­
nection prompts on your Bluetooth audio
player.
- You on ly have to pair your device one time .
Bluetooth devices that are already paired
are automatically connected to the MMI as
soon as they are in range.
- Severa l Bluetooth audio p layers can be con­
nected to the MMI, but only one portab le
device can be active.
- Bluetooth A2DP and AVRCP (1.0/1.3) are
supported .
- The supported media functions depend on
the B luetooth aud io player be ing used.
- For more informat ion on the supported de­
vices, v isit
www.audiusa .com/bluetooth or
contact an a uthorized Aud i dea ler or author­
ized Aud i Serv ice Facility.

Playing media
Playing media
Accessing media
You con start and operate various media drives
through the
fvtfvtl control panel.
F ig. 197 Possible audio/video sources
Fig . 19 8 Possible aud io/video sources
Requirement: a media drive m ust cont ain audio/
video files.
., Select: I MEDIAi button.
The source overview or the last file that was play­
i n g is displayed afte r se lecting Med ia .
- Selecting a source : press the Source control
button. Select and confirm a source from the
l ist .
-Play ing audio /video files : select and confirm a
folder, song or chapter. The content of the
folder is displayed or a track or chapter is
played .
-Mo ving one l eve l up in the folder struct ure:
press the I BACKI button. Or : select and confirm
Folder up .
- Movin g to th e highest level in the folder str uc­
ture :
press the I MEDIA i button.
Possible sources are:
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(D Jukebox ¢page 183
@ SD card reader¢ page 182
@ DVD d rive ¢ page 182
@) DVD changer* r::!:>poge 183
® Audi music interface* (for example, an iPod,
USB or an externa l audio/v ideo input*)
¢ page 186
® Bluetooth aud io p layer* <::!; page 184
(!) Wi-Fi audio player*¢ page 185
{!) Tips
-For safety reasons, the video image is only
displayed when the vehicle is stationary.
On­
ly the sound from the video plays while dr iv­
ing .
- Video playback through an iPod/iPhone
does not conti nue after stopp ing and start­
ing the vehicle.
- You can scroll through long lists of folders
or tracks qu ickly by turning the control knob
quickly. The scro lling speed depends on the
number of fo lders o r tracks.
- When synchronizing a portable device w ith
"Clou d" services, playlists may disp lay incor­
rectly in the M MI. Use the med ia ce nter in
t h e device.
- Some DVDs do not allow selections to be
ma de d uring playbac k, for ex ample sele ct­
ing an audio track, subtitles or a t rack or
chapter .

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Media functions
Fig . 199 Jukebox ma in fun ctio n s
Fi g. 200 DVO main fu nct ions
.,. Se lect : the I MED IA i bu tton > Fun ction s cont rol
bu tton.
The fo llow ing func tions can be sele cted i n the
d isp lay, depending on w hich source is se lected:
@ Album browser
All available album covers are displayed. Select
and confi rm an album
cover from the overview .
Or: select and confi rm the Album browser in the
upper level of the
Jukebox . The fi rst track in the
se lec ted alb um is played.
@ Previous /next track or chapter
T he prev ious 1<1111 or next ..,., track or chapter plays .
If you select 1<1111 and confirm within the first ten
seconds of p layback, the prev ious t rack will p lay.
I f you press it af ter app roximately ten se conds,
t he cur ren t track will begin playi ng aga in from
the beg inning.
Or : press the arrow keys on the
M MI control panel
(lt> I).
~ @ Fast forward/Rewind
......
~ Pr ess a nd ho ld the contro l knob to rewind ~ or 0
~ fast forwar d.,...,.. an aud io/v ideo file. Or : press and ' Play ing media
hold the ar row keys on the MM I control pane l
Clt>I).
© Pause
The m ute symbo l@ ~poge 139, fig.158 ap­
pears in the st atus li ne in the I nfot ainment dis­
p lay. To res ume playb ack , se le ct and confirm
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( pau se) again. Or : press the On/Off knob briefly.
@ Track info
Stored info rmat ion (such as art ist, alb um, t rack
o r genre) is displayed w ith the cur rent track .
@ DVD main menu
Requirement: a v ideo DVD must be playing and
t h e vehicle m ust be stationary .
Se lect and confirm a menu item.
Or : use the DVD
main menu with the MMI touc h control panel*.
(j) Full screen
Requireme nt: a v ideo must be playing while t he
vehicle is stat ionary.
T he video image enla rges to fi ll t he e nti re Info ­
ta inment displ ay. Press the
I BACK I button or any
contro l bu tton to sw itch the full screen d isplay
off.
@ Information window
Va rious informa tion about the curre nt t rack
(s uch as t he embed ded a lbum cove r*), the play­
ing t ime and remaining p laying time may be dis­
p layed, depend ing on ava ilability .
(D Tips
Fo r optimum use of the album browser, only
im port audio/v ideo files w it h embed ded a l­
b um
cove rs u p to 8OOx8 OO px i nto t he Juke ­
b ox.
Other settings
R eq uirement: a source must be sele cte d.
.,. Select: the I MEDIAi button> Settings cont rol
button.
T he following sett ings ca n be selected, depend-
i ng on the act ive source and the storage med ium:
.,..
191