2018 AUDI A8 bluetooth

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See ¢page 162.
(QJ) Note
Tele ph on e
Sort order
Yo u can so rt the contacts in your directo ry alpha ­
be tica lly according to
La st n am e/ Fir st name.
Always follow the info rmat io n found in ¢(@ in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 161.
Show shared contacts
You can show or hide the public contacts . With
Y es, all the contacts in the local M MI memory
(public) are shown, and with
No , th ey are hidde n. @ Tips
- Several cell phones can be pa ired to the
MM I, but only one cell phone can be act ively
con nected.
Delete priv ate contacts /Delete shared
contacts
You can delete al l pr ivate contacts in the local
memo ry using t he
Del ete private conta ct s fu nc ­
t ion. Yo u can de lete the p ublic contacts in the lo­
ca l memory using the
Dele te shared contacts
function .
-
To de lete all connected Bluetooth devices,
t h e
Bluetooth funct ion can be reset to t he
factory settings¢
page 207.
Directory settings
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
~ Select: th e [fill bu tton > Dir ectory > Settings
contro l button .
Troubleshooting
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Problem Solution
Pairing
the cell phone to the MMI Check if the Bluetooth visibility on the cell phone and MMI is
failed. switched on. For some cell phones, the visibility turns off auto-
mat ically after a short period.
Or: restart your cell phone.
For more information on this, refer to the user gu ide for your cell
phone.
After pairing,
not all contact s/no Avoid using special characters in names .
contacts are loaded in the MMI. Avoid using contact groups.
Certa in
t e lephon e function s are The te lephone fu nct ions depend o n the cell phone service p rovider
grayed out o r not avai lab le. and the cell p hone you are using. You can ob tain more info rma -
tion from your cell phone se rvice provide r, in your cell phone user
guide or in the database for mobi le devices at
ww w.audiusa.com /
bluetooth .
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connection
type @HJ) ¢ page 139, fig . 158.
You can now use Audi connect.
• Select: the I MENU I button > Audi connect .
• Confirm the prompt ask ing to connect to the
Inte rnet with
Y es.
Remo ving th e Audi SIM c ard
•Presson the Audi SIM card briefly. The card is
released from the slot. Remove the Audi SIM
card .
A WARNING
The card reader must a lways be closed while
driving for safety reasons.
(D Note
-Audi connect is des igned for use only w ith
the provided Audi SIM card. Aud i AG is not
liable for the consequences of using other
S IM cards.
-If a SIM card of a d ifferent size is inserted i n
the SIM card reader instead of an Audi SIM
ca rd, do not under any circumstances re ­
move th is card yourse lf due to the risk of
damaging the SIM card reader. Contact an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Service Facility.
(D Tips
To use your cell phone, you can connect your it through the
Hand sfree Bluetooth profile
¢ page 147 .
-Audi does not provide support for other SIM
cards.
-A udi recommends using only the provided
Audi SIM card.
-You can spec ify when the MMI connects to
the Internet
¢ page 162. The Internet con­
nection disconnects automatically once the
requested Audi connect service no longer re­
quires any data packets.
-T he data connection for Audi connect serv­
ices is preconfigured at the factory . You can
change the data connection at any time if
Audi connec t
you need to adjust the configuration
¢page 162.
Operating the browser
Applies to: veh icles w ith Aud i connect
F ig . 175 D isp la y of Audi conn ect servi ces
Fig . 1 76 Disp lay o f add it ional infor matio n abou t att rac ·
tion s or po ints of intere st
The browser can be used in various ways .
-Display of Audi connect services <=>page 160
-Display of additional informat ion about attrac-
tions or points of interest
T he following functions are available within the
browser <=> fig. 175:
© Open ing the home page
@ Open ing or closing the side menu
® Zooming in on browser content (50-200%)
© Stopping the page from loading
® Refreshing the current browser content
® Open ing the main menu
(J) Closing the browser
@ Opening the Destination details menu
® Prev ious point of interest or attract ion
@ Next point of interest or attraction
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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
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@ 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
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.,. 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.

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cannot be connected to the iPod adapter
ca­
b le (p lus)* . Connect these devices using the
optiona l 3.5 mm stereo jack adapter cable*.
-For video p layback, you ca n also connect
your iPod using the AV adapter cable*. You
also need an App le AV cable to do this. For
more information on the App le AV cable,
re­
fer to your iPod user guide .
-The Apple Lightning connector does not
support v ideo p layback.
Media dr ives and conn ection s
-iPod/iPhone malfunctions also affect t he
operation of the MMI. Reset yo ur iPod/
iPhone if this happens.
-For important information on operating
your iPod/iPhone, refe r to the user g uide fo r
the device. A udi recommends updating the
iPod/ iPhone software to the latest version.
-For more in fo rmat io n about the Aud i music
interface and suppo rted devices, v is it
www .audi.com /bluetooth or contact an au­
thorized A udi dealer .
Supported media and file formats
Overview
The DVD drive , the Jukebox, the SD card reader
and the USB storage device* connectio n support
the following audio/video file properties:
Audio files Video files
Supported SD cards:
with a capacity up to 32 GB
media DVD drive: audio CDs (up to 80 m inutes); CD -RO Ms w ith a capacity up to 700 MB;
DVD±R/RW; standard video DVDs and audio DVDs that are compatible with DVD v id-
eo
Audi music int erface : portab le devices (such as iPods, USB storage dev ices*)
File system SD/SDHC/ MMC memory card s
USB storage device* :
FAT or FAT32 file system, maximum 4 partitions
DVD drive: Joliet (sing le session and multisess ion CDs; single sess ion DVDs on ly);
UDF
Metadat a Album, tra ck, artis t, ye ar, genre
and commen taries for M P3-/
W MA-/M4A files
Embedded album covers up to
800x800 px. (GIF, JPEG, PNG)
Format M PE G-1 /-2
Windows M PEG 2/4 M PEG 1/ 2 ISO- I SO - W indows
Layer -3 Me dia A u- MPEG4; MPE G4 H. Media Vid -
dio 8 an d 9 DivX 3, 4 264 eo 9
and 5; Xvid (
M PEG4
AVC)
File e xtension .mp3 .wma; .m4a; .mpg; .
av ,
.mp4; .wmv;
.asf .m4b; . mpeg .m 4v; .asf
.aa c .mov
Play .M3U; .PLS; .WPL
lists
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Problem
Audi music interface /Bluetooth
audio player :
the portable aud io
device/Bluetooth audio player is
not supported.
Audi music interface : When start-
ing the playback through the 3.5
mm stereo jack adapter cable*/ AV
adapter cab le", the volume is too
high.
Audi music interface : the porta-
ble device is not recognized as a
source.
Audi music interface : malfunc-
tions during audio playback
through an iPod/iPhone .
Audi music interface : there is
stat ic when connecting or discon -
necting the 3 .5 mm stereo jack*/
AV adapter cable* or when con-
nect ing or disconnecting the port-
able device to the 3.5 mm stereo
jack*/ AV adapter cable*.
Bluetooth audio player : audio
playback interference .
Jukebox: songs on the imported
playlist are grayed out.
Wi-Fi audio player* : the audio/
video playback is inter ru pted.
Wi-Fi hotspot *: your Wi-Fi device
is d isconnected from the Wi-Fi
hotspot .
Media drives and connections
Solution
Refer to the information on the Audi music interface ¢ page 186/
Bluetooth audio
player" ¢ page 184. You can learn about support-
ed dev ices in the Audi database for mobile devices at
www.audi.com/bluetooth .
Adjust the volume of the portable device to approximate ly 70 per-
cent of the maximum output
( Input level )¢ page 191 .
F or many cell phones or media players, playback is not possible
when the battery leve l is too low (less than 5% of its capacity).
The portable device will on ly be recognized as a source in the
MMI
after connecting if the battery charge is sufficient.
The
Audio player function is sw itched On. Switch this function Off
when you are not using the Bluetooth audio player*.
The Audi music interface source is already selected when connect-
ing or disconnecting. Either mute the portable device or switch to
another audio source (such as the
radio¢ page 178) before con-
necting or disconnecting the portable device.
Only
one interface should be act ively used at a time to ensure
problem-free playback.
When importing playlists, all of the fi les themse lves must be im-
ported.
To avoid intenuptions during audio/video playback, deactivate the
power saving func tion on the Wi-Fi media player* or connect it to
a charger.
Make sure the network optim izat ion functions are sw itched off in
the Wi-Fi sett ings or in the network sett ings for your W i-F i dev ice .
For addit ional information refer to the user guide for your Wi-Fi
device.
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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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the vo lume of the announcements by turning the
control knob .
Individual voice training (only when the vehicle
i s stat iona ry): you can adap t th e voice recognition
system to your voice or p ronunciation i n order to
i mprove the system 's ability to recognize your
speec h. Individ ua l tra ini ng is comp rised of 40
speec h entr ies that cons ist of commands and se­
q uences of numbers . Yo u can delete the p ro ­
g rammed vo ice tra ining using
Reset voice train­
ing .
Delete all name tags :
all of the name tags that
you have stored (s poke n names) a re deleted .
Display brightnes s
You can adjust the Infotainment display brig ht­
ness by t urning the cont ro l knob.
Factory settings
You can rese t the following fu nctions to th e fac­
tory def ault setti ngs:
- Sound settings
- Radio
- Media sett ings
- Jukebox
- Directory *
- Telephone *
- Bluetooth *
- Navigation settings*
- Navigation and online memory *
- Speech dialog system
You can se lect the desi red functions i ndividually
or all at once with the option
Select all entries .
Select and confi rm Restore factory settings .
If yo u reset the Jukebox to facto ry settings, a ll of
the music/video files are deleted and t he
Media
settings
are reset.
System update
The MMI softwa re, s uch a s th e navig ati on da ta *,
can be upd ate d by DV D, US B or SD c ard using t he
system update feature .
F or more inform ation ab out th e
System update ,
vis it www.audiusa.com/bluetooth o r co nta ct a n
System settings
authori ze d Au di d eale r or auth o rized Au di Serv ice
Fac ility .
Data encryption
You can protect your pe rsonal data, such as con­
t ac ts in the dir ectory, desti nations in navig ation*
and n ame tags with a person al passwor d. If th e
u ni t is rep lace d, you ca n on ly t ransfe r yo ur p er­
sona l data to the new M MI unit usin g your pass ­
word . The default password " MMI3G" is valid un ­
t il you assign a personal passwo rd.
Version information
I nfo rm ation on the so ftwar e ve rsion o f the M MI
and t he navigatio n data base * is disp layed .
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3
Starter diagnosis, DC/DC converter (with
Start/Stop system)
4 DC/DC converter (with Start/Stop system)
5 Image processing
6
Right headlight (headlights with adaptive
light)
7 ESC control module
8
Sound actuator, AEM control module/
crankcase housing heater
9 Adapt ive cru ise control
10 Transmission control module
11 Climate control system sensors
Fuse panel © (brown)
No. Equipment
1 Electromechan ica l park ing brake
2 Suspension control system sensor
3 Rear Infotainment system control panel
4 Smart module ( tan k)
5 Front climate control system controls
6 Rea r climate control system control panel
7 Networking gateway
8 Refrigerator
9 Special functions interface
10 Cell phone adapter, Bluetooth handset
11 AEM control module
12 Selector lever
1 3 Inte rior lighting
14 Rear exterior lighting
15 Fue l pump
16 Electromechanica l parking brake
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
1
Luggage compa rtment lid movement-acti-
vated opening
2 Luggage compartment sockets
3 Rear socket
4 Fro nt cigarette lighter
5 Adaptive air su spension
6 115 V socket
Fuses and bulbs
Fuse panel @ (black)
7 Electromechanical parking brake
8 Rear seat heat ing
9 Rear exterior lighting
10 Rear climate control blower
Rear sunshade, closing a id, luggage com-
11 partment lid lock, convenience key, fue l
filler door
12 L uggage compartment lid control module
Fuse panel © (red)
No. Equipment
1 Rear seat adjustment buttons
3 Left rear seat (pne umatic)
5 Tra iler hitch control module
6 Left rea r seat
7 Right rear seat
8 Trailer hitch control module
9 Trailer hitch control module
10 Right rear seat (pneumat ic)
Fuse panel ® (brown)
No. Equipment
1
Start/Stop system , radio receiver/sound
amplifier
2 Sound amplifier
3
Start/Stop system, Rear Seat Entertain -
ment, radio receiver/sound amplifier
5
Automat ic dimming interior rea rview mir-
r or (for Start-Stop system)
6 DVD changer (glove compartment)
7 TV tuner
8 Infotainment system control panel/drives
9 Instrument cluster, analog clock
10 Infotainment system d isp lay
11 Radio receiver
12
Rearview camera, perip heral cameras
(parking system)
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