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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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The numbe r of data packets that are sen t and re ­
ceived through the MMI is displayed. You can re ­
set the data usage information to zero using the
Reset d ata usa ge option .
Start automatic configuration
An online profile is set up and configu red auto­
mat ica lly. The connection settings that you
changed manua lly are reset to the defa ult set­
tings.
Online status overvi ew
An on line status overv iew with information abo ut
your data connect io n (such as the cell phone
service provider) is shown in the Infotainment
disp lay .
Switching the data conn ection module off
The data connection module is sw itched off . An
I nternet connect ion is no longe r poss ible.
Network set ting s
Under Login , select Auto to log into a network
automatically or select
Manu al to select from a
list of networks w ith in range . The available net­
works in the area can be selected in the
Netw ork
se lec tion
list. Th is function is on ly avai lab le when
M anu al Login is set.
Seri al numb er (IMEi )
The serial number for the MMI that is installed is
d isplayed .
A WARNING
-As the dr iver, do not allow usage of the Wi­
Fi hotspot to dist rac t you from d riving, as
th is could inc rease the risk of an ac cident .
-It is only safe to use tab lets and s imilar mo­
bile devices whe n the vehicle is s tat io nary
because, like all loose objects, t hey could be
thrown aro und the inside of the vehicle
when invo lved in an accident and can cause
serious injur ies. Store these types of devices
securely whi le driving.
-Do not use any wire less devices on the front
seats w it hi n range of the a irbags while driv -
Audi conn ect
ing . A lso read the warnings in the chapter
¢page 208.
@ Note
You are responsible fo r all precautions taken
for data protection, anti -virus protection and
protection against loss of data on mobi le de­
v ices that are used to access the Internet
through the W i-F i hotspot.
(D Tips
- When using On line map view, you are
prompted again to allow roam ing before
connect ing to a foreign mob ile network.
- The speed of the data connection may vary
depending on the veh icle location, the cov­
erage area of your cell phone serv ice prov id­
er and if the recommended provider is used
o r not.
- A data connection cannot be established if
incorrect data is entered in the
Conn ect ion
s ett ing s.
-The W i-F i hotspot recept io n quality depends
on the sig nal st rengt h and the availab ility of
the mobile network. You can obtain more
information from your cell phone se rvice
prov ider.
About Audi connect
Audi connect services
Applies to: vehicles with Aud i connect
(D Tips
- You can only use serv ices supported by Aud i
connect if you have t he optional MMI Nav i­
gation pl us eq uipment and Aud i connect.
- Audi connect is designed for use only with
the provided Aud i SIM ca rd . Receiving data
packets from the Internet w ill quickly in­
cr ease the vo lume of data used. Fo r more
information, contac t A udi connect cus tome r
support at 87 7-505 -AU DI (2834) .
-The Aud i connect se rvices a re availab le in
t he USA. Audi connect serv ices are currently
not avai lab le in Canada or in Mexico .
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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
•
:fiv,cJ t• 3G,t1l l
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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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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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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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.

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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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