2018 AUDI A8 navigation

Navigation
specified, if possible. The navigation system cal ­
culates an a lternative route.
The route to be avoided that you ha ve ente red
applies only to the current route and must be set
again, if needed.
The areas you have se lected to avoid w ill appear
with red and white shading on the map.
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If the MMI does not calculate an alternative
route, that means there is none available.
Accessing traffic
information
Auto rerouting (traffic)
A pp lies to: ve hicles w ith navigation system an d Sirius (satel ­
li te radi o)
By receiving traffic information from the TMC or
satellite - depend ing on ava ilability -the MMI cal­
culates an optim ized route and the possible t ime
saved for the current route guidance. You can de­
cide yourse lf wh ich route you would like to use.
Traffic information (TMC)
App lies to: ve hicles w ith naviga tion system and Sirius (satel ­
li te ra dio)
TMC traffic reports can be shown in the Infotain ­
ment display using Sirius* (satellite radio).
Fig. 188 Access ing TMC traff ic informa tion
~ Se lect: IIN FOI button .
The last active Info menu is shown in the Info­
tainment display. To open the list with TMC traf­
fic information
c:tv fig. 188, press the I IN FO I but­
ton again in the
Info menu .
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Reception of traffic information is indicated by
the
TMC symbol in the status line:
TMC symbol Meaning
TMC stations are avai lable
Displayed and dynamic navigation is
switched
On c:tv page 17 4.
TMC stations are not availa-
Is gra yed o ut ble and dynamic navig ation
i s sw itched
On.
Not disp layed Auto
rerouting is switched
Off.
- Opening a detailed view of traffic information :
select and confirm the traffic information from
the list .
- Opening the next traffic information : select
and confirm
Display next report.
- Showing the selected traffic information on
the map :
select and confirm Show on map . The
shaded line shows the street and the length of
the traff ic jam .
-Displaying the next traffic information on the
map :
press the cont rol knob aga in.
- Having traffic information read out : press the
Read control button.
Traffic information display
@Colored warning symbols: traffic incidents on
your route are shown in the upper sect ion of the
li st and are sorted according to distance.
Warning symbols with.::->: avoided traffic inci­
dents.
@ Grayed out warning symbols: traffic incidents
that are not on your route. They are sorted ac ­
cording to road type (expressway, highway, other
road), country and name.
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-Critical traffic information, s uch as warn ­
ings about wrong -way drivers, is automati­
cally disp layed. To hide the traffic informa­
t ion, press the
I BACK I button or the control
knob.
- TMC traffic reports are not available in Can­
ada. For more information, please contact
S ir ius Canada .

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" N .... 0 0 :c ' -Traffic reports are shown in the drive r infor ­
mation system disp lay and can be selected
by turning the left thumbwheel.
Other settings
~ Select : IINFO I button> Settings control button .
Traffic report
Traffic informati on that refers to an active desti­
nation is given as a spoken announcement when
t he function is sw itched
On.
Troubleshooting
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
Problem Solution Navigation
Music volume during nav. prompts
T urn the On/Off knob to the rig ht or l eft to the
adjust the vol ume during traffic reports .
Favorites that were a lready stor -
The favorites in th e pub lic MMI directory are visible for a ll users in
ed are no longer displayed.
the vehicle.
If a cell phone is connected, both the favorites from the private
d irectory and the favorites stored as public are displayed.
If you want to make a favorite available for al l users, it must be
stored in the public MM I directory. A favorite in the pr ivate di rec-
tory must be marked as one of the
Shared contacts if you want it
to be ava ilable for a ll users .
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"' .... 0 0 :c - Restarting the RSE
(reset)
Applies to: vehicl es with Rea r Seat E nte rtainment
Fig. 206 Button comb inat ion to restart the system
• Press and hold the control knob (D, the upper
right control button @and the
right lMENU i
button @¢fig. 206 at the same time for a
brief moment and then release the buttons.
(D Tips
The MMI and RSE use some components at
the same time. Because of this, Audi recom­
mends restarting both systems.
Display settings
Applies to: vehicles with Rea r Seat E nte rtainment
• Se lect : I MENU I button > Display control button.
Turning off the display
The display switches off.
The active aud io/video source does not pa use
when you switch the RSE display off. You can sti ll
change the stat io n or track for the selected au­
dio/video source using the arrow buttons.
Switching display on
Press any button on the MMI control panel.
Display brightness
You can adjust the display brightness by turning
the control knob.
Rear Seat Entertainment
Parental control
Appl ies to: vehicles wit h Rear Seat Enterta inment
Selected RS£ functions can be restricted or deac­
tivated in the
fv1fv11.
• Select: j MENUI f u nct ion button> MMI setup
control button > Rear Seat Entertainment.
System
When the function is switched On , the RSE is en­
abled for use. When the function is switched
Off ,
the RSE is switched off and the RSE control panel
is locked.
Vehicle speakers
Audio output
thr ough the vehicle speakers in the
rear can be set to
Vehicle speakers to allow out­
put or
Headphones only to deactivate it.
Operation
You can set whether all of the RSE functions (All )
or on ly the Volume can be adjusted through the
RSE .
Navigation destinations*
You can Apply the navigation destination auto­
matically for active route guidance in the MMI or
Confirm the navigation destination before trans­
ferring to the MMI.
Other settings
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Entertainment
• Select: the I MENU I button> Setup RSE cont rol
button.
Factory default settings
You can reset the following functions to the fac­
tory default settings:
- Sound settings
- Radio
- Media settings
-Jukebox
- Navigation
settings*
You can select the desired functions individually
or all at once with the option
Select all entries.
Select and confirm Yes . ..,
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Media drives/
connections
Overview
A pp lies to: ve hicles with Rea r Seat E nte rtainment
The RS£ media drives are Located above the
pass-through behind a blind. Slide the blind up­
ward to open the RS£ media drives .
Fig. 211 RSE media drives
Fig. 212 Audi music interface
RSE media drive overview c:> fig. 211:
@ Eject button
@ DVD slot
© SD card reader
The RSE Audi music interface
c:> fig. 212 is locat­
ed in the storage compartment under the center
armrest@c:> page 194, fig . 201. You can con­
nect a portable audio device (such as an iPod or
USB storage dev ice) to the Audi music interface
usi ng a special adapter cable*.
CD Interface on Audi music interface
@ Jack for connecting to the Audi music inter-
~ face ....
~ ® Adapter cable* (such as iPod adapter cable*) N
§ @ iPod jack on the iPod adapter cable*
:c ' Rear Seat Entertainment
@ iPod
T he RSE media dr ives and the Audi music in ter­
face are sta rted and operated through the RSE.
The design and properties of the RSE media
drives are the same as the MMI drives. You can
find detailed information on
c:> page 181.
(D Tips
- The DVD changer* is located in the vehi cle
glove compartment . For more information
on the DVD changer*, refer
tor=;, page 182.
-You can only access the DVD changer* in the
MMI through the RSE. The other MMI media
drives are not availab le from the rear of the
vehicle.
Navigation
Opening navigation
App lies to: vehicles wi th Rear Sea t E nterta inment and naviga­
t ion syste m
Fig. 213 Na vigat io n ma in funct ions (RSE)
.,. Select: the I MENU I button> Navigation .
After selecting Navigation, the last menu that
was open is displayed.
-Displaying navigation functions: press the
Route guidance control button.
The following functions are available for planning
a destination:
CD Enter po int of interest
@ Load last destination
® Enter a destination using an address
@ Open the map/use a destination from the
map
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Rear Seat Ent ertainm ent
® Searching for a destination online l)
The route is calcu lated based on var ious route cri­
ter ia. To set the cr iteria , you must first plan a
destination and then display the ro ute in the RSE
disp lay using th e
Show route function . When you
transf er a planned dest ination to th e MMI using
the
Send d estin ation to the dri ver function, th e
cr it er ia are trans fer red automat ica lly.
A planned destination is shown in the RSE display in whi te and act ive route guidance is marked in
b lue .
Displaying a rout e
The planned destination and the distance to the
destination/ar rival time are displayed on t he
map. The route is calcu lated based on the current
ve hicle location and can be updated.
To disp lay act ive route gu idance on the map, se­
lect the
Route guid anc e control button > Ex it
r o ut e displa y.
Send destination to the dri ver
To start route gu idance fo r a planned route, t he
destination must be transferred to the M MI. If
t he
D est ination s are set to Co nfirm in the MM I
se tup
men u ¢pag e 197, the destination m ust be
confirmed before transferring to t he MMI.
(D Tips
- The display of nav iga tion f unct ions is
sync hronized to both RS E disp lays.
- Refer to the notes i n the chapter
About
Audi c onnect
¢ page 163.
- The conte nt, scope and p roviders of offe red
A udi con nect se rvices may vary.
- The navigat ion functions match those in t he
MM I to a large extent. Fo r mo re informa ­
tion, refer to
¢ page 166 .
-The functions for the on line Street V iew
c::!;> page 160 can also be used in t he RS E
while dr iv ing.
- If
On request is selected fo r the data con ­
nect ion in the
Da ta connection menu
¢ page 162, rece iving data packets, s uch as
1> Applies t o ve hicl es w it h A udi co nnec t
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weat her information, must be confirmed in
the MMI.
Accessing traffic information
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Entertainment and naviga·
tion system
.,. Select: the I MENU I button > Info.
- Op ening a d etail ed view of traffic inf orm ation :
select and confirm the traffic informa tion from
the list.
- Op ening th e ne xt tr affic rep ort : se lect and
confirm
Show n ex t re port .
© Tips
For more information on accessing traff ic in­
fo rmation, refer
to ¢ page 176 .
Accessing Audi connect services
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Entertainment, navigation
system and Audi connect
Requirement: the requirements for Aud i connect
se rvices must be met
¢ page 158 .
.,. Select: the I MENU I button> Audi connect > the
desired Audi connect service .
-Fo r ex ample , d is pl ay w eathe r info rm ation : se­
lect and confirm
Weather . Selec t and confirm
the desired search area:
Imm edi ate v ici nity /Vi­
cinity of de stin ation /stopo ver or In new city .
Enter a location and confirm the input with OK.
(D Tips
-Refer to the notes in the chapter About
Audi
conn ect ¢ page 163 .
-Additional information about access ing Audi
connect services can be found under
¢ page 158 .
Entertainment systems
Listening to the radio
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Entertainment
.,. Sele ct: th e I RADIO I button.

System settings
sound di stribu tion)/ Driver (sound dis tribution
aime d towa rd the d river) or
All /Front /Rear.
- Surround level* :
you can a dju st the vo lume of
t h e sur round effect by tu rning the contro l
k no b.
-AudioPilot (dynamic road noise compensa­
tion)* :
select and confirm Active /Inactive.
When t he f unct io n is act ive, the vo lume is auto ­
matically ad justed depending on t he leve l o f
noise ins ide the ve hicle.
- Sound focus * (adjusting the sound distribu­
tion ):
select and confi rm All (symmet rical
sound d istr ibutio n)/ Movie (optima l so und dis­
tribution fo r playing a
movie)/ Front/Rear .
- Volume balancing *:
the dynamic road noise
compensation ca n be ad justed by turning the
contro l knob.
@ Subwoofer* I @ Bass/ @Treble
You can a djust the Subwoofer *, Bass and Treble
sett ings by turning the contro l kno b. The
cha nged settings only apply fo r the aud io so urce
that is active at the t ime . This allows you to ad­
jus t th e sound se tt in gs for eac h aud io so urce sep­
ara tely.
® Balance/Fader (sound focus)
- Adjusting the sound distribution using the
MMI touch :
move your finger on the MMI t ouch
contro l pane l in the des ired d irec tion.
Adjusting the system
volume
.,. Se le ct: the IMENU ! butto n> Tone .
Navigation* control button
Voice guidance volume /Music volume during
nav. prompts:
vol ume o f navigation prompts
d ur ing ac tive ro ute g uidance . Mu sic volume dur­
i n g nav iga tion prom pts mea ns tha t th e vol ume
of audio playb ack is te m porar ily lowered whe n
t he p arkin g sys tem or v oic e gu idance i s act ive.
Voice guidance: se e ¢page 175.
Voice guidance during call : see ¢ page 175.
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Telephone* control button
Ringtone volume /Phone call volume :
you ca n
adjus t the sele cte d r ing tone vo lume or call vol ­
u me by tu rnin g the cont ro l knob. The
Phone call
volume
can on ly be adjusted durin g a call.
Systems control button
Speech dialog system volume :
you can adju st
th e vol ume o f th e ann ounc emen ts by tur ning the
contro l kno b.
MMI touch volume *: the vo lu m e of the MM I
tou ch pro mpts can be adjus ted by tur ning the
c on tro l k no b.
Other settings
.,. Sele ct: th e I M ENU I button > MMI setup contro l
bu tton.
Language
The language can be changed fo r the Info ta in­
men t display, t he dr iver i nfo rm ation system dis­
play, voice guid ance* and t he voice recogn itio n
sys te m* .
En glish, French and Spanish are ava ila bl e.
Measurement units
The following meas urement u nits ca n be set in
the Infotainment d isp lay a nd dr iver info rmat ion
system.
- Speed (mph o r km/ h)
- Distance (miles o r kilomete rs)
- Temperature (°For 0
( )
-Fuel consumption (l/l0 0km, mpg (US), mpg
(U K) or k m/l)
- Volume (lite rs, ga llons ( UK) o r gallo ns (US))
Speech dialog system
App lies to : vehicles wi th voice recog nitio n syste m
Display speech commands : th e d isplay of poss i­
ble commands dur ing vo ice input can be switc h­
ed
On or Off .
Short dialog :
prompts in a s horter format can be
switc hed
On or Off .
Input signal :
the beep input signa l dur ing a dia-
l og can be switc hed
On or Off. ..,.

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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Speech dialog system volume: you can adj ust
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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Index
Emergency operation
Fr ont passenger 's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoram a glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunshade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E mergency re lease
Parking lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Energy consumers (efficiency program) . . . . 13
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
E ngine
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 327
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine oil
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Con sumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 170
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
From the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
La st destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting point (presentation mode) . . . . . 173
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
E ntering numbers/symbols (speller) . . . . . . 138
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 76
Environment Environmentally-friendly/ economical driv -
ing ..... ... .. .. ................ ... .. 74
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Proper disposal of drained engine o il . . . . 277
Unleaded fu el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESN
refer to Serial number (radio) ... .... .. .
Event Data Recorder (EDR) ........ .. .. .
E xterior lighting 179
133 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
344
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
R5E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fader(sound) ... .. .. .. ............. .. 206
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 256
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 191
Favorite (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 173
File format (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Floor mats.. .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 213
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Free text search
T elephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Freeze protection Coolant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 220
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 58
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 228
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Current consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Saving fuel ...... .. .. ............ 74, 111
Fueling Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334