2018 AUDI Q5 USB

Media
-Do not use any additional USB extension ca­
bles or adapters to connect mobile devices
to the USB charging port that have already
been connected by a USB adapter. They may
impair the functionality.
- USB hubs are not supported.
- Refer to the manufacturer's operating man-
ual for important information regarding the
operation of your mobile device.
- Correct funct ion of all mobile devices can­
not be guaranteed .
- The vehicle batte ry drains when mobile de­
vices are turned on but the engine is off .
Rear Seat Entertainment preparation
Applies to: ve hicles with Rea r Seat E nte rtainment preparation
The Rear Seat Entertainment preparation in­
cludes cables and a mount for Audi Entertain­
ment mobile in the driver's and front passenger's
seat backrests.
The suitab le Audi Entertainment mobile Rear
Seat Entertainment package is available through
Audi Genuine Accessories.
Using Audi Genuine Accessories is recommended.
Audi has established their rel iability, safety and
suitability.
We cannot eval uate or endo rse other products in
this way, even if the product is approved by a cer ­
tified testing agency or government agency .
(D Note
Only use devices that are approved for the
Rear Seat Entertainment preparation. Unap­
proved devices may cause damage to the vehi­
cle e lectronics.
@ Tips
- Contact an authorized Audi dealer or au­
thorized Audi Service Facility for additional
information about
Audi Entertainment mo­
bile.
- Always read the chapter ~ page 371.
-The Rear Seat Entertainment preparation is
not intended to charge external electron ic
devices.
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Playing media
Accessing media
You can start and operate various media
through the
MMI control panel .
Fig. 210 Diag ram: possible sources in t he Me dia menu
Fig. 211 Diagra m: possible sources in t he Med ia me nu
Requireme nt: a media source must contain au­
dio/video*
files ¢ page 226.
.,. Press the I MEDIA i button . Press the left control
button unti l the sources overview is displayed .
.,. Select and confirm the desired source. Or:
press the !MEDIA ! button repeatedly until the
desired source is selected.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the follow ­
i ng sources may be displayed in the
Media menu:
(D Jukebox* ... .. .. .. .. ........ .
@ DVD/CD drive* ... .. ... ..... .. .
@ SD card reader .. .. ..... ..... .
@ Audi music interface* ......... .
such as an iPhone, USB stick
® External audio player ......... .
®
(j)
®
such as an MP3 player connected to
the AUX input
Bluetooth audio player*
Wi-Fi audio player* .. ........ .
Online media*
and Internet radio*
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232
232
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229
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-Playing audio/video files : select a source in the
Media menu > Category (such as artists > al­
bum> track) .
-Moving one leve l up in the folder structure :
press the I BACKI button. Or: select and confirm
Folder up .
- Selecting the previous or ne xt track/chapter*
1>: press the On/Off knob on the M MI cont rol
panel br iefly to the left
l«1 or right l»t.
-Fast-forwarding and rewinding audio/video*
file s:
press and hold the On/Off knob on the
MMI control panel to the left
l«1 or right l»t for
a longer time.
-Pausing or resum ing playb ack : press the On/
Off knob on the MMI contro l pane l br iefly.
@ Tips
- You can scro ll th rough long lists quickly by
turning the contro l knob q uick ly. The scroll­
i ng speed depends on the number of list e n­
tries.
- Fo r safety reasons, the video image is only
displayed when the vehicle is stationary . On­
l y the sound from t he v ideo plays while driv ­
i ng .
Media center
Various categories for selecting audio/video*
files are available in the media center .
Fig. 212 Exa mple: USB stick cate gories
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~ playba ck .
Media
Fi g. 21 3 Examp le: USB stick cat egories
.,. Press the I MEDIA i button. Press the left cont rol
button unti l the sources overv iew is d isplayed .
Select and confirm the desired source.
(D Active source
The active source is hig hlighted . The ac tive
sou rce symbol
(D may change depending on the
connected dev ice, the on line media service * or
Internet radio*. The device name may be dis ­
played (for example: myPhone). As an example, a
U SB stick is shown
c:::;, fig. 212 connected to the
Audi music inte rface *.
Depend ing on the act ive source, yo u can select
audio/v ideo fi les* from the follow ing categories
and add them to the playlist:
@ Favo rites
T he Favorites category ap pears if at least one e n­
try is stored in the favo rites list . See
c:::;, page 237,
Favorites.
@ Artists
All av ailable art ists a re displayed . Sele ct and con­
firm an a rtist, an album and then a t rack .
@ Albums
All ava ilab le albums are d isplayed. Se lect and
c o nfirm an alb um and then a track .
® Genres
All ava ilab le ge nres are disp layed. Select and
confirm a gen re (s uc h as
Pop ), an artist, an al ­
bum and then a so ng .
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Opening free text search
.,. Keep turning the control knob to the left until
the
free text search input field (D ¢ fig. 214
appears . Or: push the contro l knob up.
Using the free text sear ch : see ¢ page 157, Free
text search .
Entries that contain the entered search term are
listed in the results
list @ ¢ fig. 214. You can
sea rch for
artists @¢ fig. 214, albums @ or
tracks @as we ll as genres and videos .
(D Tips
-It will then search thro ugh the files in the
active so urce.
- If yo u open free text search in the
Folders
category (i) ¢ page 235, fig. 213 or the
Composers , Podcasts and Audio books cat­
egories, it wi ll only search through the files
in that folder.
Playlist
Fig. 215 Example: playlist
The track, artist, album and album cover, if appli­
cab le, w ill appea r in the playlist
¢fig. 215 .
Options menu
See ¢ page 23 7, Additional settings .
Favorites
Up to 50 entries for every media source can be
stored in any order in the favorites list.
Requirement: the pla ylist or media center must
be open .
- Select the desired entry from the playlist or
media center .
Media
-Select: right control button > Store as favorite.
Or:
press and ho ld the control knob for several
seconds.
When you store a track as a favorite, the associ­
ated a lbum will appear in the favorites list as an
entry.
Requirement: at least one entry must be sto red
in the favorites list.
Displaying the favorites list : press the I MEDIAi
button. Press the left control button until the
sources overview ¢
page 234 is displayed. Select
the source that contains the
categories
¢ page 235 (for examp le, SD card). Select the Fa­
vorites
category .
Requirement: the favorites list must be dis­
played .
-Listening to a favorite: select and confirm a fa­
vorite from the list.
- Move favorite : select a favorite from the list >
right control button > Move favorite. Select
and confirm the location of the selected favor­
ite .
-Deleting a favorite : select a favorite from the
list>
right control button> Delete favorite >
Delete this favorite
or Delete all favorites .
Additional settings
Options menu
Context-specific functions and settings are avail ­
able depending on the selected source.
.,. Press the right control button.
Sound settings
See ¢ page 249.
Input level
Requirement: a mobile device must be connected
to the AUX connection cab le or to a USB adapter
¢ page 231, Multimedia connections .
The volume of the mobile device is adapted to
the MMI. Audi recommends ad justing the volume
on the mobi le device to 70% of the maximum
volume output .
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a row. The password ca n only be reset by a n
a uthorized Audi dea le r.
Supported media and file formats
Overview
The Jukebox*, SD card reader and the USB storage device" connection support the following audio/vid­
eo file properties :
Audio files Video files*
Supported SD/SDHC/SDXC /MMC memory cards:
w it h a capacity of up to 128 GB
media DVD drive: aud io CDs ( up to 80 min) with CD tex t (art ist, album, song)*, CD-ROMs w ith
a capaci ty of up to 700 M B; DVD ±R/RW; DVD v ideo; DV D audio wi th a udio trac ks tha t
are compat ib le w ith a DVD v ideo p laye r;
Audi music interface : mobile dev ices (su ch as a n iPo d ~ page 231, MT P player, U SB
stor age dev ice in "US B Devi ce Subcl ass 1 and 6" tha t conforms to USB 2.0 : U SB sticks,
U SB MP3 players ( Plug -and -P lay -capa ble), externa l USB flash drives and ha rd drives
File system Memory cards: exFAT, FA T, FAT3 2, NTFS
USB storage device : FAT, FAT32, NTFS
USB storage device partitions (primary /logical *: 2 per US S-connect ion
CD/DVD file system: 1509660, Joliet, UDF
Metadata Album cover : GIF, )PG, PNC with max.
800x800 px . The album cover from the
med ium or from Grace note * is disp layed,
depend ing on ava ilability .
Format MPEG Windows MPEG
FLAC MPEG 1/2 MPEG4 AVC W
indows Media
1/2 Med ia 2/4 (H.264) Video 9
Laye r 3 Audio 9
and 10
File exten-.mp3 .wma .m4 a; . flac .mpg; .mp 4; .wmv;
sion .m4b; .mpeg .
m4v;
.asf
. aac .mov;
.avi
Playlists .M3 U; .PL S; .WPL; . M3U8; .ASX
Character is-up to maximum 320 kbit/s and 48 kH z up to maxim um 2,000 kbit/s and
tics 48 kHz samp ling frequencies sampling 720x576 px. at max imum 25 fps
freq uen -
cy
Number DVD drive*
: max. 1,000 files per medium
of files Jukebox *: app rox imately 10 GB memo ry capacity; max. 3,000 fi les can be imported
USB storage device and memory cards : max. 10,000 files per medium; max . 1,000
files pe r playlist/directory
(D Tips
- The med ia d rives do not s upport the W in­
dows Media Audio 9 Voice fo rmat. - For compress
ing MP3 f iles, Audi recom­
mends a bit rate of at least 160 kbit/s. The
display showing the remain ing p lay time
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Media
may diffe r for audio files wi th variab le bi t
r ate. - Th
e manufac ture r of the s to ra g e device can
prov ide info rmat io n about its " USB Device
S ubcl ass".
- Sp ecial chara cte rs (such as th ose in 10 3 t ag
i nformat ion) d isp lay different ly depending
on the system lan guage and cannot a lways
be g uaranteed. -
Some M TP playe r fun ctions are not s upport ­
ed , su ch as ratin g music tracks and video
playback.
CD drive
A ppl ies to : ve hicles w it h a C D drive
The following audio file properties are supported by the CD drive:
Audio files
Supported
Audio CDs (up to 80 min) with CD text (artist, a lb um, t rack) *, CD-RO Ms with a capac i-
media ty of up to 700 MB
File system CD file system: 1509660, Joliet, UDF
Metadata Album cover : GIF, JPG, PNG wit h max. 800x800 px. The album cover from the medi -
um may be d isp layed, depend ing on avai lab ility.
Format M PE G 1/ 2 Windows Media Au-M PEG 2 /4 FLAC
Layer 3 dio 9 and 10
File extension .mp3 .wma .m4a ; .flac
. m4b;
. aac
Playlists .M3U; .PLS; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
Characteristics up to maxim um 3 20 kb it/s and 48 kHz samp lin g freque ncies 48 kHz sampling
frequen cy
Number Maximum 1,000 files pe r med ium
of files
(D Tips
- Fo r compressing MP3 fi les, Audi recom­
mends a bit ra te of at least 160 kb it/s. The
d isplay s howing the rema ining play t ime
may diffe r fo r audio files wi th va riab le bi t
rat e. - Special cha
racters (s uch as those in 103 tag
information) display differently depend ing
on the sys tem language a nd can not always
be guaran teed .
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
Audi music in terface /Bluetooth
R ead the ins truc tions in the c hapter~ page 231, Multimedia con-
audio player *: mobile dev ice is nec tions/~ page 2 28, Bluetoo th audio player . You ca n lear n
not supporte d. about suppor ted mobi le dev ices in the A udi d atabase fo r mobile
dev ices at www.audiusa.com/bluetooth.
Audi music interface : the volume Ad just the volume of the mobile device to approximate ly 70% of
is too high/too low w hen sta rt ing the maxim um output
~page 23 7, Input level.
playb ack t hrough t he AU X inpu t.
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Problem Solution
Audi music interface :
the porta-For many ce ll phones or mobile devices, playback is not possible
ble device is not recogni zed as a when the battery level is too low (less than 5% of its capacity).
source. The mobile device will only be recogn ized as a source in the MMI
after connecting if the battery charge is sufficient .
Audi music interface: malfunc-
The Bluetooth audio player function is switched on. Switch this
tions during audio playback function off¢
page 248 when you are not using the Bluetooth
through an iPod/ iPhone. audio player.
Audi music interface:
contents Reset the Media settings to the factory default settings
that are changed on a mobile de -
¢page 246.
vice connected to the Audi music
interface
a l are not disp layed in
the media center .
AUX input: there is stat ic when When connecting a nd disconnecting, the External audio player
connecting and disconnect ing the source is already selected. Before connecting or disconnecting the
AUX connection cable. mobile device, either mute the device (see ¢
page 249) or sw itch
to a different audio source (for example ¢
page 220, Opening the
radio).
Bluetooth audio player* /Wi-Fi
Only one interface should be act ively used at a time to ensure
audio player*: audio playback in- problem-free playback.
terference.
Jukebox* : tracks on the imported When importing playlists, a ll of the files themselves must be im-
playlist are grayed out. ported.
Jukebox*: imported tracks cannot If you cannot find imported tracks in the media center, they may
be played or found. not be supported. Only copy supported files"*
page 240 to the
Jukebox.
Online media *: connection fa iled To establish a connection to the MMI, the MMI connection switch
between the MMI and the
Audi must be switched on in the Audi MMI connect app status sc ree n.
MMI connect app.
Bluetooth audio player *: interfer- Playback interference can occur when using the Bluetooth audio
ence with track d isp lay and aud io player if a music player app from a third party provider is open.
playback . Audi recommends using the integrated media player on your Blue-
tooth device (such as a smartphone) .
Wi-Fi hotspot*: your Wi-Fi device
Make sure the network optimization functions are switched off in
is disconnected from the Wi -Fi the Wi-Fi settings or in the network settings for your Wi -Fi device .
hotspot . For additional information refer to the user guide for your Wi-Fi
dev ice.
Audi music interface: audio play-Make sure the USB mode MTP is selected in the settings on your
back through the connected mo- mobile device.
bile device is not possible.
al Applie s onl y to MTP dev ice s. Does not apply to App le dev ices and USB mass s torage dev ice s.
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Audi smartphone interface
Setup
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
You con connect your smortphone to the MM I us­
ing the Audi smortphon e int erfac e. Certain con­
t e n t on you r sm ortphone is ado pted to th e Info­
tainme nt system d is p lay while driving and con
be operated through the
MMI control panel .
Requirement
The vehicle must be stat ionary and the ignition
must be switched on .
iPhone generation 5 or h igher w ith Lightning
connector and iOS 7 .1.2 operating system or h igher.
O r:
Smartphone with Android Auto app and Android
5 .0 Loll ipop operating system or higher.
.,. Connec t your sma rtphone to the Audi music in ­
terface ¢ page 232 using a USB adapte r
¢page 231, fig. 208 .
.. Select and confirm A ctivate Apple CarPlay or
Acti vate And roid Auto now .
.. Follow the system instruct ions.
.. Pay attention to any additiona l system prompts
on your smartphone if applicable .
If yo u chose not to use Apple CarP lay or Android
Auto when connecting your smartphone for the
first time, you can start the Audi smartphone in ­
terface later on using the
Connection manager.
.,. Se lect : I MENU I button > Audi smartphone in-
terfa ce
> Change to connection manager .
.. Connect your sma rtphone to the A udi music in ­
terface using a USB
ad apter ¢ page 231,
fig . 208.
.. Se lect and confirm Audi smartphone in t he
Connection manager ¢ page 246. You can se­
l ect your smartphone in the list of devices that
are already
paired¢ page 247.
.,. Follow the system instruct ions .
@ Note
Always follow the i nformat ion found in¢ @) in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 194 .
Audi smartph one interfac e
(D Tips
-The functions that can be used depen d on
the fo llow ing factors, among others:
- the brand of your smartphone
- the vers io n of the ope rating system in
your smartphone
- the software ve rsion of the app used
- the USB adapter cab le and correct connec-
tion
- your cell phone se rvice provide r
- the customized settings on yo ur sma rt -
phone
- One of the factors above o r a com bina tion
of any of them could cause your sma rtphone
to be incompatib le wit h the Audi smart­
phone inter face. Compatibility cannot be
guaranteed for all types of smartp hones.
For more informat io n and assistance, refer
t o the user guide and the man ufactu rer of
yo ur sma rtphone .
- If the connected smartphone has voice con­
tr ol, you can ope rate yo ur smartp hon e usi ng
the ex ter nal voic e recognition system
¢page 172.
- Th e menu language show n in t he MMI is
based on t he sett ings in you r smartp ho ne .
- Th e time d is p layed in the M MI is based o n
the settings in yo ur sma rtphone .
- Severa l M MI functions a re not avai lab le
when Apple Car Play o r Andro id A uto is ac­
t ive.
- Yo u ca nnot co nnect any mob ile dev ices via
B lu etooth whe n an App le CarPlay connec­
tion is a ctive .
Operating
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
Opening a menu
Apple CarPlay :
you can go back to t he Apple Car­
Play main me nu regardless of the se lected me nu
i tem by p ressing and holdi ng the
I B ACKI button .
Android Auto : to go back to the Andro id Auto
me nu bar, push the control knob down .
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Audi smartphone interface
Opening a menu item
Select and confirm a menu item using the MMI
control panel.
Troubleshooting
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
Problem Solution
Audi smartphone
Check the battery charge level on your smartphone .
interface cannot be Check the USB cable and use a different one if necessary
.
opened. Check if Android Auto or Apple CarPlay is available in your country.
Android Auto : check if the Android Auto app is installed on you r smartphone.
Connecting the Make sure that you are using the correct USB adapter and check if the USB
smartphone to the adapter is connected correctly to your smartphone and the Audi music interface
MMI failed .
¢page 231.
Apple CarPlay : check if Apple CarPlay is activated on your smartphone.
Android Auto : check in the And raid Auto app if Andro id Auto permits new
veh icles .
T he smartphone is Make sure that you are using the correct USB adapter and check if the USB
not automatically adapter is connected correctly to your smartphone and the Audi music interface
detected.
¢page 231 .
Check if the requirements needed to connect a smartphone have been met.
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