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Opening the selection menu/options menu
with the control buttons
Applies to: MMI control panel with integrated control but
tons on the MMI to uch control pad
F ig. 154 Control buttons o n the MMI co ntrol panel
Applies to: MMI control pane l with separate control but
tons on the MMI control panel
Fig . 155 Contro l but tons o n the MMI co ntrol pan el
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Se lection menu : through the se lection menu,
you can open additional functions wit hin a menu
i tem (such as
R ad io ).
Requirement: the se lection menu symbol must
be displayed in the Infotainment system disp lay
<9 fig. 155 .
Opening /clo sing the selection m enu : press the
l eft control b utton ¢
fig. 155. Then you can se
lect and confirm a function using the control
knob .
Options menu : using the options menu, yo u can
select and confirm context-dependent funct ions
as well as settings within a menu item (such as
Rad io).
Requirement: the options menu symbo l G must
be displayed in the Info tainment sys tem display
¢ fig. 155 .
Opening/clo sing th e opti ons menu : press the
r ight control but ton
¢ fig. 155. Then you can se
l ect and confirm a function using the control
knob .
Information about menu paths
This guide shows you at a glance the paths for
opening a desired menu and its settings and
functions.
E xample of a path
11> Select: I RADIO I button > left control b utton >
FM .
Following the path
" Press the I RADIO I button.
" Press the left control button .
"Turn the control knob to the FM menu item to
select it .
"Press the contro l knob to confirm the selected
FM menu item .
"The se lected and confirmed func tion is execut
ed. In this example , the
FM frequency band is
set .
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MMI touch control pad
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch
You can enter data using handwriting recogni
tion on the MMI touch control pad.
F ig . 1 56 Examp le : enter ing a nav igation dest ination us in g
t h e MMI touc h
The MMI touch control pad is loca ted be twee n
the cont ro l
buttons¢ fig. 156 .
Entering numbers, letters, and symbols
Applies to: veh icles with MMI touch
The MMI touch allo ws you to enter data on the
MMI touch con trol pad using handwriting rec og
ni tion .
Fig . 15 7 Disp lay w hen MMI touc h is act ive
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Requirement: it must be poss ible to enter text or
numbers and the
symbol (!) q fig. 157 must ap
pear in the Infotainment system d isplay .
-Initial entry : write an ind iv idual upper case or
lower case letter or n umbe r/symbol on the
MMI touch cont rol pad using your finger . A
symbo l that is recogn ized clearly by the system
is displayed in the Infotainment system disp lay
(D q page 151 , fig. 156, confirmed w ith an au
dib le sig na l if necessary, and transferred to the
input field.
- Enter ing spaces : move your finger across the
M MI touch control pad from left to right .
-Delet ing characters : move your finger across
the MMI touch contro l pad from right to left .
-Select ing the input suggestion : press the con
trol k nob.
- Switching directly to the results list : turn the
control knob to the rig ht
- Opening the speller : select the right control
button>
Open speller . Text or numbers are en
tered using the
speller¢ page 155.
- MMI touch volume : press the right control b ut
ton. See
¢ page 250 .
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Zooming in/out on the map
Applies to: vehicles with automatic transmission and MMI
touch
Fig. 16 0 zooming in/out on the map
Requirement: a map must be disp layed
¢page 213.
- Zooming in/out on the map : press the control
knob to show the crosshairs. Touch the MMI
touch contro l pad w it h two finge rs and pull
your finge rs apart o r
together¢ fig. 160.
Press the !BACKI button (J) to hide the crossha irs
¢ page 147 , fig. 148.
Adjusting the sound focus
App lies to: veh icles with MMI touch
Requirement: the Balance/fader fu nction must
b e selected
¢ pag e 24 9.
- Mo ving the crosshairs for sound focus : move
your finge r in the desired direction on the M MI
touch co ntro l pad.
- Storing the crosshairs location : press the con
trol knob twice.
Or : press the I BACK ! button (J)
¢ page 147, fig. 148.
Using the DVD main menu
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch
R equi remen t: a D VD mus t be pl ay ing
¢ page 234. T he DVD m ain menu is show n.
- Selecting a menu item : move yo ur finger up/
down or le ft/right on th e MM I touch contro l
p ad.
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The vol ume of the voice guidance prompts for
the M MI to uch * can be a djusted sepa rately
¢ page 250.
Control knob with
joystick function
Operation
Applies to: vehicles with joystick function
Applies to: vehicles w ith the joystick function
Fi g. 16 1 operat ional concept for control kno b w ith joystick
function
Yo u can push the control kno b up or dow n (D
¢ fig. 161 or to the rig ht or left@.
Opening the entertainment sliding menu
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch
Opening the ente rtainment sliding menu : push
the control knob down to open the enterta in
ment sli ding me nu®
¢page 158, fig . 165.
The n you can se lect and con firm a func tion.
Closing the entertainment sliding menu : push
t h e control knob up to close the entertainment
s lid ing me nu.
Or : press the IBACK I button (J)
¢ page 147, fig . 148.
Additional functions
Applies to: vehicles with joystick function
Displaying the input field/switching to
speller input
P ush the con trol knob up¢ page 153, fig. 16 1 to
r e ach the begin ning of a list in the cent ral area or
t h e inpu t field. If the in put fie ld is a lready open,
switch d irectly to the speller in the input field by
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pushing the control knob up again i=:>page 155,
Letter/number speller.
On the map
Requiremen t: a map must be disp layed
i=:>page 213 .
-Di spla ying the input field : push the control
knob up .
-Di spla ying rout e guidan ce : when route guid
ance is active, you can also display the route
guidance by pushing the contro l knob up
i=:> page 208, fig . 187.
- Zoomi ng in /out on the map (zoom): tur n the
contro l knob to the right/ left to zoom in/out on
the map .
Applies to : vehicles without MMI touch with joyst ick function
- Sho win g/h id ing the cros shairs : press the con
trol knob . The crosshairs are shown on the
map. Press the
I BACK I button to hide the cross
hairs.
- Mo ving the cro ssha ir s: when the crosshairs are
vis ible, turn the control knob in the d irection
the crossha irs shou ld move. Press the control
knob and ho ld it unti l the crossha irs are in the
desired poi nt on the map .
-Add itional options on t he map : see
i=:>page 214
Adjusting the sound focus
Applies to: vehicles without MMI touch with joystick function
Requirement: the balance/fader function must
be selected
c> page 249.
- Mo ving the sound fo cus using th e crosshair s:
the crosshairs can be moved hori zontally. Turn
the control knob to the left o r to the r ight.
Press the control knob to move the crosshairs
vertically . Turn the control knob to the left or
to the right . Press the control knob aga in to
save the setting .
Using the DVD main menu
Requirement: a DVD must be p lay ing
i=:> page 234 . The DVD main menu is shown .
-Sele cting a menu item : move the control knob
with joystick funct ion up or down or to the left
or right.
- Confi rming a selection : press the control knob.
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Opening the selection/options menu with
the control knob
Applies to: vehicles with joystick function
Applies to: MMI control panel with control knob and joy
stick function
Fig. 162 Ope ning the se lec tion/opt ions menu w it h t he
contro l kn ob
Requirement : the se lection menu symbo l 3 must
be displayed in the Infotainment system display
¢ fig. 162 .
Opening /cl os ing the se lection menu : push the
contro l knob to the left
i=:> fig. 162 to open these
l ection menu . Then you can select and confirm a
function using the control knob.
Press the
I BACK I button (J) c> page 147, fig . 148
to return to the function one leve l up .
Requirement: the options menu symbo l
El must
be displayed in the Infotainment system display
i=:> fig. 162.
Press the I BACK I button 0 c> page 147, fig . 148
to return to the function one leve l up .
Shortcut keys
Frequently used radio stations can be stored on the s hortcut keys.
T he sho rtc ut key s are located on the M MI control
panel ®¢ page 147, fig. 148 .
Storing radio stations : tur n t he control kno b to
the desired rad io station in a list ( for example, a
radio station in the FM station list). Press and
h o ld the desired shortcut key for several seconds.
The active radio station will be stored on t he
shortcut key.
Accessing a radio station: press the shortcut key .
Letter/number speller
Fig. 163 D iagram: lette r/ n um be r spe ller
You can enter letters, numbers and symbo ls in
the MMI using the letter/number speller. This
option is ava ilab le when the input f ield @is ac
tive
¢ fig . 163.
-Opening /clos ing the letter /number speller :
move the control knob up/down when t he in put
field is active.
O r: select the right contro l but
ton
> Open speller /Close speller .
-Entering characters : turn the control knob with
t h e character selection
@ ¢fig . 163 to the de
s ir ed symbo l. Press the control knob to confirm
t h e cha racter . You r input is disp layed i n the in
pu t field @. When you have en te re d all of the
~ ch aracters, sele ct an d confirm t he I L IST I button .....
~ © c::> fig. 163 . Or: push the con trol knob dow n.
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Displaying a radio station : swipe you r finger ove r
t h e shortcut keys .
Deleting a stored radio station : reset the Short
cut keys
to the fa ctory default se tt ings
¢ page 246 .
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It
i s no t pos sible to en ter num bers u sing the
s hor tc u t k eys . Use the number spe ller
¢ page 155 or MMI touch* ¢page 151 to e n
ter n umbe rs .
-Entering accented characters (such as a, ~. n,
o) *: tu rn the contro l knob with the character
select io n @ c::>fig . 163 to a character. To open
the selected accented characters, press and hold the con trol knob. Tu rn the control knob
w ith the character selec tion
@ c::> fig. 163 to an
ac cen ted charac ter. Press the cont ro l knob to
inser t the a ccen ted ch ara cter. To close t he ac
c ented characters wit hout select ing a charac
ter, press an d hold the contro l knob again.
Or :
select a nd confi rm !aou I 0 c::> fig . 163. Se lect
and confirm an accented cha racter .
-Deleting chara cters : select an d confirm
fie ld, press and hold the control knob on
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- Entering special characters:
select and con
firm
l !&? I@ q fig. 163 or l123 I@ . Select and
confirm the desired spec ial character (for ex
amp le, a hyphen or period) with the number
speller.
- Input assistance: in some cases such as in navi
gation*, there is a word suggestion* @
<=>fig. 163 based on available entr ies while you
are enter ing data. You can select th is sugges
tion by pushing the control knob upward.
-Results list : in some cases, such as in the direc
tory, the system switches automat ically to the
results list based on ava ilab le entr ies @
Symbol/Description Description
<=> fig. 163. Select and confirm a suggestion
from the list .
Requireme nt: the input
field @qfig. 163 must
be active.
- Switching between speller and MMI touch* :
the handwriting recognition for the MMI touch
control pad* is activated automatically . Simply
start wr it in g.
Overview of symbols in the speller
The symbols in the letter/number speller are ex
plained in the follow ing tab le:
CD ILIST lorB Switches to the results list.
@ Input field Displays the current input.
® Results list Displays
a list with suggestions based on the letters already en-
tered.
@
+
Switches from lower case to upper case letters or from upper case
to lower case letters.
® E
Opens additional speller options, for example Close speller and
Clear input field
® !!&?I Character sets and special characters
0 laoul Displays accented characters (s uch as a,<;, fi, o).
Switches from letter to number input or from number to letter in-
® !123 1/IABCI
put .
® .......... Adds a space in the input field .
@ Character se lection Highlights
the selected c haracter .
@ ..
Inserts the suggested word* when you push the control knob up .
@ ~ Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
(D Tips
Accented characters are not available for ev
ery letter.
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Free text search
Applies to: vehicles wit h free text search
Using the free text search, you can select the or
der that the search terms are entered in the in
put field.
Fig. 164 E xample: free text searc h on telep hone
Free text search is available in the Vehicle*, Ra
dio* , Media *, Telephone *, Navigation *
and Audi
connect*
menus .
Opening free text search
~ Select : IMENUI button> desired menu item
(such as Telephone ).
~ Keep turning the contro l knob to the left until
th@ free text search input field (D c::> fig. 164
appears . Or: push the control knob up to open
the input field
(D .
The handwriting recognition for the MMI touch
control pad* is automat ically act ivated. Simply
start wr iting.
Free text search for an entry
~ Enter one or more search terms in any order in
to the input f ield. The individ ua l search terms
must be separated by spaces when enter ing .
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An input suggestion to comp lete the entry* ®
¢fig. 164 is shown depending on the input . Ad
ditional entries that conta in the entered search
terms are listed In the results
list@¢ fig. 164.
If the desired term is still not displayed, enter
additional letters until it is displayed.
It is often enough just to ente r the first letters of
the search term in order for it to display in the re
s ul ts list. For example, in the
Telephone* menu,
write the initials of the contact being searched,
separated by a space.
Selecting the input suggestion to complete
the entry
Requirement: an input suggestion to comp lete
the
entry* ®¢ fig. 164 must be displayed.
~ MMI touch input* : press the control knob. Or:
press on the MMI touch contro l pad*.
~ Speller input : push th e control knob up.
Selecting an entry from the results list
Requirement: at least one entry must be dis
played in the res ults
list @¢ fig. 164.
~ MMI touch input* : turn the control knob to the
r ight . Select and confirm an entry from the list.
~ Speller input: select and confirm I LIS T! (D
¢ page 155, fig. 163 . Or: push the control knob
down. Select and confirm an entry from the
list .
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Menus and Symbols
Fig. 165 Diagram: menus and symbols
Symbol /Description Description
CD Selected text Selected function
@ TMC Receiving TMC/online traffic information c> page 217
Displays informat ion about the media so urce that is currently se-
Entertainment sliding lected or
a situat ion (such as an incom ing ca ll). Depending on veh i-
® cle equipment, operation might also be possible using the open en-
menu tertainment sliding menu (such as select ing a radio station or ac-
cepting a call)
<=> page 153 .
@
Jukebox* import ing proc-
Importing audio/video files to the Jukebox <=>page 227
ess
® Repeat track The track currently playing is repeated c> page 238
® Shuffle All files on
the playlist are played in random order c> page 238,
Shuffle
0 Arrow Access information by pressing the control knob when the selected
text is active
®
Telephone signal
Telephone signal strength
strength bars
®
Exclamation point on the
Indicates missed calls
telephone
Data connection signal Signal strength for the active data connection, or
@ PIN
: enter the PIN (SIM)
strength bars*
PUK : enter the PUK
Network coverage for the active data connection
c> page 194
@ 2G/3G/LTE* 2G: GSM network
3G: UMTS network
LTE* : LTE network
@ Mute The aud io source is muted <=>page 249
@) Roaming Outside the mobile network for the
connected cell phone or the in-
serted SIM card
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