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::r ' Online traffic information
Applies to: vehicles with a navigation system and Audi con­
nect (Infotainment)
The MMI con receive real-time online traffic in­
formation about congestion, accidents, road
construction and other incidents.
R equirement: the requirements for Audi connect
(Infotainment) m ust be met ¢
page 187.
~ Switching online traffic information on and
off:
select I NAV /MAP I button > rig ht control
button
> Online traffic data on(@°) or off ( 0 ).
~ Press the I NAV/MAPI button repeated ly until
the map is displayed .
~ Select: left control button > Traffic messages .
The on line traffic information will also be dis­
p layed on the sate llite map
l) ¢ page 215 or on
the standard map
¢ page 213, fig. 192.
IflON LINEl traffic information cannot be re­
ceived, then traffic information wi ll automatica l­
ly be received through ITMCI
¢ page 218.
Troubleshooting
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
Problem Solution Navigation
(D Tips
-
Online traffic information is not available in
Canada .
- Always read the chapter¢
page 194, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa ­
tion.
- Having the Online traffic data function
switched on provides the most accurate re­
ports of traffic situations as well as traffic
forecasting. Your vehicle transmits and processes its anonymo us, encrypted posi­
tion inform ation at regular intervals to the
traffic data provider. If you do not want to
use this, you can switch off the
online traf­
fic information
function at any time .
- The
online traffic information network is
curr ently not available in all countries, and
the coverage is not nationwide. For addi­
tional information, visit www.a ud iusa.com .
Free text search : the desired des- The dest ination might not be entered in the navigation database.
ti nation cannot be found .
Or: check the spelling of the term that was searched . Check if the
desired country/state was selected for the free text search using
the
Country/state selection ¢ page 204 or the option All coun-
tries/states .
l) A U DI AG prov ides access to se rv ices from thi rd pa rty pro ­
v id ers. Perm anent ava ilabil ity can not be g uaranteed , be­
c ause that depends on the th ird party prov ider.
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Radio
Radio
Opening the radio
The radio supports the FM, AM and SiriusXM*
(satellite radio) bonds. Using the HO Radio re­
ceiver also allows you to receive radio stations
on the FM and AM bonds in digital format.
F ig. 19 8 FM stat ion list (HD Radio technology FM)
R,1d10 : 5ir ius.XM
~ 000 Rad,olD e NoS19n,1l
''JI 001 Preview NoS,gnal
J 002 H its 1
~
6 003 20 on 20 ·
NoS19nal
004 40s on 4 NoS19nal
Fig. 1 99 Sir iu sXM stat ion list
..., Press t he I RADIO I bu tton .
After opening the radio, t he last opened station
list is displayed.
.
I
Selecting a station : select and conf irm a stat ion
from the station list . FM/AM stations that can be
received by digital radio are ma rked with the HD
Rad io technology symbol~® ¢
fig. 198. If re­
ception quality de clin es, the r ad io automatically
sw itches to the analog FM/ AM station depending
on availab ility. D igital HD Rad io sta tions * may
contain multiple additional stations *. The ava ila­
b le add itiona l stations* are listed under the radio
station. If yo u lose reception, the add itiona l sta­
tions* are muted since they can no longer be re­ ceived .
Setting the frequency band : press the I RADIO I
button repeated ly until the desired frequency
band is set.
The fo llow ing information is displayed in the sta­
tion list
¢ fig. 198/ ¢fig . 199:
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(D Presets
The stat ion is stored as a preset. The symbo l
shows the s to red loc ation in the p rese ts list (fo r
example, 21).
@ Radio te xt (shortened di spla y)
If availab le, program information about the set
station is d isplayed in al l of the stat io n lists .
® Frequency
@ Stati on name
® Stat ion w ith HD Radio technolog y available
1-W
@ Channel number
If there is a loss of radio signal (Sir iusXM*), the
fo llow ing system information is displayed in the
station list:
NoSignal : the tuner is cu rrent ly not receiving a
sate llite s ignal
(J) .
The system informa tion turns off when the radio
stations are received again.
(I} Tips
- Con tact the SiriusXM" provide r if you would
like to receive satel lite prog ramming .
- Bui ldings, tu nnels, bridges, open areas, oth­
er veh icles o r obje cts on the veh icle roof can
affect reception.
- Sate llite r ad io is not av aila ble in Alaska and
Hawaii.

Radio
SiriusXM alerts
Applies to: ve hicles w ith S iriusXM
You can display an overview of your favorite ar­
tists or tracks that are currently being played on
a SiriusXM channel.
Y.MMMiiiA
Fig . 201 SiriusXM ale rt not ificat io n
~ Se lect : I RADIO I button > left control button >
SiriusXM.
After you have stored a SiriusXM alert for your fa­
vor ite tracks or artists, you can display an over­
view of your favorite tracks or artists currently
be ing re ceived i n the
SiriusXM alerts menu and
p la y them immed iately. You can also receive a
SiriusXM alert notifi cation @ for these tracks or
artists in the entertainment sliding menu
¢fig . 201.
Storing a SiriusXM alert
Requirement: your favorite track or artist must
be play ing on a SiriusXM channel.
- Se lect : right contro l button >
Receive SiriusXM
alert for track
or Receive SiriusXM alerts for
artist .
Switching SiriusXM alert notifications on
and off
- Select : right contro l button > SiriusXM alert
notifications .
When the function is switched on~, a SiriusXM
Alert notification @¢ fig . 201
is displayed for
several seconds in the entertainment sliding
menu for the
Radio and Navigation menus.
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Playing tracks/artists from Sirius XM alerts
Requireme nt: a SiriusXM alert must be stored for
a track/artis t and it must be currently playing on
a SiriusXM channe l.
- Select: left control button
> SiriusXM alerts >
an entry from the list . The selected track/artist
is played .
Playing tracks/artists from the
entertainment sliding menu
Requirement: the SiriusXM alert notifications
functio n must be switched on. You must be in the
Radio and Navigation men u. A SiriusXM alert no­
tification
is displayed in the enterta inment slid­
i ng menu
(D ¢fig. 201.
- Push the control knob down.
- Select and confirm the desired track/artist .
Managing SiriusXM alerts
-Select: r ight control button> Manage SiriusXM
alerts .
- Switching SiriusXM alerts on/off :
when the
function is sw itched on~, you are notified
when this track or artist is being p layed on a
SiriusXM channel.
- Deleting Sirius XM alerts : select an entry from
the list>
right control button > Delete from
alerts
> Delete this entry or Delete all entries.
View: additional station information
Fig. 202 Rad io v iew: add it io nal stati on informa tion
Requirement: you must be tuned to a radio sta­
tion . The
Show "Now Playing " screen option
must be switched on
q page 224.
Symbols in the "Now Playing" screen¢ fig. 202:
(D Radio text availability

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:E ' Radio text is availab le for the selected station .
See
~ page 221.
@ FM HD Radio technology
The station is received through FM HD Radio
technology .
@ Screen view
Display Cover art or Station logo. See
~ page 224, Preferred picture view*.
Display ing the station list:
Turn the control knob. Or: press the I BACK ! but­
ton .
Radio menu
Fig. 203 Example: Rad io menu
.. Select : I RADIO I button > left control button.
Setting the frequency band : select and confirm
the desired freq uency band in the radio menu
~ fig. 203. Or: press the I RADIO I button repeat­
ed ly until the desi red frequency band is set. The
station list is displayed .
@Presets
The presets list is displayed ~ page 223, Pre­
sets .
@ SiriusXM alerts
App lies to: ve hicles with SiriusXM alerts
After you have stored a SiriusXM alert for your fa­
vor ite tracks or artists ~
page 222, an overview
of your favor ite tracks or artists currently be ing
received on SiriusXM is displayed .
@SiriusXM
Appl ies to: ve hicles with SiriusXM alerts
The SiriusXM* station list is displayed.
Radio
Additional frequency bands
Depending on the vehicle equipment, you may al­
so be able to select additional frequency bands
@!@ ~fig. 203 in the se lection men u.
Presets
You can store your favorite stations from every
frequency band in the presets list.
.. Select: the I RADIO I button > left control button
> Presets.
Requirement: the presets list must be disp layed .
-Storing pre sets : select and confirm a free pre­
set space.
Follow t he system instructions.
- Select and confirm
a station from the list if
necessary.
Requirement: a station list must be d isplayed .
-Storing presets : select : an entry from the list>
right control button > Store as preset. Or :
press and hold the contro l knob for several sec ­
onds .
T he shortcu t keys are automatically assigned to
t h e prese ts 1 to 8. You can selec t the stat ions di­
rectly using the preset buttons~
page 156 .
-Displaying the presets list : select: I RADIO I but-
ton
> Preset s.
Requirement: the favorites list must be dis­
played.
- listening to presets : select and confirm a pre­
set from the list.
- Move preset : select a preset from the list>
right control button > Move preset . Or : press
and hold the control knob for several seconds .
Select and confirm the location of the selected
favorite.
- Deleting presets: select a preset from the list >
right control button > Delete preset > Delete
this preset or Delete all presets .
Additional settings
Radio settings
.. Select: I RADIO I button > rig ht control button >
Radio settings. ..,.
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Radio
The following settings can be se lected, depend­
ing on the band that is se lected :
Station names (FM )
Variabl e:
scrolling text tra nsmi tted by the FM
s tat ions is shown in the Infotainment system d is­
p lay .
Fixed : scrolling text transm itted by the FM sta­
tions is not s hown in the Infota inment system
d isp lay. O nly the cu rrent sect io n of the scro lling
text is d isplayed.
FM /AM HD Radio*
You can sw itch HD Rad io recept ion on o r off .
Channel sorting (Sirius XM *)
You can set the station so rting for SiriusXM sta­
tion lists* by:
- Channel number: the channe ls are sorted in as­
cending order according to their channel num­
ber.
- Channel name : the channels are listed in alpha ­
betica l order.
- First categor y, then channel number : the
c h annels are sorted by their category and then
by the ir channe l numbers .
-First categor y, then channel name : the chan­
nels are sorted by their category and then by
their channe l names.
Categor y filter (SiriusXM *)
The stations s hown in t he s ta tion lis t can be fi l­
tered by your pe rsonal prefe rences and by pro ­
gram type. The program categories that yo u can
select depend on what is offered by yo ur provid ­
er. Select the
All categor ie s option to deactivate
all filter options and display all ava ilable stations
in the satellite station list .
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution Show "Now Playing" screen
When
the functi on is swi tched on~ and the st a­
tions o r presets list is open, the disp lay w ill
switch to the
"Now Pla ying " sc reen view after
approximate ly five seconds ¢
page 222. Depend­
i ng on ava ilability, information about the set sta­
tion (such as stat ion name, artist and station
logo) may be disp layed in this v iew .
Prefe rred picture vie w*
You can set your preferred screen view for the
Show "Now Pla ying " screen ¢ page 222.
-Station logo : the station logo is displayed, de ­
pending on avai lability .
-Cov er art : the album cove r is d isplayed if availa ­
ble.
Gracenote online database *
Requirement: the MMI must be connected to the
Internet. The
Co ver art opt ion must be selected
¢ page 224, Pr eferred picture vi ew *.
When the funct ion is switched on~, the album
cover or genre cover for the so ng that is play ing
i s loaded from t he Gracenote online database,
depend ing on ava ilability.
Subscription status (SiriusXM )*
This opt io n is available when your subscr ipt io n is
about to expire or has already expired . The expi ­
r ation date for your license is displayed .
Call to SiriusXM *: the contact information for
your sate llite rad io provider is d isplayed . T o ca ll
your sate llite rad io provider using the MMI, press
Call to Siriu sXM*.
A station with poor reception is no longer Store the stat io n as a preset in advance . Access the pre-
displayed in the station l ist once you sets using the presets list ¢
page 223.
switch to a d ifferen t sta tion.
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::r ' Media
Introduction
There are various media drives and connections
avai lab le in the MMI. For example, you can play
audio/video* fi les from t he Jukebox* or connect
your mobi le device to the Audi mus ic interface*
and operate it through the MMI.
Notes
General
Media and format re strictions :
the MM I (includ ­
ing the SD card reader and the USB storage de ­
vice connection *) was tested wit h a variety of
products and media on the market. However,
there may be cases where ind ividual devices or
media and audio/video files* may not be recog­
n ized, may play on ly w ith restrictions, or may not
play at all.
Digital Rights Management : please note that
the audio/video* files are subjec t to copyright
protection .
The med ia drives do not play f iles that are pro ­
tected by ORM and that are ident ified with the
symbol
rfl.
Data secu rity : never store important data on SD
cards, the Jukebox*, CDs/DVDs or mobile devices .
Aud i AG is not responsib le for damaged or lost
f il es and media .
Loading times : th e more files/fo lders/p lay lists
that are on a storage medium, the longer it will
take to load the audio/v ideo* files . Audi recom­
mends using storage med ia tha t on ly conta in au­
d io/video files* . To decrease the t ime it takes to
l oad audio/v ideo f iles*, create subfolders (fo r ex­
ample, fo r th e a rt ist o r album). The loading time
will also increase when importing fi les.
Additional information : when playing, audio
f iles are automatically displayed with any add i­
tional informat ion that is sto red (such as the ar­
tis t, trac k and albu m cover). If this informa tion is
n o t availa ble o n the sto rage med ium, t he M MI
will check the Grace note metadata database .
Media
However, in some cases, the additional in fo rma ­
tion may not be displayed.
Re stri cted functionality : reset the Media set­
tings
t o the fac to ry defau lt settings if func tional ­
ity is restr icted ¢
page 246.
If functionali ty is rest ricted, reset the Jukebox *
to the fa ctory default sett ings ¢ page 246.
For information about the propert ies of s upport­
ed med ia and fi le formats , see ¢
page 240 .
@ Note
Always fo llow the information fo und in ¢ @ in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 194 .
CD/DVD operation
CD /DVD and format restrictions :
the funct iona li­
ty of individ ua l st orage media may be limited due
to the v ariety of b lank CDs/DVDs avai lab le and
t h e various capacities. Audio C Ds or video DV Ds
with copy p rotection, CDs/DVDs that do not con ­
fo rm to the standard and multi session CDs may
have limit ed playback or may not play at a ll. Audi
recommends finaliz ing the recording process
whe n creat ing mult isess io n CDs . Mult isess ion is
not supported for DVDs .
Using CDs/DVDs , the CD dr ive or the DVD drive :
to ensure correct, hig h-quality playback and to
prevent damage to the dr ive or d isc read ing er­
rors, always store CDs/DVDs in a protective
sleeve and do not expose t hem to direct sunlight .
Do
not u se:
- Damaged, dirty or scratched CDs/DVDs
- Sing le CDs/DVDs with 3 in (8 cm) d iameter
- CD/DVDs that a re not round
- CDs/DVDs w it h labe ls
- Protec tive rings
- Clea ning CDs
Thermal protection switch : CD/DVD playback
may be temporarily unavailab le if outs ide tem ­
peratures a re extremely hot or co ld . A thermal
pro tect io n sw itch is insta lled to p rotect the C D/
D VD and the laser.
La ser devi ce s: lase r devices a re divided i nto safe -
ty classes 1 to 4 in acco rdance w ith DIN I EC 76 .,.
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::r - CD drive
App lies to: ve hicles wit h a CD drive
Fig. 20 6 Glove compa rtment : CD d rive
- Load ing a CD: the CD is pulled in automatically .
Slide the CD straight into the CD slot@
ca:> fig. 206 with the label fac ing up .
-Automatic playback : playback will start auto­
matically if the inserted CD conta ins supported
audio files
ca:> page 241, CD drive.
- Ejecting a CD: press the button (D <=:> fig. 206 .
The CD is pulled in again automatically if it is not
removed from the slot w ith in ten seconds of
ejecting it .
The CD drive is accessed and operated thro ugh
the MMI <=:>
page 234, Playing media.
{Ll) Note
- Never force a CD into t he d rive . The CD is
pulled in automatically.
- Do no t inser t CDs w ith labe ls into the drive .
Labe ls can come loose from the CD and
damage the drive.
(D Tips
C D playback ca nnot be guaranteed with audio
fi les that have a hig h data rate .
Media
Jukebox
Applies to : veh icles w it h Jukebox
After you have filled the Jukebox with music and/
or videos, for example from your SD card, you
can play these files directly from the Jukebox .
The Jukebox memory capacity is approximately
10 GB .
.,. Press the I MEDIA ! button. Press the left cont rol
button unt il the sources overview <=:>
page 234
is displayed. Se le ct and confir m Jukebox .
Adding files to the Jukebox
- Press the I MEDIA ! button. Press the left control
button unti l the sources overview <=:>
page 234
is displayed . Select one of the follow ing so urces
t o copy to the Jukebox: SD card*, CD-ROM *,
DVD -R O M*, U SB storage devi ce*.
Requirement: the media center (for examp le,
tracks, albums) m ust be open .
-Selecting an ent ry: select an entry from the
media cente r. Se lect : rig ht contro l button
>
Copy to Jukebo x > This entry or Entire list.
Requirement: the p layli st mus t be open. See
<=:>
page 23 7 .
- Select ing a track : select the track that is cur­
rently playing . Select : right control button
>
Copy to jukebo x> This track or Entire album
or This artist .
Requirement: a v ideo file must be playing.
- Select: r ight con trol b utton
> Copy to Jukebox .
The copying process begins . The status of the
copy ing process is shown in the MMI.
- Hiding the importing proce ss: select and co n­
firm
Continue copying in background . Theim ­
porting p rocess is hidden .
-Canceling the importing process: select an d
confirm
Cancel copying : Or: remove the source
that is being imported . Files already copied re ­
main.
Requirement: the copying p rocess m ust be active
in the bac kgro und.
- Showing the copying proce ss: select: right
cont rol button
> Copying in progre ss.
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Media
When importing, the audio files a re au tomatica l­
ly sorted into the media center categories based
on the stored addit iona l info rmation
¢
page 235. The copied video files a re stored in
the media center under the
Videos category.
Playing the Jukebo x
Req uiremen t: the J ukebox must con tain audio/
video files ¢
page 22 7, Adding files to the Juke ­
box.
T he Jukebox is accessed an d ope ra ted t hrough
the MMI
(D ¢page 234, fig . 210.
Displaying Jukebox memory capacity
Select : righ t control button > Juk ebo x memory
capacity .
Info rmation abou t the J ukebo x memo ry
c a pa city and the numbe r of s to red tracks is dis ­
p layed .
Deleting tracks from the Jukebox1
)
Req uiremen t: the Jukebox must contain audio/
video fi les.
- Delet ing an ent ry : se lect an e ntry from the
Jukebox media center . Se lect: rig ht contro l but­
ton
> Delete from jukebox > Thi s entry or En­
tire list .
- The status of t he de leti ng p rocess is shown in
the MMI. J ukebox playback s tops d uring the de­
l et ing p ro cess a nd s tarts again au toma tically
o nce the dele tion is comp lete .
(D) Note
Do not import aud io/video files when the en­
gi ne is t urne d off because this will drain the
veh icle b att ery.
(D Tips
- Tracks fro m audio C Ds cannot be im port ed
t o t he Ju ke box for legal reasons .
- Fil es that have a lready been importe d are
a utomat ica lly recogn ized and cannot be
cop ie d to the J ukebo x again.
- It i s no t possib le to play audio/v ideo* files
i n the C D/DVD* dr ive w hile importi ng the m.
1> Not i n the Pl ayba ck view .
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- Th e Juk eb ox does not provi de a n ex port
function due to legal reasons .
- Files o r tra cks w ithou t addi tional store d in­
formation a re listed as
Unknown. A ud i rec ­
ommends adding a dditiona l info rmation
(such as ID3 tags) to a udio f iles.
- Reset the
Jukebox to the facto ry defa ult
settings when sel ling yo ur vehicle
¢ page 246.
Bluetooth audio player
Applies to: vehicles with Bluetooth audio player
With the Bluetooth audio player, you can play
music wirelessly from your Bluetooth-capable
device (such as a cell phone) through the MMI.
Requirement: the vehicle m ust be stationary and
the ignit io n m ust be switched on. The B luetooth
settings w ill open on your mob ile dev ice d uring
t h e connection setup . The Blue tooth function
and vis ibili ty of the MM I ¢
pag e 248 and mob ile
device must be sw itched on. The
Bluetooth audio
player ¢
page 248 must be switched on in t he
MM I.
-Connecting a Bluetooth device: press the
! MEDIA ! butto n. Press the left con trol b utton
un til the sources ove rview is d isp layed. Selec t
and confirm
Bluetooth audio player ®
¢page 234, fig . 211 .
-If n ecess ary, se lect and co nf ir m Not connected
> Connect Bluetooth audio player . The Bl ue­
tooth device search starts. Follow the instruc ­
tions in the MMI.
- Select and confirm t he des ired Bl uetooth de ­
vice from the list . The MMI generates a PIN fo r
the connection.
- Select and confirm
Yes.
- En ter the PI N for conne ct in g on your Bluetoo th
dev ice .
Or : if the P IN is already dis played on
your Bl uetooth device, confi rm it in the Bl ue­
tooth device and in the MMI. The time a llowed
for entering the PI N is lim ited to approx imately
30 seconds .
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