2018 AUDI Q7 USB

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 charge level of your smartphone battery.
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 Check if you are using the correct USB adapter and if the USB adapter is connect-
smartphone to the ed correctly to your smartphone and the Aud i mus ic interface ¢
page 231.
MMI failed . Apple CarPlay: check if App le CarPlay is activated on your sma rtphone .
Android Auto: check in the And raid Auto app if Android Auto permits new
veh icles .
T he smartphone is Check if you are using the correct USB adapter and
if the USB adapter is connect -
not automatically ed correctly to your smartphone and the Audi music
interface¢
page 231.
detected. Check if the requirements needed to connect a smartphone have been met.
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::r ' Secondary phone
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
-Connect new device : search for and connec t a
c e ll phone.
- List of devices already paired : selec t your cell
p hone fro m the lis t of all the devices t hat are
al re ad y p aired.
Data connection
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
- T he data conne ct ion is made using the em bed ­
ded SIM car d
ll i=>page 187. You do not need to
adjust a ny a ddit io n al sett ings.
{Ll) Note
Always follow t he inf ormat ion foun d in i=> @ in
W i-Fi hotspot on page 19 4.
MMI connect app
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Requirement: the Audi MMI connect app m ust
be installed and open on your mobile device.
- Connect new device : search for and connect a
mobile device (s uch as a smartp hone) .
-List of devices already paired : selec t your mo ­
bile device from the list of a ll the devices that
are already paire d.
Audio player
Applies to vehicles with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi audio player
Bluetooth player*
Requirement: the Bluetooth funct ion and v is ibili ­
ty must be sw itched on in the MMI
i=> page 248
and on the B luetoot h aud io player.
- Connect new device : press the control knob.
Se lect
Bluetooth audio player . Search fo r and
connect a mobile device .
-List of devices already paired : select a Bl ue­
tooth device from the list of a ll the devices that
are already paire d.
ll SIM card inst alle d in t he v eh icle at the fa ctory.
System settings
Wi-Fi audio player*
R eq uiremen t: th e W i-Fi h otspo t* on the M MI
i=> page 193 an d on yo ur Wi -Fi audio playe r must
be switched o n.
-Connect new device: press the co ntrol knob.
Se arch for and conne ct a W i-Fi ca pabl e dev ice.
- Disconnect Wi-Fi audio player: de activate t he
W i-Fi on you r W i-Fi capa ble dev ice. The devi ce
w ill be au tom atic a lly removed from the lis t.
@ Note
Alway s follo w the inf ormat ion foun d in i=> @ in
W i-F i h ots pot on p age 194.
Directory
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Display contacts from a cell phone (or an addi­
tiona l cell phone).
Requirement: no ce ll phones can be connec ted to
the MMI using the
Handsfree pro file.
- Connect new device: search for and connect a
new ce ll phone .
-List of devices already paired : select yo ur cell
phone from t he list of all the cell phones that
are a lready paired .
Audi smartphone
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
-Connect yo ur cell phone to the A udi music in­
t erface
i=> page 232 using a USB adap ter
i=> page 231, fig. 2 08 .
- Sel ect your cell p ho ne from t he list of cell
p ho nes th at h ave already bee n con nec ted.
Additional options
D epen ding on the sele cted fun ct ion, yo u ca n use
t h e righ t contro l bu tton to access the ava ila bl e
additional options in t he connection mana ger . .,.
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System settings
Delete Bluetooth device*
The se lecte d cell p ho ne/mo bile dev ice is dis con ­
nected from t he M MI and is removed from the
list of all devices that are alrea dy paire d.
Show Bluetooth profiles*
You can Connect or Disconnect the Handsfree ,
Me ssages *, Dire ctory /contacts
an d Bluetooth
audio player
pro files sep arately.
Bluetooth settings*
- Bluetooth :
select and confirm a set ting for the
B luetoot h connec tion v is ibility . Select
Visible
fo r th e MM I to be vis ib le to o ther dev ices. Se­
l ec t
Invisible fo r th e M MI to not be v is ible t o
othe r devi ce s. H oweve r, it is still possib le to es ­
tab lish a Bl uetoo th con nection with pai red de ­
vices when the v is ibi lity is switched off. Se lect
Off to t urn visibi lity off . Then a B luetooth con ­
nect ion is not possible .
-Bluetooth audio player : when this function is
switc hed on~' the Bluetooth audio player is
available as a so urce in t he
Media menu .
-Bluetooth name : the MMI B luetooth name (for
example "AUDI MMI") is d isp layed and ca n be
c h anged.
Online settings*
- Data usage counter :
the amount of data pack ­
ets that a re sent a nd received throug h the MMI
is d isp layed. You can reset the data usage infor­
mation to zero using the
Reset data counter
option.
- Network status : the mobile netwo rk p rovider
fo r data se rvice as well as the netwo rk status
are disp layed .
Wi-Fi settings*
See ¢ page 193, Wi -Fi hotspot.
Storing as a default telephone
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Requir emen t: a cell phone must be connected to
t he MM I
¢page 174.
As soon as t he cell phone is i n range and the
B lue tooth func tion on the ce ll phone and in the
MM I is swi tched o n, this ce ll phone is g iven pr io r­
ity ove r th e ot her Blue tooth devices and is c on-
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necte d dir ectly to the M MI. The connec ted ce ll
p hone is d is pl ayed first in t he dev ice li st .
Network settings*
- Login :
you can chose an automatic log in to
your cell p ho ne servi ce pro vider 's ne twor k, or
you can ch oose a
manual log in from t he list of
avai la bl e netwo rks .
-Network selection : availabl e netwo rks in t he
presen t loca tion can be sele cte d unde r network
select io n. This f unction is on ly avai la bl e for the
Manual log in setting.
Apple CarPlay sound settings/ Android Auto
sound settings
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
See q page 249.
About Apple CarPlay/ About Android Auto
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
Here you w ill find l ega l informa tion regarding
t h e use o f A pple Car Play o r And ro id Aut o and in­
fo rmat ion a bout device -s p eci fic d ata exch ange.
Delete Apple CarPlay device/Delete Android
Auto device
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
Require ment: yo ur cell phone must not be con ­
n ect ed to the Au di music interf ace wi th a USB
adap ter.
Se lec t:
Audi smartphone > a dev ice from t he lis t
> r igh t con trol b utto n.
To remove your cell p ho ne from the list, se lect
and co nfirm
Delete Apple CarPlay device or De­
lete Android Auto device .
System update
"'Select : !ME NUI bu tton> Settings > left control
bu tton >
System maintenance.
- System update :
slide the storage device with
t he update da ta into the a pprop ria te drive
¢ page 2 26 . Se lec t and conf irm the dr ive>
Start update . The length of the p rocess de ­
pe nds on the s ize of the upd ate.
- Reset driver installation: the selected media
dr iver p ackage is rese t to t he se ttings a t the
t im e of delivery .

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cockpit
Fig . 28 6 Driver s ide cockp it : fuse panel wit h plastic bracket
Fuse panel
No . Equipment
2 Telephone
4 Head- up display
5 Aud i m usic interface, USB charging port
6 Front climate co ntro l system contro ls
7 Steer ing column lock
8 Infotainment sys tem display
9 Instrument cluste r
10 Infotainment unit
1 1 Light switch
12 Steerin g column electronics
14 Infotainmen t sys tem
1 5 Powe r steering co lumn adjustment
16 Steeri ng whee l heating
Fuses and bulbs
Fuse assignment - Left side of the luggage
compartment
F ig. 28 7 Le ft s ide of the l uggage co mpart ment : fuse pa nel
wi th plastic cl ip
Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Equipment
s Air s usp ension
6 A utomat ic t ransmiss io n
8 Rear seat heat ing
9 T ail ligh ts
10 Left safety belt tensioner
11 C en tral locki ng sys tem
12 Electric luggage compartment lid
Fuse panel @ (red)
No. Equipment
1 Rear blower control
2 Sound -amplifier
3 Ad Blue heat ing
4 Rear cl imate co ntro l system contro l pane l
s Traile r hitc h (right lig ht)
7 Tra ile r hi tc h
8 Tra ile r hitc h (left light)
9 Tra ile r hitc h (soc ket)
10 Sport different ia l
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Index
Audio fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Aud io player
B luetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
W i-Fi aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Aud io track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Audi p re sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Aud i Serv ice Repair Ma nuals and Lite rature 37 7
Aud i side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rea r cross-traffic ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Aud i smartphone interface . . . . . . . . . 243, 247
Aud i vi rt u a l co ckpit
refer t o In str ume nt cl uster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
Auto Lock (centra l loc king system) . . . . . . . . 29
Autom atic belt ret ractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 70
Automatic climate control system Aud i drive select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 72
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emergency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Manual s hift ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Park ing lock emergency re lease . . . . . . . . . 91
Selector leve r pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
AUTO (button) Automatic cl imate control ........... 68, 71
Auxiliary heater (a utomatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 72
AUX inp ut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Average cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B
BACK b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
382
Battery
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Befo re dr iv ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Be lt tens ioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
B lended gaso line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
B lowe r (automat ic cl imate contro l) . . . . . 68, 71
B luetoot h
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Connect ing a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Booste r sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Boos t pressure ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B rake fl uid
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 326
B rakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
B rake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
B rake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 26
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
New bra ke pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
B reak -in secu rity feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
New t ires . .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 33 7
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Buttons Cont rol p anel (M MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Mult ifunct io n steer ing whee l . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switc hing the Infotainment system disp lay
o n/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
C
Cable ( USB adap ter/ AUX connector cab le) 231
Californ ia Propos ition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 319
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 26
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

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Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 357
T ires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Low-profile tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Run-flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Tire pressure monitoring system . .. 347, 348
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Tire pressure (trailer towing) . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Unidirectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332, 362
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 333
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 343
TMC refer
to Tr affic information . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Touch
refer to MMI touch
T owing
Tow trucks
Towing loop
TPMS 153
371
371,372
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 348
Traffic information ............ 217,218,219
Traffic jam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Traffic messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Traffic sign recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Trailer mode (navigation) ........ .. .. .. . 211
Trai ler towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Travel guide
refer to Travel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . 191
T ravel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Index
Treble (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Turn assist ...... .. .. ................ . 113
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
u
ULSD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Unlocking/locking By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 33
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
With the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Updating stations (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
USB charging port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 232
USB stick
refer to Audi music interface ....... 231, 232
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Dimensions .. .. .. ................. .. 375
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Specifications ...... ................ . 37S
Transporting .. .. ................. . .
Vehicle battery .. .. ............... .. . .
Charge level ..... .. ................ .
Charging ... ....... ................ . 374
326
147
327
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Vehicle care. .. .. .. ............... .. .. 351
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Lifting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Wheel change mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Vehicle status report Audi connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Ventilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Version informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
VIEW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
393