2018 AUDI Q7 ESP

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::r ' The ignition and the MMI must be switched on.
No phone call is in progress.
T he parking aid as well as the Audi voice recogni­
tion system must not be active .
A cell phone must be connected to the MMI with
the
Handsfree profile ¢ page 174.
The cell phone being connected must have voice
control that can be controlled externally .
.. Switching on: press and hold the 5) button on
the multifunction steering wheel* and say the
desired command after the external speech di­
alog begins .
.. Continuing/resuming the dialog: the system
remains ready to use for a short time after end­
ing the dialog. You can start a new external dia­
log during this time . Press the
51 button if
needed, and say a new command .
Or: select
and confirm
Resume on the MMI control panel.
.,. Switching off: press and hold the 5) button .
Or: select and confirm Cancel on the MMI con­
trol panel.
(D Tips
- There are no voice guidance* prompts when
a dialog is active.
- This function depends on the cell phone
used. You can obtain more information
from your cell phone service provider or
from your cell phone user guide.
- AUDI AG simply provides access to control
your cell phone with voice operation and
does not take any responsibility for the con­
tents and commands within the external
voice control.
Voice recognition system
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Telephone
~ Select: I M ENUI button> Telephone > left con ­
tro l button .
~ Select and confirm Directory > a contact from
the directory.
~ Se lect : rig ht contro l butto n > Show contact de·
tails .
- Calling:
select and confirm the desired tele ­
phone numbe r.
- Navigating : to start navigation, se lect and con ­
firm the desi red address. Select and confirm
Start route guidance .
Press the r ight cont rol button to o pen additional
options fo r th e contact details.
Add destination
To st art na vigatio n, se le ct and co nf irm the de ­
sired ad dress . Se le ct and confirm
Start route
guidance .
Store as favorite
S ee ¢ page 1 79, Favorites .
Send text message*
You can send a text message¢ page 180 to the
selected contact .
Delete contact
The selected contact can be delete d.
(D Tips
- Contacts edit ed in th e MMI d irecto ry cannot
b e autom atic all y up dat ed in t he connec ted
ce ll p hone. Audi recommends editing cell
ph one contacts direct ly in t he ce ll phone .
- On ly the co nt acts in the lo ca l MM I memory
ca n be e dite d or de leted .
Importing and exporting contacts
App lies to: ve hicles w ith telep hone
Con tacts in vCard forma t (. vcf) can be impo rted
into the directory or e xported .
Requir em en t: an S D car d m us t b e in se rted in o ne
of the S D card readers *¢
page 22 6 or a USB
s to rage dev ice m ust be connecte d to the Audi
m usic interface *¢
page 231 or the require -
184 ments
fo r Audi connect In fota inme nt serv ices*
must be met
¢ page 187.
~ Sele ct: !ME NUI butto n> Telephone > le ft co n­
t rol butt on >
Directory .
~ Select: r ight con trol button> Directory set­
tings.
- Importing contacts from a storage device :
se­
le ct and con fir m
Import contacts > SD card 1 /
SD card 2 or USB device 1 /USB device 2
> de ­
sired contacts
> Start import.
- Exporting contacts to a storage device:
selec t
an d confirm
Export contacts > SD card 1 /SD
card 2 or USB device 1 /USB device 2
> desired
contacts
> Start export .
- Selecting all contacts at once to import/ex­
port :
select and confirm Import contacts /Ex ­
port contacts > SD card 1 /SD card 2 or USB de·
vice 1 /USB device 2 > All > Start import /Start
export .
(D Tips
-Always read the chapter¢ page 194, Audi
connect (Infotainment) gen eral informa­
tion.
- Fo r add itiona l information o n the myAu di
accou nt, visi t www .a udiusa .com/myaud i.
- Th e imported contacts a re stored in the lo­
cal memory of t he dire ctory.
- A ma ximum of 1, 000 contacts can be im­
p orted. Yo u ca n check t he directory memory
capaci ty at any t ime
¢pag e 185.
- Never save important data on memory ca rds
o r U SB storage devices. Audi is not responsi­
b le fo r damaged o r los t fil es a nd media.
- Contacts t hat were dow nloa ded from a ce ll
p hon e cannot be e xpo rted.
- Th ere s houl d be no ot her f iles or fo lders on
t h e st ora ge m ediu m co ntain ing th e contacts
to be importe d.
Additional settings
Telephone settings
App lies to: vehicles wit h telepho ne
~ S elect: IME NUI button> Telephone > righ t co n-
trol button >
Telephone settings. .,,.

Audi connect (Infotainment)
,.. Enter your myAudi user data. Or : enter your
eight-digit myAudi PIN .
,.. Confirm your entry with
OK .
Then yo u can open yo ur persona l se tt ings from
your myAudi account in you r vehicle .
(D Tips
You can re ceive you r myAudi P IN if you have
se t up a myAud i account. For addi tional infor ­
mation, see www.audi usa .com/mya udi.
Opening Audi connect
(Infotainment)
A pp lies to ve hicles with A udi co nnect (Infotainment)
Fig . 180 Aud i co nn ect (I n fota inment) ho m e p age
,.. Se lect : the IMENU ! button> Audi connect .
,.. If necessary, confi rm the note disp layed wit h
Accept.
A list of all of the ava ilable Audi connect Infotain­
ment services is shown in the Infotai nment sys­
tem disp lay ¢
fig. 180 .
You can a lso filte r the Aud i connect Infotainment
services by category:
,.. Se lect :
I MENU I button> Audi connect > left
contro l button> for example,
Navigation for
the Aud i connect Infotainment se rvices in the
navigation me nu
¢page 191.
Audi connect
Infotainment services
Basic functions
A pp lies to veh icles with A udi co nnect (Infota inment)
If available, funct ions specific to certain services
a re in the selec tion menu of that particular Aud i
ll Not availa ble in a ll la n guage s.
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connect In fota inme nt service ¢ page 152. The
basic functions are in the correspon ding options
menu:
,.. Sele ct:
!ME NUI butt on> Audi connect > desired
Audi connect Infotainment servi ce>
right con ­
trol b utton .
Depend ing o n the Audi connect In fota inme nt
se rvice selected, the follow ing basic f unc tions are
available :
Save as preview*
You can also see a preview of the selected Aud i
con nect In fo tai nment services on the Aud i con­
nect In fo ta inment home page@¢
page 188,
fig . 180.
Show on map
You can show selected con ten ts on the map and
u se them fo r route gu idan ce .
Log in
See¢ page 187, Logging into myAudi in the vehi­
cle .
Read out
1>
You can a llow the M MI to read out the selected
contents .
Call*
If a p hone num ber w as assigne d to an e ntry, you
can call the number, for e xamp le to reserve tick­
ets.
Start route guidance
If a city was ad ded to an e ntry, suc h as fo r City
Events ,
you ca n use it as a navig ation dest ina­
t ion. Rou te g uidance st art s immediate ly.
Change search area
The se t sea rch area can be changed at any time.
Additional informat io n on search areas can be
fo und under ¢
page 206 .

Audi conn ect (Infotainment)
- when the camera-based traffic sign recogni ­
tion* is malfunctioning ¢
page 97
- when the re are warnings from t he camera-
based traffic sign recognition*
Switching traffic light information on and
o ff
- Se lect: I MENU I button > Audi connect > Tra ffi c
li g ht info rmati on >
On (~ ) or Off (0 ).
A WARNING
-When traffic light information is shown, a l­
so always pay attention to the traffic situa ­
t ion, the distance to other vehicles and the
area around the ve hicle. The driver is always
respons ible for assessing the traff ic situa­
t ion .
- Always adapt your speed to the current
weather, road and traff ic conditions. The
displayed information must never cause you
to ignore lega l traffic regulations and pose a
safety risk.
- Regardless of the traffic light info rmat ion,
yo u should always monitor yo ur speed using
the speedometer and make su re yo u are ad ­
her ing to the legal speed lim it .
- T he traffic light information does not adjust
yo ur vehicle 's speed to the speed recom ­
mendat ion shown in the display.
(D Tips
- Traffic light information is not yet ava ilable
i n all cit ies and is not nationw ide .
- Un its of measurement and language set­
ti ngs a re d isplayed based on how they were
set in the MMI sys tem set tings
¢ page 245 .
-Always read the chap ter¢ page 194, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa ­
tion .
Weather
Applies to: vehicles with weather information
Information on current weather cond itions as
well as weathe r fo recasts for the selected sea rch
area .
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.. Select and confirm Weather .
You can also disp lay the current weat her condi­
t ions on the map , fo r example.
.,. Select: left control button
> on entry .
Flight information
Applies to: vehicles with flight information
Information on flights and current arrival/depar ­
ture times in the selected search area .
.,. Select and confirm
Flight inf orm ation .
City events
Applies to: vehicles with City events
Information on events in various categories in
the desired search area.
.,. Select
Cit y Event s > left co ntro l button > cate­
gory.
Online news
Applies to: vehicles with on line news
You can check the c urrent headlines of your fa ­
vorite publications in the MMI.
Requirement: yo ur myAud i acco un t must be s ub­
scribed to news feeds and your vehicle must be
connected to myAudi
¢ page 187 .
.,. Sele ct: Online n ew s > desired newsfeed > a
headline.
The entire news a rticle w ill be dis ­
played .
© Tips
If yo u ha ve not s ubs cribe d to a ny pe rsonal
n ewsfeeds in your myA udi account, pre -con ­
figured newsfeeds will be disp layed .
Twitter
Applies to: vehicles with Twitter
You can access the most important fun ctions in
your Twitter account through your
MMI.
Requirement:
You must have co nnected your myAudi account
with Tw itter. You can f ind additional information
fo r th is on line at www .audiusa .com/myaud i. .,.

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r=> page 187 .
.,. Se lect Twi tter > left co ntrol button > desired
function
(for example, T rend s).
The fo llow ing categories can be selected in the
Twitt er menu:
- My tw eets: News Feed and the Tweets you have
posted are l isted.
- Home: the Tweets for everyone you follow are
displayed .
-Trend s: topics on Twitter that are currently
popular w ith in a country .
Different functions are availab le depending on
the Twitter category you have selected:
- New tweet : you can post a new tweet using
pre -made templates or using myAudi tem ­
plates that you have created yourse lf.
- Refre sh : the selected Twitter function is re­
freshed.
- Fa vo rite : mark a Tweet as favorite to show you
liked it.
- Retwee t: you can quote a Tweet to share it with
others.
(D Tips
- Other se tt in gs such as accoun t, la ng uage,
Tweet security and location settings
cannot
be changed in the MMI. These c hanges must
be made on the Twitter website .
- You can on ly connect
one Twitter account
with your myAudi acco unt .
- Audi con nect (Infotainment) makes i t possi ­
b le to access Twitter . Permanent avai lability
ca nnot be guaranteed, because t hat de ­
pends on Twitter.
Travel (travel guide)
Applies to: vehicles with Travel (travel guide)
You can use the Audi MMI connect opp to store
points of interest on your mobile device (such as a smartphone) and then use them for route
guidance in the MMI.
Requirement:
Audi connect (Inf otainment )
The Audi MMI connect app must be insta lled and
open on your mobi le device .
Yo u m ust be logged into your myA udi account in
the
Audi MMI conne ct app and you must have se ­
l ected your vehicle.
T he Wi-Fi function on your mob ile dev ice and on
t h e M MI m ust be switched on.
T he MMI must be connected to the network .
.,. Select:
!MENUI button> Audi connect > left
control button >
Information category> Tra v­
el.
After opening the trave l guide, trave l tips in your
area w ill be displayed including current ratings as
well as the corresponding category .
.,. Press the left control button to change the cat­
egory (such as bars nearby) .
A WARNING
-
-It is o nly safe to use tablets, laptops, mo­
b ile dev ices and other sim ila r devi ces when
t he vehicle is s ta ti onary bec ause, li ke a ll
loose objec ts, they co uld be thrown around
the inside of the ve hicle in a crash and cause
serio us inj uries . Store these types of devices
securely while driving.
- Do not use any wireless devices on the front
seats within range of the airbags whi le dr iv­
ing. Also read the warnings in the chapte r
r::> page 2 73, Front airbags.
@ Note
Always fo llow the information fo und in ¢ @ in
Wi -Fi hotspot on page 194.
(D Tips
Units o f measurement, language settings and
time are shown in the Infotainment system
display based on how they were set in the
M MI system sett ings
r::> page 245.
Audi connect (Infotainment) in navigation
Applies to: vehicles with a navigation system and Audi con­
nec t (Infotainment)
.,. Select: !MENUI button> Audi connect > left
control button >
Na vigation .
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@ Note
- Under some conditions, certain mobile devi ­
ces and operat ing systems may a utomati­
cally switch from your vehicle's Wi-Fi hot ­
spot to the device's mobile data connection.
In that event, standard text and data usage
rates would apply while t he dev ice's mob ile
data connection is in use . P lease refer to
documentat ion p rovided by yo ur mobi le de ­
v ice 's man ufac tur e and yo ur d ata ca rr ie r for
d eta ils, re lated terms and privacy state ­
ment.
- You are responsible fo r all p re caut io ns tak­
en fo r data p rotection, an ti- v irus pro tec tion
and protection against loss of data on mo ­
bile devices that are used to access the In ­
ternet thro ugh the W i-F i hotspot.
(D Tips
- In vehicles without Audi connect ( Infotain ­
ment)*, the use of the Wi -Fi hotspot is only
possib le for the Wi-Fi audio p layer*. A data
connection to the Internet cannot be estab­
li shed.
- For additional informat ion about the Aud i
connect Infotai nment services, visit
www .audiusa .com/myaud i.
Configuring the data
connection
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
The data connection for Audi connect Infotain­
ment servic es is pr e-configured at the factory.
However, if o configuration should be n ecessary,
you con adjust the following settings .
"Se lect: I M ENUI button> right control b utton>
Connection manager.
" Se lect : rig ht contro l button > Online settings >
Data connection settings .
Using the Data connection settings menu, you
can set when an Internet connection shou ld be
made. The Int ernet conn ection disconnects auto ­
mat ica lly once the requested Audi connect Info­
tainment service no longer requires any d ata.
The fo llowing settings can be selected:
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Audi connect (MMI)
With the Audi conne ct (MMI) func tion, you can
Allow or Den y the use of Audi connect Info tain­
ment services if the connection is set to
No re­
que st or With request.
Wi-Fi devices*
U sing the Wi -Fi d evice s function, yo u can Allow
or Deny a co n ne cti on t o the Inte rnet .
& WARNING
- As t he driver, do not a llow usage o f the Wi ­
F i hotspot to distract yo u from driving, as
this could increase the r is k of an accide nt.
- It is on ly safe to use tablets, laptops, mo ­
bi le devices and other simi lar devices when
the vehicle is stat ionary because, like a ll
loose objects, they co uld be thrown around
the inside of the ve hicle in a crash and cause
serious injuries . Store these types of devices
securely wh ile d riving .
- Do not use any wireless devices on the front
seats within range of the airbags while dr iv­
ing . Also read the warnings in t he chapter
r:!) page 2 73, Front airbags .
@ Note
Always fo llow the information found in ¢ (!) in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 194 .
Audi connect
(Infotainment) general
information
Audi connect Infotainment services
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
(D Tips
-Yo u ca n only use serv ices suppo rte d b y Aud i
connect (In fotainment) if yo u have the op ­
tional MMI Navigation plus eq uipment with
M MI touch* and A udi connect (Infotain ­
ment).
- Use of the L TE* mobile network standard is
not ava ilab le in every country. Contact an
authorized Audi dealer o r autho rized Aud i

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- Usage of Audi connect Infotainment serv­
ices depends on the availability of services
through third party providers .
- A udi connect Infotainment services are only
available within the cell phone network cov­
erage from yo ur cell phone service provider.
- Audi connect Infotainment services are available in the USA . Audi connect Infotain­
ment services are currently not available in
Canada or in Mexico.
- Also read the information in the chapter
¢ page 174, Telephone.
-Availability, scope, providers, screen display
and costs of serv ices may vary depend ing on
the country, model, model year, end dev ice
and rates. For additional informat ion, visit
www.audiusa.com.
- An init ial registration/activation on the
myAudi platform at www.aud iusa.com/
myaudi is requ ired to use individual serv­
i ces. You can contact an autho rized Aud i
dealer or Audi connect (Infotainment) cus­
tomer service a t (877) SOS-AUDI (2834) to
receive information on options fo r exp and­
i ng you r usage and any costs that may re ­
su lt.
- The Audi connect Infotainment services are
a Wi -Fi/lnternet -based system. If the sys ­
tem does not function correctly even
though all of the requirements are met,
please try again later or contact Audi con­
nect (Infota inment) customer service at
(877) SOS-AUDI (2834).
- For detailed information on Audi connect
(Infotainment) and the Terms of Use, refer
to www .audiusa.com.
Data protection
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
(1) Tips
- You can find add itiona l information in your
MM I in the opt ions menu fo r the selec ted
A udi connect Infotainment service and also
on line at www.audiusa .com .
- Your privacy is important to us.
Audi conn ect (Inf otainment )
- AUDI AG collects, processes, shares and
transmits your personal information in ac­
co rdance w ith legal reg ulations in o rder to
ensure p roper function and availab ility of
the individua l Audi connect Infotainment
serv ices. You can view the complete, current
and valid Audi connect (Infotainment) data
protec tion po licy in you r M MI. The myAud i
pla tform is availab le for to you to a ct ivate
a dd itio nal Audi conne ct Infotainment serv­
i c es and to t ransfe r data to your ve hicl e,
among other services . A one -time registra ­
tion is require d to establish a connection to
your vehicle. Fo r th is purpose, AUDI AG co l­
lects, processes, transm its and uses your re­
quired persona l information as required for
you to use the services provided by AUDI
AG. Your informat ion is not distrib uted to
third pa rties. Using your cell phone with
your myAudi p latform allows you to trans­
m it d ata fo r yo ur Audi conne ct I nfot ain­
ment serv ices functions to yo ur vehicle and
you can allow specific vehicle data to be
transmitted from yo ur vehicle.
- By activating special information se rvices
that are part of your Aud i connect (Infotain­
ment) portfolio, you can use these functions
directly in you r vehicle by ente ring data to
confirm your identity (to use soc ial net­
works , for example). To do this, the ident ifi­
cat ion information you provided is forward­
ed with the request to the respec tive service
prov ider. Then you can access yo ur person al
c ontent using a se cu re conne ct ion. T his con­
t en t is displaye d in the vehicle for you r use .
Your personal conten t is not stored w ith in
Audi AG. The necessary connection informa­ tion is processed and used for prov iding
serv ices and the prope r funct ion of the serv­
ices in accordance with applicable legal
guide lines.
- You can find additional info rmation in your
MMI in the options menu for the selected
Audi connect Infotainment service and a lso
online at www .a u diusa.com.
- By p roviding Aud i connect Infotainment
serv ices, Audi of America is au thorized to
collec t, p rocess, transmi t and transfer
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-Distances to points of interest are displayed
as a straight -line distance from your current
l ocation. The actua l distance from your cur­
rent location to the point of interest is up­
dated automat ica lly . The list of found
po ints of interest is not resorted when th is
happens .
- There may be entries in the list that cannot be displayed completely due to the ir length .
Se lect the co rresponding e ntry from the
li st . Se lect : righ t co ntro l butto n
> Show des­
t in ati on detai ls . Det ailed informat ion for
t h e selec ted en try in t he list is then dis­
p layed.
Online point of interest search (online
search)
Applies to: vehicles with a navigation system and Audi con­
nect (Infotainment)
You con sear ch for points of interest on the In ­
tern et.
Req uirement: the requirements fo r Audi co nnect
(Info tainment) m ust be met
r=> poge 187.
.,. Press the I NAV/MAPI button repeatedly until
the
Ent er destination menu is displayed
r=> poge 203, fig . 185.
.,. Se lect : left cont rol b utton > Online search . The
search area last set is d isplayed in the inp ut
field.
- Changing the search ar ea : select: right control
bu tton
> Sel ect search area .
- Sear ching for online de stination s in the se ­
lec ted search are a:
enter a new city/state if
necessary. Ente r a sea rch term, such as "Ho tel ",
and press the contro l knob. Select and confirm
an on lin e destination from th e list.
- Sear ching fo r online destination s in a specific
categor y:
select and confirm Select category .
Select and confirm a category such as Restau­
rants .
Find which search areas a re available under
¢ page 206, Point of interest search.
You can sea rch fo r onl ine dest inat io n s using the
voice recognition system ¢
table on page 170.
Navigation
(D Tips
Always read the chapter r=> page 194, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general information.
Accessing destinations from myAudi
account
Applies to: vehicles with a navigation system and Audi con­ nect (Infotainment)
Import individual destinations from your myAudi
account into the MMI.
Requirement:
T he requirements for Audi connect (Infota in­
ment) must be met
¢ page 187.
You must have a reg iste red myAud i account a t
www .audiusa .com/myaudi . You must have ave ­
hicle assigned to your myAud i account and you
must have stored one or more destinations .
.. Press the
INAV/MAPI button repeatedly until
the
Enter dest ination menu is displayed
r=> page 203, fig . 185 .
.. Select: left control button > myAudi contac ts.
.,. If necessa ry, enter yo ur myA ud i use r data or
your myA udi PI N
¢page 187. The con tacts
stored in myAud i a re displayed .
- Select and confirm a contact.
- Select and confirm a p rivate or business dest i-
nation .
- Select and confirm
Start route guidance.
(D Tips
- You on ly need to enter the myAudi user data
one time .
- You can rece ive your myAudi PIN if yo u have
set up a myAud i account.
- For add itiona l information, v is it
www.aud iusa.com.
Entering a destination using geo
coordinates
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
.,. Press the INAV/MAPI button repeatedly unti l
the
En ter des tination men u is disp layed
¢ page 203, fig. 185 .
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