2018 AUDI Q7 ESP

a co ...... N r--. N ...... 0
0
:E ' Map
Map operation
Applies to: veh icles with navigation system
Fig. 192 Example: 30 map with the c ross hair s switched off
--,-
@
Fig. 193 Examp le: stan da rd map with t he crosshai rs
sw itc hed on
~ Press the I NAV /MAPI button repeatedly until
the map is displayed
c;,fig. 192.
Zooming in/out on the map
- Turn the control knob to the left or to the right.
Alternatively, you can also zoom in/out on the
map using the MMI touch control pad*
¢ page 154, if the crosshairs are switched on.
Or: turn the left thumbwheel on the mu ltifunc­
tion steering wheel*¢
page 13.
Turning the crosshairs on/off
- Switching the crosshairs on :
press the control
knob in the map view
¢fig. 192.
- Switching the crosshairs off: press the I BACKI
button .
When the crosshairs are switched off¢ fig. 192 :
(D Direction. For additional information, see
¢page 215.
@ The distance to the destination includes the
calculated arrival time.
1l Only appl ies to vehicl es w ithou t camer a-b as ed speed lim it
d ispla y.
Navigation
@ When the trailer mode function is switched
on~, the corresponding symbol is displayed
next to the arrival time.
@ Scale: turn the control knob to the left or
right to decrease or increase the scale. When
the
Automatic zoom function is sw itched on
~, an "A" for "Automat ic " is displayed in the
magnifying gla ss.
® Altitude
@ Vehicle position
0 Route information: various information will
be displayed during active route guidance
(for example, the upcoming maneuver in­
cluding calculated distance and street
names) . The display also provides traffic in­
formation or points of interest on the current route .
® Road currently being driven on
When the crosshairs are switched on¢ fig. 193 :
® The crosshairs: move the crosshairs in the de-
s ired direction and set a po int on the map us­
ing the MMI touch control pad* or the con­
t rol knob . When the crosshairs are turned
off, the road being currently driven on is
shown.
@ Speed limit display1>: display of the maxi­
mum perm itted speed on the expressways
and highways .
@ Entertainment sliding menu*: see
¢page 155 .
@ Additional information on the crosshairs po­
sit ion: if you move the crosshairs to a loca­
t ion on the map, available information for
the current posit ion is displayed . Tap briefly
on the MMI touch control pad.
Or: press the
control knob. In the destination details, you
can start route guidance to the displayed lo ­
cation. Select and confirm
Start route guid­
ance.
@ Map contents (points of interest, favorites) .
When there are multiple points of interest in
the immediate vicin ity, the symbols are
shown stacked on the map.
213

a co ...... N r--. N ...... 0
0
:E ' A selection with the available update packages
appears in the Infota inment system disp lay
¢ fig . 196.
Selecting th e onlin e map upda te
- Se lect an update package from the list(~)@
<=>fig. 196.
-Confirm you r se lection with the I BACK I button
and go back to the selection.
- The number and amount of data fo r th e select­
ed update package are now disp layed in the I n­
fotainment system .
Starting the download
-Se lect and confirm Start downlo ad .
- Confirm the secur ity prompt by selecting S tart
download
again .
T he update pack ages begin to down load and the
status of the download progres s is shown in the
Infotainment system display .
Install ation of onlin e map update s
The downloaded map mater ia l installs after you
stop your vehicl e. T he new update packages in­
stall only after you switch off the ignition . After
restarting the MMI , the Infota inment system dis­
play ind icates if the updates installed successful­
ly .
- Confirm the successful update with
OK .
The new map materia l can now be used for navi­
gation.
(D Tips
- Always read the chap ter ~ page 18 7 .
- The amou nt of available on line map up-
dates in the vehicle is lim ited. To update
more regions, use the map update via SD
card at www .audiusa.com/myaudi.
- Always read the chap ter ¢
page 194, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa ­
tion . Na
viga tion
Traffic information
Introduction
Applies to: veh icles w ith navigation system
Fig . 1 97 Example: traffic info rm ation overv iew
.,. Press the INAV /MAPI button repea tedly u nti l
the map is displayed
~ page 213, fig. 192.
.,. Select: left control button > Traffic mes sage s.
Depending on veh icle equipment, the following
i nforma tion may be shown in the traffic informa ­
tion overview ¢
fig. 197:
CD A message CD ¢ fig. 197wi ll appea r if the
MM I ca lculates a better route for the cu rrent
rou te g uidance. More information can be
f o und under
¢ page 218.
@ When route guidance is active, traffic inci­
dents on your route are displayed in the up ­
per section of the list and are sorted by dis­
tance.
@ T he traffic messages are sorted by street
name . If there are mu ltip le traffic messages
for the same street, an arrow is displayed in
front of the st reet name (~ ). Select and con­
firm the corresponding line to disp lay
all of
t h e traffic information .
@ The cur rent se lected traffi c message is also
shown as a map preview* i n the Infotainment
system display .
® The status line in t he Infotainment d isplay
also always ind icates the reception of traffic
information (IT MC !orlO NLIN EI).
Show ing tra ffic messages on the map : select:
one traffic message > right control button >
Show on map .
Di splaying the ne xt t raffi c message o n the map :
press the control knob. ..,.
217

Cl a:, ...... N
" N ...... 0
0
::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 .,.
225

a co ...... N r--. N ...... 0
0
:E ' the inside of the vehicle in a crash and cause
serious injuries. Store these types of devices
securely while driving.
- Do not use any wireless devices on the front
seats within range of the airbags while driv­
ing. Also read and follow the warnings in
c::> page 2 73 , Front airbags .
CD Note
-Always follow the information found inc:>@
in Wi-Fi hotspot on page 194 .
-Please note that there generally are addi­
tional costs when using an online media
service account, especially when it is used internationally .
(D Tips
-Depending on the Internet connection and
network traffic, a connection loss can occur
during playback of on line media services .
-Online media and Internet radio usage de­
pends on the service availability of the third
party provider .
- Audi AG simply makes the access to online
media services possible through the MMI
and does not take any respons ibility for the
contents of the online media services .
- Always read the chapter
c::> page 194, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa­
tion .
- Depending on the mobile device used, there
may be interruptions during media playback
and when using the
Audi MMI connect app.
To avoid interruptions when using a mobile
device , do not lock the screen on your mo­
bile device and keep the
Audi MMI connect
app in the foreground .
- Contact an authorized Audi dealer or au­
thorized Audi Service Facility for additional
information about online media .
Media
Multimedia connections
USB adapter for Audi music interface o r
USB charging port
Depending on the vehicle equipment, you can
connect your mobile devices (such as a smart ­
phone or MP3 player) to the Audi music interface
or a
USB charging port using a special USB
adapter.
@-
Fig. 208 A udi Genuin e Acce ssories: USB a dapter
You can purchase the USB adapter c::> fig. 208
from an authorized Audi dealer or at specialty
stores:
I
(D USB adapter for devices with a micro USB con­
nection
@ USB adapter for devices with an Apple Light­
ning connection
@ USB adapter for devices with USB type C con­
nection
Depending on the vehicle equipment, you may be
able to connect your mobile devices through the
Audi music interface to the MMI using the USB
adapters and charge the battery at th e same
time .
Applies to : vehicles wit h Aud i music interface
-Audi music interface : see c::> page 232.
CD Note
Handle the USB adapter carefully. Do not al­
low it to be pinched.
@ Tips
-The USB adapter on the Audi music inter­
face will support iPod touch/iPhone from
231

Media
the 5th generation or later with the light ­
ning connector .
- Mobile devices with an Apple Dock connec­
tor can only be charged with a USB adapter
fo r devices with an Apple Dock connector
and cannot transmit data.
Audi music interface
Applies to: vehicles with Aud i mus ic in terface
Connect your mobil e de vices to the Audi music
interface in order to op era te them through the
MM I and charge the battery.
Fig . 2 09 Sto rage co mp artment u nde r the center a rm re st:
Aud i m usi c in terface
USB Input
- Connecting a mobil e device u sing a USB
adapte r:
connect the applic able USB adapter @
c>
fig . 209 to the port on the Audi music inter­
face @ c>
fig. 209 and then connect the adapt­
er to the mobile device © (such as an iPhone) .
-Charging a mobile device using a U SB adapter:
when you connect a mobile device to the Audi
music inte rface @ c>
fig. 209 using the applica­
ble USB adap ter @ c>
fig. 209, the battery will
a utomat ically charge.
- Di sconnecting a mobile device from the Audi
mu sic int erface :
remove the US B adapte r@
¢
fig. 209 fr om the A udi music inter face .
The media a re started a nd ope rated t hrough the
mob ile devi ce or the MM I, depend ing on the de­
vice bei ng used c>
page 234 .
Connecting multiple mobile devices : if a mobile
dev ice (such as a sma rtphone) is connected at the
respect ive USB port on t he A ud i music interface,
then all devi ces can be u sed as a playback so urce.
232
AUX Input
-Connect ing a mobile device to the AUX input:
connect the cable ® c> fig. 209 to t he AUX in ­
put ® on the Aud i music interface and then to
the mobile device@) (such as a n MP3 player or
sma rtphone) .
-Di sconnecting a mobile device from the AUX
input :
remove the cable®¢ fig. 209 from the
AUX input @¢
fig. 209 .
-Oper ation : select and confirm the External au ­
dio player
so urce ® ¢ page 234, fig. 210. The
medi a are sta rted and operate d through the
mob ile dev ice @ ¢
fig. 209 .
_&. WARNING
Driving requires your complete and undivided
attention. As the driver, yo u have comp lete
responsibility for safety in traffic. Never oper ­
ate mobi le dev ices wh ile driving, because this
i n creases the risk of an acc ident.
(D Note
- Use a USB extens ion cable to co nnect devi­
ces that have an in tegrated USB connector
(such as a USB stick) to prevent damage to
your USB device and the Audi music inter­
face .
- Extremely high o r low temperatures that
can occur inside ve hicles can damage mobile
devices and/o r impa ir their performance .
Never l eave mobi le devices in t he vehicle i n
extremely high or low tempe ra tur es.
(D Tips
- Always follow the info rmation found in
c> page60 .
- When you switch the ign ition off, the USB
ports a re st ill supplied w ith power unt il the
e n ergy managem ent interven es.
- Do not use a n addit iona l adapter o r USB ex ­
tension cab le to connect mobile devices to
the A udi music i nte rfa ce tha t already have a
cable or that must be connected w ith a USB
ad apter( ¢
page 231). Th ey may imp air the
fu nctionality . .,.

Media
@ Tips
-Only the categories supported by the medi­
um are available. For example, CD/DVD­
ROM tracks cannot be selected with catego­
ries such as
Ar tists, A lbum s or Ge nre s.
With an iPod/iPhone (source : Audi music in­
terface
c:> page 231), the Pod ca st s, A udio
book s
and Comp osers categories are also
available.
- For safety reasons, the video image is only
displayed when the vehicle is stationary. On­
l y the sound from the v ideo p lays while driv­
ing .
-When synchronizing a portable device wi th
"Cloud " services, p lay lists may display in co r­
rect ly in the MM I. Use the media center in
the device .
- With an iPod/iPhone (med ia source: Audi
music interface
c:> page 231), the P odca sts,
Audi o book s
and Compo ser s categories are
a lso available .
@ Tips
Applies to: iPod/iPhone on Audl music interface
- An Internet connection is required to use
the add it ional
Radio category , an online
media serv ice. Also see the chapter
c:> page 193, Wi -Fi hotspot. Also read the in­
formation on the Aud i mus ic interface and
the supported devices
c:> page 231.
- Depending on the Internet connection and
network traffic, a connection loss can occur
during p layback o f on line media serv ices.
- The use of online media services depends on
the service ava ilability of the third party
provide r.
- Audi AG simply makes the access to online
media serv ices possible through the MM I
and does not take any respons ibility for the
contents of the on line med ia services .
236
Free text search
Applies to: vehicles with free text search
You can search in the active source by tracks and
video files*, for example
Fig. 214 Inp ut fie ld a nd res ults list fo r fr ee text se arch
You can open the free t ext sea rch depending on
the selected source .
Requirement: the playlist
c:> page 23 7 or med ia
c en ter
c:> page 235 must be d isplayed.
Opening f ree te xt se arch
.,. Keep turn ing the cont rol knob to the left until
th e
free tex t searc h inp ut field (D c:> fig. 214
appears . Or: push the control knob up .
Usin g the free text sea rch : see c:> page 158, Free
text search.
Entries that conta in the entered search te rm are
li sted in the results list@
c:> fig. 214. You can
search for artists@<=:>
fig. 214, albums @or
t racks @) as w ell as genres and vid eos.
(D Tips
- It will then search through the files in the
active source .
-If you open free text search in the Folder s
category page 235, fig . 213 or the
C omp osers , Podcast s and Audio books cat ­
egories, it will only search through the files
in that folder.

Cl a:, ...... N
" N ...... 0
0
::r ' System settings
Setting the date and
time
You can set the clock time manually or using the
CPS* .
.. Se lect : IMENU I button> Settings > left co ntro l
button >
MMI settings > Date & time.
.. Or :
select : IMENU I button> Vehicle > left con-
t ro l button >
Vehicle settings > Date & time .
Automatic setting
When t his function is sw itched on g, the time
and date are a utomat ically set.
Time
R eq uirement: the Automatic setting must be
sw itched
off .
Press the cont ro l kn ob. Yo u ca n se t the Time
manually by turn ing and press ing the con trol
k nob.
Date
R eq uirement: the Automati c setting must be
sw itched
off.
Press the cont rol knob . Yo u can set the Date
manually by turn ing and press ing the cont rol
knob.
Time zone
When se lecting the approp riate t ime zone, a
sampling of countr ies in this zone will be listed .
Automatic time zone*
When t his function is sw itched on g , the time
will automatically ad just to the corresponding
time zone.
Automatic daylight saving time*
When t his function is sw itche d on g , the time
w ill automatically switc h to day light saving time .
Time format
If yo u select 24h , the clock will d isp lay, for ex­
a m ple,
13 :00 . If yo u se lec t AM /PM , the clock
w ill d isp lay, for examp le,
1 :00 PM .
System settings
Date format
If you select DD .MM .YYYY , the date displ ay will
show, for example ,
31.08.2018. If you select
MM /DD/YYYY , the date disp lay w ill show, for ex ­
amp le,
08/31/2018. If you select YYYY-MM­
DD ,
the date display will show, fo r example,
2018 -08 -31 .
MMI settings
.. Select: !ME NUI button> Settings > left control
button >
MMI settings .
Language
Yo u can c hange the display language as well as
the lang uage fo r the voice guidance * and voice
r ecognition system *.
T he num ber of langu ages av ailab le depends on
t h e ma rket.
Measurement units
The following meas urement u nits can be set de­
pend ing on ava ilab ility:
Speed , Distance , Tem­
perature , Fuel consumption , Volume , Pressure .
Tool tips
When this f unct ion is switched on g, yo ur MMI
shows you tips fo r inpu t. The freq uency of how
often it displays dec reases w ith time .
Speech dialog system
App lies to : vehicles wit h voice recog nitio n system
Depend ing on veh icle equipment, the following
funct ions may be ava ilable:
Command display : when this function is sw itch ­
ed on
g , th e M MI w ill show yo u the poss ible
commands for voice input in the respective
menu.
Short dialog : when this function is sw itche d on
g, a shorter form of the prompts is used .
Command during voice output*: thi s fu nction i s
swi tched on at the factory . W hen this func tion is
switched on
g , yo u can say new commands dur-
i ng announcements. You do not need to wa it for
the signal tone (beep) dur ing an announcement.
When the funct io n is swi tched off
0, you need to Iii>
245

System settings
wait for the sig nal t one (bee p) to say a new
command.
Volume : you can a djust th e vol ume of th e
p romp ts by turning the con tro l k no b.
Individual speech training (on ly when the v ehi­
cle is s ta ti onary): yo u ca n ad apt the vo ice recog­
ni tion sy ste m to your voic e or pro nunciati on in
or der to im prove the sys tem's a bili ty to re co gni ze
your speec h. Indivi dua l speech train ing is com ­
p rised of 20 s peech ent ries t hat consist o f com ­
mands and sequences of numbers . You can de­
lete the p rogrammed voice t rain ing with the
Re­
set individual speech training
function.
Display brightness
You can a djust the brigh tness o f the Info tain ­
ment system disp lay by t urning the cont ro l knob.
Factory settings
D epe ndi ng on t he ve hicle eq uipme nt, th e fo llow­
i ng fu nctio ns ca n b e rese t to factory se ttings :
-Sound settings
- Radio
- Media settings
- Jukebox *
- Directory
-Telephone
- Bluetooth and Wi-Fi*
- Navigation settings*
- Navigation and online memory *
- Voice recognition system*
- Shortcut keys
- Message settings *
-Apps *
- Tool tips
- Audi connect *
- Audi smartphone interface *
You can select the desi red functio ns i nd ividua lly
or all at once with the option
Select all entries .
Select and confirm Restore factory settings .
(D Tips
Make sure that not o nly the sett ings were de­
leted but a lso the sto red data, if ap plicable.
246
Connection manager
Introduction
The connection manager gives you an overview
of your conn ected devic es and th eir network sta ­
tus .
Settings Conne-ction manager I
-====- ,.· • Prima hone: MyPhone .,.
c MyPhone
• Second ary phone :
• Data conn ection :
• MM I
connect App :
• Audi smartpho ne:
Fig. 216 Co nnec tion man ag er
Ii'!
Not connected
Not conn.,ct.,d
Not connected
Not conn..cted
"'Select : !ME NUI bu tton> Settings > left con trol
bu tton >
MMI settings > Connection manager .
"'Sele ct and confirm a menu item.
If a mobile device was already connected and you
select and co nfirm the co rresponding menu item,
t h e dev ice name and co nnect ion mode a re dis­
p layed under the menu i tem
r:!;> fig. 216.
Yo u can indiv id ually Connect (~ ) or Disconnect
(0) a pa ired device .
Requirement:
- The ve hicl e m ust be statio na ry and the ignit io n
m ust be switc hed on .
- Th e Bluetooth sett ings will open on yo ur mo ­
bi le device dur ing the connection setup .
- T he Blue tooth func tion and v is ibili ty of the MMI
c:!;> page 24 8 and mobile device must be switc h­
ed on.
- T he mo bile device to be con nected m ust not be
connected to any othe r Bluetoot h dev ice .
Primary phone
App lies to: vehicles wit h telepho ne
- Connect new device: search for and connect a
cell p hone.
- List of devices already paired : select yo ur cell
phone from the list of all the dev ices that a re
already paired.