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• Enter your myAudi user data. Or: enter your
e ight-d igit myAudi PIN .
• Confirm your entry with OK.
Then you can open your persona l settings from
your myAudi account in your vehicle .
(D Tips
You can receive your my Aud i PIN if you have
set up a myAudi account. For additional infor ­
mat ion, see www.audiusa .com/myaudi.
Opening Audi connect
(Infotainment)
A ppl ies to veh icles w ith A ud i con nect (Infotainment)
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Fig. 181 Aud i co nn ect (Infot ainm ent) home p age
• Select : the I M ENU ! button> Audi connect .
• If necessary, confirm the note displayed with
Accept .
A list of all of the available Audi connect Infotain­
ment services is shown in the Infotainment sys­
tem display
r::;, fig. 181 .
You can also filter the Audi connect Infotainment
services by category:
• Select : I MENU I button > Audi connect> left
control button > for example,
Navigation for
the Audi connect Infotainment services in the
navigation menu
r::;, page 193 .
Audi connect
Infotainment services
Basic functions
A pplies to vehicles w ith A ud i con nect (Infota inme nt)
If available, functions specific to certa in services
are in the selection menu of that particular Aud i
l) Not avail able in all lang uag es .
Audi connect (Infotainment)
connect Infotainment service r::;, page 156. The
basic functions are in the corresponding options
menu:
• Select: ! MENU I button> Audi connect> desired
Audi connect Infotainment service>
right con­
trol button .
Depending on the Audi connect Infotainment
service selected, the following basic functions are
available:
Save as preview*
You can also see a preview of the selected Audi
connect Infotainment services on the Aud i con­
nect Infotainment home page
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fig . 181.
Show on map
You can show selected contents on the map and
use them for route guidance.
Login
Seer::;, page 190, Logging in to myAudi in the vehi­
cle .
Read out1>
You can allow the MMI to read out the selected
contents .
Call*
If a phone number was assigned to an entry , you
can call the number, for example to reserve tick­
ets.
Start route guidance
If a c ity was added to an entry, such as for City
Events ,
you can use it as a navigation destina­
tion. Route gu idance sta rts immed iate ly .
Change search area
The set search area can be changed at any time .
Additional information on search areas can be
found under
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Navigation
Opening navigation
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
The navigation system directs you to your desti­
nation, around traffic incidents and on alterna­ tive routes, if desired.
Fig. 182 D iagram: Enter dest ination menu
.,. Press the I NAV/MAPI button.
The
Ente r de stin ati on menu is displayed after
opening navigation. The following information
can be displayed in the Infotainment system dis­
p lay:
(D I nput field for free text searc h 201
@ Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
@ Last dest inatio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
© Stored favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
I f yo u have connec ted a ce ll phone to the
M MI,
your di rectory contacts wi ll also be listed i f they
have navigation data assigned to them .
The
Favori tes@¢ fig. 182 men u item as we ll as
the directory con ta cts are only shown in t he
En­
ter destination
menu if you have entered one or
more characters using the input field.
Swi tching betwe en d estination en try and th e
m ap :
- Press the I NAV/MAPI button repeated ly until
the map is d isp layed.
Or : select the left contro l
button
> Switch to map .
_& WARNING
- The dem ands of t raff ic re quir e your full at­
tention . Always read t he chapter
¢ page 249, Driving safety .
- Obey all tra ffic laws when d riving .
-
Na vigation
- The route calculated by the navigation sys ­
tem is a recommendation fo r reaching your
destination. Obey traffic lig hts, stopp ing re­
strictions, one-way streets, lane change re­
str ictions, etc .
@ Note
- If the driving directions conflict with t raffic
laws, obey the traffic laws.
- To red uce the risk of an accident, adjust the
vol ume of the nav igat ion system so that sig­
nals from outs ide the ve hicle , such as police
and fire s irens, can be heard easi ly at all
t imes .
(D Tips
-Snow and obstruct ions on the GPS antenna
or interference caused by trees and large
buildi ngs can impair satell ite recept io n and
affect the sys tem's ability to dete rm ine the
veh icle pos it io n. Severa l de activated o r ma l­
functioning sa tell ites can also in ter rup t G PS
recept ion and affect the system 's ability to
determine the vehicle pos ition.
- B eca u se street names somet imes c hange,
t he names sto red in the MMI may i n rare
cases differ from the actual street name.
Entering a destination
Free text search for destinations
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
With the free text search, you can enter the navi­
gation destination data all at once in any order using the MMI touch control
pad* or the letter/
number speller (for example, 20 Main St., Los
Angeles). Likewise, you can search for points of
intere st, contacts, previous destinations or fa ­
vorites to navigate to the desired address .
Press t he I N AV/MAPI button repeated ly until the
En ter de stination me nu is displayed ¢ page 201,
fig. 182 .
.,. Push the contro l knob up . The input f ield is dis­
p layed @¢ page 201, fig . 182.
- Enter one or more searc h terms into the input
fie ld .
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Navigat ion
-If avai lab le, confirm the input suggestion* to
complete the entry or a word suggestion*. See
¢ page 161 , Letter/number speller.
- Turn the control knob to the rig ht to change
the results list.
- Se lect and confirm a destination from the re -
su lts list .
- Se lect and confirm
Start rout e guidance .
The route d isplays as an ove rview in the map.
Route g uidance is a lready act ive.
Na rrow ing the se arch area
All countr ies/states are se lected at the factory
for the free text search.
- Se lect the right control button >
Country /state
selection
i n the input field (D ¢ page 201,
fig. 182.
- Se lect the country or state ( • ) that shou ld be
searched for in the free text search in order to
narrow the number of results and increase the
search speed. The selected entry in the coun­
try/state se lection is sto red .
Or : select All
countrie s/ state s.
(D Tips
- The MMI input suggest ions depend on the
l ast navigated destinations .
- Up to 50 entries ca n be sto red in the last
dest inat ions list.
- Additional informat io n on free text searches
ca n be found unde r
¢page 162.
Loading previous destinations
App lies to: ve hicles w ith navigation system
Your last destinations are automatically stored
and can be loaded directly as a destination .
Requirement: a destination was already navigat­
ed to.
~ Press the I NAV/MAPI button repeated ly until
the
Enter destination menu is displayed
¢ page 201, fig . 182.
Your last destination is listed direct ly in t he Enter
de stination
menu under the home add ress and
ident ified with the
symbol @¢ page 201,
fig. 182.
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- Select and confirm one of the last destinations
from the list .
- Select and confirm
Start route guidance.
D eleting previous destinations
- Select one of the last destinations from the list.
- Select: r ight control button>
Delete destina-
tion
> Del ete this last de stination or Delete all
last destinations.
The selected destinat ion or all last dest inat ions
i s/are deleted and no longer d isplayed in the
En­
ter destination
men u.
Entering an address
App lies to: vehicles wit h navigat ion syste m
As an alternative to free text search, you can al­
so enter an address in stages .
~ Press the I NAV/MAPI button repeatedly until
the
Enter destinat ion menu is displayed
¢page 201, fig . 182 .
~ Select: left control button > Enter address .
- Ente ring a destination using a country /state :
select and confirm Country . Select and confirm
a country/state d irectly from the list .
Or :
search for a co unt ry/state us ing the input f ield .
-Entering a de stination u sing the City /ZIP
code :
select and confirm City/ZIP code . Enter a
city or a ZI P code .
Or: select and co nfirm a city
from the list.
- Select and confirm additional details about t he
destination s uch as
Street , Hou se number or
Downtown .
- De stination entry using a street intersection *:
Requirement: you must ente r a street. Select
and co nfirm
Int erse ction . Selec t and confi rm a
s tr eet directly from the list.
Or : search for a
s treet us ing the inp ut fie ld .
- Sele ct and confirm
Start route guidance .

Navigation
-Import map updates from the SO card* to your
MMI. You can find additional information on­
li ne at www.audiusa.com/myaudi.
-Map update at an authorized Audi dealer or au ­
thorized Audi Service Facility. This can result in
additional costs.
Online map update
Applies to: vehicles with a navigation system and Audi con­
nect (Infotainment)
Using the online map update, you can update
the map material in your navigation system di­
rectly from your vehicle.
Fig. 192 Exa mple: disp lay of a new onl ine map update
Fig. 193 Example : select ion of a country package
Requirement:
The requirements for Audi connect Infotainment
services must be met
r=> page 190.
You must have a myAudi account and have as­
signed your vehicle to it.
Using your vehicle position, the MMI identifies
regions which you are frequently in. Based on
this, the MMI suggests update packages for
these regions, if they are avai lable .
• Select @Start download c> fig. 192 if the mes­
sage for a new map update appears in the Info­
tainment system display.
Or :
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.. Select !MENUI button> Settings> left control
button >
System maintenance > System up­
date > Online update.
A selec tion with the available update packages
appears in the Infotainment system display
¢fig. 193.
Selecting the online map update
-Sele ct an update package from the list(~) @
r=>fig. 193.
-Confirm your select ion w ith the ! BACK I button
and go back to the select ion.
-The number and amount of data for the se lect­
ed update package are now displayed in the In­
fotainment system.
Starting the download
-Select and confirm Start download .
-Confirm the security prompt by selecting Start
download
again.
The update packages begin to download and the
status of the down load progress is shown in the
Infotainment system display.
Installation of online map updates
The downloaded map material installs after you
stop your vehicle. The new update packages in­
stall on ly after you switch
off the ign ition. After
restarting the MMI, the Infotainment system dis­
play indicates if the updates installed successful­
ly.
-Confirm the successful update with OK.
The new map material can now be used for navi­
gation.
{i) Tips
-Th e amount of available on line map up­
dates in the vehicle is limited. To update
more regions, use the map update via SD
card at www.audiusa.com/myaudi .
-Always read the chapter c> page 196, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa­
tion.

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.
Fig. 196 FM station list (HD Radio technology FM)
Fig. 1 97 Sir iu sXM station lis t
..,. Press t he I RADIO I bu tton .
After opening the radio, t he last opened station
list is displayed.
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. 196. 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 you 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 repeatedly until the desired frequency
band is set.
(!) Pre sets
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The stat ion is stored as a preset. The symbo l
shows the stored location in the presets list (for
example, 21).
@ Radio text (shortened display )
If availab le, prog ram info rmation about the se t
station is d isplayed in a ll of the s tat io n lists.
@ Frequency
@ Station name
® Stat io n w ith HD Radio te chnolog y availa ble
©
@ Channel number ¢ fig. 197
If there is a loss of radio signal (Sir iusXM"), the
follow ing system informat io n is displayed in the
station list:
NoSignal : the tuner is current ly not receiving a
sate llite signal
0 ¢ fig . 197 .
The system information turns off when the radio
stations are received again.
(D Tips
-Contact the Si riusXM* provider if you would
like to receive satell ite programming .
- Buildings, tunnels, bridges, open areas, oth­
er veh icles o r objects on the veh icle roof can
affect reception .
- Sate llite radio is not availab le in Alaska and
Hawaii.
- iT unes tagging* is not supported by all radio
stations.
- When the App le CarPlay connection is ac­
t ive,
Tag this song for iTunes * is not availa­
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Radio functions
Free text search
App lies to: ve hicles with 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 . Search in all frequency bands for a sta­
tion name or program type, such as
News .
Fig. 198 Input field and results l ist for free text search
- Opening the free text search: when in a stat ion
list, keep turning the control knob to the left
until the
free text search input fie ld is dis ­
played.
- Using the free text search: see ¢ page 162,
Free text search.
You can also search for frequencies .
Stations from the presets ® are disp layed in the
results list
(D ¢ fig. 198. The symbol @ indicates
which station list you switched to based on the
stat ion selection .
Additional options
"'Se lect: I RADIO ! button > right control button.
The following options are ava ilable depending on
the frequency band:
- Sound settings: see ¢ page 247.
-Store as favorite : see ¢ page 221, Presets .
-Tag this song for iTunes* : connect your Apple
device to the Audi music interface* on your
MMI. Select and confirm
Tag this song for
iTunes.
The track that is currently playing is
stored on your App le device. Synchronize your
Apple device with iTunes. The tagged track w ill
display the next time you open your iTunes me­
dia center . If there is no Apple device connect­
ed, the tagged tracks are stored temporarily in
Radio
the MMI (maximum of 50 tracks). Once you
connect your Apple device to the Audi music in ­
terface, the tags are stored on the device .
-Manage SiriusXM alerts: see¢ page 220, Sir­
iusXM alerts.
-Store artist as favorite/Store track as favorite:
see¢ page 220, SiriusXM aler ts.
- Manual tuning: the frequency bars are d is­
p la yed. Select and confirm the desired frequen­
cy.
- Seek: the radio tunes to the previous or next re­
ceivab le station.
- Scan : all stations are played for several seconds
each.
- Radio settings: see ¢page 221.
Radio text
"' Select: I RADIO I button > left control button > a
frequency band (such as
FM ) > a station.
"'Select: right control button > Radio text.
Information that accompanies the program (such
as artist, composer, track) is disp layed.
Browsing through radio text entries: turn the
control knob to the left o r right .
Requirement: a radio text entry must be d is­
played and the station must be broadcast ing a
phone number, a navigation destination or a text
message number as Radio Text Plus info rm ation.
If a location, a phone number or a text message
number is included with a radio text entry, the
radio text will be shown with a colored border .
You have the following opt ions:
Call*/Start route guidance* /Write text mes­
sage*:
- Select a radio text entry with Radio Text Plus in­
formation and press the contro l knob.
- Select and confirm
Call* /Start route guid­
ance*/Write text message* . Or :
press the
I BACK ! button to cancel.
(D Tips
The availability of radio text and Radio Text
Plus depends on the radio station.
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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 sta­
tions are sorted by th eir cat egory 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
Show "Now Playing " sc reen view
after approximate ly five seconds
¢ page 220 . De­
pending on availab ility, information about the
set stat ion (such as stat ion name, artist and sta­
tion logo) may be d isplayed in this view.
Pr efe rred picture vi ew*
You can set your preferred screen view for the
Show "Now Pla ying " screen ¢ page 220.
-Station logo : the station logo is displayed, de ­
pending on availability .
-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
Cover art opt ion must be selected
¢ page 222, Pr eferred picture vi ew *.
When the funct io n is switched on~, the album
cover or genre cover for the so ng that is p lay 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 ion is
about to expire or has already expired . The expi ­
r ation date fo r your license is displayed .
Call to SiriusXM *: the contact information for
your sate llite rad io provider is displayed . To call
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 221 .
switch to a d ifferen t sta tion.
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Media
- To avoid interruptions during playback, de­
activate the power saving function on the
media player or connect it to a charger.
- The loading times for the audio data depend
on the media player used and the number of
files that it contains.
- A maximum of 2,000 entries per directory
are displayed in the MMI.
- Songs downloaded for offline use using mu­
sic streaming services are stored on your mobile device (such as a smartphone) and
may be DRM protected. The Wi-Fi audio
player will not play ORM protected files.
- Contact an authorized Audi dealer or au­ thorized Audi Service Facility for additional
information on the Wi-Fi audio player .
Online media and
Internet radio
A pp lies to veh icles with A udi co nnect (Infotainment)
You con playback and operate various online me ­
dia services and Internet radio using the MMI.
Fig. 205 Online media
.,. Press the I MEDIAi button. Press the left control
button until the sources
overview ¢ fig. 205 is
displayed.
A ppl ies to: using o nline me dia an d Internet radi o
Requirement:
- The
Audi MMI connect app must be installed
and open on your mobile device.
- You must be logged into your myAudi account
in the
Audi MMI connect app and you must
have selected your veh icle.
- The Wi-Fi function on the mobile device and on
the MMI must be switched on.
- If necessary, check in the connection manager
¢
page 244 if the mobile device you connected
is selected under the
MMI connect app (~).
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-The MMI must be connected to the network.
- The symbol for the
Online media source @
¢ fig. 205 is shown in the MMI.
Applies to: usin g on line media
Additional requirement:
- A supported online media service must be avail ­
able in your country.
- You must have an account with a supported on­
line media service.
- Depending on the online media service, you
must install and open an app on your mobile
device.
Starting Online media
-Press the IM EDIA I button . Press the left control
button until the sources
overview ¢ page 232
is displayed .
- Select and confirm an online media service.
Start ing Internet radio
-Press the IM EDIA I button . Press the left control
button until the sources
overv iew ¢ page 232
is displayed .
- Select and confirm
Internet radio. The Internet
radio browser or the last station that was play­
ing is shown .
-Selecting the station : if necessary, select and
confirm a category in the Internet radio
Brows­
er>
a station.
Online media and Internet radio: additional op­
tions
- Press the right control button.
The following options may be available , depend­
i ng on the information shown (such as the sta­
tion/t rack that is currently playing):
-Sound settings: see ¢ page 247 .
-Wi-Fi settings: see ¢ page 195, Wi -Fi hotspot.
- Connection manager: see ¢ page 244.
-Add itional options may be available, depending
on the active online media service or Internet
radio .
,&. WARNING
-It is on ly safe to use tablets, laptops, mo­
bile devices and other similar devices when
the vehicle is stationary because, like all
loose objects, they could be thrown around
-