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—Foradditionalinformationondynamic
steering,see>page126.
Allwheeldrive(quattro)
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheeldrive
Theall-wheeldrivesystemdistributesthedriving
powervariablytothefrontandrear axle toim-
provethedrivingcharacteristics.Itworkstogeth-
erwithselectivewheeltorquecontrol,whichcan
activatewhendrivingthroughcurves
=>page138.
Appliesto:vehicleswithquattroultra:Ifthedriv-
ingsituationdoesnotrequireallwheeldrive,
thentherearsectionofthedrivetrainwilldecou-
pletosavefuel.Thesystemconstantlydeter-
minesandanticipatesifallwheeldriveisneeded.
Thisallowsthereardrivetraintorecoupleshortly
beforeitisneeded.
Theallwheeldriveconceptisdesignedforhigh
enginepower.Yourvehicleisexceptionallypow-
erfulandhasexcellentdrivingcharacteristics
bothundernormaldrivingconditionsandon
snowandice.Alwaysreadandfollowsafetypre-
cautions>A\.

ZAWARNING
—Eveninvehicleswithallwheeldrive,you
shouldadaptyourdrivingstyletothecur-
rentroadandtrafficconditionstoreduce
theriskofanaccident.
— Thebrakingabilityofyourvehicleislimited
tothetractionofthewheels.Inthisway,it
isnotdifferentfromatwowheeldrivevehi-
cle.Donotdrivetoofastbecausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
—Notethatonwetstreets,thefrontwheels
can“hydroplane’”ifdrivingatspeedsthat
aretoohigh.Unlikefrontwheeldrivevehi-
cles,theengineRPMdoesnotincreasesud-
denlywhenthevehiclebeginshydroplaning.
Adaptyourspeedtotheroadconditionsto
reducetheriskofanaccident.

Sportdifferential
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportdifferential
Thesportdifferentialdistributesthedrivepower
totherearaxlebasedonthesituation.Thegoal
isahighlevelofagilityandabilitytoaccelerate
oncurves.Thevehicleisveryresponsivetosteer-
ing.ThesettingsdependontheselectedAudi
driveselect*mode.
Energymanagement
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanintelligentener-
gymanagementsystemfordistributingelectrici-
ty.Thissignificantlyimprovesthestartingability
andincreasesthevehiclebatterylife.
@)Tips
—Ifyoudriveshortdistancesfrequently,the
vehiclebatterymaynotchargeenough
whiledriving.Asaresult,conveniencefunc-
tionsforelectricalequipmentmaybetem-
porarilyunavailable.
—Thevehiclebatterywillgraduallydrainif
the
vehicleisnotdrivenforlongperiodsof
time,orifelectricalequipmentisused
whentheengineisnotrunning.Toensure
thatthevehiclecanstillbestarted,the
electricalequipmentwillbelimitedor
switchedoff.
Noticeaboutdata
recordedbytheEvent
DataRecorderand
vehiclecontrolmodules
EventDataRecorder
Thisvehicleisequippedwithan Event DataRe-
corder(EDR).ThemainpurposeofanEDRisto
record,incertaincrashornearcrash-likesitua-
tions,suchasanairbagdeploymentorhittinga
roadobstacle,datathatwillassistinunderstand-
inghowavehicle'ssystemsperformed.TheEDR
isdesignedto recorddatarelatedtovehicledy-
namics andsafetysystemsforashortperiodof
time,typically30secondsorless.TheEDRinthis
vehicleisdesignedtorecordsuchdataas:>
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—Howvarioussystemsinyourvehiclewereoper-
ating;
—Whetherornotthedriverandpassengersafety
beltswerebuckled/fastened;
—Howfar(ifatall)thedriverwasdepressingthe
acceleratorand/orbrakepedal;and,
—Howfastthevehiclewastraveling.
Thesedatacanhelpprovideabetterunderstand-
ingofthecircumstancesinwhichcrashesandin-
juriesoccur.NOTE:EDRdataarerecordedby your
vehicleonlyifanon-trivialcrashsituationoccurs;
nodataarerecordedbytheEDRundernormal
drivingconditionsandnopersonaldata(e.g.,
name,gender,age,andcrashlocation)arere-
corded.However,otherparties,suchaslawen-
forcement,couldcombinetheEDRdatawiththe
typeofpersonallyidentifyingdataroutinelyac-
quiredduringacrashinvestigation.
Toreaddata recordedby anEDR,specialequip-
mentisrequired,andaccesstothevehicleorthe
EDRisneeded.Inadditiontothevehiclemanu-
facturer,otherparties,suchaslawenforcement,
thathavethespecialequipment,canreadthein-
formationifthey haveaccesstothevehicleorthe
EDR.
Somestatelawsrestricttheretrievalordown-
loadingofdatastoredbyEDRsinstalledinavehi-
clefortheexpresspurposeofretrievingdataaf-
teranaccidentorcrasheventwithouttheown-
er'sconsent.
AudiwillnotaccesstheEDRand/orsimilardata
orgiveittoothers-
—unlessthevehicleowner(orlesseeifthevehi-
clehasbeenleased)agrees; or
—upontheofficialrequestbythepolice;or
—upontheorderofacourtoflaworagovern-
mentagency;or
—forthedefenseofalawsuitthroughthejudicial
discoveryprocess.
—Audimayalsousethedataforresearchabout
vehicleoperationandsafetyperformanceor
providethedatatoathirdpartyforresearch
purposeswithoutidentifyingthespecificvehi-
cleorinformationabouttheidentityofitsown-
er orlesseeandonlyaftertherecordedvehicle
datahasbeenaccessed.
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Vehiclecontrolmodules
Yourvehicleisalsoequippedwithanumberof
electroniccontrolmodulesforvariousvehicle
systems,suchasenginemanagement,emission
control,airbags,andsafetybelts.
Theseelectroniccontrolmodulesrecorddata
duringnormalvehicleoperationthatmaybe
neededbytrainedtechniciansfordiagnosticand
repairpurposes.Therecordingcapabilityofthese
modulesislimitedtodata(nosoundisrecorded).
Onlyasmallamountofdataisactuallyrecorded
overaverylimitedperiodoftime,orstoredwhen
asystemfaultisdetectedbyacontrolmodule.
Someofthedatastoredmayrelatetovehicle
speed,direction,orbraking,aswellasrestraint
systemuseandperformanceintheeventofa
crash.Storeddatacanalsoonlybereadand
downloadedwithspecialequipmentthatisdi-
rectlyconnectedtothevehicle.
G)Tips
YourvehiclemaybeequippedwithAudicon-
nect.YouruseofcertainAudiconnectfea-
turesrequireswirelessservicesthatarepro-
videdbyathirdpartywirelesstelecommuni-
cationsprovider.Fordetailsregardinghowin-
formationobtainedthroughAudiconnectis
collected,processed,transmitted,used,and
shared,pleaseseeyourcontractwiththe
wirelesstelecommunicationsprovider.

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MultiMediaInterface

Requirement:itmustbepossibletoentertext or
numbersandthesymbol@)9fig.156mustap-
pearintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay.
—Initialentry:writeanindividualuppercaseor
lowercaseletterornumber/symbolonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusingyourfinger.A
symbolthatisrecognizedclearlyby thesystem
isdisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
@©page148,fig. 155,confirmedwithanau-
diblesignalifnecessary,andtransferredtothe
inputfield.
—Enteringspaces:moveyourfingeracrossthe
MMItouchcontrolpadfromlefttoright.
—Deletingcharacters:moveyourfingeracross
theMMItouchcontrolpadfromrighttoleft.
—Selectingtheinputsuggestion:pressthecon-
trolknob.
—Switchingdirectlytotheresultslist:turnthe
controlknobtotheright.
—Openingthespeller:selecttherightcontrol
button>Openspeller.Textornumbersare en-
teredusingthespeller>page152.
—MMItouchvolume:presstherightcontrolbut-
ton.
See>page245.
Uemater
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch


Fig.157Movingthecrosshairs

Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page207.
—Showing/hidingthecrosshairs:pressthecon-
trolknobtoshowthecrosshairs@)©fig.157.
Tohidethecrosshairsagain,pressthe[BACK
button@)>page145,fig.147or>page145,
fig.148.
—Movingthecrosshairsonamap:movethe
crosshairsshowninthedesireddirectionusing
yourfingerontheMMItouchcontrolpad
>fig.157.
Movingthemap
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch



Fig.158Movingthemap
Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page207.
—Showing/hidingthecrosshairs:pressthecon-
trolknobtoshowthecrosshairs@)©fig.158.
Tohidethecrosshairsagain,pressthe[BACK
button@)>page145,fig.147or>page145,
fig.148.


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slidingmenu.Or:Pressthe[BACK]button(7)
=>page145,fig.147or>page145,fig. 148.
Additionalfunctions
Appliesto:vehicleswithjoystickfunction

Displayingtheinputfield/switchingto
spellerinput
Pushthecontrolknobup>page150,fig.160to
reachthe beginningofalistinthecentralarea or
theinputfield.Iftheinputfieldisalreadyopen,
switchdirectlytothespellerintheinputfieldby
pushingthecontrolknobupagain>page152,
Letter/numberspeller.
Onthemap
Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page207.
—Displayingtheinputfield:pushthecontrol
knobup.
—Displaying routeguidance:whenrouteguid-
anceisactive,youcanalsodisplaytheroute
guidancebypushingthecontrolknobup
=>page202,fig.185.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap(zoom):turnthe
controlknobtotheright/lefttozoomin/outon
themap.
Appliesto:vehicleswithoutMMItouchwithjoystickfunction
—Showing/hidingthecrosshairs:pressthecon-
trolknob.Thecrosshairsareshownonthemap.
Pressthe[BACK]buttonto hidethecrosshairs.
—Movingthecrosshairs:whenthecrosshairsare
visible,turnthecontrolknobinthedirection
thecrosshairsshouldmove.Pressthecontrol
knob andholdituntilthecrosshairsareinthe
desiredpointonthemap.
—Additionaloptionsonthemap:see
=>page209


Adjustingthesoundfocus
Appliesto:vehicleswithoutMMItouchwithjoystickfunction
Requirement:thebalance/faderfunctionmust
beselected>page244.
—Movingthesoundfocususingthecrosshairs:
thecrosshairscanbemovedhorizontally.Turn
the
controlknobtotheleftortotheright.
Pressthecontrolknobtomovethecrosshairs
vertically.Turnthecontrolknobtotheleftor to
theright.Pressthecontrolknobagaintosave
thesetting.
UsingtheDVDmainmenu
Requirement:aDVDmustbeplaying
=>page229.TheDVDmainmenuisshown.
—Selectingamenuitem:movethecontrolknob
withjoystickfunctionupordownortotheleft
orright.
—Confirmingaselection:pressthecontrolknob.
CoyoXTalemanswers(redColayQelLiClMalemaida)
thecontrolknob
Appliesto:vehicleswithjoystickfunction


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Fig.161Openingtheselection/optionsmenuwith the
controlknob
Requirement:theselectionmenusymbol3must
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
=>fig.161.
Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu:push
thecontrolknobtotheleft>fig.161toopen
theselectionmenu.Thenyoucanselectandcon-
firm
afunctionusingthecontrolknob.

Pressthe[BACK]button@>page145,fig.147
or>page145,fig.148toreturn tothefunction
onelevelup.
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Requirement:theoptionsmenusymbol[+]must
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.161.

Openingandclosingtheoptionsmenu:push
thecontrolknobtotheright>fig.161toopen
theoptionsmenu.Thenyoucanselectandcon-
firm
afunctionusingthecontrolknob.
Pressthe button@)9page145,fig.147
or>page145,fig.148to return tothefunction
onelevelup.

BACK
Shortcutkeys
Frequentlyusedradiostationscanbestoredon
theshortcutkeys.
Appliesto:vehicleswithautomatictransmission
TheshortcutkeysarelocatedontheMMIcontrol
panel@)9page145,fig. 147.
Appliesto:vehicleswithmanualtransmission
Theshortcutkeysarelocatedonthecenter con-
sole(8)>page145,fig.148.
Letter/numberspeller
Storingradiostations:turnthecontrolknobto
thedesiredradiostationinalist(forexample,a
radiostationintheFMstationlist).Pressand
holdthedesiredshortcutkeyforseveralseconds.
Theactiveradiostationwillbestoredonthe
shortcutkey.
Accessingaradiostation:presstheshortcutkey.
Displayingaradiostation:swipeyourfingerover
theshortcutkeys.
Deletingastoredradiostation:resetthe Short-
cut
keystothefactorydefaultsetting
=>page241.
(i)Tips
Itisnotpossibletoenternumbersusingthe
shortcutkeys.Usethenumberspeller
=page 152orMMItouch*>page148to en-
ternumbers.

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Fig.162Diagram:letter/numberspeller
Youcanenterletters,numbersandsymbolsin
theMMIusingtheletter/numberspeller.Thisop-
tionisavailablewhentheinputfield@isactive
>fig.162.
—Openingandclosingtheletter/numberspell-
er:movethecontrolknobup/downwhenthe
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inputfieldisactive.Or:selecttherightcontrol
button>Openspeller/Closespeller.
—Enteringcharacters:turnthecontrolknobwith
thecharacterselection@0>fig.162tothede-
siredsymbol.Pressthecontrolknobtoconfirm
thecharacter.Yourinputisdisplayedinthein-
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characters,selectandconfirm the[LIST]button
@°fig.162.Or:pushthecontrolknobdown.
—Enteringaccentedcharacters (suchas4,¢,fi,
6)*:turnthecontrolknobwiththecharacter
selection@9>fig.162toacharacter.Toopen
theselectedaccentedcharacters,pressand
holdthecontrolknob.Turnthecontrolknob
withthecharacterselection@0>fig.162toan
accentedcharacter.Pressthecontrolknobto
inserttheaccentedcharacter.Toclosetheac-
centedcharacterswithoutselectingacharacter,
pressandholdthecontrolknobagain.Or:se-
lectandconfirm[a6t]Z)9fig.162.Selectand
confirmanaccentedcharacter.



—Deletingcharacters:selectandconfirm]@
=>fig.162.Todeleteallcharactersintheinput
field,pressandholdthecontrolknobon&]un-
tilallcharactersintheinputfieldare deleted.
—Enteringspecial characters:selectandcon-
firm!&2]©©fig.162or[123]@).Selectand
confirm thedesiredspecialcharacter(forex-
ample,ahyphenorperiod)withthenumber
speller.


—Inputassistance:insomecasessuchasinnavi-
gation*,thereisawordsuggestion*@)
=>fig.162basedonavailableentrieswhileyou
areenteringdata.Youcanselectthissugges-
tionbypushingthecontrolknobupward.
—Resultslist:insomecases,suchasinthedirec-
tory,thesystemswitchesautomaticallytothe
resultslistbasedonavailableentries@)
>fig.162.Selectandconfirmasuggestion
fromthelist.
Requirement:theinputfield@)>fig.162must
beactive.
—SwitchingbetweenspellerandMMItouch*:
thehandwritingrecognitionfortheMMItouch
controlpad*isactivatedautomatically.Simply
startwriting.
Overviewofsymbolsinthespeller
Thesymbolsintheletter/numberspellerareex-
plainedinthefollowingtable:



Symbol/DescriptionDescription
LIST]orlSwitchestotheresultslist.
InputfieldDisplaysthecurrentinput.

Resultslist
tered.
Displaysalistwithsuggestionsbasedonthelettersalreadyen-

t
Switchesfromlowercasetouppercaselettersorfromuppercaseto
lowercaseletters.

G
Opensadditionalspelleroptions,forexampleClosespellerand
Clearinputfield.




©
|E|O|
©
|
©
|
©
|O/|O



1&2Charactersetsandspecialcharacters
aouDisplaysaccentedcharacters(suchas4,¢,fi,6).
TSS/ABESwitchesfromlettertonumberinputorfromnumbertoletterin-
put.
Addsaspaceintheinputfield.
—

CharacterselectionHighlightstheselectedcharacter.

A
Insertsthesuggestedword*whenyoupushthecontrolknobup.

®
|
©
|O|
©

ea)
Deletesthecharactertotheleftofthecursor.

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Multifunctionsteeringwheel

Multifunctionsteering
wheel
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheel
Inthedriverinformationsystemdisplay,youcan
controlnumerousInfotainmentfunctionsusing
themultifunctionsteeringwheelplus*>page 15
orthemultifunctionsteeringwheel*>page18.
Youcancontrol additionalInfotainmentfunc-
tionsusingtheMMIcontrolpanel>page145in
theInfotainmentsystemdisplay.

ZAWARNING
Directyourfullattentiontodriving.Asthe
driver,youhavecompleteresponsibilityfor
safetyintraffic.Only use thefunctionsinsuch
awaythatyoualwaysmaintaincompletecon-
troloveryourvehicleinalltrafficsituations.


Radio
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelandra-
dio
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheel
>Pressthe[MODE]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheRadio/
Mediatabisdisplayed.



Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelplus
>Pressthe|< >|buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheRadio/
Mediatabisdisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton>page16.



Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functions
maybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Selectingthefrequencyband:selectandcon-
firmafrequencyband.
—Selectingastationfromthestationlist:select
andconfirmaradiostation.
—Selectingastationfromthepresetslist:select
andconfirmPresetsandthenaradiostation.
—Openingamediasource:selectandconfirmTo
media.
Additionalsettings
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>desiredentry.
See>page218.
G)Tips
PayattentiontotheInfotainmentsystemdis-
playifnecessary.Dependingontheselected
function,itmaybenecessarytousetheMMI
control panel.
Media
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheeland
media
Requirement:amediadrivemustcontainaudio/
videofiles>page221.
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheel
>Pressthe[MODE]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheRadio/
Mediatabisdisplayed.


Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheelplus
>»Pressthe[<>]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheRadio/
Mediatabisdisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton>page16.


Depending onvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functionsmaybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Selectingamediasource:selectandconfirma
sourcesuchastheSDcard.
—Switchingtotheradio:selectandconfirm
Switchtoradio.
—Playinganaudio/videofile:selectandconfirm
afile.
—Pausing/resumingplayback:presstheright
thumbwheel@)>page17,fig.11.Toresume
playback,presstherightthumbwheelagain.
—Openingadditionaltrackinformation:select:
rightcontrolbutton>Show"NowPlaying"
screen.
Foradditionalinformation, see>page232.>
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Voicerecognitionsystem

Voicerecognitionsystem
Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
YoucanoperatemanyInfotainmentfunctions
convenientlybyspeaking.
Requirement:theignitionandtheMMImustbe
switched
on>page145.Asystemlanguagesup-
portedbythevoicerecognitionsystemmustbe
set.Theremustbenophonecallsinprogressand
theparkingaidmustnotbeactive.

>Switchingon:pressthe[%]button@
=>page17,fig.11or>page18,fig.13briefly
onthemultifunctionsteeringwheelandsay
thedesiredcommandaftertheBeep.
>Switchingoff:pressandholdthe|™]button.
Or:pressthe|5|button.
>Pausing:saythecommandPause.Toresume,
pressthe|]button.
>Correcting:saythecommandCorrection.Or:
simplysayanewcommandduringanan-
nouncement>page241.






Inputassistance
Thesystemguidesyouthroughtheinputwith
visualandaudiofeedback.
—Visualinputassistance:afterswitchingon
voicerecognition,adisplaywithaselectionof
possiblecommandsappears.Thiscommand
displaycanbe switchedonoroff.Select:
MENU]button>Settings>leftcontrolbutton
>MMIsettings>Speechdialogsystem.
—Audioinputassistance: tohavethepossible
commandsread,turnthevoicerecognitionsys-
temonandsayHelp.


Forthesystemtounderstandyou:
Speakclearlyanddistinctly atanormalvolume.
Speaklouderwhendrivingfaster.
Emphasizethewordsinthecommandsevenly
anddonotleavelongpauses.
Closethedoors,thewindows,andthesunroof*
toreducebackgroundnoise.Makesurethatpas-
sengersarenotspeakingwhenyouaregivinga
voicecommand.
164
Donotdirecttheventstowardthehands-freemi-
crophone,whichisintheroofheadlinernearthe
frontinteriorlights.
Onlyusethesystemfromthedriver'sseatbe-
causethehands-freemicrophoneisdirectedto-
wardthatseat.
Additionalsettings
See>page241,Speechdialogsystem.

ZAWARNING
—Directyourfullattentiontodriving.Asthe
driver,youhavecompleteresponsibilityfor
safetyintraffic.Onlyusethefunctionsin
suchawaythatyoualwaysmaintaincom-
pletecontroloveryourvehicleinalltraffic
situations.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystemin
emergenciesbecauseyourvoicemaychange
instressfulsituations.Thesystemmaytake
longertodialthenumberormaynotbe
abletodialitatall.Dialtheemergency
numbermanually.

Gi)Tips
— Thedialogpauseswhenthereisanincom-
ingphonecallandwillcontinueifyouig-
norethecall.Thedialogendsifyouanswer
thecall.
—Youcanselectan iteminthelistusingei-
therthevoicerecognitionsystemorthe
controlknob.
Commandoverview
information
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
Thefollowingoverviewsdescribethecommands
thatcan beusedtooperatetheMMIusingthe
voicerecognitionsystem.
Alternativecommandsareseparatedusinga“/”,
forexamplesay:Telephone/(or)Navigation/
(or)Radio.
Sequencesofcommandsusedtoperformanac-
tionareidentifiedwitha “>”,forexamplesay:
Enteraddress>(then)Entercountry/state.>