2019 AUDI A4 display

Media

—For safetyreasons,thevideoimageisonly
displayedwhenthevehicleisstationary.On-
lythesoundfromthevideoplayswhiledriv-
ing.
Variouscategoriesfor selectingaudio/video*
filesareavailableinthemediacenter.
esP=
€Artists
‘fl[bums
enres
Fig.208Example:USBstickcategories
Track
(7)SNzat
Playlists
7Videos
Fig.209Example:USBstickcategories

>Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverviewisdisplayed.
Selectandconfirmthedesiredsource.

@Activesource
Theactivesourceishighlighted.Theactive
sourcesymbol(@)maychangedependingonthe
connecteddevice,theonlinemediaservice”,or
Internetradio*.Thedevicenamemaybedis-
played(forexample:myPhone).Asanexample,a
USBstickisshown>fig.208connectedtothe
Audi
musicinterface*.
Dependingonthe activesource,youcanselect
audio/videofiles*fromthefollowingcategories
andaddthemtotheplaylist:
@Favorites
TheFavoritescategoryappearsifatleastoneen-
tryisstoredinthefavoriteslist.See>page232,
Favorites.
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@Artists
Allavailableartistsaredisplayed.Selectandcon-
firmanartist,analbumandthenatrack.
@Albums
Allavailablealbumsaredisplayed.Selectand
confirm analbumandthenatrack.
©Genres
Allavailablegenresaredisplayed.Selectandcon-
firmagenre(such asPop),anartist,analbum
andthenasong.
©Tracks
Allavailabletracksaredisplayed.Selectandcon-
firm
atrack.
@Folders
Thefolderstructureortrack/chapterlistisdis-
played.Selectafolder,ifnecessary. Selectand
confirmatrack.
Playlists
Allavailableplaylistsfromthesourceandthe
smartplaylistsaredisplayed.Selectandconfirm
aplaylistandthenatrack.
Smartplaylists:
—Lastplayedtracks:thelasttracksplayedinthe
selectedsourcearedisplayed.
—Mostplayed:themostplayedtracksinthese-
lectedsourcearedisplayed.
—5starsto1star:tracksfromtheselected
sourcearedisplayedaccordingtotheirrating.
—Unrated:allfilesfromtheselectedsource
withoutratinginformation(forexample,inthe
ID3tag)aredisplayed.
@Videos*
Allavailablevideofilesaredisplayed.Selectand
confirmavideofile.
C)Note
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainmentand
useoftheradiocategorywithiPod/iPhone
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage193.

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@Tips
—Onlythecategoriessupportedbythemedi-
umareavailable.Forexample,CD/DVD-
ROMtrackscannotbeselectedwithcatego-
riessuchasArtists,AlbumsorGenres.
WithaniPod/iPhone(source:Audimusicin-
terface>page226),the Podcasts,Audio
booksandComposerscategoriesarealso
available.
—Forsafetyreasons,thevideoimageisonly
displayedwhenthevehicleisstationary.On-
lythesoundfromthevideoplayswhiledriv-
ing.
—Whensynchronizingaportabledevicewith
“Cloud”services,playlistsmaydisplayincor-
rectlyintheMMI.Usethemediacenterin
thedevice.
—WithaniPod/iPhone(mediasource:Audi
musicinterface>page226),the Podcasts,
Audio booksandComposerscategoriesare
alsoavailable.
@Tips
Appliesto:iPod/iPhoneonAudimusicinterface
—AnInternetconnectionisrequiredtouse
theadditionalRadiocategory,anonline
mediaservice.Alsoseethe chapter
=>page193,Wi-Fisettings.Alsoreadthe
informationonthe Audimusicinterfaceand
thesupporteddevices>page226.
— DependingontheInternetconnectionand
networktraffic,theconnectionmaydiscon-
nectedwhenonlinemediasourcesareplay-
ing.
—Theuseofonlinemediaservicesdependson
theserviceavailabilityofthethirdparty
provider.
—AudiAGsimplymakestheaccesstoonline
mediaservicespossiblethroughtheMMI
anddoesnottakeanyresponsibilityforthe
contentsoftheonlinemediaservices.
a\eyaaytla)
Appliesto:vehicleswithfree textsearch

Youcansearchintheactivesourcebytracksand
videofiles*,forexample
(2NaeBand
£RockBand
©-RockBand
@*eee

Fig.210Inputfieldandresultslistforfreetextsearch
Youcanopenthefreetextsearchdependingon
theselectedsource.
Requirement:theplaylist>page232ormedia
center>page230mustbedisplayed.
Openingfreetextsearch
>Keepturningthecontrolknobtotheleftuntil
thefreetextsearchinputfield@©fig.210
appears.Or:pushthecontrolknobup.
Usingthefreetextsearch:see>page154,Free
textsearch.
Entriesthatcontaintheenteredsearchtermare
listedintheresultslist©)>fig.210.Youcan
searchforartists@)©fig.210,albums@)or
tracks@)aswellasgenresandvideos.
(i)Tips
—Onlyfilesintheactivesourcewillbe
searched.
—IfyouopenfreetextsearchintheFolders
category(7)>page230,fig.209orthe
Composers,PodcastsandAudiobookscat-
egories,itwillonlysearchthroughthefiles
inthatfolder.
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Fig.211Example: playlist
Thetrack,artist,albumandalbumcover,ifappli-
cable,willappearintheplaylist>fig.211.
Optionsmenu
See>page232,Additionalsettings.
Upto50entriesforeverymediasourcecanbe
storedinanyorderinthefavoriteslist.
Requirement:theplaylistormediacentermust
beopen.
—Selectthedesiredentryfromtheplaylistor
mediacenter.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Storeasfavorite.
Or:pressandholdthecontrolknobforseveral
seconds.
Whenyoustoreatrackasa favorite,theassociat-
edalbumwillappearinthefavoriteslistasan
entry.
Requirement:atleastoneentrymustbestored
inthefavoriteslist.

Displayingthefavoriteslist:pressthe[MEDIA
button.Presstheleftcontrolbuttonuntilthe
sourcesoverview>page229isdisplayed.Select
thesourcethat containsthecategories
=>page230(forexample,SDcard).SelecttheFa-
voritescategory.

Requirement:thepresetslistmustbedisplayed.
—Listeningtoafavorite:selectandconfirmafa-
voritefromthelist.
—Movefavorite:selectafavoritefromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Movefavorite.Select
andconfirmthelocationoftheselectedfavor-
ite.
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—Deletingafavorite:selectafavoritefromthe
list>rightcontrolbutton>Deletefavorite>
DeletethisfavoriteorDeleteallfavorites.
Additionalsettings
Context-specificfunctionsandsettingsareavail-
abledependingontheselectedsource.
>Presstherightcontrolbutton.
Soundsettings
See>page244.
Inputlevel
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheAUXconnectioncableor toaUSBadapter
=>page226,Multimediaconnections.
Thevolumeofthemobiledeviceisadaptedto
theMMI.Audirecommendsadjustingthevolume
onthemobiledeviceto70%ofthemaximum
volumeoutput.
Bluetoothsettings
See>page243.
Wi-Fisettings*
See>page193,Wi-Fisettings.
Connectionmanager
See>page241.
Show"NowPlaying"screen
Withthefunctionswitchedon¥andaplaylist
open,variousinformationaboutthecurrenttrack
(suchasartist,albumandalbumcover*)aswell
astheplayingtimeandtheremainingplaying
timearedisplayed.
Jukeboxmemorycapacity*
InformationontheJukeboxmemorycapacityand
thenumberofstoredtracksintheJukeboxisdis-
played.

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Rewind/Fastforward
Turnthecontrolknobtotheleftor totheright.
Or:moveyourfingeracrosstheMMItouch
controlpad*fromlefttoright.
Shuffle)
Withthefunctionswitchedon,allfilesinthe
playlistareplayedandshowninrandomorder.
Repeattrack!)
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon ¥,thecurrent
trackrepeats.
Repeat*
Requirement:aniPod/iPhone*mustbeselected
asthemediasourceintheAudimusicinterface
=page229,Accessingmedia.
—Track:thecurrenttrackwillberepeated.
—Folder:thetracksinthecurrentfolderare
playedcontinuouslyinaloop.
—Off:thefunctionisswitchedoff.
Backto'Playback'
Theoptionsmenuisclosed.Thetrackcurrently
playingappearsintheplaylist.
Playsimilarmusic*
Thetrackcurrentlyplayingisquicklyanalyzedfor
featuressuchasartist,genres,mood,andbeat,
andasmartplaylistwithsimilartrackswillbe
shown.
Playmore...
Asmartplaylistisshownbasedonthetrackcur-
rentlyplaying.Youcanselectbetweenaplaylist
withmoretracksbythisartist,fromthisalbum
orofthisgenre.
Copytojukebox*
See>page222,AddingfilestotheJukebox.

)Thefunctionautomaticallyswitchesoffwhenthesourceis
changed.
2)Thisfunctionisnotavailableforallcellphones.
Setasringtone*”
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI.Thetrackcurrentlyplayingmustbe
intheJukebox*>page222.
Theselectedtrackwillbeusedastheringtone
forincomingcalls.
Gracenoteonlinedatabase*
Requirement:theMMImustbeconnectedtothe
Internet.
Dependingonavailability,variousinformation
willloadaboutthetrackcurrentlyplayingwhen
thisfunctionisswitchedon.
Favorites
See>page232.
Additionaloptions
Requirement:thevehiclemustbestationaryand
avideofile*oraDVD*mustbeplaying.
Parentalcontrol*
PlaybackofvideoDVDscanberestrictedusing
parentalcontrol.
Enterthepasswordforparentalcontrol.Pass-
wordsetatthefactory:1234.Youhavethefol-
lowingoptions:
—Protectionlevel:selectandconfirmtheprotec-
tionlevel(forexample,Level5).Eightdifferent
protectionlevelscanbesetforparentalcon-
trol.Ifyousettheparentalcontrollevelat Lev-
el 5,allDVDsfromlevels1-5canbeplayed.
VideoDVDswithahigherlevelwillnotplay.Se-
lectUnrestrictedtoremovealloftherestric-
tions.
—Changepassword:editthecurrentpassword.
Switchtofullscreen
Thevideoimageisdisplayed.Turnthecontrol
knobtodisplaytheplaylist.Or:pressthe[BACK
button.


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Replayvideo!)
Whenthisfunctionisswitchedon¥,thecurrent
videowillreplay.
Show DVDmenu
TheDVDmainmenuopensintheInfotainment
systemdisplay.
—Selectingamenuitem:selectandconfirma
menuitem.Or:moveyourfingerontheMMI
touchcontrolpad*andpressthecontrolknob.
Audiotrack?)
Youcanmanuallysettheaudiotrack(language
andaudioformat).Thelanguageandaudiofor-
matoptionsdependonthevideoDVD.
Subtitles2)
Youcanmanuallyselectsubtitlesforplayback.
ThelanguagesavailabledependontheDVD.
Aspect
AudirecommendstheAutomaticsettingforthe
pictureformat.Youcansetthepictureformat
dependingontheactivefileorsource(forexam-
plevideofile*,DVD*).

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tio
Description



Aspectra-|Description
tio
Cinema-Usethissettingforfilmsincinema
scopeformat21:9. Blackbars areshown
intheupperandloweredgesofthe
Infotainmentsystemdisplay.
OriginalTheimageisdisplayedintheratio
ofthesourceformat.Selectthis
optioniftheimageisdistorted ora
sectionoftheimageiscutoff
whenAutoisselected.
4:3Theimageissettothe 4:3picture
format.Blackbarsareshownon
thesidesoftheInfotainmentsys-
temdisplay.
16:9 Theimageissettothe16:9picture

format.Blackbarsareshowninthe
upperandloweredgesoftheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplay.


Automatic|TheMMIdetectsthepicturefor-
matofthesourceanddisplaysthe
imageintheoptimumratio.Black
barsmayappearonthesidesof
thedisplay,dependingonthe
sourceformatandtheInfotain-
mentsystemdisplaythatisinstal-
led.

ZoomTheimageisenlargedtofilltheen-
tireInfotainmentsystemdisplay.
Switchthefunctionoffiftheimage
isdistorted.


)Thefunctionautomaticallyswitchesoffwhenthesourceis
changed.
2)DependingontheDVD,thismaynotbepossibleduring
playback.
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(i)Tips
— NotallvideoDVDshaveparentalcontrol.
— TheprotectionlevelsfortheParental con-
trolarebasedontheUSstandardsfromthe
MotionPictureAssociationofAmerica
(MPAA).Notethattheagelevelsforvideo
DVDsinEuropeancountriesmaydiffer.
—PasswordentryforParentalcontrolwillbe
lockedforapproximatelyoneminuteifyou
entertheincorrectpasswordthreetimesin
arow.Thepasswordcanonlyberesetbyan
authorizedAudidealer.

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Supportedmediaandfileformats
TheJukebox*,SDcardreaderandtheUSBstoragedevice*connectionsupportthefollowingaudio/
videofileproperties:



AudiofilesVideofiles*
SupportedSD/SDHC/SDXC/MMCmemorycards:withacapacityofupto128GB
mediaDVDdrive:audioCDs(upto80min)withCDtext(artist,album,song)*,CD-ROMswith
acapacity ofupto700MB;DVD+R/RW;DVDvideo;DVDaudiowithaudiotracksthat
arecompatiblewithaDVDvideoplayer;
Audimusicinterface:mobiledevices(suchasaniPod>page226,MTPplayer,USB
storagedevicein“USBDeviceSubclass1and6” thatconformstoUSB2.0:USBsticks,
USBMP3players(Plug-and-Play-capable), externalUSBflashdrivesandharddrives
FilesystemMemorycards:exFAT,FAT,FAT32,NTFS
USBstoragedevice:FAT,FAT32,NTFS
USBstoragedevicepartitions(primary/logical*:2perUSB-connection
CD/DVDfilesystem:ISO9660,Joliet,UDF
MetadataAlbumcover:GIF,JPG,PNGwithmax.
800x800px.Thealbumcoverfromthe
mediumorfromGracenote®isdisplayed,
dependingonavailability.
FormatMPEGWindows|MPEGFLACMPEG1/2|MPEG4AVC|WindowsMedia
1/2Media2/4(H.264)Video9
Layer3 |Audio9
and10
Fileexten--mp3.wma.m4a;-flac-Mpg;-mp4;.wmv;
sion.m4b;-mpeg.mA4v;.asf
-aac-Mov;
.avi
Playlists.M3U;.PLS;.WPL;.M3U8;.ASX
Characteris-|uptomaximum320kbit/sand|48kHzuptomaximum2,000kbit/sand
tics48kHzsamplingfrequencies|sampling720x576px.atmaximum25fps
frequen-
cy
Number
offiles

DVDdrive*:maximum1,000filespermedium
Jukebox*:approximately10GBmemorycapacity;maximum3,000filescanbeimport-
ed
USBstoragedeviceandmemorycards:maximum10,000filespermedium;maximum
1,000filesperplaylist/directory

@Tips
— ThemediadrivesdonotsupporttheWin-
dowsMediaAudio9Voiceformat.
—ForcompressingMP3files, Audirecom-
displayshowingtheremainingplaytime
maydifferforaudiofileswithvariablebit
rate.
—Specialcharacters(such asthoseinID3tag
information)maydisplaydifferentlyormay
mendsabitrateofatleast160kbit/s.The
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notalwaysdisplay,dependingonthesys-—SomeMTPplayerfunctionsarenotsupport-
temlanguage.ed,suchasratingmusictracksandvideo
— Themanufacturerofthestoragedevicecanplayback.
provideinformationaboutits“USBDevice
Subclass”.
Appliesto:vehicleswithaCDdrive
ThefollowingaudiofilepropertiesaresupportedbytheCDdrive:




Audiofiles
SupportedAudioCDs(upto80min)withCDtext(artist,album,track)*,CD-ROMswithacapaci-
mediatyofupto700MB
FilesystemCDfilesystem:ISO9660,Joliet,UDF
MetadataAlbumcover:GIF,JPG,PNGwithmax.800x800px.Thealbumcoverfromthemedi-
ummaybedisplayed,dependingonavailability.
FormatMPEG1/2WindowsMediaAu-|MPEG2/4 FLAC
Layer3dio9and10
Fileextension|.mp3.wma-m4a;flac
.m4b;
-aac
Playlists-M3U;.PLS;.WPL;.M3U8;.ASX
Characteristics|uptomaximum320kbit/sand48kHzsamplingfrequencies|48kHzsampling
frequency
NumberMaximum1,000filespermedium
offiles
G)Tips—Specialcharacters(suchasthoseinID3tag
information)maydisplaydifferentlyormay
notalwaysdisplay,dependingonthesys-
temlanguage.
—ForcompressingMP3files, Audirecom-
mendsabitrateofatleast160kbit/s.The
displayshowingtheremainingplaytime
maydifferforaudiofileswithvariablebit

rate.
Troubleshooting
ProblemSolution
Audimusicinterface/Bluetooth|Readtheinstructionsinthechapter>page226,Multimediacon-
audioplayer*:mobiledeviceisnections/=page223,Bluetoothaudioplayer.Youcanlearn
notsupported.aboutsupportedmobiledevicesintheAudidatabaseformobile
devicesatwww.audiusa.com/bluetooth.

Audimusicinterface:thevolume|Adjustthevolumeofthemobiledevicetoapproximately70%of
istoohigh/toolowwhenstarting|themaximumoutput>page232,Inputlevel.
playbackthroughtheAUXinput.

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ProblemSolution

Audimusicinterface:themobile
deviceisnotrecognizedasa
source.
Formanycellphonesormobiledevices,playbackisnotpossible
when
thebatterylevelistoolow(lessthan5%ofitscapacity).
ThemobiledevicewillonlyberecognizedasasourceintheMMI
afterconnectingifthebatterychargeissufficient.

Audimusicinterface:malfunc-
tionsduringaudioplayback
throughaniPod/iPhone.
TheBluetoothaudioplayerfunctionisswitchedon.Switchthis
functionoff>page243whenyouarenotusingtheBluetoothau-
dioplayer.

Audimusicinterface:contents
thatarechangedonamobilede-
viceconnectedtotheAudimusic
interface®)arenotdisplayedin
themediacenter.
Reset theMediasettingstothefactorydefaultsettings
>page241.

AUXinput:thereisstaticwhen
connectinganddisconnectingthe
AUXconnectioncable.
Whenconnectinganddisconnecting,theExternalaudioplayer
sourceisalreadyselected.Beforeconnectingordisconnectingthe
mobiledevice,eithermutethedevice(see>page245)orswitch
toadifferentaudiosource(forexample>page215,Openingthe
radio).

Bluetoothaudioplayer*/Wi-Fi
audioplayer*:audioplaybackin-
terference.
Onlyoneinterfaceshouldbeactivelyusedatatimetoensure
problem-freeplayback.

Jukebox®*:tracks ontheimported
playlistaregrayedout.
Whenimportingplaylists,allofthefilesthemselvesmustbeim-
ported.

Jukebox*:importedtrackscannot
beplayedorfound.
Ifyoucannotfindimportedtracksinthemediacenter,theymay
notbesupported.Onlycopysupportedfiles>page235tothe
Jukebox.

Onlinemedia*:connectionfailed
betweentheMMIandthemyAudi
app.
ToestablishaconnectiontotheMMI,theMMIconnectionswitch
mustbe switchedoninthemyAudiappstatusscreen.

Bluetoothaudioplayer*:interfer-
encewithtrackdisplayandaudio
playback.
PlaybackinterferencecanoccurwhenusingtheBluetoothaudio
playerifamusicplayerappfromathirdpartyproviderisopen.
Audi
recommendsusingtheintegratedmediaplayeronyourBlue-
toothdevice(suchasasmartphone).

Wi-Fihotspot*:yourWi-Fidevice
isdisconnectedfromtheWi-Fi
hotspot.
Makesurethenetworkoptimizationfunctionsareswitchedoffin
theWi-FisettingsorinthenetworksettingsforyourWi-Fidevice.
ForadditionalinformationrefertotheuserguideforyourWi-Fi
device.

Audimusicinterface:audioplay-
backthroughtheconnectedmo-

biledeviceisnotpossible.

MakesuretheUSBmodeMTPisselectedinthesettingsonyour
mobiledevice.

2)Applies onlytoMTPdevices.DoesnotapplytoAppledevicesandUSBmassstoragedevices.
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