2019 AUDI A4 Owners Manual

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IntelligentTechnology

—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

MultiMediaInterface
Trafficsafety
information
AudirecommendsperformingcertainInfotain-
mentsystemfunctions,suchasenteringa desti-
nation,onlywhenthevehicleisstationary.Al-
waysbepreparedtostopoperating theInfotain-
mentsystemintheinterestofyoursafetyand
thesafety ofotherroadusers.

Z\WARNING
Onlyuse theInfotainmentsystemwhentraf-
ficconditionspermitandalwaysinawaythat
allows
youtomaintaincompletecontrolover
yourvehicle.

G@)Tips
Certainfunctionsarenotavailablewhiledriv-
ing.
Introduction
TheMultiMediaInterface,orMMIforshort,
combinesvarioussystemsforcommunication,
navigation*andentertainmentinyourAudi.You
canoperatetheMMIusingtheMMIcontrolpan-
el,themultifunctionsteeringwheelorthevoice
recognitionsystem*.

[RAH-8534)


-Appliesto:vehicleswithautomatictransmission:-MMI
controlpanel-integratedshortcutkeys

RAH-8845|



Fig.148-Appliesto:vehicleswithmanualtransmission:-
MMIcontrolpanel-separateshortcutkeysonthecenter
console
MMIcontrolpaneloverview
@Controlknob,ifneededwithjoy-




StiCKTURCKION®cieseaeaswareswex147,150
@MMItouchcontrolpad*.........148
@®Leftcontrolbutton.............147
@®Rightcontrolbutton............147
©Buttonsforopeningmenusdirectly.147
©[MENU]button...............2.147
@[BACK]button............0....147
Shortcutkeys.............0000.152
@Tips
Theshortcutkeys@)©fig.148fortheMMI
controlpanel(manualtransmission)areon
the centerconsole.
MMIOn/Offknobwith
joystickfunction

tome|
[RAH-8536)

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a
Fig.149MMIOn/Offknobwithjoystickfunction

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MultiMediaInterface

SwitchingtheMMIon/off:theMMIcanbe
switched
on/offmanually.
—Switchingonmanually:presstheOn/Offknob
@briefly>fig.149.Or:pressthe[MENU]but-
ton©>page145,fig.147or>page145,
fig.148,oroneofthebuttonstoopentheme-
nusdirectly©).


—Switchingoffmanually:pressandholdthe
On/Offknob@)>fig.149untiltheMMI
switchesoff.IftheMMIhasbeenswitchedoff
manually,itdoesnotswitchonagainautomati-
callythenexttimetheignitionisswitchedon.
Additionalfunctions:
—Adjustingthevolume:turntheOn/Offknob@
>fig.149.
—Muting:presstheOn/Offknob@)©fig.149
briefly.
—Selectingtheprevious/nextfunction(forex-
ample,aradiostation/track):presstheOn/Off
knob@)°fig.149brieflytowardtheleftKKor
rightDDI.
—Fastforwarding/rewinding(forexample
songs):pressandholdtheOn/Offknob@)
=>fig.149towardtheleftKdorrightPPI.

ZA\WARNING
Adjustthevolumeoftheaudiosystemsothat
signalsfromoutsidethevehicle,suchas po-
liceandfiresirens,canbeheardeasilyatall

times.
@Tips
TheMMIswitchesoffautomaticallyiftheen-
gineisnotrunningandthevehiclebatteryis
low.

Infotainmentsystem
display
Switchingon/off
>Pressthe[olbuttontoswitchtheInfotainment
systemonandoff.
WhentheMMIisswitchedonandthedisplayis
switchedoff,youcanoperatecertainfunctions
146
usingtheOn/OffknobwiththeMMIjoystick
function>page145.
Gi)Tips
Theremaybedelayswhenswitchingonthe
display.
Informationondisplayimages
Thedisplayversiondependsonvehicleequip-
ment.

Fig.150Display versionA

Fig.151Display versionB
Additionalcontent(such asalbumcoverandmap
material)isshownondisplayversionB,ifappli-
cable@)©fig.151.Becausetheothercontent
shownonthedisplaysisnearlyidenticalbetween
thetwoversions,thismanualwillprimarilyde-
scribedisplayversionA.

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MMIoperation

IRAH-8539



Fig.152Operatingthecontrolknob
Selectingandconfirmingafunctionina
menu/List
>Selectingafunction:turnthecontrolknob@
>fig.152tothedesiredfunction(suchasse-
lectingafrequency).
>Confirmingaselection:pressthecontrolknob
D)>fig.152.
Returningtofunctionsathigherlevels

>Pressthe[BACK]button@%)>page145,
fig.147or>page145,fig. 148.

Fig.153Diagram:mainmenu
Openingthemainmenu

>Pressthe[MENU]button©)>page145,
fig.147or>page145,fig.148.TheMMIme-
nus(suchasRadio)aredisplayed>fig.153.
Thenyoucanselectandconfirmafunctionus-
ing
thecontrolknob.

Openingamenudirectly
>Presstheapplicablebuttontodirectlyopenthe
menu(S)>page145,fig.147or>page145,
fig.148inthedirectionofthedesiredmenu
(suchas[RADIO]).Thenyoucanselectandcon-
firmafunctionusingthecontrolknob.




RAH-8542


Fig.154ControlbuttonsontheMMIcontrolpanel
Selectionmenu:throughtheselectionmenu,
youcanopenadditionalfunctionswithinamenu
item(suchasRadio).
Requirement:theselectionmenusymbolmust
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.154.
Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu:press
theleftcontrolbutton>fig.154.Thenyoucan
selectandconfirmafunctionusingthecontrol
knob.
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Optionsmenu:usingtheoptionsmenu,youcan
selectandconfirmcontext-dependentfunctions
aswellas settingswithinamenuitem(suchas
Radio).

Requirement:theoptionsmenusymbol[+]must
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.154.

Openingandclosingtheoptionsmenu:press
therightcontrolbutton>fig.154.Thenyoucan
selectandconfirmafunctionusingthecontrol
knob.
leurelieelmer
Thisguideshowsyouat aglancethepathsfor
openingadesiredmenuanditssettingsand
functions.
Exampleofapath

>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton>
FM.

Followingthepath

>Pressthe[RADIO]button.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton.
>Turn thecontrolknobtotheFMmenuitemto
selectit.
>Pressthecontrolknobtoconfirm theselected
FMmenuitem.
>Theselectedandconfirmedfunctionisexecut-
ed.In thisexample,theFMfrequencybandis
set.

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MMItouch
MMItouchcontrolpad
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
You canenterdatausinghandwritingrecogni-
tionontheMMItouchcontrolpad.

RAH-8776
Angeles,CA
wntown,LosAngeles,CA
“onKRx

Fig.155Example:enteringanavigationdestinationusing
theMMItouch
TheMMItouchcontrolpadisonthesurfacewith
thecontrolknob>fig.155.
Enteringnumbers,letters,andsymbols
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
TheMMItouchallowsyoutoenterdataonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusinghandwritingrecog-
nition.

Fig.156DisplaywhenMMItouchisactive

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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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>

MultiMediaInterface

—Movingthestandardmap/satellitemap):
movethecrosshairsshowninthedesireddirec-
tionusingtwofingersontheMMItouchcon-
trolpad>fig.158.
—Movingthemapquickly:whenthecrosshairs
arevisible,pulltwofingersacrosstheMMI
touchcontrolpadquicklyinthedesireddirec-
tion.Themapwillcometoastopafterseveral
seconds.
Zoomingin/outonthemap
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch

RAH-8750|


Fig.159Zoominginandoutonthemap
Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page207.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap:pressthecontrol
knobtoshowthecrosshairs.TouchtheMMI
touchcontrolpadwithtwofingersandpull
yourfingersapartortogether>fig.159.

Pressthe[BACK]button()tohidethecrosshairs
=>page145,fig.147.
Adjustingthesoundfocus
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch

Requirement:theBalance/faderfunctionmust
beselected>page244.
—Movingthecrosshairsforsoundfocus:move
yourfingerinthedesireddirectionontheMMI
touchcontrolpad.
—Storingthecrosshairslocation:pressthecon-
trolknobtwice.Or:pressthe[BACK]button@
=>page145,fig. 147.



2)AUDIAGprovidesaccesstoservicesfromthirdpartypro-
viders.Permanentavailabilitycannotbeguaranteed,be-
causethatdependsonthethirdpartyprovider.
150
UsingtheDVDmainmenu
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Requirement:aDVDmustbeplaying
=>page229.TheDVDmainmenuisshown.
—Selectingamenuitem:moveyourfingerup/
downorleft/rightontheMMItouchcontrol
pad.
—Confirmingaselection:pressthecontrolknob.
Gi)Tips
Thevolumeofthevoiceguidancepromptsfor
theMMItouch*canbeadjustedseparately
=>page245.
Controlknobwith
joystickfunction
Operation
Appliesto:vehicleswithjoystickfunction
2

RAH-8515,
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&




Fig.160Operatingconceptforthecontrolknobwithjoy-
stickfunction
Youcanpushthecontrolknobupordown(@)
=fig.160ortotherightorleft@).
Openingtheentertainmentslidingmenu
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Openingtheentertainmentslidingmenu:push
thecontrolknobdowntoopentheentertain-
mentslidingmenu@)>page155,fig.164.Then
youcanselectandconfirmafunction.
Closingtheentertainmentslidingmenu:push
thecontrolknobuptoclosetheentertainment>