2019 AUDI A4 Owners Manual

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Radio

Radio
Openingtheradio
TheradiosupportstheFM,AMandSiriusXM*
(satelliteradio)bands.UsingtheHDRadiore-
ceiveralsoallowsyoutoreceiveradiostationson
theFMandAMbandsindigitalformat.
noePea)
aaa
Saale

Fig.196FMstationlist(HDRadiotechnologyFM)
(6Sc4NoSignal
ely)reaNoSignal
RAH-8598
002la)
00320on20
coloZ3Cees
NoSignal
Iessfefie19

Fig.197SiriusXMstationlist


>Pressthe[RADIO]button.
Afteropeningtheradio,thelastopenedstation
listisdisplayed.
Selectingastation:selectandconfirmastation
fromthestationlist.FM/AMstationsthatcan be
receivedbydigitalradioaremarkedwiththeHD
Radiotechnologysymbol4)©)>fig.196.Ifre-
ceptionqualitydeclines,theradioautomatically
switchestotheanalogFM/AMstationdepending
onavailability.DigitalHDRadiostations*may
containmultipleadditionalstations*.Theavaila-
bleadditionalstations*arelistedundertheradio
station.Ifyoulosereception,theadditionalsta-
tions*aremutedsincetheycannolongerbere-
ceived.

Settingthefrequencyband:pressthe [RADIO
button
repeatedlyuntilthedesiredfrequency
bandisset.

Thefollowinginformationisdisplayedinthesta-
tionlist>fig.196/>fig.197:
@Presets
Thestationisstoredasapreset.The symbol
showsthestoredlocationinthepresetslist(for
example,21).
@Radiotext(shorteneddisplay)
Ifavailable,programinformationabouttheset
stationisdisplayedinallofthestationlists.
@Frequency
@Stationname
©StationwithHDRadiotechnologyavailable
HD)
©Channelnumber
Ifthereisalossofradiosignal(SiriusXM*),the
followingsysteminformationisdisplayedinthe
stationlist:
NoSignal:thetuneriscurrentlynotreceivinga
satellitesignal@.
Thesysteminformationturnsoffwhentheradio
stationsarereceivedagain.
@Tips
—ContacttheSiriusXM*providerifyouwould
liketoreceivesatelliteprogramming.
—Buildings,tunnels,bridges,openareas,oth-
ervehiclesorobjectsonthevehicleroofcan
affectreception.
—SatelliteradioisnotavailableinAlaskaand
Hawaii.
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Radio

Radiofunctions
ct-Ma-y4aett-Lai)
Appliesto:vehicleswithfree textsearch
Usingthefreetextsearch,youcanselecttheor-
derthatthesearchtermsareenteredinthein-
put
field.Searchinallfrequencybandsforasta-
tionnameorprogramtype,suchasNews.
OTae
STAs
TeaPL

Fig.198Inputfieldandresultslistforfreetextsearch
—Openingthefreetextsearch: wheninastation
list,keepturningthecontrolknobtotheleft
untilthefreetextsearchinputfieldisdis-
played.
—Usingthefreetextsearch:see>page154,
Freetextsearch.
Youcanalsosearchforfrequencies.
Stationsfromthepresets(3)aredisplayedinthe
resultslist@>fig.198.Thesymbol(2)indicates
whichstationlistyouswitchedtobasedonthe
stationselection.
dditionaloptions
>Select:[RADIO]button>rightcontrolbutton.


Thefollowingoptionsareavailabledependingon
thefrequencyband:
—Soundsettings:see>page244.
—Storeasfavorite:see>page218,Presets.
—ManageSiriusXMalerts:see>page217,Sir-
iusXMalerts.
—Receivealertsforartist/Receivealerts for
track:see>page217,SiriusXMalerts.
—Manualtuning:thefrequencybarsaredis-
played.Selectandconfirmthedesiredfrequen-
cy.
—Seek:theradiotunestothepreviousornextre-
ceivablestation.
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—Scan:allstationsareplayedforseveralseconds
each.
—Radiosettings:see>page218.
CTL(ele)
>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton>a
frequencyband(suchasFM)>astation.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Radiotext.


Informationthataccompaniestheprogram(such
asartist,composer,track)isdisplayed.
Browsingthroughradiotextentries:turnthe
controlknobtotheleftorright.
Requirement:aradiotextentrymustbedis-
playedandthestationmustbebroadcastinga
phonenumber,anavigationdestinationoratext
messagenumberasRadioTextPlusinformation.
If alocation,aphonenumberoratextmessage
numberisincludedwitharadiotextentry,thera-
diotextwillbeshownwithacoloredborder.You
havethefollowingoptions:
Call*/Startrouteguidance*/Writetextmes-
sage*:
—SelectaradiotextentrywithRadioTextPlusin-
formationandpressthecontrolknob.
—SelectandconfirmCall*/Startrouteguid-
ance*/Writetextmessage*.Or:pressthe
BACK]buttontocancel.
Gi)Tips
TheavailabilityofradiotextandRadioText
Plusdependsontheradiostation.

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SiriusXMalerts
Appliesto:vehicleswithSiriusXM
Youcandisplayanoverviewofyourfavoritear-
tistsortracksthatarecurrentlybeingplayedon
aSiriusXMchannel.

Ates
es)

Fig.199SiriusXMalertnotification

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

AfteryouhavestoredaSiriusXMalertforyourfa-
voritetracksorartists,youcandisplayanover-
viewofyourfavoritetracksorartistscurrently
beingreceivedintheSiriusXMalertsmenuand
playthemimmediately.YoucanalsoreceiveaSir-
iusXMalertnotification@forthesetracksorar-
tistsintheentertainmentslidingmenu
>fig.199.
StoringaSiriusXMalert
Requirement:yourfavoritetrackorartistmust
beplayingonaSiriusXMchannel.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Receivealertsfor
trackorReceivealertsforartist.
SwitchingSiriusXMalertnotificationson
andoff
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>SiriusXMalert
notifications.
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon,aSiriusXM
alertnotificationisdisplayedforseveralseconds
intheentertainmentslidingmenufortheRadio
andNavigationmenus.@)>fig.199displayed.
Playingtracks/artistsfromSiriusXMalerts
Requirement:aSiriusXMalertmustbestoredfor
atrack/artistanditmustbecurrentlyplayingon
aSiriusXMchannel.
—Select:leftcontrolbutton>SiriusXMalerts>
anentryfromthelist.Theselectedtrack/artist
isplayed.
Playingtracks/artistsfromthe
entertainmentslidingmenu
Requirement:theSiriusXMalertnotifications
functionmustbe switchedon.Youmustbeinthe
RadioandNavigationmenu.ASiriusXMalertno-
tificationisdisplayedintheentertainmentslid-
ingmenu@)©fig.199.
—Pushthecontrolknob down.
—Selectandconfirmthedesiredtrack/artist.
ManagingSiriusXMalerts
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>ManageSiriusXM
alerts.
—SwitchingSiriusXMalertson/off:whenthe
functionisswitchedon[M,youarenotified
whenthistrackorartistisbeingplayedona
SiriusXMchannel.
—DeletingSiriusXMalerts:selectanentryfrom
thelist>rightcontrolbutton>Deletefrom
alerts>DeletethisentryorDeleteallentries.
View:additionalstationinformation

Fig.200Radioview:additionalstationinformation
Requirement:youmustbetunedtoaradiosta-
tion.The"NowPlaying"screenoptionmustbe
switched
on>page219.
Symbolsinthe"NowPlaying"screen>fig.200:
@Radiotextavailability
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Radio

Radiotextisavailable fortheselectedstation.
See>page216.
@FMHDRadiotechnology
ThestationisreceivedthroughFMHDRadio
technology.
@Screenview
DisplayCoverartorStationlogo.See
=>page219,Preferredpictureview*.
Displayingthestationlist:

Turnthecontrolknob.Or:pressthe[BACK]but-
ton.

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Fig.201Example:Radiomenu

>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton.
Settingthefrequencyband:selectandconfirm
thedesiredfrequencybandintheradiomenu
=>fig.201.Or:pressthe[RADIO}buttonrepeat-
edlyuntilthedesiredfrequencybandisset.Dis-
playsthestationlist.


@Presets
Thepresetslistisdisplayed>page218,Presets.
@SiriusXMalerts
Appliesto:vehicleswithSiriusXMalerts
AfteryouhavestoredaSiriusXMalertforyourfa-
voritetracksorartists>page217,anoverview
ofyourfavoritetracksorartistscurrentlybeing
receivedonSiriusXMisdisplayed.
@®SiriuskM
Appliesto:vehicleswithSiriusXMalerts
TheSiriusXM*channellistisdisplayed.
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Additionalfrequencybands
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,youmayal-
sobeabletoselectadditionalfrequencybands
@/@®°fig.201intheselectionmenu.
Presets
Youcanstoreyourfavoritestationsfromevery
frequencybandinthepresetslist.

>Select:the[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton
>Presets.

Requirement:thepresetslistmustbedisplayed.
—Storingpresets:selectandconfirm afreepre-
setspace.Followthesysteminstructions.
—Selectandconfirmastationfromthelistif
necessary.
Requirement:astationlistmustbedisplayed.
—Storingpresets:select:anentryfromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Storeaspreset.Or:press
andholdthecontrolknobforseveralseconds.
Theshortcutkeysareautomaticallyassignedto
thepresets1to8.Youcanselectthestationsdi-
rectlyusingthepresetbuttons>page152.

—Displayingthepresetslist:select:[RADIO]but-
ton>Presets.
Requirement:thepresetslistmustbedisplayed.
—Listeningtopresets:selectandconfirmapre-
setfromthelist.
—Movepreset:selectapresetfromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Movepreset.Or:press
andholdthecontrolknobforseveralseconds.
Selectandconfirmthelocationoftheselected
favorite.
—Deletingpresets:selectapresetfromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Deletepreset>Delete
thispresetorDeleteallpresets.
Additionalsettings
Radiosettings
>Select:[RADIO]button>rightcontrolbutton>
Radiosettings.

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Thefollowingsettingscan beselected,depend-
ingonthebandthatisselected:
Stationnames(FM)
Variable:scrollingtexttransmitted bytheFM
stationsisshownintheInfotainmentsystemdis-
play.
Fixed:scrollingtexttransmittedby theFMsta-
tionsisnotshownintheInfotainmentsystem
display.Onlythecurrentsectionofthescrolling
textisdisplayed.
FM/AMHDRadio*
YoucanswitchHDRadioreceptiononoroff.
Channelsorting(SiriusXM*)
YoucansetthechannelsortingforSiriusXMsta-
tionlists*by:
—Channelnumber:thechannelsaresortedinas-
cendingorderaccordingtotheirchannelnum-
ber.
—Channelname:thechannelsarelistedinalpha-
beticalorder.
—Firstcategory,thenchannelnumber:thechan-
nelsaresorted bytheircategoryandthenby
theirchannelnumbers.
—Firstcategory,thenchannelname:thechan-
nelsaresorted bytheircategoryandthenby
theirchannelnames.
Categoryfilter(SiriusXM*)
Thestationsshowninthestationlistcanbefil-
teredby yourpersonalpreferencesandbypro-
gramtype.Theprogramcategoriesthatyoucan
selectdependonwhatisofferedbyyourprovid-
er.SelecttheAllcategoriesoptiontodeactivate
allfilteroptionsanddisplayallavailablestations
inthesatellitestationlist.
Troubleshooting
“NowPlaying"screen
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon¥andthesta-
tionsorpresetslistisopen, thedisplaywill
switchtothe"NowPlaying"screenviewafterap-
proximatelyfiveseconds>page217.Depending
onavailability,informationaboutthesetstation
(such asstationname,artistandstationlogo)
maybedisplayedinthisview.
Preferredpictureview*
Youcansetyourpreferredscreenviewforthe
"NowPlaying"screen>page217.
—Stationlogo:thestationlogoisdisplayed,de-
pendingonavailability.
—Coverart:thealbumcoverisdisplayedifavaila-
ble.
Gracenoteonlinedatabase*
Requirement:theMMImustbeconnectedtothe
Internet.TheCoverartoptionmustbeselected
=>page219,Preferredpictureview*.
WhenthefunctionisswitchedonM,thealbum
coverorgenrecoverforthesongthatisplayingis
loadedfromtheGracenoteonlinedatabase,de-
pendingonavailability.
Subscriptionstatus(SiriusXM)*
Thisoptionisavailablewhenyoursubscriptionis
abouttoexpireorhasalreadyexpired.Theexpi-
rationdateforyourlicenseisdisplayed.
CalltoSiriusXM”*:thecontactinformationfor
yoursatelliteradioproviderisdisplayed.Tocall
yoursatelliteradioproviderusingtheMMI,press
CalltoSiriusXM”*.

ProblemSolution

Astationwithpoorreceptionisnolonger
displayedinthestationlistonceyou
switchtoadifferentstation.

Storethestationasapresetinadvance.Accessthepre-
setsusingthepresetslist>page218.

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Media

Media
Introduction
Therearevariousmediadrivesandconnections
availableintheMMI.Forexample,youcanplay
audio/video*filesfromtheJukebox*orconnect
yourmobiledevicetotheAudimusicinterface*
andoperateitthroughtheMMI.
Notes
Mediaandformatrestrictions:theMMI(includ-
ingtheSDcardreaderandtheUSBstoragede-
viceconnection*)wastestedwithavarietyof
productsandmediaavailableinthemarket.
However,theremaybecaseswhereindividualde-
vicesormediaandaudio/video*filesmaynot be
recognized,mayplayonlywithrestrictionsor
maynotplayatall.
DigitalRightsManagement:pleasenotethat
theaudio/video*filesaresubjecttocopyright
protection.
Themediadrivesdonotplayfilesthatarepro-
tectedbyDRMandthatareidentifiedwiththe
symbolfii.
Datasecurity:neverstoreimportantdataonSD
cards,theJukebox*,CDs/DVDsormobiledevices.
AudiAGisnotresponsiblefordamagedorlost
filesandmedia.
Loadingtimes:themorefiles/folders/playlists
thatareonastoragemedium,thelongeritwill
taketo loadtheaudio/video*files.Audirecom-
mendsusingstoragemediathatonlycontainau-
dio/videofiles*.To decrease thetimeittakesto
loadaudio/videofiles*,createsubfolders(forex-
ample,fortheartistoralbum).Theloadingtime
willalsoincreasewhenimportingfiles.
Additionalinformation:whenplaying,audio
filesareautomaticallydisplayedwithanyaddi-
tionalinformationthatisstored(suchasthear-
tist,trackandalbumcover).Ifthisinformationis
notavailableonthestoragemedium,theMMI
willchecktheGracenotemetadatadatabase.
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However,insomecases,theadditionalinforma-
tionmaynotbedisplayed.
Restrictedfunctionality:resettheMediaset-
tingstothefactorydefaultsettingsiffunctional-
ityisrestricted>page241.
Iffunctionalityisrestricted,resettheJukebox*
tothefactorydefaultsettings>page241.
Forinformationaboutthepropertiesofsupport-
edmediaandfileformats,see>page235.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage193.
CD/DVDoperation
CD/DVDandformatrestrictions:thefunctionali-
tyofindividualstoragemediamaybelimiteddue
tothevarietyofblankCDs/DVDsavailable and
thevariouscapacities.AudioCDsorvideoDVDs
withcopyprotection,CDs/DVDsthatdonotcon-
formtothestandard,andmultisessionCDsmay
havelimitedplaybackormaynotplayatall.Audi
recommendsfinalizingtherecordingprocess
whencreatingmultisession CDs.Multisession
DVDsarenotsupported.
UsingCDs/DVDs,theCDdrive ortheDVDdrive:
toensurecorrect,high-qualityplaybackandto
preventdamagetothedriveordiscreadinger-
rors,alwaysstoreCDs/DVDsinaprotective
sleeveand donotexposethemtodirectsunlight.
Donotuse:
—Damaged,dirtyorscratchedCDs/DVDs
—
SingleCDs/DVDswith3in(8cm)diameter
—CD/DVDsthatarenotround
—CDs/DVDswithlabels
—Protectiverings
—CleaningCDs
Thermalprotectionswitch:CD/DVDplayback
maybetemporarilyunavailableifoutsidetem-
peraturesareextremelyhotorcold.Athermal
protectionswitchisinstalledtoprotectthe
CD/DVDandthelaser.
Laserdevices:laserdevicesare dividedintosafe-
tyclasses1to4inaccordancewithDINIEC76>

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(CO)6/VDE0837.Theopticalreadersthatarein-
stalledconformto safetyclass1.Lasersinthis
classareveryweakandwell-shielded,sothereis
nodangerifusedcorrectly.
Mediadrives
SDcardreader
TheSDcardreaderislocatedintheglovecom-
partment.
—InsertingtheSDcard:theangledcornerofthe
SDcard mustfacetowardtherightfront.Slide
theSDcardintothecardreaderslot untilthe
SDcardclicksintoplace.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedSDcardcontains sup-
portedaudio/videofiles*>page235.
—RemovingtheSDcard: pressbrieflyontheSD
card.
TheSDcardreaderisaccessedandoperated
throughtheMMI@)>page229,fig.206.
@)Note
Onlyuseone-pieceSDcards.Ifadaptercards
(SDcardswithmorethanonepiece)areused,
thecardcouldfalloutoftheadapterwhen
driving becauseofvibrations.Individual
piecescouldthenbecomestuckinthedrive
andimpairthefunctionality.
@Tips
TheSIMcardreaderthendoesnotfunction.
peel
Appliesto:vehicleswithaDVDdrive
ee

RAH-8826|

Fig.202Glovecompartment:DVDdrive
—LoadingaCD/DVD:theCD/DVDispulledinau-
tomatically.SlidetheCD/DVDstraightintothe
DVDslot@)withthelabelfacingup>fig.202.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCD/DVDcontains sup-
portedaudio/video*files>page235.
—EjectingaCD/DVD:pressthebutton@
>fig.202.
TheCD/DVDispulledinagainautomaticallyifit
isnotremovedfromtheDVDslotwithinapproxi-
matelytensecondsafterejectingit.
TheDVDdriveisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMIQ)>page229,fig.206.
@)Note
—NeverforceaCD/DVDintothedrive.The
CD/DVDispulledinautomatically.
—DonotinsertCDs/DVDswithlabelsintothe
drive.Labelscancomeloosefromthe
CD/DVDanddamagethedrive.
@)Tips
—CDs/DVDsthatcontainaudiofileswitha
highdataratemaynotplay.
—TheSIMcardreaderthendoesnotfunction.
Appliesto:vehicleswithaCDdrive
oe

RAH-8375|

Fig.203Glovecompartment:CDdrive
—LoadingaCD:theCDispulledinautomatically.
SlidetheCDstraightintotheCDslot@)
=>fig.203withthelabelfacingup.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCDcontainssupported
audiofiles>page236,CDdrive.
—EjectingaCD:pressthebutton@©fig.203.
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Media

TheCDispulledinagainautomaticallyifit isnot
removedfromtheslotwithin tensecondsof
ejectingit.
TheCDdriveisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMI>page229.
@)Note
—NeverforceaCDintothedrive.TheCDis
pulledinautomatically.
—DonotinsertCDswithlabelsintothedrive.
LabelscancomeloosefromtheCDand
damagethedrive.
(i)Tips
CDplaybackcannotbeguaranteedwithaudio
filesthathaveahighdatarate.
Appliesto:vehicleswithJukebox
AfteryouhavefilledtheJukeboxwithmusic
and/orvideos,forexamplefromyourSDcard,
youcanplaythesefilesdirectlyfromtheJuke-
box.TheJukeboxmemorycapacityisapproxi-
mately10GB.

>Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page229is
displayed.SelectandconfirmJukebox.

AddingfilestotheJukebox
—Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page229is
displayed.Selectoneofthefollowingsources
tocopytotheJukebox:SDcard*,CD-ROM*,
DVD-ROM*,USBstoragedevice*.


Requirement:themediacenter(forexample,
tracks,albums)mustbe open.
—Selectinganentry:selectanentryfromthe
mediacenter.Select:rightcontrolbutton>
Copytojukebox>Thisentryor Entirelist.
Requirement:theplaylistmustbe open.See
=>page232.
—Selectingatrack:selectthetrackthatiscur-
rentlyplaying.Select:rightcontrolbutton>

NotinthePlaybackview.
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Copytojukebox>ThistrackorEntirealbumor
Thisartist.
Requirement:avideofilemustbeplaying.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Copytojukebox.
Thecopyingprocessbegins.Thestatusofthe
copyingprocessisshownintheMMI.
—Hidingtheimportingprocess:selectandcon-
firm
Continuecopyinginbackground.Theim-
portingprocessishidden.
—Cancelingtheimportingprocess:selectand
confirmCancelcopying.Or:removethesource
thatisbeingimported.Filesalreadycopiedre-
main.
Requirement:thecopyingprocessmustbeactive
inthebackground.
—Showingthecopyingprocess:select:right
controlbutton>Copyinginprogress.
Whenimporting,theaudiofilesareautomatical-
lysortedintothemediacentercategoriesbased
onthestoredadditionalinformation>page230.
Thecopiedvideofilesarestoredinthemedia
centerundertheVideoscategory.
PlayingtheJukebox
Requirement:theJukeboxmustcontainaudio/
videofiles>page222,AddingfilestotheJuke-
box.
TheJukeboxisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMI@©page229,fig.206.
DisplayingJukeboxmemorycapacity
Select:rightcontrolbutton>Jukeboxmemory
capacity.InformationabouttheJukeboxmemory
capacityandthenumberofstoredtracksisdis-
played.
DeletingtracksfromtheJukebox!)
Requirement:theJukeboxmustcontainaudio/
videofiles.
—Deletinganentry: selectanentryfromthe
Jukeboxmediacenter.Select:rightcontrolbut-
ton>Deletefromjukebox>ThisentryorEn-
tirelist.