2019 AUDI A4 radio

Telephone

mobiledevice,phonecallsinprogressmay
beautomaticallyredirectedfromtheMMI
toyourmobiledeviceso thatyoucancon-
tinuethecallonyourphone.
— Thedisplayofan incomingphonecallinthe
Infotainmentsystemdisplaymaystillbe
visibleforafewsecondsafteracallisan-
sweredorignoreddependingonthecell
phoneinuse.
Makinganemergencycall
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton>Dialnumber>Enteremergency
callnumber(forexample,911)>OK.

ZAWARNING
—Becauseyourphoneworkswithradiosig-
nals,aconnectioncannotbeguaranteedun-
derallcircumstances.Donotrelyononly
yourphonewhenitcomestoessentialcom-
munication(suchasamedicalemergency).
—Alwaysfollowtheinstructionsgivenbythe
emergencypersonnelduringanemergency
callandonlyendthecallwhentheyinstruct
youtodoso.


G)Tips
Emergencynumbersarenotthesameevery-
where.Findoutwhichemergencynumberis
usedinyourcurrentlocation.
Favorites
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Upto50contacts,inadditiontothe voicemail
number,canbestoredinanyorderinthefavor-
iteslist.

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton.

Storinganexistingphonenumberasa
favorite:
—SelectandconfirmCalllist/Directory.
—Selectacontactorphonenumberfromthelist.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Storeasfavorite.
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—Enteranameforthefavoriteorselectasug-
gestion.
—SelectandconfirmSave.
Renamingstoredfavorites
—Select:Favorites>afavoritefromthelist.
—Selecttherightcontrolbutton>Renamefavor-
ite.
Movingstoredfavorites
—Select:Favorites>afavoritefromthelist.
—Selecttherightcontrolbutton>Movefavorite.
—Selectandconfirmthelocationoftheselected
favorite.
Deletingastoredfavorite
—Select:Favorites>afavoritefromthelist.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Deletefavorite>
DeletethisentryorDeleteallentries.
Messages
Meetlst
Appliesto: cellphoneswithBluetoothMessageAccessProfile
(MAP)
Dependingonthemobiledevicebeingusedand
themobilenetworkcontract,youmaybeableto
receiveandsendtextmessagesusingtheMMI.
Requirement
AcellphonemustbeconnectedtotheMMIvia
BluetoothMAP(MessageAccessProfile)
>page171.


>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton>textmessage(myPhone)/text
message(secondaryphone)*.

Writenewtextmessage
SelectandconfirmWritenewtextmessage.
—Usingatemplate:selectandconfirmthede-
siredtemplatefromthelist.
—Writingyourowntext*:selectandconfirmDo
not usetemplate.EntertextusingtheMMI
touchcontrolpad*ortheletterspeller.
—Enteroneormorerecipients.
—SelectandconfirmSend.

Audiconnect

Audiconnect
Introduction
Dependingonthecountryandthevehicleequip-
ment,thefollowing functionsmaybeavailable:
—AudiconnectInfotainment
—Audiconnectvehiclecontrol
@)Tips
—AUDIAGprovidesaccesstoservicesfrom
thirdpartyproviders.Permanentavailability
cannotbeguaranteed,becausethatde-
pendsonthethirdpartyprovider.
—Youcanalso findmoreinformationonAudi
connectonlineatwww.audiusa.com.
Audiconnect
Infotainment
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
WithAudiconnectInfotainmentservices,online
informationistransmitteddirectlytothevehicle.
AnInternetconnectionisrequiredtouseAudi
connectInfotainment.Dependingonthe country
andthevehicleequipment,thefollowingoptions
maybeavailable:

ZAWARNING
To reducetheriskofanaccident,onlyuseAu-
diconnectInfotainmentserviceswhenroad
andtrafficconditionspermit.Alwaysreadand
followthenotesin>page145,Trafficsafety
information.
G)Tips
— ThedataconnectionforAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentservicesispre-configuredatthe
factory.Youcanchangethedataconnection
settingsatanytimeifyouneedtochange
theconfiguration>page192.
—UseoftheLTE*mobilenetworkstandardis
notavailableineverycountry.Contactan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityoryourcellphoneservice
providerforadditionalinformation.

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—AudiconnectInfotainmentservicesareonly
availablewithinthecellphonenetworkcov-
eragefromyourcellphoneserviceprovider.
—Availability,scope,providers,screendisplay,
andcostsofservicesmayvarydependingon
thecountry,model,modelyear,enddevice
andrates.
EmbeddedSIMcard
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainmentandan
embeddedSIMcard
ThedataconnectionforAudiconnectInfotain-
mentservicesismadethroughanembeddedSIM
card(eSIMcard)thatisinstalledinthevehicle.
Youcan usetheAudiconnectInfotainmentserv-
icesimmediately.
()Note
—TheconnectioncostsforAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentservicesareincludedintheprice
ofAudiconnectInfotainment.Pleasenote
thatchargesmayapplywhenusingcertain
services.Forexample,thisappliestoInter-
netradio/podcastsorforservicesthatuse
theWi-Fihotspot,suchasonlinemedia
sources.Dependingonthecountry,data
plansmayneedtobepurchasedforthese
services>page194.Foradditionalinfor-
mation,seewww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
—Incertainsituations,theWi-Fihotspotdata
connectionmaybeestablishedasareplace-
mentfortheSIMcardonyourWi-Fidevice.
Thisfeature dependsontheconfiguration
ofyourWi-Fideviceandoperatingsystem.
Thiscouldresultinfeesdepending onyour
cellphoneserviceprovider,especiallyifyou
areusingthisfeaturewhileabroad.Aflat
ratedataplanisstronglyrecommended.For
moreinformation,contactyourcellphone
serviceproviderorrefertotheowner'sman-
ualforyourWi-Fidevice.

Audiconnect

—Appliesto:embeddedSIMcardusage:The
connectioncostsforAudiconnectInfotain-
mentservicesareincludedinthepriceof
AudiconnectInfotainment.Pleasenote
thatchargesmayapplywhenusingcertain
services.Forexample,thisapplies toInter-
netradio/podcastsorforservicesthatuse
theWi-Fihotspot,suchasonlinemedia
sources.Depending onthecountry,data
plansmayneedtobepurchasedforthese
services>page194.Foradditionalinfor-
mation,seewww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
—Youareresponsibleforallprecautionstaken
fordataprotection,anti-virusprotection,
andprotectionagainstlossofdataonmo-
biledevicesthatareusedtoaccesstheIn-
ternetthroughtheWi-Fihotspot.
@Tips
InvehicleswithoutAudiconnectInfotain-
ment,theuseoftheWi-Fihotspotisonly
possiblefortheWi-Fiaudioplayer*.Adata
connectiontotheInternetcannot beestab-
lished.
Dataplans)
Appliesto:vehicleswith dataplans
Requirement: youmusthavecreatedamyAudi
accountatwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.Yourvehi-
clemustberegisteredinyourmyAudiaccount.
Youcanpurchasedataplansatwww.audiusa.
com/myaudi.

Z\WARNING
—Asthedriver,donotallowusageoftheWi-
Fihotspottodistractyoufromdriving,as
thiscouldincreasetheriskofanaccident.
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devices,andothersimilardeviceswhenthe
vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose
objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.


))_Notavailableineverymarket.
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—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readthewarningsinthechapter
=page265,Frontairbags.

@)Note
ReadtheinformationaboutAudiconnect,and
besuretonotetheconnectivitycostssection
=>)inWi-Fisettingsonpage193.
G)Tips
—Pleasenotethatanyvehiclepassengercan
deletetheSIMowner.
— Theassociatedvehicleisnotautomatically
deletedfromthecustomerportalforthe
cellphoneserviceproviderwhenyoudelete
theSIMownerinthevehicle.Ifsellingyour
vehicle,youshoulddeletethevehiclefrom
thecustomerportalforthecellphoneserv-
iceprovidertoavoidbeingchargedforaddi-
tionalpurchases.
DataPrivacy
Appliesto:vehicleswith AudiconnectInfotainment
AUDIAGcollects,uses,storesandsharesyour
personalinformation,suchascontactdata,vehi-
cledata,usagedata,drivingdataandprecisege-
olocation,inordertoprovideyouwiththeprod-
uctsandservicesyouhavepurchasedorrequest-
ed,andforanumberofotherpurposes,forex-
ample,totrackqualityissues,toperformance
andsafety,tomeetourinternalcomplianceorle-
galrequirementsandtomarkettocustomers
andpotentialcustomers.Foramorecomplete
listofthedatawecollect,howweuseitandwith
whomweshareit,pleasevisityourAudination-
al/salesregionwebsiteatwww.audi.com.
Thecollection,useandsharingmayvarydepend-
ingonyourmodelandmodelyear,yoursubscrip-
tionstatus,ortheserviceoffering.Forexample,
collection,useandsharingmayvarybetweenAu-
diconnectservices,ifyouhavedesignatedakey
user,orifyouaredrivingamodelequippedwith
persistentdatalogging.Please reviewthe>

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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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Radio

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
217

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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Radio

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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