2019 AUDI A4 infotainment

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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*.

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-Appliesto:vehicleswithautomatictransmission:-MMI
controlpanel-integratedshortcutkeys

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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

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Fig.149MMIOn/Offknobwithjoystickfunction

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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.

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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

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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.




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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.

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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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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.

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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
152
inputfieldisactive.Or:selecttherightcontrol
button>Openspeller/Closespeller.
—Enteringcharacters:turnthecontrolknobwith
thecharacterselection@0>fig.162tothede-
siredsymbol.Pressthecontrolknobtoconfirm
thecharacter.Yourinputisdisplayedinthein-
putfield@).Whenyouhaveenteredallofthe>

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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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