2019 AUDI A4 ignition

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Telephone

Telephone
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Tomakephonecallsinyourvehicleusingthe
MMI,connectyourcellphonetotheMMIvia
Bluetooth.
Handsfree
Afteryouhaveconnectedyourmobiledevice to
theMMIviaBluetooth,youcan use thehandsfree
systemandoperatetelephonefunctionsthrough
yourMMI.Youcanmakecallsusingtheantenna
onyourmobiledevice.
Withthe Audiphonebox’,callsaremadeusing
theexteriorantennaonthevehicle.Usingtheex-
ternalantennahelpswhenthereisalowsignal
andalsoprovidesbetterreceptionquality
=>page174.

ZAWARNING
—Medicalexpertswarnthatmobiledevices
caninterferewiththefunctionofpacemak-
ers.Alwaysmaintainaminimumdistanceof
about8inches(20cm)betweenthecell
phoneantennaandthepacemaker.
—Donotcarrythemobiledeviceinapocket
directlyoverthepacemakerwhenthe
phoneisswitchedon.
—Switchthemobiledeviceoffimmediately
ifyoususpectitmaybeinterferingwith
thepacemaker.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystem*
=>page164inemergenciesbecauseyour
voicemaychangeinstressfulsituations.The
systemmaytakelongertodialthenumber
ormaynotbeabletodialitatall.Dialthe
emergencynumbermanually.
—Switchyourmobiledeviceoffinareaswhere
thereisariskofanexplosion.Theseloca-
tionsarenotalwaysclearlymarked.This
mayincludegasstations,fuelandchemical
storagefacilitiesortransportvehicles,orlo-
cationswherefuelvapors(such aspropane
orgasolinevaporinvehiclesorbuildings),
chemicalsorlargequantitiesofdustparti-
cles(suchasflour,sawdustormetal)may


bepresentintheair.Thisalsoapplies toall
otherlocationswhereyouwouldnormally
turnyourvehicleengineoff.
— Thedemandsoftrafficrequireyourfullat-
tention.Alwaysreadthechapter
=>page145,Trafficsafetyinformation.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage193.
@)Tips
—TheBluetoothconnectionrangeislimited
toinsidethevehicle.Itcanalsobeaffected
bylocalconditionsandinterferencewith
otherdevices.

—TolearnwhichBluetoothconnectionsand
whichofthefunctionsinyourmobiledevice
aresupported,checkwithyourmobilede-
viceserviceproviderorthedatabaseformo-
biledevicesatwww.audiusa.com/
bluetooth.
Setup
ConnectingacellphoneusingBluetooth
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Naonro)ated
DoesthisPINmatchtheoneon your
Bluetoothdevice?PIN:967536

Fig.171DisplayingthePINforenteringinthecellphone
Requirement
Thevehiclemustbestationaryandtheignition
mustbe switchedon.
TheBluetoothsettingsmustbeopenonyour
mobiledeviceduringtheconnectionsetup.
TheBluetoothfunctionandvisibilityoftheMMI
=page243andmobiledevicemustbe switched
on.
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Telephone

Themobiledevicethatwillbeconnectedmust
not beconnectedtoanyotherBluetoothdevice.
TheMMImustnotbeconnectedtoamobilede-
vice.
Connectingamobiledevice

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>Connect
mobiledevice>Findnewdevices>Next.The
availableBluetoothdevicesareshownintheIn-
fotainmentsystemdisplay.Orselect:[MENU
button>Settings>leftcontrolbutton>MMI
settings>Connectionmanager©page241.
> Selectandconfirmthedesiredcellphonefrom
thelistofdisplayedBluetoothdevices.
>TheMMIgeneratesaPINfortheconnection
setup>fig.171.
>»SelectandconfirmYes.
>EnterthePINforconnectingonyourcell
phone.Or:whenthePINisdisplayedonyour
cellphone,confirmthePINonyourcellphone
andintheMMI.Thetimeallowedforentering
thePINislimitedtoapproximately30seconds.
>Payattentiontoanyadditionalsystemprompts
displayedonyourcellphone,forexampleifthe
systemshouldconnectautomaticallyinthefu-
ture.Dependingonthecellphone,youmay
havetoconfirmdownloadingthedirectorysep-
arately.



Afterconnectingsuccessfully
Afterconnectingsuccessfully,informationabout
theconnectedprofileswillappear.Youcanalso
changetheprofileslater.Select:[MENU]button>
Settings> leftcontrolbutton>MMIsettings>
Connectionmanager>page241.


Inaddition,thecellphonecontactsareautomat-
icallyloadedintheMMIdirectory.Thisprocess
cantakeseveralminutes,dependingonthenum-
berofcontacts.
Youcanalsomakeyourconnectedcellphonethe
defaultphonebyselectingSetasdefaulttele-
phoneintheConnectionmanager=page243.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage193.
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G)Tips
— MakingphonecallsthroughtheMMIisonly
possibleusingtheHandsfreeBluetoothpro-
file.
—Youcanapplyadditionalsettingstocon-
nectedmobiledevicesusingtheConnection
manager>page241.
—YoucanalsosearchfortheMMIon yourmo-
biledeviceusingtheBluetoothdevice
search.
—Youonlyhavetopairyourdeviceonetime.
Bluetoothdevicesthatarealreadypaired
automaticallyconnecttotheMMIwhenthe
Bluetooth
functionisswitchedon,when
theyarewithinrange,andwhentheignition
isswitchedon.Thelastconnectedmobile
deviceisgivenfirstpriority.
—AuthorizingtheMMIconnectiononyour
mobiledevicewillmakeitpossibletocon-
nectautomatically.
—Payattentiontoanysystempromptsdis-
playedonyourcellphone,forexampleif
thesystemshouldconnectautomaticallyin
thefuture.Depending onthecellphone,
youmayalsoneedtodownloadthedirecto-
ryandconfirmaccesstoyourtextmessages
separately.
—Whenleavingthevehicle,theBluetooth
connectiontothemobiledevicewillauto-
maticallydisconnect.Depending onyour
mobiledevice,phonecallsinprogressmay
beautomaticallyredirectedfromtheMMI
toyourmobiledeviceso thatyoucancon-
tinuethecallonyourphone.
—Youcanobtainmoreinformationfromyour
mobiledeviceserviceproviderorfromyour
mobiledeviceuserguide. Forinformation
onusingthetelephone,visitwww.audiusa.
com/bluetoothorcontactanauthorizedAu-
didealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacility.
—Appliesto:vehicleswithoutsecondary
phone:Severalcellphonescanbepairedto
theMMI,butonlyonecellphonecanbeac-
tivelyconnectedtotheMMI.

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—Appliesto:vehicleswithoutsecondary
phone:IfaBluetoothdeviceisalreadycon-
nectedtotheMMI,itwillbedisconnected
whenanotherdeviceconnectstotheMMI.
Operatingtwomobiledevicesthroughthe
ie
YoucanconnecttwocellphonestotheMMI,for
exampleyourbusinesscellphoneastheprimary
phoneandyourprivatecellphoneasthesecon-
daryphone.You canbereachedinyourvehicle
throughbothcellphones.
Thefirstconnectedcellphoneisdisplayedasthe
primaryphoneintheMMI.Thesecondcellphone
isconnectedasthesecondaryphone.
Thedirectoryfromtheconnectedprimaryphone
willalways bedisplayed.Ifyouwouldliketouse
thedirectoryfromthesecondary phone, you
mustswitchtheprimaryandsecondaryphone
=>page173.
Connectingacellphoneastheprimary
phone
ConnectyourcellphonetotheMMIviaBlue-
tooth.
Thefirstconnectedcellphoneisdisplayed
asthePrimaryphoneintheMMI.
See>page171,Connectingacellphoneusing
Bluetooth.
Connectingacellphoneasthesecondary
phone
Requirement:acellphonemustbeconnectedto
theMMIastheprimaryphone.

Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>rightcon-
trolbutton>Connectsecondarytelephone.

See>page171,Connectingacellphoneusing
Bluetooth.
Example:youhaveconnectedyourbusinesscell
phonetotheMMIastheprimaryphoneandyour
privatecellphoneasthesecondaryphone.To be
abletocallcontactsfromyourprivatecellphone
directory,youmustswitchtheprimaryandsec-
ondaryphone,sincethedirectoryfromthepri-
maryphoneisalwaysdisplayed.
Switchingtheprimaryandsecondaryphone
Requirement:aprimaryphoneandasecondary
phonemustbe connected.
Switchprimaryandsecond.phone:select:
MENU]button>Telephone>rightcontrolbut-
ton>Switchprimaryandsecond.phone.
@Tips
—Pleasenotethatonlythedirectoryfromthe
primaryphoneisalwaysdisplayed.


—Youcanseeifacellphoneisconnectedas
theprimaryphoneorsecondaryphonein
theConnectionmanager>page241.Or:
thedevicenameoftheconnectedprimary
phoneisshownintheTelephonemenu
(suchasmyPhone).
—Iftheprimaryphonedoesnotconnectauto-
matically totheMMIwhentheignitionis
switchedon, forexamplebecauseitisout
ofthevehiclerangeortheBluetoothfunc-
tionisswitchedoff,thenapreviously paired
secondaryphoneisautomaticallyconnected
astheprimaryphone.
—Youcansendandreceivemessagesonyour
primaryphoneaswellasonyoursecondary
phone>page175,fig. 173.You donot
needtoswitchyourprimaryphoneandsec-
ondaryphoneforthis.
—Youcanalsomakeyourconnectedcell
phonethedefaultphonebyselectingSetas
defaulttelephoneintheConnectionman-
ager>page243.
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@)Note
ApplicabletoCanada
InCanada,operationofaZoneEnhancer,
suchasan AudiPhoneBox,issubjecttothe
followingrequirementsoftheInnovation,
ScienceandEconomicDevelopmentCanada
(ISED):
—ThisisaCONSUMERdevice.
—BEFOREUSE,youMUSTmeetallrequire-
mentssetoutinCPC-2-1-05.
—YouMUSToperatethisdevicewithapproved
antennas
andcablesasspecifiedbythe
manufacturer.AntennasMUSTNOTbein-
stalledwithin20cmofanyperson.
—YouMUSTceaseoperatingthisdeviceim-
mediatelyifrequestedbyISEDoralicensed
wirelessserviceprovider.
—WARNING:£911locationinformationmay
notbeprovidedormaybeinaccuratefor
callsservedbyusingthisdevice.
G)Tips
— TheAudiphoneboxisnotavailableinall
countries.Foradditionalinformation,con-
tactanauthorizedAudidealership.
—Placingthemobiledeviceinabagorprotec-
tivesleeveinsidetheAudiphoneboxcanin-
terferewiththeconnectiontotheexternal
antenna®*.
—Metallicobjectsinthe Audiphoneboxblock
thewirelesschargingofyourmobiledevice
andcallsmadeusingtheexteriorantenna’*.
— Thechargingtimeandtemperaturewillvary
dependingonthemobiledevicebeingused.
—Yourmobiledevicecanonlybechargedin
theAudiphoneboxwhentheignitionis
switchedon.
—Toreducetheriskofmalfunctions,make
surethemobiledeviceispositionedcorrect-
ly inthe Audiphonebox.
— Themaximumchargingoutputis5watts.
—Strongtransmissionqualitycannotbeguar-
anteedifmorethanonemobiledeviceisin
thebox.”
—Onlyonemobiledeviceatatimecanbe
chargedwirelesslyintheAudiphonebox.
—AudirecommendsusingAudiGenuineAc-
cessories.Audihasverifiedtheirreliability,
safety,andsuitability.
—YoucanpurchaseaUSBadapterfromanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility,oratspecialtystores.
Usingthetelephone
Openingthetelephone
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Calllist
(2yeFavorites
©—PTicraxelay
EePrelia)1g
Taimessage(mobiledevice)
Fig.173Example:telephonefunctionsinselectionmenu

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mail(MyPhone)@-—"

Fig.174Example:additionaltelephonefunctionsinselec-
tionmenu
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI>page171.

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

Thefollowingphonefunctionsareavailable
>fig.173/>fig.174:
@Calllist.............0ceceee176
@®Favorites.........0.ceeeeeee178
(3)DIFECUOTYwcx xcaysxaessypeness181
@Selectnumber.................176
©Textmessage(MyPhone)*/Text
message(secondaryphone)*.....178
©E-mail(myPhone)*/E-mail(secon-
daryphone)*..................180>
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Audiconnect

AboutAudiconnect
Hereyouwillfindlegalinformationregarding
AudiconnectInfotainmentusage.
Login
See>page187.
Connectionmanager
See>page241.
Licensesubscription
Thevalidityandexpirationdateofyourlicenses
aredisplayed.
Refresh
ThecontentoftheselectedAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentserviceortheentireAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentlistisupdated.
Dataprivacy
Requirement:theignitionmustbe switchedon.
Location,vehicle,andpersonaldataaretransmit-
tedwhenusingAudiconnectservices.
Allowingsendingofdata
—SelectandconfirmActivatedataconnection.
Thedatamoduleforthe useofallAudiconnect
serviceswillbeactive.
Restrictingsendingofdata
—SelectandconfirmActivateprivacy.Thedata
connectionislimitedordeactivateddepending
ontheequipment.ThemajorityofAudiconnect
serviceswillnotbeavailable.
Thefollowinginterfacesarenotaffectedbythis
setting:Bluetooth,BluetoothLowEnergy(BLE),
Wi-Ficonnection,Audismartphoneinterface
(ASI),NearFieldCommunication(NFC),charging
communication(e-tron),ElectronicTollCollect
(ETC),ifequipped.
@)Note
Youareresponsibleforallprecautionstaken
fordataprotection,anti-virusprotection,and
protectionagainstlossofdataon mobilede-

))Dependsonthecountryand equipment. Theseservices
are availableforalimitedtime.
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vicesthatareusedtoaccesstheInternet
throughtheWi-Fihotspot.
(i)Tips
—Ifthetransmissionofdataislimited,data
willstillbetransmittedtoverifysubscrip-
tions.
—Ifthetransmissionofdataislimited,itwill
havethefollowingeffectsontheexchange
ofdataforAudiconnectservicesandemer-
gencycalls,ifequipped:
—Theemergencycallfunctionwillremain
availablewithoutrestrictionsandwillcon-
tinuetotransmitdata.
—Ifanonlineroadsideassistancecallisini-
tiated,nodatawillbetransmitted,buta
callwillbemade.
—IftheGeofencingAlert,SpeedAlert,
and/orValetAlertserviceshavebeenacti-
vatedbythekeyuser,thentheywillre-
mainavailablewithoutrestrictionsand
continuetotransmitdata.
Audiconnectvehicle
controlservices
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
WithAudiconnectvehiclecontrolservices)),you
canutilizevariousservicesusingthemyAudiapp
oronlineatwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
(i)Tips
—Accessingspecificdataorcontrollingfunc-
tionsremotelydependsonthechargelevel
ofthevehiclebattery.Therefore,these
functionsonlyhavelimitedavailabilityafter
switchingofftheignition.
—AneSIMcardestablishestheInternetcon-
nectionforAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
services.Thecostsforthisareincludedin
thepriceofAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
services.Thecellphonenetwork,forexam-
ple,mustbeavailabletousetheseservices.

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Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
ForsomeAudiconnectvehiclecontrolservices,
thevehicleownermustbesetupasthekeyuser.
Setkeyuser
Requirement:akeyusermustnotbesetyet.The
ignitionmustbe switchedon.
>Tosetakeyuserforthevehicle,youwillneeda
myAudiaccount.Registeratwww.audiusa.
com/myaudi.
>Linkyourvehicletotheaccountatwww.
audiusa.com/myaudiandthenverifyyour
myAudiaccountimmediatelyinordertouse
the Audiconnectvehiclecontrolservices.
»YoucanalsoverifyyourmyAudiaccountlater.
Log
inatwww.audiusa.com/myaudiwithyour
accessinformationandverifyyourmyAudiac-
countinusermanagementusingtheverifica-
tionprocessthatisgiven.
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>ifnec-
essary,Displayavailablefunctions>rightcon-
trolbutton>Audiconnectusermanagement>
Keyuser>Set keyuser.
>
EnteryourmyAudiusernameandthe10-digit
vehiclecode=page29.Thekeyuserisset.You
havetherightstouse the Audiconnectvehicle
controlservices>page191aswellastheabili-
tytomanageothervehiclefunctionsandany
otherusers.


Resettingtheprimaryuser
Ifyouremovethekeyuser,allotherusersand
theirauthorizationswillbedeleted.Itwillno
longerbepossible touse the Audiconnectvehi-
clecontrolservices.
Requirement:akeyusermustbe set.Theignition
mustbe switchedon.

Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>right
controlbutton>Audiconnectusermanagement
>Keyuser>Resetkeyuser.

UsingthemyAudiapp
>InstallthemyAudiapponyourmobiledevice
andloginwithyouraccessinformation.
@Tips
—Ifyousellyourvehicle,resetthekeyuser
andrestoreallsettings tothefactoryde-
faultsettings>page241.
—Itmayalsobenecessarytoenteryour4-
digitmyAudiPINwhenaccessingsomeAudi
connectvehiclecontrolservices.
—Storethevehiclecodeinasecureplace.It
maybenecessarytore-enterthevehicle
code.
—Payattentiontoupper-andlower-caselet-
terswhenenteringthevehiclecode.
—Ifyoudonot havethe10-digitvehiclecode,
contactanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacility.
Additionaloptions
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiconnectvehiclecontrol
Licensesubscription
Thevalidityandexpirationdateofyoursubscrip-
tionsaredisplayed.Whenthisfunctionisactivat-
ed,youwillbenotifiedbeforeyoursubscription
expires.

Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>Display
availablefunctions>rightcontrolbutton>Li-
censesubscription.

Warninglevels
Requirement:theprimaryusermusthavesetone
ormorewarninglevels.Secondaryuserscanonly
seeifawarninglevelisactiveornot.

Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>right
controlbutton>Alerts.
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiconnectvehiclecontrol

Depending onthecountryandthevehicleequip-
ment,thefollowingservicesmaybeavailable:
Remotelockingandunlocking
Requirement:thevehiclemustbeparkedandthe
ignitionmustbeswitchedoff.
Thisserviceallowsyoutounlockor lockyourve-
hicle.>
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Vehiclestatusreport
Thisservicetransfersdriverinformationsystem
datatoaserver.Dependingonthevehicleequip-
ment,certaindatamaybeaccessed,suchasthe
remainingrangeormileage.Thevaluesmaydif-
ferfromthevaluesdisplayedinthevehicle.
Car Finder
Thisservicetransmitstheparkinglocationtoa
serverwhentheignitionisswitchedoff.Thevehi-
clelocation,yourlocation,ortheroutetoyour
vehiclecanbedisplayed.Thenewparkingloca-
tioncannotbedeterminedwiththisserviceifthe
vehicleismovedaftershuttingthevehicleoff
andwithoutswitchingtheignitiononandoff
again,forexampleifthevehicleistowedorsto-
len.
—DeactivatingandactivatingCarFinder:select:
MENU]>Audiconnect>Carfinder.

OnlineAudiservicerequest
Requirement:theservicemustbeactivatedon-
lineatwww.audiusa.com/myaudiandanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiservicefacili-
tymustbeselected.
Thisservicetransmitsservice-relevantdatato
yourselectedauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiservicefacility.Theywillcontactyou
beforeyournextserviceappointment.
StolenVehicleLocator
Thisserviceassistsyouinlocatingyourvehicleif
itisstolen.
—Contactthepolice.YoureceiveaCaseID.
—Calltheservicehotlineandgiveyour CaseID.
Theservicehotlinewillforwardtheestablished
datatothepolice.YoureceivetheAudiService
hotlinenumberwhenyoupurchaseyourvehicle.
GeofencingAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page191.
Thisserviceallowsyoutosetpermittedandfor-
biddenzonesforyourvehicleaswellassettime
limitsforthesezones.Ifyourvehicleleavesa
permittedzoneorentersaforbiddenzone,you
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willbenotifiedwithapushnotificationand/oran
e-mail.
SpeedAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page191.
Youcansetuptotwospeedlimitsforyourvehi-
cleusingthis service.Ifyourvehicleexceedsaset
speedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapushnoti-
ficationand/ore-mail.
ValetAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page191.
Ifyougiveyourvehicletoaparkingservice,you
cansetazoneandaspeedlimitusingthemyAu-
diapp.Ifthevehicleleavesthezoneorexceeds
thespeedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapush
notificationand/ore-mail.

ZA\WARNING
Donotignoremessagesandwarningorindi-
catorlightsthatturnoninthevehiclebe-
causeoftheinformationinthevehiclestatus
report.Thiscouldlead tobreakdownsinon
theroad,accidentsandseriousinjuries.

G)Tips
Forsomeservices,youcanselectifyouwould
liketobenotifiedwithapushnotification
and/orane-mail.
Settings
Cellphonenetwork
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>right
controlbutton>Connectionmanager.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Onlinesettings>
Dataconnectionsettings.


Dependingonthecountry,vehicleequipment,
andconnectiontype,thefollowing functionsmay
beavailable:
Dataconnectionsettings
UsingtheDataconnectionsettingsmenu,you
cansetwhenthesystemshouldconnecttothe>

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Internet.TheInternetconnectiondisconnects
automaticallyoncethe requested Audiconnect
Infotainmentservicenolongerrequiresanydata.
—Connectionsetup:youcanselectwhenadata
connection should beestablished.
—Audiconnect(MMI):whenthisfunctionis
switchedon,adataconnectionisautomatically
establishedinordertouseAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentservices.
—Wi-Fidevices:whenthisfunctionisswitched
on,youcanallowordenyInternet connections.
@)Note
Alwaysfollow theinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage193.
G)Tips
Formoreinformationonroamingcharges,
contactyourcellphoneserviceprovider.
Wi-Fisettings
Appliesto:vehicleswithWi-Fihotspot
Youcanuse theMMIasaWi-Fihotspottocon-
nect
uptoeight Wi-FidevicestotheInternet.
Requirement:theignitionmustbe switchedon.

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>rightcon-
trolbutton>Wi-Fisettings.

Dependingonthecountryandthevehicleequip-
ment,thefollowing functionsmaybeavailable:
Wi-Fi
Whenthisfunctionisswitchedon,theMMIWi-Fi
hotspotisactiveandvisibletootherdevices(for
example,laptopsandcellphones).Youcancon-
nectyourWi-FidevicetotheMMIandusetheIn-
ternetconnectionifnecessary.Ifyouswitchoff
theWi-FiintheMMI,theWi-Fihotspotwillbe
deactivated.Therefore,anyotherdevices access-
ingtheWi-Fihotspotwillnolongerbeconnected
totheWi-Fi.
Networkkey
TheWi-Ficonnectionbetweenyourvehicleand
yourWi-Fideviceisencrypted.Toestablishacon-
nection,youmustenterthefollowingvalues
whensettingupyourwirelessdevice.Youcan
changethemifnecessary.
—Accesspoint(SSID):nameoftheWi-Finet-
work.
—Password:arandompasswordwassetatthe
factoryintheMMI.Thepasswordcanbe
changed.Theencryptionmethodrequiresa
passwordtobeatleasteightcharacterslong.
Chooseasecurepassword.
—Visibletoothers:yourWi-Finetworkvisibility
can be switchedonoroff.

Z\WARNING
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devicesandothersimilardeviceswhenthe
vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose
objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,use theAu-
diconnectInfotainmentserviceswithaWi-
Fihotspotonlyintherearseatwhentheve-
hicleisinmotion,oronlywhenthevehicleis
stationary.
—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readthewarningsinthechapter
=page265,Frontairbags.
—Asthedriver,donotallowusageoftheWi-
Fihotspottodistractyoufromdriving,as
thiscouldincreasetheriskofanaccident.
CG)Note
—Incertainsituations,theWi-Fihotspotdata
connectionmaybeestablishedasareplace-
mentfortheSIMcardonyourWi-Fidevice.
Thisfeaturedependsontheconfiguration
ofyourWi-Fideviceandoperatingsystem.
Thiscouldresultinfeesdependingonyour
cellphoneserviceprovider,especiallyifyou
areusingthisfeaturewhileabroad.Aflat
ratedataplanisstronglyrecommended.For
moreinformation,contactyourcellphone
serviceproviderorrefertotheowner'sman-
ualforyourWi-Fidevice.

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