Media
(CO)6/VDE0837.Theopticalreadersthatarein-
stalledconformto safetyclass1.Lasersinthis
classareveryweakandwell-shielded,sothereis
nodangerifusedcorrectly.
Mediadrives
SDcardreader
TheSDcardreaderislocatedintheglovecom-
partment.
—InsertingtheSDcard:Theangledcornerofthe
SDcard mustfacetowardtherightfrontside
whenbeinginserted.SlidetheSDcardintothe
cardreaderslotuntiltheSDcardclicksinto
place.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedSDcardcontainssup-
portedaudio/videofiles*>page240.
—RemovingtheSDcard: pressbrieflyontheSD
card.
TheSDcardreaderisaccessedandoperated
throughtheMMI@)&page234,fig.210.
@Note
Onlyuseone-pieceSDcards.Ifadaptercards
(SDcardswithmorethanonepiece)areused,
thecardcouldfalloutoftheadapterwhen
drivingbecauseofvibrations.Individual
piecescouldthenbecomestuckinthedrive
andimpairthefunctionality.
G@)Tips
TheSIMcardreaderthendoesnotfunction.
DVDdrive
Appliesto:vehicleswithaDVDdrive
—
RAH-8826|
Fig.206Glovecompartment:DVDdrive
226
—LoadingaCD/DVD:theCD/DVDispulledinau-
tomatically.SlidetheCD/DVDstraightintothe
DVDslot@)withthelabelfacingup>fig.206.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCD/DVDcontains sup-
portedaudio/video*files>page240.
—EjectingaCD/DVD:pressthebutton@
>fig.206.
TheCD/DVDispulledinagainautomaticallyifit
isnotremovedfromtheDVDslotwithinapproxi-
matelytensecondsafterejectingit.
TheDVDdriveisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMIQ)>page234,fig.210.
@)Note
—NeverforceaCD/DVDintothedrive.The
CD/DVDispulledinautomatically.
—DonotinsertCDs/DVDswithlabelsintothe
drive.Labelscancomeloosefromthe
CD/DVDanddamagethedrive.
@Tips
—CDs/DVDsthatcontainaudiofileswitha
highdataratemaynotplay.
— TheSIMcardreaderthendoesnotfunction.
Appliesto:vehicleswithaCDdrive
——
RAH-8375|
Fig.207Glovecompartment:CDdrive
—LoadingaCD:theCDispulledinautomatically.
SlidetheCDstraightintotheCDslot@)
=>fig.207withthelabelfacingup.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCDcontainssupported
audiofiles>page241,CDdrive.
—EjectingaCD:pressthebutton@>fig.207.>
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Wi-Fiaudioplayer
Appliesto:vehicleswithWi-Fiaudioplayer
UsingtheWi-Fiaudioplayermediasourceonthe
MMI, youcanconnectandoperateyourWi-Fi-ca-
pablemediaplayer(suchasasmartphone)to
wirelesslyplaymusicfromyourmediaplayerli-
brary.Themediaplayerisconnectedthroughthe
vehicle'sWi-Fihotspot.AUPnPServerapporan
integratedUPnP/DLNAserveronyourmedia
playerisrequiredtoaccessyourmediaplayerli-
brary.
Requirement:theWi-Fifunctiononyourmedia
playermustbe switchedon.ThemyAudiappora
UPnPserverappmustbeinstalledonyourmedia
player.Or:youmustbeusingamediaplayerwith
anintegratedUPnP/DLNAserver.
—Connectingamediaplayer:pressthe[MEDIA
button.Presstheleftcontrolbuttonuntilthe
sourcesoverview>page234isdisplayed.Se-
lectandconfirm Wi-Fiaudioplayer(7)
=>page234,fig.211.
—Ifnecessary,selectandconfirmWi-Fiturned
off>TurnonWi-FitoactivateWi-Fiinthe
MMI.SelectWi-Fisettings,ifnecessary.Select
thesamesettingsonthewirelessmediaplayer
thatareusedfortheWi-Fihotspot.
—StartingtheWi-Fiaudioplayer:Startthe
myAudiapporanUPnPserverapp,orallow
mediasharingonyourdevice.
Operatingthemediaplayer:themediaplayeris
operatedthroughtheMMI.
—Presstheleftcontrolbuttonrepeatedlyuntil
theFoldersmenuitemappears.Selectandcon-
firmFolders.
—Playingmusicfromthemediaplayer:select
andconfirmMediacenter.
Webradio:see>page230.
objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.
—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readandfollowthewarningsin
=page270,Frontairbags.
ZAWARNING
—Asthedriver,donotallowusageoftheWi-
Fihotspottodistractyoufromdriving,as
thiscouldincreasetheriskofanaccident.
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devicesandothersimilardeviceswhenthe
vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose
C)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage192.
G)Tips
—Alwaysreadthechapter>page192,Audi
connect.
—PleasenotethataWi-Ficonnectiondoes
notautomaticallymakeitpossible touse
the
Internet.Foradditionalinformation,
see>page193.
—Toavoidinterruptionsduringplayback,de-
activatethepowersavingfunctiononthe
mediaplayer orconnectittoacharger.
—Theloadingtimesfortheaudiodatadepend
onthemediaplayerusedandthenumberof
filesthatitcontains.
—Amaximumof2,000entriesperdirectory
aredisplayedintheMMI.
—Songsdownloadedforofflineuseusingmu-
sicstreamingservicesarestoredonyour
mobiledevice(suchasasmartphone)and
maybeDRMprotected.TheWi-Fiaudio
playerwillnotplayDRMprotectedfiles.
—ContactanauthorizedAudidealeror au-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforadditional
informationontheWi-Fiaudioplayer.
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Media
Onlinemediaand
Internetradio
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnect
Youcanplaybackandoperatevariousonlineme-
diaservicesandInternetradiousingtheMMI.
Fig.208Onlinemedia
> Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>fig.208is
displayed.
Appliesto:onlinemediaandInternetradiousage
Requirement:
—ThemyAudiappmustbeinstalledandopenon
yourmobiledevice.
—YoumustbeloggedintoyourmyAudiaccount
inthemyAudiapp andyoumusthaveselected
yourvehicle.
—TheWi-Fifunctiononthemobiledeviceandon
theMMImustbe switchedon.
—Ifnecessary,checkinthe connectionmanager
=>page246ifthemobiledeviceyouconnected
isselectedundertheMMIconnectapp().
—TheMMImustbeconnectedtothenetwork.
—ThesymbolfortheOnlinemediasource(@)
=>fig.208isshownintheMMI.
Appliesto:onlinemediausage
Additionalrequirement:
— Asupportedonlinemediaservicemustbeavail-
ableinthecountrywherethevehicleisbeing
operated.
—Youmusthave anaccountwithasupportedon-
linemediaservice.
—Dependingontheonlinemediaservice,you
mayneedtoinstallandopenanapponyour
mobiledevice.
StartingOnlinemedia
—Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page234is
displayed.
230
—Selectandconfirm anonlinemediaservice.
StartingInternetradio
—Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page234is
displayed.
—SelectandconfirmInternetradio.TheInternet
radiobrowserorthelaststationthatwasplay-
ingisshown.
—Selectingthestation:ifnecessary,selectand
confirmacategoryintheInternetradioBrows-
er>astation.
OnlinemediaandInternetradio:additionalop-
tions
—Presstherightcontrolbutton.
Thefollowingoptionsmaybeavailable,depend-
ingontheinformationshown(suchasthesta-
tion/trackthatiscurrentlyplaying):
—Soundsettings:see>page249.
—Wi-Fisettings:see>page198,Wi-Fisettings.
—Connectionmanager:see>page246.
—Additionaloptionsmaybeavailable,depending
ontheactiveonlinemediaserviceorInternet
radio.
ZA\WARNING
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devicesandothersimilardeviceswhenthe
vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose
objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.
—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readandfollowthewarningsin
=>page270,Frontairbags.
C)Note
—Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>®
inGeneralinformationonpage192.
—Theregenerallyareadditionalcostswhen
usinganonlinemediaserviceaccount,espe-
ciallywhenitisusedinternationally.
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@TipsYoucanpurchasetheUSBadapter>fig.209
fromanauthorizedAudidealeroratspecialty
— Depending ontheInternetconnectionandstores:
networktraffic,the connectionmaydiscon-
nectedwhenonlinemediasourcesareplay-@USBadapterfordeviceswithamicroUSBcon-
ing.nection
—OnlinemediaandInternetradiousagede-@USBadapterfordeviceswithanAppleLight-
pendsontheserviceavailabilityofthethirdningconnection
partyprovider.
—AudiAGsimplymakestheaccesstoonlinehaaSeadsterfardevicesaitUSBGmeEcon
mediaservicespossiblethroughtheMMInection
anddoesnottakeanyresponsibilityfortheDepending onthevehicleequipment,youmaybe
contentsoftheonlinemediaservices.abletoconnectyourmobiledevicesthroughthe
—Alwaysreadthe chapter>page192,AudiAudimusicinterfacetotheMMIusingtheUSB
connect.adaptersandchargethebatteryatthesame
— Depending onthemobiledevicebeingused, time.
theremaybeinterruptionsduringmediaAppliesto:vehicleswithAudimusicinterface
playbackandwhenusingthemyAudiapp.—Audimusicinterface:see>page231.
TopreventinterruptionswhenSSeeAppliesto:vehicleswithUSBchargingportsintherear
biledevice,donotlockthescreenonyour—USBchargingportsintherear:referto
mobiledeviceandkeepthemyAudiappin>page233.
theforeground.
—ContactanauthorizedAudidealeror au-@)Note
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforadditional
HandletheUSBadaptercarefully.Donotal-
informationaboutonlinemedia.
lowittobepinched.
MultimediaconnectionsG)Tips
—TheUSBadapteronthe Audimusicinter-
USBchargingportfacewillsupportiPodtouchoriPhonedevi-
cesfromthe 5thgenerationornewerwith
thelightningconnector.
—MobiledeviceswithanAppleDockconnec-
torcanonlybechargedusingaUSBadapter
designedfordeviceswithanAppleDock
connector.Datacannotbetransmitted.
Audimusicinterface
ConnectyourmobiledevicestotheAudimusic
interfaceinordertooperatethemthroughthe
MMIandchargethebattery.
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,youcan
connectyourmobiledevices(suchas asmart-
phoneorMP3player)totheAudimusicinterface
oraUSBchargingportusingaspecialUSB
adapter.
af
a|=
TheAudimusicinterfaceUSBportsarelocatedin
o—«thestoragecompartmentunderthecenterarm-
restandatthefront* ofthecenterconsole.They
Fig.209AudiGenuineAccessories:USBadapterarelabeledwiththe«
[RAH-9202
\
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thiscase,resettheMediasettingsbackto
Factorysettings>page246.
—VideoplaybackthroughtheAudimusicin-
terfaceisonlysupportediftheconnected
deviceisrecognizedasaUSBstoragedevice
(forexampleaUSBstick).Appledevicesand
MTPdevices(such assmartphones)arenot
recognizedasUSBstoragedevices.
—iPod oriPhonemalfunctionsalsoaffectthe
operationoftheMMI.ResetyouriPodor
iPhoneifthishappens.
—AudirecommendsupdatingtheiPod or
iPhonesoftwaretothelatestversion.For
importantinformationonoperatingyour
iPod oriPhone,refertotheuserguidefor
thedevice.
— TheUSBadapteronthe Audimusicinter-
facewillsupportiPodtouchoriPhonedevi-
cesfromthe5thgenerationornewerwith
thelightningconnector.
—Formoreinformationaboutthe Audimusic
interfaceandsupporteddevices,checkthe
Audidatabaseformobiledevicesatwww.
audiusa.com/mp3orcontactanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFa-
cility.
USBchargingportsintherear
Appliesto:vehicleswithUSBchargingportsintherear
Youcanchargethebatteryon yourmobiledevice
throughaUSBchargingport.
TwoUSBchargingportsarelocatedatthebackof
thecenterconsole.
—USBadapter:referto>page231,USBadapter
forAudimusicinterfaceorUSBchargingport.
—ChargingamobiledeviceusingtheUSB
adapter:connectyourmobiledevice toaUSB
chargingportusingasuitableUSBadapter.
—Disconnectingamobiledevicefromthecharg-
ingport:removetheUSBadapterfromtheUSB
chargingport.
—Disconnectingmobiledeviceswith anApple
Dockconnector:removetheAppleDockcon-
nectorfromtheAppledevicewiththerelease
tabspressedin.
ZAWARNING
Drivingrequiresyourcompleteandundivided
attention.Asthedriver,youhavecompletere-
sponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Neveroperate
yourmobiledeviceswhiledriving,because
thisincreasestheriskofanaccident.
@)Note
Extremelyhighorlowtemperaturesthatcan
occurinsidevehiclescandamagemobiledevi-
cesand/orimpairtheirperformance.Never
leavemobiledevicesinthevehicleinex-
tremelyhighorlowtemperatures.
G)Tips
—Inpreparationatthetimeofprinting.
—Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin
=>page59.
—Whenyouswitchtheignitionoff,theUSB
portsarestillsupplied withpoweruntilthe
energymanagementintervenes.
—DonotuseanyadditionalUSBextensionca-
blesoradapterstoconnectmobiledevices
totheUSBchargingport thathavealready
beenconnectedbyaUSBadapter.Usingan
additionaladapterorUSextensioncable
mayimpairfunctionality.
— USBhubsarenotsupported.
—Refertothemanufacturer'soperatingman-
ual forimportantinformationregardingthe
operationofyourmobiledevice.
—Correctfunctionofallmobiledevicescan-
notbeguaranteed.
—Thevehiclebatterydrainswhenmobilede-
vicesareturnedonbuttheengineisoff.
Tat)eaedeSelaCol
Appliesto:vehicleswith Rear SeatEntertainmentpreparation
TheRear SeatEntertainmentpreparationin-
cludescablesandamountforAudiEntertain-
mentmobileinthedriver'sandfrontpassenger's
seatbackrests.
ThesuitableAudiEntertainmentmobileRear
SeatEntertainmentpackageisavailablethrough
AudiGenuineAccessories.
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>
Media
UsingAudiGenuineAccessoriesisrecommended.
Audihasverifiedtheirreliability,safety,andsuit-
ability.
Wecannotevaluateorendorseotherproductsin
thisway,eveniftheproductisapprovedbyacer-
tifiedtestingagencyorgovernmentagency.
@)Note
Onlyusedevicesthatareapprovedforthe
Rear SeatEntertainmentpreparation.Unap-
provedequipmentcan causedamagetothe
vehicleelectricalsystem.
G)Tips
—Contact anauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforadditional
informationonAudiEntertainmentmo-
bile.
—Alwaysreadthechapter>page367.
—TheRear SeatEntertainmentpreparationis
notintendedtochargeexternalelectronic
devices.
Playingmedia
Accessingmedia
Youcanstartandoperatevariousmediathrough
theMMIcontrolpanel.
PNWTeatCeMial<1aile
fiiEeneN(ta
Fig.210Diagram:possiblesourcesintheMediamenu
Sis3<9 =|Z|
cc|
))DependingontheDVD,thismaynotbepossibleduring
playback.
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Eltrones
SeeaerEg
Cinetacic)
Fig.211Diagram:possiblesourcesintheMediamenu
Requirement:amediasourcemustcontainau-
dio/video*files>page226.
>Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverviewisdisplayed.
>Selectandconfirmthedesiredsource.Or:press
the[MEDIA]buttonrepeatedlyuntilthedesired
sourceisselected.
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,thefollow-
ingsourcesmaybedisplayedintheMediamenu:
@Jukebox*...00...ee.227
DD,DVD/CDidtive®sinoscece¢wieones226,226
@SDeardreader................226
@Audimusicinterface*...........231
suchasaniPhone,USBstick
©®Externalaudioplayer...........231
suchasanMP3playerconnectedto
theAUXinput
©Bluetoothaudioplayer*........228
@Wi-Fiaudioplayer*............229
Onlinemedia*andInternetradio”.230
—Playingaudio/videofiles:selectasourceinthe
Mediamenu>Category(suchasartists>al-
bum>track).
—Movingonelevelupinthefolderstructure:
pressthe[BACK]button.Or:selectandconfirm
Folderup.
—Selectingtheprevious/nexttrack/chapter*)):
PresstheOn/OffknobfortheMMIcontrolpan-
elbrieflytotheleftKdor totherightPHI.
—Fast-forwardingandrewindingaudio/video*
files:pressandholdtheOn/Offknobonthe
MMIcontrolpaneltotheleftKdorrightPofor
alongertime.
Media
©Videos*
Allavailablevideofilesaredisplayed.Selectand
confirmavideofile.
@)Note
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainmentand
useoftheradiocategorywithiPod/iPhone
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage192.
G@)Tips
—Onlythecategoriessupportedbythemedi-
umareavailable.Forexample,CD/DVD-
ROMtrackscannotbeselectedwithcatego-
riessuchasArtists,AlbumsorGenres.
WithaniPod/iPhone(source:Audimusicin-
terface>page231),the Podcasts,Audio
booksandComposerscategoriesarealso
available.
—For safetyreasons,thevideoimageisonly
displayedwhenthevehicleisstationary.On-
lythesoundfromthevideoplayswhiledriv-
ing.
—Whensynchronizingaportabledevicewith
"Cloud“services,playlistsmaydisplayincor-
rectly
intheMMI.Usethemediacenterin
thedevice.
—WithaniPod/iPhone(mediasource:Audi
musicinterface>page231),the Podcasts,
Audio booksandComposerscategoriesare
alsoavailable.
G)Tips
Appliesto:iPod/iPhoneonAudimusicinterface
—AnInternetconnectionisrequiredtouse
theadditionalRadiocategory,anonline
mediaservice.Alsoseethe chapter
=>page198,Wi-Fisettings.Also readthe
informationonthe Audimusicinterfaceand
thesupporteddevices>page231.
— DependingontheInternetconnectionand
networktraffic,theconnectionmaydiscon-
nectedwhenonlinemediasourcesareplay-
ing.
—Theuseofonlinemediaservicesdependson
theserviceavailabilityofthethirdparty
provider.
236
—AudiAGsimplymakestheaccesstoonline
mediaservicespossiblethroughtheMMI
anddoesnottakeanyresponsibilityforthe
contentsoftheonlinemediaservices.
ac-\Bx-yaestla)
Appliesto:vehicleswithfree textsearch
Youcansearchintheactivesourcebytracksand
videofiles*,forexample
OresRockBandq
1RockBand:
©-RockBand
[eie-hie
a
Fig.214Inputfieldandresultslistforfreetextsearch
Youcanopenthefreetextsearchdependingon
theselectedsource.
Requirement:theplaylist>page237ormedia
center>page235mustbedisplayed.
Openingfreetextsearch
>Keepturningthecontrolknobtotheleftuntil
thefreetextsearchinputfield@°fig.214
appears.Or:pushthecontrolknobup.
Usingthefreetextsearch:see>page160,Free
textsearch.
Entriesthatcontaintheenteredsearchtermare
listedintheresultslist©>fig.214.Youcan
searchforartists2)°fig.214,albums@)or
tracks@)aswellasgenresandvideos.
Gi)Tips
—Onlyfilesintheactivesourcewillbe
searched.
—IfyouopenfreetextsearchintheFolders
category(7)>page235,fig.213orthe
Composers,PodcastsandAudiobookscat-
egories,itwillonlysearchthroughthefiles
inthatfolder.
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Replayvideo”
Whenthisfunctionisswitchedon ¥,thecurrent
videowillreplay.
ShowDVD menu
TheDVDmainmenuopensintheInfotainment
systemdisplay.
—Selectingamenuitem:selectandconfirma
menuitem.Or:moveyourfingerontheMMI
touchcontrolpad*andpressthecontrolknob.
Audiotrack2)
Youcanmanuallysettheaudiotrack(language
andaudioformat).Thelanguageandaudiofor-
matoptionsdependonthevideoDVD.
Subtitles)
Youcanmanuallyselectsubtitlesforplayback.
ThelanguagesavailabledependontheDVD.
Aspect
AudirecommendstheAutomaticsettingforthe
pictureformat.Youcansetthepictureformat
dependingontheactivefileorsource(forexam-
plevideofile*, DVD*).
Aspectra-
tio
Description
Cinema-
scope
Usethissettingfor filmsincinema
format
21:9. Blackbarsareshown
intheupperandloweredgesofthe
Infotainmentsystemdisplay.
OriginalTheimageisdisplayedintheratio
ofthesourceformat.Selectthis
optioniftheimageisdistorted ora
sectionoftheimageiscutoff
whenAutoisselected.
4:3Theimageissettothe 4:3picture
format.Blackbarsareshownon
thesidesoftheInfotainmentsys-
temdisplay.
16:9 Theimageissettothe16:9picture
format.Blackbarsareshowninthe
upperandloweredgesoftheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplay.
Aspectra-|Description
tio
Automatic|TheMMIdetectsthepicturefor-
matofthesourceanddisplaysthe
imageintheoptimumratio.Black
barsmayappearonthesidesof
thedisplay,dependingonthe
sourceformatandtheInfotain-
mentsystemdisplaythatisinstal-
led.
ZoomTheimageisenlargedtofilltheen-
tireInfotainmentsystemdisplay.
Switchthefunctionoffiftheimage
isdistorted.
)Thefunctionautomaticallyswitchesoffwhenthesourceis
changed.
2)DependingontheDVD,thismaynotbepossibleduring
playback.
G)Tips
—NotallvideoDVDshaveparentalcontrol.
—TheprotectionlevelsfortheParentalcon-
trolarebasedontheUSstandardsfromthe
MotionPictureAssociationofAmerica
(MPAA).Notethattheagelevelsforvideo
DVDsinEuropeancountriesmaydiffer.
—PasswordentryforParentalcontrolwillbe
lockedforapproximatelyoneminuteifyou
entertheincorrectpasswordthreetimesin
arow.Thepasswordcanonlyberesetbyan
authorizedAudidealer.
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