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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
symbolfi.
Datasecurity:neverstoreimportantdataonSD
cards,theJukebox*,CDs/DVDsormobiledevices.
AudiAGisnotresponsiblefordamagedorlost
filesandmedia.
Loadingtimes:themorefiles/folders/playlists
thatareonastoragemedium,thelongeritwill
taketo loadtheaudio/video*files.Audirecom-
mendsusingstoragemediathatonlycontainau-
dio/videofiles*.To decreasethetimeittakesto
loadaudio/videofiles*,createsubfolders(forex-
ample,fortheartistoralbum).Theloadingtime
willalsoincreasewhenimportingfiles.
Additionalinformation:whenplaying,audio
filesareautomaticallydisplayedwithanyaddi-
tionalinformationthatisstored(suchasthear-
tist,trackandalbumcover).Ifthisinformationis
notavailableonthestoragemedium,theMMI
willchecktheGracenotemetadatadatabase.
However,insomecases,theadditionalinforma-
tionmaynotbedisplayed.
Restrictedfunctionality:resettheMediaset-
tingstothefactorydefaultsettingsiffunctional-
ityisrestricted>page246.
Iffunctionalityisrestricted,resettheJukebox*
tothefactorydefaultsettings>page246.
Forinformationaboutthepropertiesofsupport-
edmediaandfileformats,see>page240.
CG)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage192.
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
sleeveanddonotexposethemtodirectsunlight.
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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TheCDispulledinagainautomaticallyifitisnot
removedfromtheslotwithin tensecondsof
ejectingit.
TheCDdriveisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMI>page234.
@)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>page234is
displayed.SelectandconfirmJukebox.

AddingfilestotheJukebox
—Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page234is
displayed.Selectoneofthefollowingsources
tocopytotheJukebox:SDcard*,CD-ROM*,
DVD-ROM*,USBstoragedevice*.


Requirement:themediacenter(forexample,
tracks,albums)mustbeopen.
—Selectinganentry: selectanentryfromthe
mediacenter.Select:rightcontrolbutton>
Copytojukebox>Thisentryor Entirelist.
Requirement:theplaylistmustbe open.See
=>page237.
—Selectingatrack:selectthetrackthatiscur-
rentlyplaying.Select:rightcontrolbutton>

NotinthePlaybackview.
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>page235.
Thecopiedvideofilesarestoredinthemedia
centerundertheVideoscategory.
PlayingtheJukebox
Requirement:theJukeboxmustcontainaudio/
videofiles>page227,AddingfilestotheJuke-
box.
TheJukeboxisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMI@)&page234,fig.210.
DisplayingJukeboxmemorycapacity
Select:rightcontrolbutton>Jukeboxmemory
capacity.InformationabouttheJukeboxmemory
capacityandthenumberofstoredtracksisdis-
played.
DeletingtracksfromtheJukebox!)
Requirement:theJukeboxmustcontainaudio/
videofiles.
—Deletinganentry: selectanentryfromthe
Jukeboxmediacenter.Select:rightcontrolbut-
ton>Deletefromjukebox>ThisentryorEn-
tirelist.>
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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
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TheAudimusicinterfaceAUXinputislocatedin
thestoragecompartmentunderthecenter
armrestandislabeledwithAUX.
USBInput
—Connectingorchargingmobiledevicesusinga
USBadapter:ConnectthematchingUSBadapt-
ertothe AudimusicinterfaceUSBportand
thenconnectittothemobiledevice,forexam-
pleaniPhone.Thebatterywillchargeautomat-
ically.
—DisconnectingamobiledevicefromtheAudi
musicinterface:RemovetheUSBadapterfrom
the AudimusicinterfaceUSBport.
Themediaarestartedandoperatedthroughthe
mobiledeviceortheMMI,dependingonthede-
vicebeingused>page234.
Connectingmultiplemobiledevices:ifamobile
device(suchasasmartphone)isconnectedatthe
respectiveUSBportontheAudimusicinterface,
thenalldevicescanbeusedasa playbacksource.
AUXInput
—Connectingamobiledevice totheAUXinput:
ConnecttheAUXcabletotheAUXinputonthe
Audimusicinterfaceandthenconnectittothe
mobiledevice(forexample,anMP3playerora
smartphone).
—DisconnectingamobiledevicefromtheAUX
input:RemovetheAUXcablefromtheAUXin-
putonthe Audimusicinterface.
—Operation:selectandconfirmtheExternalau-
dioplayersource©)>page234,fig.210.Me-
diaisstartedandoperatedonthemobilede-
vice.

ZAWARNING
Drivingrequiresyourcompleteandundivided
attention.Asthedriver,youhavecompletere-
sponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Neveroperate
mobiledeviceswhiledriving,becausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.


1)Applies onlytoMTPdevices.DoesnotapplytoAppledevi-
cesandUSBmassstoragedevices.
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@)Note
—UseaUSBextensioncabletoconnectdevi-
cesthathaveanintegratedUSBconnector
(suchasaUSBstick)topreventdamageto
yourUSBdeviceandthe Audimusicinter-
face.
—Extremelyhighorlow temperaturesthat
canoccurinsidevehiclescandamagemobile
devicesand/orimpairtheirperformance.
Neverleavemobiledevicesinthevehiclein
extremelyhighorlowtemperatures.
G)Tips
—Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin
=page59.
—Whenyouswitchtheignitionoff,theUSB
portsarestillsuppliedwithpoweruntilthe
energymanagementintervenes.
—DonotuseanadditionaladapterorUSBex-
tensioncabletoconnectmobiledevicesto
theAudimusicinterfacethatalreadyhavea
cableorthatmustbeconnectedwithaUSB
adapter(>page231).Using anadditional
adapterorUSextensioncablemayimpair
functionality.
—YoucanpurchasetheAUXconnectorcable
fromanauthorizedAudidealeror atspe-
cialtystores.
—Audirecommendssettingthevolumeofa
mobiledeviceconnectedtotheAUXinputto
approximately70%ofthemaximumvol-
ume.
—Functionalityisnotguaranteedformobile
devicesthatdonotconformtotheUSB2.0
specification.
—USBhubsarenotsupported.
—SomeversionsoftheiPodsuchastheiPod
shufflecannotbeconnectedtotheUSB
adapterfordeviceswithAppleDockconnec-
tor.ConnectthesedevicesusingaAUXcon-
nectorcable.
—Changedcontentonamobiledevice»)that
isconnectedtotheAudimusicinterface
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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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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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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
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—Pausingorresumingplayback:pressthe
On/OffknobontheMMIcontrolpanelbriefly.
@Tips
—Youcanscrollthroughlong listsquicklyby
turningthecontrolknobquickly.Thescroll-
ingspeeddependsonthenumberoflisten-
tries.
—For safetyreasons,thevideoimageisonly
displayedwhenthevehicleisstationary.On-
lythesoundfromthevideoplayswhiledriv-
ing.
Variouscategoriesfor selectingaudio/video*
filesareavailableinthemediacenter.
3)Favorites
7‘Artists
‘alHeyTsar)
enres

Fig.212Example:USBstickcategories
Track
@|zat
Playlists
Videos

Fig.213Example:USBstickcategories

>Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverviewisdisplayed.
Selectandconfirmthedesiredsource.

@Activesource
Theactivesourceishighlighted.Theactive
sourcesymbol(@)maychangedependingonthe
connecteddevice,theonlinemediaservice*,or
Internetradio*.Thedevicenamemaybedis-
played(forexample:myPhone).Asanexample,a
USBstickisshown>fig.212connectedtothe
Audimusicinterface*.
Depending ontheactivesource,youcanselect
audio/videofiles*fromthefollowingcategories
and addthemtotheplaylist:
@Favorites
TheFavoritescategoryappearsifatleastoneen-
tryisstoredinthefavoriteslist.See>page237,
Favorites.
@Artists
Allavailableartistsaredisplayed.Selectandcon-
firmanartist,analbumandthena track.
@Albums
Allavailablealbumsaredisplayed.Selectand
confirm analbumandthenatrack.
©Genres
Allavailablegenresaredisplayed.Selectandcon-
firm
agenre(suchasPop),anartist,analbum
andthenasong.
©Tracks
Allavailabletracksaredisplayed.Selectandcon-
firm
atrack.
@Folders
Thefolderstructureortrack/chapterlistisdis-
played.Selectafolder,ifnecessary. Selectand
confirmatrack.
Playlists
Allavailableplaylistsfromthesourceandthe
smartplaylistsaredisplayed.Selectandconfirm
aplaylistandthena track.
Smartplaylists:
—Lastplayedtracks:thelasttracksplayedinthe
selectedsourcearedisplayed.
— Mostplayed:themostplayedsongsinthese-
lectedsourcearedisplayed.
—5starsto 1star:tracksfromtheselected
sourcearedisplayedaccordingtotheirrating.
—Unrated:allfilesfromtheselectedsource
withoutratinginformation(forexample,inthe
ID3tag)aredisplayed.
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Fig.215Example:playlist
Thetrack,artist,albumandalbumcover,ifappli-
cable,willappearintheplaylist>fig.215.
Optionsmenu
See>page237,Additionalsettings.
Upto50entriesforeverymediasourcecanbe
storedinanyorderinthefavoriteslist.
Requirement:theplaylistormediacentermust
beopen.
—Selectthedesiredentryfromtheplaylistor
mediacenter.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Storeasfavorite.
Or:pressandholdthecontrolknobforseveral
seconds.
Whenyoustoreatrackasa favorite,theassociat-
edalbumwillappearinthefavoriteslistasan
entry.
Requirement:atleastoneentrymustbestored
inthefavoriteslist.

Displayingthefavoriteslist:pressthe[MEDIA
button.Presstheleftcontrolbuttonuntilthe
sourcesoverview>page234isdisplayed.Select
thesourcethat containsthecategories
=>page235(forexample,SDcard).SelecttheFa-
voritescategory.

Requirement:thefavoriteslistmustbedis-
played.
—Listeningtoafavorite:selectandconfirm afa-
voritefromthelist.
—Movefavorite:selectafavoritefromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Movefavorite.Select
andconfirm thelocationoftheselectedfavor-
ite.
—Deletingafavorite:selectafavoritefromthe
list>rightcontrolbutton>Deletefavorite>
DeletethisfavoriteorDeleteallfavorites.
Additionalsettings
Context-specificfunctionsandsettingsareavail-
abledependingontheselectedsource.
>Presstherightcontrolbutton.
Soundsettings
See>page249.
Inputlevel
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheAUXconnectioncableortoaUSBadapter
=page231,Multimediaconnections.
Thevolumeofthemobiledeviceisadaptedto
theMMI.Audirecommendsadjustingthevolume
onthemobiledeviceto70%ofthemaximum
volumeoutput.
Bluetoothsettings
See>page248.
Wi-Fisettings*
See>page198,Wi-Fisettings.
Connectionmanager
See>page246.
Show"NowPlaying"screen
Withthefunctionswitchedon¥andaplaylist
open,variousinformationaboutthecurrenttrack
(suchasartist,albumandalbumcover*)aswell
astheplayingtimeandtheremainingplaying
timearedisplayed.
Jukeboxmemorycapacity*
InformationontheJukeboxmemorycapacityand
thenumberofstoredtracksintheJukeboxisdis-
played.
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