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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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©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.
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—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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Supportedmediaandfileformats
TheJukebox*,SDcardreaderandtheUSBstoragedevice*connectionsupportthefollowingaudio/
videofileproperties:



AudiofilesVideofiles*
SupportedSD/SDHC/SDXC/MMCmemorycards:withacapacityupto128GB
mediaDVDdrive:audioCDs(upto80min)withCDtext(artist,album,song)*,CD-ROMswith
acapacityofupto700MB;DVD+R/RW;DVDvideo;DVDaudiowithaudiotracksthat
arecompatiblewithaDVDvideoplayer;
Audimusicinterface:mobiledevices(suchasaniPod>page231,MTPplayer,USB
storagedevicein“USBDeviceSubclass1and6” thatconformstoUSB2.0:USBsticks,
USBMP3players(Plug-and-Play-capable), externalUSBflashdrivesandharddrives
FilesystemMemorycards:exFAT,FAT,FAT32,NTFS
USBstoragedevices:FAT,FAT32,NTFS
USBstoragedevicepartitions(primary/logical*):2perUSBconnection
CD/DVDfilesystems: ISO9660,Joliet,UDF
MetadataAlbumcover:GIF,JPG,PNGwithmax.
800x800px.Thealbumcoverfromthe
mediumorfromGracenote®isdisplayed,
dependingonavailability.
FormatMPEGWindows|MPEGFLACMPEG1/2|MPEG4AVC|WindowsMedia
1/2Media2/4(H.264)Video9
Layer3 |Audio9
and 10
Fileexten--mp3.wma.m4a;-flac-mMpg;-mp4;.wmv;
sion.m4b;-mpeg.mA4v;.asf
-aac-Mov;
avi
Playlists.M3U;.PLS;.WPL;.M3U8;.ASX
Characteris-|uptomaximum320kbit/sand|48kHzuptomaximum2,000kbit/sand
tics48kHzsamplingfrequencies|sampling720x576px.atmaximum25fps
frequen-
cy
Number
offiles

DVDdrive*:maximum1,000filespermedium
Jukebox*:approximately10GBmemorycapacity;maximum3,000filescanbeimport-
ed
USBstoragedeviceandmemorycards:maximum10,000filespermedium;maximum
1,000filesperplaylist/directory

G)Tips
displayshowingtheremainingplaytime
maydifferforaudiofileswithvariablebit
— ThemediadrivesdonotsupporttheWin-rate.
dowsMediaAudio9Voiceformat.
—ForcompressingMP3files, Audirecom-
—Specialcharacters(suchasthoseinID3tag
information)maydisplaydifferentlyormay
mendsabitrateofatleast160kbit/s.The
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notalwaysdisplay,dependingonthesys-
temlanguage.
— Themanufacturerofthestoragedevicecan
—SomeMTPplayerfunctionsarenotsupport-
ed,suchasratingmusictracksandvideo
provideinformationaboutits“USBDevice
Subclass”.
playback.
Appliesto:vehicleswithaCDdrive
ThefollowingaudiofilepropertiesaresupportedbytheCDdrive:


Audiofiles
SupportedAudioCDs(upto80min)withCDtext(artist,album,track)*,CD-ROMswithacapaci-
mediatyofupto700MB
FilesystemCDfilesystem:ISO9660,Joliet,UDF
MetadataAlbumcover:GIF,JPG,PNGwithmax.800x800px.Thealbumcoverfromthemedi-
ummaybedisplayed,dependingonavailability.
FormatMPEG1/2WindowsMediaAu-|MPEG2/4 FLAC
Layer3dio9and10
Fileextension|.mp3.wma-m4a;flac
.m4b;
-aac

Playlists-M3U;.PLS;.WPL;.M3U8;.ASX

Characteristicsuptomaximum320kbit/sand48kHzsamplingfrequencies

48kHzsampling
frequency

Number
offiles

Maximum1,000filespermedium

@Tips
—ForcompressingMP3files, Audirecom-
mendsabitrateofatleast160kbit/s.The
—Specialcharacters(such asthoseinID3tag
information)maydisplaydifferentlyormay
displayshowingtheremainingplaytime
maydifferforaudiofileswithvariablebit
rate.
Troubleshooting
notalwaysdisplay,dependingonthesys-
temlanguage.

ProblemSolution

Audimusicinterface/Bluetooth
audioplayer*:mobiledeviceis
notsupported.
Readtheinstructionsinthechapter>page231,Multimediacon-
nections/=page228,Bluetoothaudioplayer.Youcanlearn
aboutsupportedmobiledevicesinthe Audidatabaseformobile
devicesatwww.audiusa.com/bluetooth.

Audimusicinterface:thevolume
istoohigh/toolowwhenstarting

playbackthroughtheAUXinput.

Adjustthevolumeofthemobiledevicetoapproximately70%of
themaximumoutput>page237,Inputlevel.>

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ProblemSolution

Audimusicinterface:themobile
deviceisnotrecognizedasa
source.
Formanycellphonesormobiledevices,playbackisnotpossible
when
thebatterylevelistoolow(lessthan5%ofitscapacity).
ThemobiledevicewillonlyberecognizedasasourceintheMMI
afterconnectingifthebatterychargeissufficient.

Audimusicinterface:malfunc-
tionsduringaudioplayback
throughaniPod/iPhone.
TheBluetoothaudioplayerfunctionisswitchedon.Switchthis
functionoff>page248whenyouarenotusingtheBluetoothau-
dioplayer.

Audimusicinterface:Changed
contentonamobiledevice®that
isconnectedtothe Audimusicin-
terfaceisnotdisplayedintheme-
diacenter.
Reset theMediasettingstothefactorydefaultsettings
=>page246.

AUXinput:thereisstaticwhen
connectinganddisconnectingthe
AUXconnectioncable.
Whenconnectinganddisconnecting,theExternalaudioplayer
sourceisalreadyselected.Beforeconnectingordisconnectingthe
mobiledevice,eithermutethedevice(see>page250)orswitch
toadifferentaudiosource(forexample>page220,Openingthe
radio).

Bluetoothaudioplayer*/Wi-Fi
audioplayer*:audioplaybackin-
terference.
Onlyoneinterfaceshouldbeactivelyusedatatimetoensure
problem-freeplayback.

Jukebox®*:tracks ontheimported
playlistaregrayedout.
Whenimportingplaylists,allofthefilesthemselvesmustbeim-
ported.

Jukebox*:importedtrackscannot
beplayedorfound.
Ifyoucannotfindimportedtracksinthemediacenter,theymay
notbesupported.Onlycopysupportedfiles>page240tothe
Jukebox.

Onlinemedia*:connectionfailed
betweentheMMIandthemyAudi
app.
ToestablishaconnectiontotheMMI,theMMIconnectionswitch
mustbe switchedoninthemyAudiappstatusscreen.

Bluetoothaudioplayer*:interfer-
encewithtrackdisplayandaudio
playback.
PlaybackinterferencecanoccurwhenusingtheBluetoothaudio
playerifamusicplayerappfromathirdpartyproviderisopen.
Audi
recommendsusingtheintegratedmediaplayeronyourBlue-
toothdevice(suchasasmartphone).

Wi-Fihotspot*:yourWi-Fidevice
isdisconnectedfromtheWi-Fi
hotspot.
Makesurethenetworkoptimizationfunctionsareswitchedoffin
theWi-FisettingsorinthenetworksettingsforyourWi-Fidevice.
ForadditionalinformationrefertotheuserguideforyourWi-Fi
device.

Audimusicinterface:audioplay-
backthroughtheconnectedmo-
biledeviceisnotpossible.

MakesuretheUSBmodeMTPisselectedinthesettingsonyour
mobiledevice.

2)Applies onlytoMTPdevices.DoesnotapplytoAppledevicesandUSBmassstoragedevices.
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Systemsettings

Requirement:
—Thevehiclemustbestationaryandtheignition
mustbe switchedon.
—TheBluetoothsettingswillopenonyourmo-
biledeviceduringtheconnectionsetup.
—TheBluetoothfunctionandvisibility oftheMMI
=>page248andmobiledevicemustbeswitch-
edon.
—Themobiledevicetobeconnectedmustnot be
connectedtoanyotherBluetoothdevice.
aatutlevadarelit
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
—Connectnewdevice:searchforandconnecta
cellphone.
—Listofdevicesalreadypaired:selectyourcell
phonefromthelistofallthedevicesthatare
alreadypaired.
YelleaveaCe
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
—Connectnewdevice:searchforandconnecta
cellphone.
—Listofdevicesalreadypaired:selectyourcell
phonefromthelistofallthedevicesthatare
alreadypaired.
PELMeolaa-laaol)
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
—Thedataconnectionismadeusingtheembed-
dedSIMcard))>page193.Youdonotneedto
adjustanyadditionalsettings.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage192.
myAudiapp
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
Requirement:themyAudiappmustbeinstalled
andopenonyourmobiledevice.

2)SIMcardinstalledinthevehicleatthefactory.
—Connectnewdevice:searchforandconnecta
mobiledevice(such asasmartphone).
—Listofdevicesalreadypaired:selectyourmo-
biledevicefromthelistofallthedevicesthat
arealreadypaired.
Audioplayer
Appliesto:vehicleswithBluetoothorWi-Fiaudioplayer
Bluetoothplayer*
Requirement:theBluetoothfunctionandvisibili-
tymustbe switchedonintheMMI>page248
andontheBluetoothaudioplayer.
—Connectnewdevice:pressthecontrolknob.
SelectBluetoothaudioplayer.Searchforand
connectamobiledevice.
—Listofdevicesalreadypaired:selectaBlue-
toothdevicefromthelistofallthedevicesthat
arealreadypaired.
Wi-Fiaudioplayer*
Requirement:theWi-Fihotspot*ontheMMI
=page198andonyourWi-Fiaudioplayermust
be switchedon.
—Connectnewdevice:pressthecontrolknob.
SearchforandconnectaWi-Ficapabledevice.
—DisconnectWi-Fiaudioplayer:deactivatethe
Wi-FionyourWi-Ficapabledevice.Thedevice
willbeautomaticallyremovedfromthelist.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage192.
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Displaycontactsfromacellphone(oranaddi-
tionalcellphone).
Requirement:nocellphonescanbeconnectedto
theMMIusingtheHandsfreeprofile.
—Connectnewdevice:searchforandconnecta
newcellphone.
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—Listofdevicesalreadypaired:selectyourcell
phonefromthelistofallthecellphonesthat
arealreadypaired.
Audismartphoneinterface
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudismartphoneinterface
—Connectyourcellphonetothe Audimusicin-
terface>page231usingaUSBadapter
=>page231,fig.209.
—Selectyourcellphonefromthelistofcell
phonesthathavealreadybeenconnected.
PelelaCe]MeyLatour
Dependingontheselectedfunction,youcanuse
therightcontrolbuttontoaccesstheavailable
additionaloptionsintheconnectionmanager.
DeleteBluetoothdevice*
Theselectedcellphone/mobiledeviceisdiscon-
nectedfromtheMMIandisremovedfromthe
listofalldevicesthatarealreadypaired.
ShowBluetoothprofiles*
YoucanConnectorDisconnecttheHandsfree,
Messages’,Directory/contactsandBluetooth
audioplayerprofilesseparately.
Bluetoothsettings*
—Bluetooth:selectandconfirmasettingforthe
Bluetooth
connectionvisibility.SelectVisible
fortheMMItobevisibletootherdevices.Se-
lectInvisiblefortheMMItonotbevisibleto
otherdevices.However,itisstillpossibletoes-
tablishaBluetoothconnectionwithpairedde-
viceswhenthevisibilityisswitchedoff.Select
Offtoturnvisibilityoff.ThenaBluetoothcon-
nectionisnotpossible.
—Bluetoothaudioplayer:whenthisfunctionis
switchedon,theBluetoothaudioplayeris
availableasasourceintheMediamenu.
—Bluetoothname:theMMIBluetoothname(for
example"AUDIMMI")isdisplayedandcanbe
changed.
Onlinesettings*
—Datausagecounter:theamountofdatapack-
etsthataresentandreceivedthroughtheMMI
248
isdisplayed.Youcanresetthedatausageinfor-
mationtozerousingtheResetdatacounter
option.
—Networkstatus:themobilenetworkprovider
fordataserviceaswellasthenetworkstatus
aredisplayed.
Wi-Fisettings*
See>page198,Wi-Fisettings.
Storingasadefaulttelephone
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI>page177.
WhenthemobiledeviceisinrangeandtheBlue-
toothfunctiononthemobiledeviceandinthe
MMLisswitchedon,thismobiledevicewillbe
givenpriorityovertheotherBluetoothdevices
andwillbeconnecteddirectlytotheMMI.The
connectedmobiledeviceisdisplayedfirstinthe
devicelist.
Networksettings*
—Login:youcanchoseanAutomaticloginto
yourcellphoneserviceprovider'snetwork,or
youcanchooseaManualloginfromthelistof
availablenetworks.
—Networkselection:availablenetworksinthe
presentlocationcan beselectedundernetwork
selection.Thisfunctionisonlyavailableforthe
Manualloginsetting.
AppleCarPlaysoundsettings/AndroidAuto
soundsettings
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audismartphoneinterface
See>page249.
AboutAppleCarPlay/AboutAndroidAuto
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audismartphoneinterface
Hereyouwillfindlegalinformationregardingthe
useofAppleCarPlayorAndroidAutoandinfor-
mationaboutdevice-specificdataexchange.
DeleteAppleCarPlaydevice/DeleteAndroid
Autodevice
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudismartphoneinterface
Requirement:yourcellphonemustnotbecon-
nectedtotheAudimusicinterfacewithaUSB
adapter.