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Navigation
processesitsanonymous,encryptedposi-—Theonlinetrafficinformationnetworkis
tioninformationatregularintervalstothecurrentlynotavailableinallcountries,and
trafficdataprovider.Ifyoudonotwanttothecoverageisnotnationwide.Foraddi-
usethis,youcanswitchofftheonlinetraf-tionalinformation,visitwww.audiusa.com.
ficinformationfunctionatanytime.
Troubleshooting
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
ProblemSolution
Freetextsearch:thedesireddes-
tinationcannotbefound.
Thedestinationmightnotbeenteredinthenavigationdatabase.
Or:checkthespellingofthetermthatwassearched.Checkifthe
desiredcountry/statewasselectedforthefreetextsearchusing
theCountry/stateselection>page204orthe optionAllcoun-
tries/states.
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Radio
SiriusXMalerts
Appliesto:vehicleswithSiriusXM
Youcandisplayanoverviewofyourfavoritear-
tistsortracksthatarecurrentlybeingplayedon
aSiriusXMchannel.
Vale
Tee)
Fig.203SiriusXMalertnotification
>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton>
SiriusXM.
AfteryouhavestoredaSiriusXMalertforyourfa-
voritetracksorartists,youcandisplayanover-
viewofyourfavoritetracksorartistscurrently
beingreceivedintheSiriusXMalertsmenuand
playthemimmediately.YoucanalsoreceiveaSir-
iusXMalertnotification@forthesetracksorar-
tistsintheentertainmentslidingmenu
>fig.203.
StoringaSiriusXMalert
Requirement:yourfavoritetrackorartistmust
beplayingonaSiriusXMchannel.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Storetrackasfa-
voriteorStoreartistasfavorite.
SwitchingSiriusXMalertnotificationson
andoff
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>SiriusXMalert
notifications.
WhenthefunctionisswitchedonM,aSiriusXM
alertnotificationisdisplayedforseveralseconds
intheentertainmentslidingmenufortheRadio
andNavigationmenus.@)>fig.203displayed.
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Playingtracks/artistsfromSiriusXMalerts
Requirement:aSiriusXMalertmustbestoredfor
atrack/artistanditmustbecurrentlyplayingon
aSiriusXMchannel.
—Select:leftcontrolbutton>SiriusXMalerts>
anentryfromthelist.Theselectedtrack/artist
isplayed.
Playingtracks/artistsfromthe
entertainmentslidingmenu
Requirement:theSiriusXMalertnotifications
functionmustbe switchedon.Youmustbeinthe
RadioandNavigationmenu.ASiriusXMalertno-
tificationisdisplayedintheentertainmentslid-
ingmenu@)©fig.203.
—Pushthecontrolknob down.
—Selectandconfirmthedesiredtrack/artist.
ManagingSiriusXMalerts
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>ManageSiriusXM
alerts.
—SwitchingSiriusXMalertson/off:whenthe
functionisswitchedon,youarenotified
whenthistrackorartistisbeingplayedona
SiriusXMchannel.
—DeletingSiriusXMalerts:selectanentryfrom
thelist>rightcontrolbutton>Deletefrom
alerts>DeletethisentryorDeleteallentries.
View:additionalstationinformation
Fig.204Radioview:additionalstationinformation
Requirement:youmustbetunedtoaradiosta-
tion.The"NowPlaying"screenoptionmustbe
switched
on>page224.
Symbolsinthe"NowPlaying"screen>fig.204:
@Radiotextavailability

Radio
Fixed:scrollingtexttransmittedby theFMsta-
tionsisnotshownintheInfotainmentsystem
display.Onlythecurrentsectionofthescrolling
textisdisplayed.
FM/AMHDRadio*
YoucanswitchHDRadioreceptiononoroff.
Channelsorting(SiriusXM*)
YoucansetthechannelsortingforSiriusXMsta-
tionlists*by:
—Channelnumber:thechannelsaresortedinas-
cendingorderaccordingtotheirchannelnum-
ber.
—Channelname:thechannelsarelistedinalpha-
beticalorder.
—Firstcategory,thenchannelnumber:thechan-
nelsaresorted bytheircategoryandthenby
theirchannelnumbers.
—Firstcategory,thenchannelname:thechan-
nelsaresorted bytheircategoryandthenby
theirchannelnames.
Categoryfilter(SiriusXM*)
Thestationsshowninthestationlistcanbefil-
teredby yourpersonalpreferencesandbypro-
gramtype.Theprogramcategoriesthatyoucan
selectdependonwhatisofferedbyyourprovid-
er.SelecttheAllcategoriesoptiontodeactivate
allfilteroptionsanddisplayallavailablestations
inthesatellitestationlist.
“NowPlaying" screen
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon¥andthesta-
tionsorpresetslistisopen,thedisplaywill
Troubleshooting
switchtothe"NowPlaying"screenviewafterap-
proximatelyfiveseconds>page222.Depending
onavailability,informationaboutthesetstation
(such asstationname,artistandstationlogo)
maybedisplayedinthisview.
Preferredpictureview*
Youcansetyourpreferredscreenviewforthe
"NowPlaying"screen>page222.
—Stationlogo:thestationlogoisdisplayed,de-
pendingonavailability.
—Coverart:thealbumcoverisdisplayedifavaila-
ble.
Gracenoteonlinedatabase*
Requirement:theMMImustbeconnectedtothe
Internet.TheCoverartoptionmustbeselected
=>page224,Preferredpictureview”.
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon M,thealbum
coverorgenrecoverforthesongthatisplayingis
loadedfromtheGracenoteonlinedatabase,de-
pendingonavailability.
Subscriptionstatus(SiriusXM)*
Thisoptionisavailablewhenyoursubscriptionis
abouttoexpireorhasalreadyexpired.Theexpi-
rationdateforyourlicenseisdisplayed.
CalltoSiriusXM*:thecontactinformationfor
yoursatelliteradioproviderisdisplayed.Tocall
yoursatelliteradioproviderusingtheMMI,press
CalltoSiriusXM*.
ProblemSolution
Astationwithpoorreceptionisnolonger
displayedinthestationlistonceyou
switchtoadifferentstation.
Storethestationasapresetinadvance.Accessthepre-
setsusingthepresetslist>page223.
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Media
Media
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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Media
Playlist
ThebigB
5ke
Stories
kE
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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Media
Rewind/Fastforward
Turnthecontrolknobtotheleftor totheright.
Or:Moveyourfingerfromlefttorightonthe
MMItouchcontrolpanel”.
Shuffle!)
Withthefunctionswitchedon,allfilesinthe
playlistareplayedandshowninrandomorder.
Repeattrack!)
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon M,thecurrent
trackrepeats.
Repeat*
Requirement:aniPod/iPhone*mustbeselected
asthemediasourceintheAudimusicinterface
=page234,Accessingmedia.
—Track:thecurrenttrackwillberepeated.
—Folder:thetracksinthecurrentfolder are
playedcontinuouslyinaloop.
—Off:thefunctionisswitchedoff.
Backto'Playback'
Theoptionsmenuisclosed.Thetrackcurrently
playingappearsintheplaylist.
Playsimilarmusic*
Thetrackcurrentlyplayingisquicklyanalyzedfor
featuressuchasartist,genres,mood,andbeat,
andasmartplaylistwithsimilartrackswillbe
shown.
Playmore...
Asmartplaylistisshownbasedonthetrackcur-
rently playing.Youcanselectbetweenaplaylist
withmoretracksbythisartist,fromthisalbum
orofthisgenre.
Copytojukebox*
See>page227,AddingfilestotheJukebox.
)Thefunctionautomaticallyswitchesoffwhenthesourceis
changed.
2)Thisfunctionisnotavailableforallcellphones.
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Setasringtone*”)
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI.Thetrackcurrentlyplayingmustbe
intheJukebox*>page227.
Theselectedtrackwillbeusedastheringtone
forincomingcalls.
Gracenoteonlinedatabase*
Requirement:theMMImustbeconnectedtothe
Internet.
Dependingonavailability,variousinformation
willloadaboutthetrackcurrentlyplayingwhen
thisfunctionisswitchedon.
Favorites
See>page237.
Additionaloptions
Requirement:thevehiclemustbestationaryand
avideofile*oraDVD*mustbeplaying.
Parentalcontrol*
PlaybackofvideoDVDscanberestrictedusing
parentalcontrol.
Enterthepasswordforparentalcontrol.Pass-
wordsetatthefactory:1234.Youhavethefol-
lowingoptions:
—Protectionlevel:selectandconfirmtheprotec-
tionlevel(forexample,Level5).Eightdifferent
protectionlevelscanbesetforparentalcon-
trol.Ifyousettheparentalcontrollevelat Lev-
el5,allDVDsfromlevels1-5canbeplayed.
VideoDVDswithahigherlevelwillnotplay.Se-
lectUnrestrictedtoremovealloftherestric-
tions.
—Changepassword:editthecurrentpassword.
Switchtofullscreen
Thevideoimageisdisplayed.Turnthecontrol
knobtodisplaytheplaylist.Or:pressthe[BACK
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Media
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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Audismartphoneinterface
Audismartphone
interface
Setup
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudismartphoneinterface
YoucanconnectyoursmartphonetotheMMIus-
ingtheAudismartphoneinterface.Certaincon-
tenton yoursmartphoneisadaptedtotheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplaywhiledrivingandcan
beoperatedthroughtheMMIcontrolpanel.
Requirement
Thevehiclemustbestationaryandtheignition
mustbe switchedon.
AniPhonegeneration5ornewerwithLightning
connectorandiOS7.1.2operatingsystemor
higherisrequired.Or:
AsmartphonewiththeAndroidAutoapp andAn-
droid5.0Lollipopoperatingsystemorhigheris
required.
>Connectyour smartphonetotheAudimusicin-
terface>page231usingtheapplicableUSB
adapter>page231,fig.209.
> SelectandconfirmActivateAppleCarPlayor
ActivateAndroidAutonow.
>Follow thesysteminstructions.
>Payattentiontoanyadditionalsystemprompts
onyoursmartphone,ifapplicable.
IfyouchosenottouseAppleCarPlayorAndroid
Autowhenconnectingyoursmartphoneforthe
firsttime,youcanstarttheAudismartphonein-
terfacelateronusingtheConnectionmanager.
>Select:[MENU]button>Audismartphonein-
terface>Changetoconnectionmanager.
>Connectyour smartphonetotheAudimusicin-
terfaceusingtheappropriateUSBadapter
=>page231,fig.209.
> SelectandconfirmAudismartphoneinterface
intheConnectionmanager>page246.You
canselectyoursmartphoneinthelistofdevi-
cesthatarealreadypaired>page248.
>Follow thesysteminstructions.
sponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Neveroperate
mobiledeviceswhiledriving,becausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
ZAWARNING
Drivingrequiresyourcompleteandundivided
attention.Asthedriver,youhavecompletere-
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage192.
G)Tips
—Thefunctionsthatcan beuseddependon
thefollowingfactors,amongothers:
—Thebrandofyoursmartphone
—Theversionoftheoperatingsystemin
yoursmartphone
—Thesoftwareversionoftheappused
—TheUSBadaptercableandcorrectconnec-
tion
—Yourcellphoneserviceprovider
—Thecustomizedsettingson yoursmart-
phone
— Oneofthefactorsaboveoracombination
ofanyofthemcouldcauseyoursmart-
phonetobe incompatiblewiththeAudi
smartphoneinterface.Compatibilitycannot
beguaranteedforalltypesofsmartphones.
Formoreinformationandassistance,refer
totheuserguideandthemanufacturerof
yoursmartphone.
—Iftheconnectedsmartphonehasvoicecon-
trol,youcan operateyoursmartphoneusing
theexternalvoicerecognitionsystem
=>page175.
—ThemenulanguageshownintheMMIis
basedonthesettingsinyoursmartphone.
—ThetimedisplayedintheMMIisbasedon
thesettingsinyoursmartphone.
—SomeMMIfunctionsarenotavailablewhen
AppleCarPlayorAndroidAutoisactive.
—Youcannotconnectanymobiledevicesvia
BluetoothwhenanAppleCarPlayconnec-
tionisactive.
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