Audiconnect
Audiconnect
Infotainmentservices
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
Requirement:yourvehiclemustbeconnectedto
theInternet>page193.
SomeAudiconnectInfotainmentservicesmust
beconfiguredthroughyourpersonalmyAudiac-
countbeforeusingthemforthefirsttime.
>Registeratwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
AddyourvehicletoyourmyAudiaccount.
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>right
controlbutton>Login.
>LogintomyAudiinthevehicleusingyoure-
mailaddressandpassword.
@)Tips
—ForsomeAudiconnectInfotainmentserv-
ices,youmayalsohavetoenteryourmyAu-
diaccessinformationwhenaccessingserv-
icesintheMMI.
—SomeAudiconnectInfotainmentservices
mustbeactivated atwww.audiusa.com/
myaudi
—Regardlessofthekeyuserandadditional
users,youcanonlyconnectonemyAudiac-
counttoyourvehicle.
—Tomakeloggingineasierinthevehicle,you
willreceivean8-digitmyAudiPINasanal-
ternativetoyourmyAudipasswordafteryou
havecreatedamyAudiaccount.
—Fordetailedinformationonconfiguration,
visitwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
AccessingAudiconnectInfotainment
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
>Select:the[MENU]button>Audiconnect.
AlistofalloftheavailableAudiconnectInfotain-
mentservicesisshownontheInfotainmentsys-
temdisplay.
D_Notavailableinalllanguages.
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YoucanalsofiltertheAudiconnectInfotainment
servicesbycategory:
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>left
controlbutton>forexample,Navigationfor
theAudiconnectInfotainmentservicesinthe
navigationmenu.
ETrade
Appliesto:vehicleswith AudiconnectInfotainment
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>desired
AudiconnectInfotainmentservice>rightcon-
trolbutton.
DependingontheequipmentandtheAudicon-
nect
Infotainmentserviceselected,thefollowing
basicfunctionsmaybeavailable:
Saveaspreview
YoucanalsoseeapreviewoftheselectedAudi
connectInfotainmentservicesontheAudicon-
nectInfotainmenthomepage.
Showonmap
Youcanshowselectedcontentsonthemapand
usethemforrouteguidance.
Login
See>page194.
Readout)
YoucanallowtheMMItoreadouttheselected
contents.
Call
If aphonenumberwasassignedtoanentry,you
cancallthenumber,forexampletoreservetick-
ets.
Refresh
ThecontentsfortheselectedAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentservicearerefreshed.
Startrouteguidance
If alocationwassavedwithanentry,youcan use
itasthenavigationdestination.Routeguidance
startsimmediately.
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Changesearcharea
Thesetsearchareacanbechangedatanytime.
Additionalinformationonsearchareascan be
foundunder>page208.
ClosingAudiconnectInfotainmentservices
Regardlessofthefunctionselected,youcan
closean AudiconnectInfotainmentserviceat
anytimeandreturn tothehomescreen.
Services
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
Dependingonthecountryandthevehicleequip-
ment,thefollowingservicesmaybeavailable:
Weather
Informationoncurrentweatherconditionsas
wellasweatherforecastsfortheselectedsearch
area.
> SelectandconfirmWeather.
News
>Select:Onlinenews>desirednewsfeed>a
headline.
IfyouloggedintomyAudiinyourvehicle
=page194,personalizednewsfeedscanbedis-
played.
Twitter
Requirement:Youmusthaveconnectedyourve-
hiclewithmyAudi>page194.Youmusthave
connectedyourmyAudiaccountwithTwitter.
YoucanonlyconnectoneTwitteraccountwith
yourmyAudiaccount.Notallsettingscanbead-
justedintheMMI.Somecanonlybeadjusted
throughtheTwitterwebsite.
> SelectTwitter>leftcontrolbutton>desired
function(forexample,Trends).
Travel(travelguide)
Requirement:themyAudiappmustbeinstalled
andopenonyourmobiledevice.Yourmobilede-
vicemustbeconnectedtothevehicleWi-Fihot-
spot>page200.
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>left
controlbutton>Informationcategory>Trav-
el.
Afteropeningthetravelguide,traveltipsinyour
areawillbedisplayedincludingcurrentratingsas
wellasthecorrespondingcategory.
>Toswitchcategories(forexample,barsnear-
by),select:leftcontrolbutton>selectacate-
gory.
Trafficlightinformation
See>page196.
ZAWARNING
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devicesandothersimilardeviceswhenthe
vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose
objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.
—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readthewarningsinthechapter
=>page272,Frontairbags.
@)Note
ReadtheinformationaboutAudiconnect,and
besuretonotetheconnectivitycostssection
=>)inWi-Fisettingsonpage200.
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Trafficlightinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrafficlightinformation
Fig.186Example:displayofanestimatedwaittime
Thetrafficlightinformation»givesyouaspeed
recommendation,atwhichtodrivethroughthe
nextgreentrafficlight@©fig.185orinforms
youofthewaittimeatthenextredlight@).The
trafficlightinformationcanbedisplayedinthe
driverinformationsystem,inthestatuslineof
theAudivirtualcockpit*orinthehead-updis-
play*.
Generalinformation
Thetrafficlightinformationissubjecttocertain
systemlimitationsandmaybeunavailableoron-
lypartiallyavailableinthefollowingsituations:
—whenthepermittedspeedlimitisexceeded
—whenbelowacertainspeedlimit
—ifthenexttrafficlightislessthan100feet(30
m)away
—iftheestimatedwaittimeataredlightisless
thanfourseconds
—ifthereisnotrafficlightdataavailable
—ifthedataconnectionwasinterrupted
Serviceinpreparationatthetimeofprinting.Can addlat-
erorisonlyavailableincertainregions.
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—whenthecamera-basedtrafficsignrecogni-
tion*ismalfunctioning
—whentherearewarningsfromthecamera-
basedtrafficsignrecognition*
Switchingtrafficlightinformationonand
off
—Select:button>Audiconnect>Traffic
lightinformation.
MENU
ZAWARNING
—Whentrafficlightinformationisshown,al-
soalways payattentiontothetrafficsitua-
tion,thedistancetoothervehiclesandthe
areaaroundthevehicle.Thedriverisalways
responsibleforassessingthetrafficsitua-
tion.
—Alwaysadaptyourspeedtothecurrent
weather,roadandtrafficconditions.Thedis-
playedinformationmustnever causeyouto
ignorelegaltrafficregulationsandposea
safetyrisk.
—Regardlessofthetrafficlightinformation,
youshouldalwaysmonitoryourspeedusing
thespeedometerandmakesureyouaread-
hering
tothelegalspeedlimit.
—
Thetrafficlightinformationdoesnotadjust
yourvehicle'sspeedtothespeedrecom-
mendationshowninthedisplay.
@Tips
—Trafficlightinformationisnotyetavailable
inallcitiesandisnotnationwide.
—Alwaysreadtheinstructionsinthe chapter
=>page193.
Additionaloptions
Appliesto:vehicleswith AudiconnectInfotainment
>Select:[MENU
controlbutton.
button>Audiconnect>right
Dependingontheequipmentandthecountry,
thefollowingoptionsmaybeavailableinthe
overviewofAudiconnectInfotainmentservices.>
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AboutAudiconnect
Hereyouwillfindlegalinformationregarding
AudiconnectInfotainmentusage.
Login
See>page194.
Connectionmanager
See>page248.
Licensesubscription
Thevalidityandexpirationdateofyourlicenses
aredisplayed.
Refresh
ThecontentoftheselectedAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentserviceortheentireAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentlistisupdated.
Dataprivacy
Requirement:theignitionmustbe switchedon.
Location,vehicle,andpersonal dataaretransmit-
tedwhenusingAudiconnectservices.
Allowingsendingofdata
—SelectandconfirmActivatedataconnection.
Thedatamoduleforthe useofallAudiconnect
serviceswillbeactive.
Restrictingsendingofdata
—SelectandconfirmActivateprivacy.Thedata
connectionislimitedordeactivateddepending
ontheequipment.ThemajorityofAudiconnect
serviceswillnot beavailable.
Thefollowinginterfacesarenotaffectedbythis
setting:Bluetooth,BluetoothLowEnergy(BLE),
Wi-Ficonnection,Audismartphoneinterface
(ASI),NearFieldCommunication(NFC),charging
communication(e-tron),ElectronicTollCollect
(ETC),ifequipped.
@)Note
Youareresponsibleforallprecautionstaken
fordataprotection,anti-virusprotection,and
protectionagainstlossofdataonmobilede-
)Dependsonthecountryand equipment. Theseservices
are availableforalimitedtime.
vicesthatareusedtoaccesstheInternet
throughtheWi-Fihotspot.
i)Tips
—Ifthetransmissionofdataislimited,data
willstillbetransmittedtoverifysubscrip-
tions.
—Ifthetransmissionofdataislimited,itwill
havethefollowingeffectsontheexchange
ofdataforAudiconnectservicesandemer-
gencycalls,ifequipped:
—Theemergencycallfunctionwillremain
availablewithoutrestrictionsandwillcon-
tinuetotransmitdata.
—TheAudiconnectStolenVehicleLocator
systemwillremainavailablewithoutre-
strictionsandwillcontinuetotransmit
data.
—Ifanonlineroadsideassistancecallisini-
tiated,nodatawillbetransmitted,buta
callwillbemade.
—IftheGeofencingAlert,SpeedAlert,
and/orValetAlertserviceshavebeenacti-
vatedbythekeyuser,thentheywillre-
mainavailablewithoutrestrictionsand
continuetotransmitdata.
Audiconnectvehicle
controlservices
AppliestovehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
WithAudiconnectvehiclecontrolservices»,you
canutilizevariousservicesusingthemyAudiapp
oronlineatwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
G@)Tips
—Accessingspecificdataorcontrollingfunc-
tionsremotelydependsonthechargelevel
ofthevehiclebattery.Therefore,these
functionsonlyhavelimitedavailabilityafter
switchingofftheignition.
— AneSIMcardestablishestheInternetcon-
nectionforAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
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>
Audiconnect
services.Thecostsforthisareincludedin
thepriceofAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
services.Thecellphonenetwork,forexam-
ple,mustbeavailabletouse theseservices.
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
ForsomeAudiconnectvehiclecontrolservices,
thevehicleownermustbesetupasthekeyuser.
Set keyuser
Requirement:akeyusermustnotbesetyet.the
ignitionmustbe switchedon.
>Tosetakeyuserforthevehicle,youwillneeda
myAudiaccount.Registeratwww.audiusa.
com/myaudi.
>Linkyourvehicletotheaccountatwww.
audiusa.com/myaudiandthenverifyyour
myAudiaccountimmediatelyinordertouse
the Audiconnectvehiclecontrolservices.
>YoucanalsoverifyyourmyAudiaccountlater.
Loginatwww.audiusa.com/myaudiwithyour
accessinformationandverifyyourmyAudiac-
countinusermanagementusingtheverifica-
tionprocessthatisgiven.
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>ifnec-
essary,Displayavailablefunctions>rightcon-
trolbutton>Audiconnectusermanagement>
Keyuser>Set keyuser.
>
EnteryourmyAudiuser nameandthe10-digit
vehiclecode=page29.Thekeyuserisset.You
havetherightstouse the Audiconnectvehicle
controlservices>page198aswellastheabili-
tytomanageothervehiclefunctionsandany
otherusers.
Resettingtheprimaryuser
Ifyouremovethekeyuser,allotherusersand
theirauthorizationswillbedeleted.Itwillno
longerbepossibletouse the Audiconnectvehi-
clecontrolservices.
Requirement:akeyusermustbeset.theignition
mustbe switchedon.
Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>right
controlbutton>Audiconnectusermanagement
>Keyuser>Resetkeyuser.
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UsingthemyAudiapp
>InstallthemyAudiapponyourmobiledevice
andloginwithyouraccessinformation.
(i)Tips
—Itmayalsobenecessarytoenteryour4-
digitmyAudiPINwhenaccessingsomeAudi
connectvehiclecontrolservices.
—Storethevehiclecodeinasecureplace.It
maybenecessaryto re-enterthevehicle
code.
—Payattentiontoupper-andlower-caselet-
terswhenenteringthevehiclecode.
—Ifyoudonot havethe10-digitvehiclecode,
contactanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacility.
Additionaloptions
AppliestovehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
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
Dependingonthecountryandthevehicleequip-
ment,thefollowingservicesmaybeavailable:
Remotelockingandunlocking
Requirement:thevehiclemustbeparkingand
theignitionmustbeswitchedoff.
Thisserviceallowsyoutounlockor lockyourve-
hicle.
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Vehiclestatusreport
Thisservicetransfersdriverinformationsystem
datatoaserver.Dependingonthevehicleequip-
ment,certaindatamaybeaccessed,suchasthe
remainingrangeormileage.Thevaluesmaydif-
ferfromthevaluesdisplayedinthevehicle.
CarFinder
Thisservicetransmitstheparkinglocationtoa
serverwhentheignitionisswitchedoff.Thevehi-
clelocation,yourlocation,ortheroutetoyour
vehiclecanbedisplayed.Thenewparkingloca-
tioncannotbedeterminedwiththisserviceifthe
vehicleismovedaftershuttingthevehicleoff
andwithoutswitchingtheignitiononandoff
again,forexampleifthevehicleistowedorsto-
len.
—Deactivatingandactivatingtheparkingposi-
tion:Select:[MENU]>Audiconnect>Carfind-
er.
OnlineAudiservicerequest
Requirement:theservicemustbeactivatedon-
lineatwww.audiusa.com/myaudiandanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiservicefacili-
tymustbeselected.
Thisservicetransmitsservice-relevantdatato
yourselectedauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiservicefacility.Theywillcontactyou
beforeyournextserviceappointment.
StolenVehicleLocator
Thisserviceassistsyouinlocatingyourvehicleif
itisstolen.
—Contactthepolice.YoureceiveaCaseID.
—CalltheservicehotlineandgiveyourCaseID.
Theservicehotlinewillforwardtheestablished
datatothepolice.YoureceivetheAudiService
hotlinenumberwhenyoupurchaseyourvehicle.
GeofencingAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page198.
Thisserviceallowsyoutosetpermittedandfor-
biddenzonesforyourvehicleaswellassettime
limitsforthesezones.Ifyourvehicleleavesa
permittedzoneorentersaforbiddenzone,you
willbenotifiedwithapushnotificationand/oran
e-mail.
SpeedAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page198.
Youcansetuptotwospeedlimitsforyourvehi-
cleusingthis service.Ifyourvehicleexceedsaset
speedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapushnoti-
ficationand/ore-mail.
ValetAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page198.
Ifyougiveyourvehicletoaparkingservice,you
cansetazoneandaspeedlimitusingthemyAu-
diapp.Ifthevehicleleavesthezoneorexceeds
thespeedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapush
notificationand/ore-mail.
Z\WARNING
Donotignoremessagesandwarningorindi-
catorlightsthatturnoninthevehiclebe-
causeoftheinformationinthevehiclestatus
report.Thiscouldlead tobreakdownsinon
theroad,accidentsandseriousinjuries.
@)Tips
Forsomeservices,youcanselectifyouwould
liketobenotifiedwithapushnotification
and/orane-mail.
Settings
ce)atelatMariano)4
>Select:[MENU]button>rightcontrolbutton>
Connectionmanager.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Onlinesettings>
Dataconnectionsettings.
Depending onthecountry,vehicleequipment,
andconnectiontype,thefollowingfunctionsmay
beavailable:
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Navigation
Navigation
Openingnavigation
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Thenavigationsystemdirectsyoutoyourdesti-
nation,aroundtrafficincidents,andonalterna-
tiveroutes,ifdesired.
Homeaddress
2)Gasstation
4
Senet
Fig.189Diagram:Enterdestinationmenu
NAV/MAP. >Pressthebutton.
TheEnterdestinationmenuisdisplayedafter
openingnavigation.Thefollowinginformation
canbedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdis-
play:
@Inputfieldforfreetextsearch....205
@Homeaddress.................207
@®Lastdestinations...............206
@Storedfavoritescos:ncesynewss207
Assoonasyouselectanentryfromthelist(de-
pendingonthevehicleequipment),thecorre-
spondingdestinationdisplaysasamappreview*
©?fig.189.
Ifyouhaveconnectedamobiledevicetothe
MMI,yourdirectorycontactswillalsobelistedif
they havenavigationdataassignedtothem.
TheFavorites(4)>fig.189menuitemaswellas
thedirectorycontactsareonlyshownintheEn-
terdestinationmenuifyouhaveenteredoneor
morecharactersusingtheinputfield.
Switchingbetweendestinationentryandthe
map:
NAV/MAP —Pressthebuttonrepeatedlyuntil
themapisdisplayed.Or:Select:leftcontrol
button>Switchtomap.
ZAWARNING
— Thedemandsoftrafficrequireyourfullat-
tention.Alwaysreadthechapter
=>page153,Trafficsafetyinformation.
—Obeyalltrafficlawswhendriving.
— Theroutecalculatedbythenavigationsys-
temisarecommendationforreachingyour
destination.Obeytrafficlights,stoppingre-
strictions,one-waystreets,lanechangere-
strictions,etc.
—Adjustthevolumeoftheaudiosystemso
thatsignalsfromoutsidethevehicle,such
aspoliceandfiresirens,can beheardeasily
atalltimes.
C)Note
Ifthedrivingdirectionsconflictwithtraffic
laws,obeythetrafficlaws.
G@)Tips
—SnowandobstructionsontheGPSantenna
or interferencecausedbytreesandlarge
buildingscanimpairsatellitereceptionand
affectthesystem'sabilitytodeterminethe
vehicleposition.Severaldeactivatedormal-
functioningsatellitescanalsointerruptGPS
receptionandaffectthesystem'sabilityto
determinethevehicleposition.
—Becausestreetnamessometimeschange,
thenamesstoredintheMMImayinrare
casesdifferfromtheactualstreetname.
Enteringadestination
Freetextsearchfordestinations
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Withthefreetextsearch,youcanenterthenavi-
gationdestinationdataallatonceinanyorder
usingtheMMItouchcontrolpad*ortheletter/
numberspeller(forexample,20MainSt.,Los
Angeles).Likewise,youcansearchforpointsof
interest,contacts,previousdestinationsorfa-
voritestonavigatetothedesiredaddress.
NAV/MAP Pressthebuttonrepeatedlyuntilthe
Enterdestinationmenuisdisplayed>page205,
fig.189.
205
>
Navigation
>Pushthecontrolknobup.Theinputfieldisdis-
played@)&page205,fig. 189.
—Enteroneormoresearchtermsintotheinput
field.
—Ifavailable,confirmtheinputsuggestion*to
completetheentryorawordsuggestion*.See
=page161,Letter/numberspeller.
—Turn thecontrolknobtotherighttochangethe
resultslist.
—Selectandconfirmadestinationfromthere-
sultslist.
Theroutedisplaysasanoverviewinthemap.
Routeguidanceisalreadyactive.
Narrowingthesearcharea
Allcountries/statesareselectedatthefactory
forthefreetextsearch.
—Select:therightcontrolbutton>Country/state
selectionintheinputfield@>page205,
fig.189.
—Selectthecountryorstate(@)thatshould be
searchedforinthefreetextsearchinorderto
narrowthenumberofresultsandincreasethe
searchspeed.Theselectedentryinthecoun-
try/stateselectionisstored.Or:SelectAll
countries/states.
@Tips
— TheMMIinputsuggestionsdependonthe
lastnavigateddestinations.
—Upto50entriescanbestoredinthelast
destinationslist.
—Additionalinformationonfreetextsearches
canbefoundunder>page162.
Loadingpreviousdestinations
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Yourlastdestinationsareautomaticallystored
andcanbeloadeddirectlyas adestination.
Requirement:adestinationwasalreadynavigat-
edto.
>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
the Enterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page205,fig. 189.
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YourlastdestinationislisteddirectlyintheEnter
destinationmenuunderthehomeaddressand
identifiedwiththesymbol@)>page205,
fig.189.
—Selectandconfirmoneofthelastdestinations
fromthelist.
Deletingpreviousdestinations
—Selectoneofthelastdestinationsfromthelist.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Deletedestina-
tion>DeletethislastdestinationorDeleteall
lastdestinations.
Theselecteddestinationoralllastdestinations
is/aredeletedandnolongerdisplayedintheEn-
terdestinationmenu.
Enteringanaddress
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
As analternativetofreetextsearch,youcanal-
so enteranaddressinstages.
>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
theEnterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page205,fig. 189.
>Select:leftcontrolbutton>Enteraddress.
—Enteringadestinationusingacountry/state:
selectandconfirmCountry/state.Selectand
confirmacountryorstatedirectlyfromthelist.
Or:searchforacountryorstateusingtheinput
field.
—EnteringadestinationusingtheCityorZIP
code:selectandconfirmCity/ZIPcode.Entera
cityoraZIPcode.Or:selectandconfirmacity
fromthelist.
—Selectandconfirmadditionaldetailsaboutthe
destinationsuchasStreet,Housenumberor
Downtown.
—Destinationentry usinga streetintersection*:
Requirement:youmustenterastreet.Select
andconfirmIntersection.Selectandconfirma
streetdirectlyfromthelist.Or:searchfora
streetusingtheinputfield.
—SelectandconfirmStartrouteguidance.