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@Tips
—Alwaysreadthechapter>page193.
— Theamountofavailableonlinemapupdates
inthevehicleislimited.Toupdatemorere-
gions,usethemapupdateviaSDcardat
www.audiusa.com/myaudi.
—Alwaysreadthechapter>page193,Audi
connect.
Trafficinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Coeenaes@
®Westbound#>Eastbound
@)Northbound
©>-@serthvoun
Fig.201Example:trafficinformationoverview


>Pressthe LNAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
themapisdisplayed>page214,fig. 196.
>Select:leftcontrolbutton>Trafficmessages.

Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
informationmaybeshowninthetrafficinforma-
tionoverview>fig.201:
@Amessage(@)>fig.201willappearifthe
MMIcalculatesabetterrouteforthecurrent
routeguidance.Moreinformationcanbe
foundunder>page220.
@Whenrouteguidanceisactive,trafficinci-
dents along yourroutearedisplayedinthe
uppersectionofthelistandaresortedby
distance.
@®Thetrafficmessagesaresorted bystreet
name.Iftherearemultipletrafficmessages
forthesamestreet,anarrowisdisplayedin
frontofthestreetname()).Selectandcon-
firmthecorrespondinglinetodisplayallof
thetrafficinformation.
@Thecurrentselectedtrafficmessageisalso
shownasamappreview”intheInfotainment
systemdisplay.
©)ThestatuslineintheInfotainmentdisplay
alsoalwaysindicatesthereceptionoftraffic
informationTMC]orLONLINE}),


Showingtrafficmessagesonthemap:select:
onetrafficmessage>rightcontrolbutton>
Showonmap.
Displayingthe nexttrafficmessageonthemap:
pressthecontrolknob.
Trafficinformationdisplayonthemapor
mappreview*
Color-codedmarkingsalongtherouteindicate
thetrafficflow:
Green:trafficisflowingfreely.
Yellow:stop-and-gotraffic.
Red:congestion.
Shadedmarkingsindicatethelength ofthearea
withcongestion.
Coloredwarningsymbols:animpendingtraffic
incidentdirectlyaheadonyourroute.
Alltrafficincidentswilldisplayincolorwhen
routeguidanceisinactive.
Grayedoutwarningsymbols:trafficincidents
thatarenotonyourroute.
Warningsymbolswith*:avoidedtrafficinci-
dents.
Thedisplay ofcoloredmarkings,warningsym-
bols,etc.canbesetintheMapcontentmenu
=>page217.
G@)Tips
Particularlycriticaltrafficinformation,such
aswarningsaboutwrong-waydrivers,isauto-
maticallydisplayed.Tohidethetrafficinfor-
mation,pressthe[BACK]buttonorthecontrol
knob.
Trafficinformation(TMC)
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem


ReceivingtrafficinformationthroughTMCis
switchedonatthefactory.
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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>page206orthe optionAllcoun-
tries/states.

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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>page248.
Iffunctionalityisrestricted,resettheJukebox*
tothefactorydefaultsettings>page248.
Forinformationaboutthepropertiesofsupport-
edmediaandfileformats,see>page241.
CG)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage200.
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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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>page235isdisplayed.Se-
lectandconfirm Wi-Fiaudioplayer(7)
>page235,fig.213.
—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>page232.


objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.
—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readandfollowthewarningsin
=page272,Frontairbags.


ZAWARNING
—Asthedriver,donotallowusageoftheWi-
Fihotspottodistractyoufromdriving,as
thiscouldincreasetheriskofanaccident.
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devicesandothersimilardeviceswhenthe

vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose

C)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage200.
G)Tips
—Alwaysreadthechapter>page193,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.210Onlinemedia

> Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>fig.210is
displayed.

Appliesto:usingonlinemediaandInternetradio
Requirement:
—themyAudiappmustbeinstalledandopenon
yourmobiledevice.
—YoumustbeloggedintoyourmyAudiaccount
inthemyAudiapp andyoumusthaveselected
yourvehicle.
—TheWi-Fifunctiononthemobiledeviceandon
theMMImustbe switchedon.
—Ifnecessary,checkinthe connectionmanager
=>page248ifthemobiledeviceyouconnected
isselectedundertheMMIconnectapp().
—TheMMImustbeconnectedtothenetwork.
—ThesymbolfortheOnlinemediasource(4)
=>fig.210isshownintheMMI.
Appliesto:usingonlinemedia
Additionalrequirement:
— Asupportedonlinemediaservicemustbeavail-
ableinthecountrywherethevehicleisbeing
operated.
—Youmusthave anaccountwithasupportedon-
linemediaservice.
—Dependingontheonlinemediaservice,you
mayneedtoinstallandopenanapponyour
mobiledevice.
StartingOnlinemedia
—Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page235is
displayed.


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—Selectandconfirm anonlinemediaservice.
StartingInternetradio
—Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page235is
displayed.
—SelectandconfirmInternetradio.TheInternet
radiobrowserorthelaststationthatwasplay-
ingisshown.
—Selectingthestation:ifnecessary,selectand
confirmacategoryintheInternetradioBrows-
er>astation.


OnlinemediaandInternetradio:additionalop-
tions
—Presstherightcontrolbutton.
Thefollowingoptionsmaybeavailable,depend-
ingontheinformationshown(suchasthesta-
tion/trackthatiscurrentlyplaying):
—Soundsettings:see>page251.
—Wi-Fisettings:see>page200,Wi-Fisettings.
—Connectionmanager:see>page248.
—Additionaloptionsmaybeavailable,depending
ontheactiveonlinemediaserviceorInternet
radio.

ZA\WARNING
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devicesandothersimilardeviceswhenthe
vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose
objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.
—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readandfollowthewarningsin
=>page272,Frontairbags.

C)Note
—Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>®
inWi-Fisettingsonpage200.
—Theregenerallyareadditionalcostswhen
usinganonlinemediaserviceaccount,espe-
ciallywhenitisusedinternationally.

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@Tips
— Depending ontheInternetconnectionand
networktraffic,the connectionmaydiscon-
nectedwhenonlinemediasourcesareplay-
ing.
—OnlinemediaandInternetradiousagede-
pendsontheserviceavailabilityofthethird
partyprovider.
—AudiAGsimplymakestheaccesstoonline
mediaservicespossiblethroughtheMMI
anddoesnottakeanyresponsibilityforthe
contentsoftheonlinemediaservices.
—Alwaysreadthe chapter>page193,Audi
connect.
— Depending onthemobiledevicebeingused,
theremaybeinterruptionsduringmedia
playbackandwhenusingthemyAudiapp.
Topreventinterruptionswhenusingamo-
biledevice,donotlockthescreenonyour
mobiledeviceandkeepthemyAudiappin
theforeground.
—ContactanauthorizedAudidealeror au-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforadditional
informationaboutonlinemedia.
Multimediaconnections
OyeTmleeMulelarskelg
USBchargingport
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,youcan
connectyourmobiledevices(suchas asmart-
phoneorMP3player)totheAudimusicinterface
oraUSBchargingportusingaspecialUSB
adapter.
af
a|=
of
Fig.211AudiGenuineAccessories:USBadapter

[RAH-9202
\


YoucanpurchasetheUSBadapter>fig.211
fromanauthorizedAudidealeroratspecialty
stores:
@USBadapterfordeviceswithamicroUSBcon-
nection
@USBadapterfordeviceswithanAppleLight-
ningconnection
@USBadapterfordeviceswithUSBtypeCcon-
nection
Depending onthevehicleequipment,youmaybe
abletoconnectyourmobiledevicesthroughthe
Audi
musicinterfacetotheMMIusingtheUSB
adaptersandchargethebatteryatthesame
time.
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudimusicinterface
—Audimusicinterface:see>page233.
@)Note
HandletheUSBadaptercarefully.Donotal-
lowittobepinched.
(i)Tips
—TheUSBadapteronthe Audimusicinter-
facewillsupportiPodtouchoriPhonedevi-
cesfromthe5thgenerationornewerwith
thelightningconnector.
—MobiledeviceswithanAppleDockconnec-
torcanonlybechargedusingaUSBadapter
designedfordeviceswithanAppleDock
connector.Datacannotbetransmitted.
PNUreemlala)
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audimusicinterface
ConnectyourmobiledevicestotheAudimusic
interfaceinordertooperatethemthroughthe
MMIandchargethebattery.
TheAudimusicinterfaceUSBportsandAUXin-
putarelocatedinthestoragecompartmentun-
der thecenter armrest.TheUSBportsarelabeled
withe,andtheAUXinputwithAUX.
USBInput
—Connectingorchargingmobiledevicesusinga
USBadapter:ConnectthematchingUSBadapt-
ertotheAudimusicinterfaceUSBportand
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Media

thenconnectittothemobiledevice,forexam-
pleaniPhone.Thebatterywillchargeautomat-
ically.
—DisconnectingamobiledevicefromtheAudi
musicinterface:RemovetheUSBadapterfrom
the AudimusicinterfaceUSBport.
Themediaarestartedandoperatedthroughthe
mobiledeviceortheMMI,dependingonthede-
vicebeingused>page235.
Connectingmultiplemobiledevices:ifamobile
device(suchasasmartphone)isconnectedatthe
respectiveUSBportontheAudimusicinterface,
thenalldevicescanbeusedasaplaybacksource.
AUXInput
—Connectingamobiledevice totheAUXinput:
ConnecttheAUXcabletotheAUXinputonthe
Audimusicinterfaceandthenconnectittothe
mobiledevice(forexample,anMP3playerora
smartphone).
—DisconnectingamobiledevicefromtheAUX
input:RemovetheAUXcablefromtheAUXin-
putonthe Audimusicinterface.
—Operation:selectandconfirm theExternalau-
dioplayersourceG)>page235,fig.212.Me-
diaisstartedandoperatedonthemobilede-
vice.

Z\WARNING
Drivingrequiresyourcompleteandundivided
attention.Asthedriver,youhavecompletere-
sponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Neveroperate
mobiledeviceswhiledriving,becausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.

@)Note
—UseaUSBextensioncabletoconnectdevi-
cesthathaveanintegratedUSBconnector
(suchasaUSBstick)topreventdamageto
yourUSBdeviceandtheAudimusicinter-
face.
—Extremelyhighorlow temperaturesthat
canoccurinsidevehiclescandamagemobile
devicesand/orimpairtheirperformance.

1)Applies onlytoMTPdevices.DoesnotapplytoAppledevi-
cesandUSBmassstoragedevices.
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Neverleavemobiledevicesinthevehiclein
extremelyhighorlowtemperatures.
(i)Tips
—Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin
=>page60.
—Whenyouswitchtheignitionoff,theUSB
portsarestillsuppliedwithpoweruntilthe
energymanagementintervenes.
—DonotuseanadditionaladapterorUSBex-
tensioncabletoconnectmobiledevicesto
theAudimusicinterfacethatalreadyhavea
cableorthatmustbeconnectedwithaUSB
adapter(=page233).Using anadditional
adapterorUSextensioncablemayimpair
functionality.
—YoucanpurchasetheAUXconnectorcable
fromanauthorizedAudidealeroratspe-
cialtystores.
—Audirecommendssettingthevolumeofa
mobiledeviceconnectedtotheAUXinputto
approximately70%ofthemaximumvol-
ume.
—Functionalityisnotguaranteedformobile
devicesthatdonotconformtotheUSB2.0
specification.
—USBhubsarenotsupported.
—SomeversionsoftheiPodsuchastheiPod
shufflecannotbeconnectedtotheUSB
adapterfordeviceswithAppleDockconnec-
tor.ConnectthesedevicesusingaAUXcon-
nectorcable.
—Changedcontentonamobiledevice»)that
isconnectedtotheAudimusicinterface
maynotbedisplayedinthemediacenter.In
thiscase,resettheMediasettingsbackto
Factorysettings>page248.
—Videoplaybackthroughthe Audimusicin-
terfaceisonlysupportediftheconnected
deviceisrecognizedasaUSBstoragedevice
(forexampleaUSBstick).Appledevicesand
MTPdevices(suchassmartphones)arenot
recognizedasUSBstoragedevices.

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©Tracks
Allavailabletracksaredisplayed.Selectandcon-
firm
atrack.
@Folders
Thefolderstructureortrack/chapterlistisdis-
played.Selectafolder,ifnecessary. Selectand
confirmatrack.
Playlists
Allavailableplaylistsfromthe sourceandthe
smartplaylistsaredisplayed.Selectandconfirm
aplaylistandthenatrack.
Smartplaylists:
—Lastplayedtracks:thelasttracksplayedinthe
selectedsourcearedisplayed.
— Mostplayed:themostplayedsongsinthese-
lectedsourcearedisplayed.
—5starsto1star:tracksfromtheselected
sourcearedisplayedaccordingtotheirrating.
—Unrated:allfilesfromtheselectedsource
withoutratinginformation(forexample,inthe
ID3tag)aredisplayed.
©Videos*
Allavailablevideofilesaredisplayed.Selectand
confirmavideofile.
()Note
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainmentand
useoftheradiocategorywithiPod/iPhone
Alwaysfollow theinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage200.
@Tips
—Onlythecategoriessupportedbythemedi-
umareavailable.Forexample,CD/DVD-
ROMtrackscannotbeselectedwithcatego-
riessuchasArtists,AlbumsorGenres.
WithaniPod/iPhone(source:Audimusicin-
terface>page233),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>page233),thePodcasts,
Audio booksandComposerscategoriesare
alsoavailable.
Gi)Tips
Appliesto:iPod/iPhoneonAudimusicinterface
— AnInternetconnectionisrequiredtouse
theadditionalRadiocategory,anonline
mediaservice.Alsoseethe chapter
=>page200,Wi-Fisettings.Alsoreadthe
informationontheAudimusicinterfaceand
thesupporteddevices>page233.
—DependingontheInternetconnectionand
networktraffic,the connectionmaydiscon-
nectedwhenonlinemediasourcesareplay-
ing.
—Theuseofonlinemediaservicesdependson
theserviceavailabilityofthethirdparty
provider.
—AudiAGsimplymakestheaccesstoonline
mediaservicespossiblethroughtheMMI
anddoesnottakeanyresponsibilityforthe
contentsoftheonlinemediaservices.
aceasta)
Appliesto:vehicleswithfreetextsearch

Youcansearchintheactivesourcebytracksand
videofiles*,forexample
RockBand
(2eeBand
©-RockBand5
@*rs7

Fig.216Inputfieldandresultslistforfreetextsearch
Youcanopenthefreetextsearchdependingon
theselectedsource.
Requirement:theplaylist>page238ormedia
center>page236mustbedisplayed.
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