2019 AUDI Q7 warning

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Multifunctionsteeringwheel

Distancetothenextmaneuver
Displayoftheexpressway,highwayormain
roadontowhichyouwillbeturning
Directionarrowfortheupcomingmaneuver
©8
©
Abargraphappearswhenadirectionarrowis
displayed.Thefewerthebarsthatareshown,
theshorterthedistanceisuntiltheturn.
Currentvehicleposition@
@Additionalinformation(on-boardcomputer)
Thefollowingfunctionsarealsoavailablewhen
routeguidanceisactive:
—Adjustingthevoiceguidancevolume:turnthe
rightthumbwheelupordownwhileavoice
guidancemessageisplaying.

Z\WARNING
Theroutecalculatedbythenavigationsystem
isarecommendationforreachingyourdesti-
nation.Obeytrafficlights,stoppingrestric-
tions,one-waystreets,lanechangerestric-
tions,etc.

G)Tips
—Alsosee thechapter>page8,Cockpitover-
view.
—Anexclamationpoint“!”infront ofthe
streetnameindicatesthattheinformation
aboutthisstreetorthissectionoftheroute
isnotcompleteinthenavigationdatacon-
tainedintheMMI.Obeytrafficlawsinone-
waystreetsandpedestrianzones.
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Voicerecognitionsystem

Voicerecognitionsystem
Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
YoucanoperatemanyInfotainmentfunctions
convenientlybyspeaking.
Requirement:theignitionandtheMMImustbe
switched
on>page153.Asystemlanguagesup-
portedbythevoicerecognitionsystemmustbe
set.Theremustbenophonecallsinprogressand
theparkingaidmustnotbeactive.

>Switchingon:brieflypressthe[2]button@)
=>page18,fig.11onthemultifunctionsteer-
ing
wheelandsaythedesiredcommandafter
theBeep.
>Switchingoff:pressandholdthe|]button.
Or:pressthe|S]button.
>Pausing:saythecommandPause.Toresume,
pressthe|]button.
>Correcting:saythecommandCorrection.Or:
simplysayanewcommandduringanan-
nouncement>page248.






Inputassistance
Thesystemguidesyouthroughtheinputwith
visualandaudiofeedback.
—Visualinputassistance:afterswitchingon
voicerecognition,adisplaywithaselectionof
possiblecommandsappears.Thiscommand
displaycanbe switchedonoroff.Select:
MENU]button>Settings>leftcontrolbutton
>MMIsettings>Speechdialogsystem.
—Audioinputassistance: tohavethepossible
commandsread,turnthevoicerecognitionsys-
temonandsayHelp.


Forthesystemtounderstandyou:
Speakclearlyanddistinctly atanormalvolume.
Speaklouderwhendrivingfaster.
Emphasizethewordsinthecommandsevenly
anddonotleavelongpauses.
Closethedoors,thewindows,andthesunroof*
toreducebackgroundnoise.Makesurethatpas-
sengersarenotspeakingwhenyouaregivinga
voicecommand.
Donotdirecttheventstowardthehands-freemi-
crophone,whichisintheroofheadlinernearthe
frontinteriorlights.
Onlyusethesystemfromthedriver'sseatbe-
causethehands-freemicrophoneisdirectedto-
wardthatseat.
Additionalsettings
See>page248,Speechdialogsystem.

ZAWARNING
—Directyourfullattentiontodriving.Asthe
driver,youhavecompleteresponsibilityfor
safetyintraffic.Only usethefunctionsin
suchawaythatyoualwaysmaintaincom-
pletecontroloveryourvehicleinalltraffic
situations.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystemin
emergenciesbecauseyourvoicemaychange
instressfulsituations.Thesystemmaytake
longertodialthenumberormaynot be
abletodialitatall.Dialtheemergency
numbermanually.
G)Tips
—Thedialogpauseswhenthereisanincom-
ingphonecallandwillcontinueifyouig-
norethecall.Thedialogendsifyouanswer
thecall.
—Youcanselectan iteminthelistusingei-
therthevoicerecognitionsystemorthe
controlknob.

Commandoverview
information
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
Thefollowingoverviewsdescribethecommands
thatcan beusedtooperatetheMMIusingthe
voicerecognitionsystem.
Alternativecommandsareseparatedusinga“/”,
forexamplesay:Telephone/(or)Navigation/
(or)Radio.
Sequencesofcommandsusedtoperformanac-
tionareidentifiedwitha“>”,forexamplesay:
Enteraddress>(then)Entercountry/state.
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Telephone

Telephone
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Tomakephonecallsinyourvehicleusingthe
MMI,connectyourcellphonetotheMMIvia
Bluetooth.
Handsfree
Afteryouhaveconnectedyourmobiledevice to
theMMIviaBluetooth,youcan use thehandsfree
systemandoperatetelephonefunctionsthrough
yourMMI.Youcanmakecallsusingtheantenna
onyourmobiledevice.
Withthe Audiphonebox’,callsaremadeusing
theexteriorantennaonthevehicle.Usingtheex-
ternalantennahelpswhenthereisalowsignal
andalsoprovidesbetterreceptionquality
=>page181.

ZA\WARNING
—Medicalexpertswarnthatmobiledevices
caninterferewiththefunctionofpacemak-
ers.Alwaysmaintainaminimumdistanceof
about8inches(20cm)betweenthecell
phoneantennaandthepacemaker.
—Donotcarrythemobiledeviceinapocket
directlyoverthepacemakerwhenthe
phoneisswitchedon.
—Switchthemobiledeviceoffimmediately
ifyoususpectitmaybeinterferingwith
thepacemaker.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystem*
=page171inemergenciesbecauseyour
voicemaychangeinstressfulsituations.The
systemmaytakelongertodialthenumber
ormaynotbeabletodialitatall.Dialthe
emergencynumbermanually.
—Switchyourmobiledeviceoffinareaswhere
thereisariskofanexplosion.Theseloca-
tionsarenotalwaysclearlymarked.This
mayincludegasstations,fuelandchemical
storagefacilitiesortransportvehicles,orlo-
cationswherefuelvapors(such aspropane
orgasolinevaporinvehiclesorbuildings),
chemicalsorlargequantitiesofdustparti-

cles(suchasflour,sawdustormetal)may

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bepresentintheair.Thisalsoappliestoall
otherlocationswhereyouwouldnormally
turnyourvehicleengineoff.
— Thedemandsoftrafficrequireyourfullat-
tention.Alwaysreadthechapter
=>page153,Trafficsafetyinformation.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage200.
G)Tips
— TheBluetooth connectionrangeislimited
toinsidethevehicle.Itcanalsobeaffected
bylocalconditionsandinterferencewith
otherdevices.

—TolearnwhichBluetoothconnectionsand
whichofthefunctionsinyourmobiledevice
aresupported,checkwithyourmobilede-
viceserviceproviderorthedatabaseformo-
biledevicesatwww.audiusa.com/
bluetooth.
Setup
ConnectingacellphoneusingBluetooth
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
MyPhone
DoesthisPINmatchtheoneon your
Bluetoothdevice?PIN:967536

Fig.177DisplayingthePINforenteringinthecellphone
Requirement
Thevehiclemustbestationaryandtheignition
mustbeswitchedon.
TheBluetoothsettingsmustbeopenonyour
mobiledeviceduringtheconnectionsetup.
TheBluetoothfunctionandvisibilityoftheMMI
=page250andmobiledevicemustbeswitched
on.

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Telephone

UsingtheAudiphone
box
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiphonebox
You
canchargeyourmobiledevicebatteryusing
theAudiphonebox.Youcanmakecallsthrough
theexteriorantenna*onthevehicle.Usingthe
externalantenna*helpswhenthereisalowsig-
nalandalsoprovidesbetterreceptionquality.

Fig.178Storagecompartmentunderthecenterarmrest:
Audiphoneboxwithconnections
Requirement:acellphonemustbeconnectedvia
Bluetooth>page178.
Theoptionsbelowareavailable:
—Connectingtotheexternalvehicleantenna*:
Laythecellphonewiththedisplay facingupon
thecellphonesymbolintheAudiphonebox
=>fig.178.Makesuretherearenoobjectsbe-
tweenthe Audiphoneboxandthemobilede-
vice.
—Chargeacellphonewirelessly:PlaceaQi-capa-
ble})cellphonecenteredonthe@symbolin
the Audiphoneboxwiththedisplayfacingup
>fig.178.Thecellphonewillcharge.
—ChargeacellphoneusingtheUSBadapter:
Connectyourcellphonetothe Audimusicin-
terfaceusingaUSBadapter@)9fig.178.
Youcan chargeyourmobiledeviceusingspecific
USBadapters>page233,fig.211.


anaccident.Storeobjectssecurelywhile
driving.
—Thecellphonemaybecomehotduringwire-
lesscharging.Payattentiontothetempera-
tureofyourmobiledeviceandbecareful
whenremovingitfromthe Audiphonebox.
—Analternatingmagneticfieldisusedfor
wirelesscharging.Maintainaminimumdis-
tanceofapproximately2.4in(6cm)tothe
Audi
phoneboxchargingplate.Thethresh-
oldsforprolongedexposureat thisdistance
complywithICNIRP1998.Therefore,inter-
actionssuchasirritationofsensoryorgans,
malfunctionsofactiveimplants(suchas
pacemakers,infusionpumps,orneurosti-
mulators)oreffectsonpassiveimplants
(such as prostheticlimbs)ishighlyunlikely.
Ifyouhaveanimplant,consultamedical
specialistifyouhaveanyquestions.


AWARNING
—Looseobjectscanbethrownaroundtheve-
hicleinteriorduringsuddendrivingorbrak-

ingmaneuvers,whichincreasestheriskof


D_TheQistandardmakesitpossibletocharge yourmobile
devicewirelessly.
@)Note
ApplicabletoU.S.A.
Operationofthe Audiphoneboxissubjectto
thefollowingrequirementsoftheFederal
CommunicationsCommission:
—ThisisaCONSUMERdevice.
—BEFOREUSE,youMUSTREGISTERTHISDE-
VICEwithyourwirelessproviderandhave
yourprovider’sconsent.Mostwirelesspro-
vidersconsenttotheuseofsignalboosters.
Someprovidersmaynotconsenttothe use
ofthisdeviceontheirnetwork.Ifyouare
unsure,contactyourserviceprovider.
—YouMUSToperatethisdevicewithapproved
antennasandcablesasspecifiedby the
manufacturer.AntennasMUSTbeinstalled
atleast20cm(8inches)fromanyperson.
—YouMUSTceaseoperatingthisdeviceim-
mediatelyifrequestedbytheFCCorali-
censedwirelessserviceprovider.
—WARNING:E911locationinformationmay
notbeprovidedormaybeinaccuratefor
callsservedbyusingthisdevice.
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Telephone

@)Note
ApplicabletoCanada
InCanada,operationofaZoneEnhancer,
suchasan AudiPhoneBox,issubjecttothe
followingrequirementsoftheInnovation,
ScienceandEconomicDevelopmentCanada
(ISED):
—ThisisaCONSUMERdevice.
—BEFOREUSE,youMUSTmeetallrequire-
mentssetoutinCPC-2-1-05.
—YouMUSToperatethisdevicewithapproved
antennas
andcablesasspecifiedbythe
manufacturer.AntennasMUSTNOTbein-
stalledwithin20cmofanyperson.
—YouMUSTceaseoperatingthisdeviceim-
mediatelyifrequestedbyISEDoralicensed
wirelessserviceprovider.
—WARNING:£911locationinformationmay
notbeprovidedormaybeinaccuratefor
callsservedbyusingthisdevice.
G)Tips
— TheAudiphoneboxisnotavailableinall
countries.Foradditionalinformation,con-
tactanauthorizedAudidealership.
—Placingthemobiledeviceinabagorprotec-
tivesleeveinsidetheAudiphoneboxcanin-
terferewiththeconnectiontotheexternal
antenna”*.
—Metallicobjectsinthe Audiphoneboxblock
thewirelesschargingofyourmobiledevice
andcallsmadeusingtheexteriorantenna”*.
— Thechargingtimeandtemperaturewillvary
dependingonthemobiledevicebeingused.
—Yourmobiledevicecanonlybechargedin
theAudiphoneboxwhentheignitionis
switchedon.
—Toreducetheriskofmalfunctions,make
surethemobiledeviceispositionedcorrect-
lyintheAudiphonebox.
— Themaximumchargingoutputis5watts.
—Strongtransmissionqualitycannotbeguar-
anteedifmorethanonemobiledeviceisin
thebox.*
—Onlyonemobiledeviceatatimecanbe
chargedwirelesslyintheAudiphonebox.
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—AudirecommendsusingAudiGenuineAc-
cessories.Audihasverifiedtheirreliability,
safety,andsuitability.
—YoucanpurchaseaUSBadapterfromanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility,oratspecialtystores.
Usingthetelephone
Openingthetelephone
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Calllist
@-=aia
RAH-8735|
BeFaeming
Tamessage(MyPhone)
Fig.179Example:telephonefunctionsinselectionmenu
omatl)
LRoteOa)
|ieeesecurenen)
(6eemail(MyPhone)

Fig.180Example:additionaltelephonefunctionsinselec-
tionmenu
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI>page178.

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton.

Thefollowingphonefunctionsareavailable
>fig.179/fig.180:
@Calllist00.0...ee183
@)Favoriteswes+sense«omen«xoem»185
GB):Directoryasssweesszrowsgoes188
@®Selectnumber............-..-.183
©Textmessage(myPhone)*/text
message(secondaryphone)*.....185
©E-mail(myPhone)*/e-mail(secon-
daryphone)*..................187>

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Telephone

toyourmobiledevicesothatyoucancon-
tinuethecallonyourphone.
— Thedisplayofan incomingphonecallinthe
Infotainmentsystemdisplaymaystillbe
visibleforafewsecondsafteracallisan-
sweredorignoreddependingonthecell
phoneinuse.
Makinganemergencycall
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton>Dialnumber>Enteremergency
callnumber(forexample,911)>OK.


ZAWARNING
—Becauseyourphoneworkswithradiosig-
nals,aconnectioncannotbeguaranteedun-
derallcircumstances.Donotrelyononly
yourphonewhenitcomestoessentialcom-
munication(suchasamedicalemergency).
—Alwaysfollowtheinstructionsgivenbythe
emergencypersonnelduringanemergency
callandonlyendthecallwhentheyinstruct
youtodoso.
@Tips
Emergencynumbersarenot thesameevery-
where.Findoutwhichemergencynumberis
usedinyourcurrentlocation.

Favorites
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Upto50contacts,inadditiontothe voicemail
number,canbestoredinanyorderinthefavor-
iteslist.

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton.

Storinganexistingphonenumberasa
favorite:
—SelectandconfirmCalllist/Directory.
—Selectacontactorphonenumberfromthelist.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Storeasfavorite.
—Enteranameforthefavoriteorselectasug-
gestion.
—SelectandconfirmSave.
Renamingstoredfavorites
—Select:Favorites>afavoritefromthelist.
—Selecttherightcontrolbutton>Renamefavor-
ite.
Movingstoredfavorites
—Select:Favorites>afavoritefromthelist.
—Selecttherightcontrolbutton>Movefavorite.
—Selectandconfirmthelocationoftheselected
favorite.
Deletingastoredfavorite
—Select:Favorites>afavoritefromthelist.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Deletefavorite>
DeletethisentryorDeleteallentries.
Messages
Textmessages
Appliesto: cellphoneswithBluetoothMessageAccessProfile
(MAP)
Dependingonthemobiledevicebeingusedand
themobilenetworkcontract,youmaybeableto
receiveandsendtextmessagesusingtheMMI.
Requirement
AcellphonemustbeconnectedtotheMMIvia
BluetoothMAP(MessageAccessProfile)
=>page178.

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>Leftcon-
trolbutton>textmessage(myPhone)/text
message(secondaryphone)*.
Writenewtextmessage
SelectandconfirmWritenewtextmessage.
—Usingatemplate:selectandconfirmthede-
siredtemplatefromthelist.
—Writingyourowntext”:selectandconfirmDo
not usetemplate.EntertextusingtheMMI
touchcontrolpad*ortheletterspeller.
—Enteroneormorerecipients.
—SelectandconfirmSend.
Inbox
Displaysallreceivedtextmessages.
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Audiconnect

Audiconnect
Introduction
Dependingonthecountryandthevehicleequip-
ment,thefollowing functionsmaybeavailable:
—AudiconnectInfotainment
—Audiconnectvehiclecontrol
@)Tips
—AUDIAGprovidesaccesstoservicesfrom
thirdpartyproviders.Permanentavailability
cannotbe guaranteed,becausethatde-
pendsonthethirdpartyprovider.
—YoucanalsofindmoreinformationonAudi
connectonlineatwww.audiusa.com.
Audiconnect
Infotainment
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
WithAudiconnectInfotainmentservices,online
informationistransmitteddirectlytothevehicle.
AnInternetconnectionisrequiredtouseAudi
connectInfotainment.Dependingonthecountry
andthevehicleequipment,thefollowingoptions
maybeavailable:

Z\WARNING
To reducetheriskofanaccident,onlyuseAu-
diconnectInfotainmentserviceswhenroad
andtrafficconditionspermit.Alwaysreadand
followthenotesin>page153,Trafficsafety
information.
G)Tips
— ThedataconnectionforAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentservicesispre-configuredatthe
factory.Youcanchangethedataconnection
settingsatanytimeifyouneedtochange
theconfiguration>page199.
—UseoftheLTE*mobilenetworkstandardis
notavailableineverycountry.Contactan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityoryourcellphoneservice
providerforadditionalinformation.

—AudiconnectInfotainmentservicesareonly
availablewithinthecellphonenetworkcov-
eragefromyourcellphoneserviceprovider.
—Availability,scope,providers,screendisplay,
andcostsofservicesmayvarydependingon
thecountry,model,modelyear,enddevice
andrates.
EmbeddedSIMcard
Appliesto:vehicleswith AudiconnectInfotainmentandan
embeddedSIMcard
ThedataconnectionforAudiconnectInfotain-
mentservicesismadethroughanembeddedSIM
card(eSIMcard)thatisinstalledinthevehicle.
Youcan usetheAudiconnectInfotainmentserv-
icesimmediately.
()Note
—TheconnectioncostsforAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentservicesareincludedintheprice
ofAudiconnectInfotainment.Pleasenote
thatchargesmayapplywhenusingcertain
services.Forexample,thisappliestoInter-
netradio/podcastsorforservicesthatuse
theWi-Fihotspot,suchasonlinemedia
sources.Dependingonthecountry,data
plansmayneedtobepurchasedforthese
services>page201.Foradditionalinfor-
mation,seewww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
—Incertainsituations,theWi-Fihotspotdata
connectionmaybeestablishedasareplace-
mentfortheSIMcardonyourWi-Fidevice.
Thisfeaturedependsontheconfiguration
ofyourWi-Fideviceandoperatingsystem.
Thiscouldresultinfeesdependingonyour
cellphoneserviceprovider,especiallyifyou
areusingthisfeaturewhileabroad.Aflat
ratedataplanisstronglyrecommended.For
moreinformation,contactyourcellphone
serviceproviderorrefertotheowner'sman-
ualforyourWi-Fidevice.
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Audiconnect

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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