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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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—iPod oriPhonemalfunctionsalsoaffectthe
operationoftheMMI.ResetyouriPodor
iPhoneifthishappens.
—AudirecommendsupdatingtheiPod or
iPhonesoftwaretothelatestversion.For
importantinformationonoperatingyour
iPod oriPhone,refertotheuserguidefor
thedevice.
— TheUSBadapteronthe Audimusicinter-
facewillsupportiPodtouchoriPhonedevi-
cesfromthe5thgenerationornewerwith
thelightningconnector.
—Formoreinformationaboutthe Audimusic
interfaceandsupporteddevices,checkthe
Audidatabaseformobiledevicesatwww.
audiusa.com/mp3orcontactanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFa-
cility.
Tet1keLhd)
Appliesto:vehicleswithRearSeatEntertainmentpreparation
TheRear SeatEntertainmentpreparationin-
cludescablesandamountforAudiEntertain-
mentmobileinthedriver'sandfrontpassenger's
seatbackrests.
ThesuitableAudiEntertainmentmobileRear
SeatEntertainmentpackageisavailablethrough
AudiGenuineAccessories.
UsingAudiGenuineAccessoriesisrecommended.
Audihasverifiedtheirreliability,safety,andsuit-
ability.
Wecannotevaluateorendorseotherproductsin
thisway,evenifthe productisapprovedbyacer-
tifiedtestingagencyorgovernmentagency.
@)Note
Onlyusedevicesthatareapprovedforthe
Rear SeatEntertainmentpreparation.Unap-
provedequipmentcan causedamagetothe
vehicleelectricalsystem.
@)Tips
—Contact anauthorizedAudidealeror au-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforadditional
informationonAudiEntertainmentmo-
bile.
—Alwaysreadthechapter>page370.
— TheRear SeatEntertainmentpreparationis
notintendedtochargeexternalelectronic
devices.
Playingmedia
Youcanstartandoperatevariousmediathrough
theMMIcontrolpanel.
@-=
eyes
a
SDcard
:iiaudioplayer
Fig.212Diagram:possiblesourcesintheMediamenu
6Teaelec)ie
(7owe@}Wi-Fiaudioplayer
ens
”
Fig.213Diagram:possiblesourcesintheMediamenu
CATTaacor}


Requirement:amediasourcemustcontainau-
dio/video*files>page228.

>Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverviewisdisplayed.
>Selectandconfirmthedesiredsource.Or:press
the[MEDIA]buttonrepeatedlyuntilthedesired
sourceisselected.


Dependingonthevehicleequipment,thefollow-
ingsourcesmaybedisplayedintheMediamenu:

@)Jukebox*®osi5easssewesiyawns229
@DVD/CDdrive*. . .228,228
@®SDcardreader228
@Audimusicinterface*...........233
suchasaniPhone,USBstick
©Externalaudioplayer...........233
suchasanMP3playerconnectedto
theAUXinput

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©Bluetoothaudioplayer*........230
@Wi-Fiaudioplayer*............231
Onlinemedia*andInternetradio”.232
—Playingaudio/videofiles:selectasourceinthe
Mediamenu>category(suchasartists>al-
bum>track).
—Movingonelevelupinthefolderstructure:
pressthe[BACK]button.Or:selectandconfirm
Folderup.
—Selectingthepreviousornexttrack/chapter*
D:presstheOn/OffknobontheMMIcontrol
panelbrieflytotheleftKdorrightDI.
—Fast-forwardingandrewindingaudio/video*
files:pressandholdtheOn/Offknobonthe
MMIcontrolpaneltotheleftKdorrightPbfor
alongertime.


—Pausingorresumingplayback:pressthe
On/Offknob ontheMMIcontrolpanelbriefly.
@Tips
—Youcanscrollthroughlonglistsquicklyby
turningthecontrolknobquickly.Thescroll-
ingspeeddependsonthenumberoflisten-
tries.
—Forsafetyreasons,thevideoimageisonly
displayedwhenthevehicleisstationary.On-
lythesoundfromthevideoplayswhiledriv-
ing.
Variouscategoriesfor selectingaudio/video*
filesareavailableinthemediacenter.
ae
@—8atecy
(4)j2][bums
FfClee
(5ee
Fig.214Example:USBstickcategories


))DependingontheDVD,thismaynotbepossibleduring
playback.
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Track
Folders
Oa
Seaaeytse
Videos

Fig.215Example:USBstickcategories

>Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverviewisdisplayed.
Selectandconfirmthedesiredsource.

@Activesource
Theactivesourceishighlighted.Theactive
sourcesymbol@)maychangedependingonthe
connecteddevice,theonlinemediaservice*,or
Internetradio*.Thedevicenamemaybedis-
played(forexample:myPhone).Asanexample,a
USBstickisshown>fig.214connectedtothe
Audimusicinterface*.
Dependingonthe activesource,youcanselect
audio/videofiles*fromthefollowingcategories
andaddthemtotheplaylist:
@Favorites
TheFavoritescategoryappearsifatleastoneen-
tryisstoredinthefavoriteslist.See>page238,
Favorites.
@Artists
Allavailableartistsaredisplayed.Selectandcon-
firmanartist,analbumandthenatrack.
@Albums
Allavailablealbumsaredisplayed.Selectand
confirm analbumandthenatrack.
©Genres
Allavailablegenresaredisplayed.Selectandcon-
firmagenre(such asPop),anartist,analbum
andthenasong.

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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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Openingfreetextsearch
>Keepturningthecontrolknobtotheleftuntil
thefreetextsearchinputfield@>fig.216
appears.Or:pushthecontrolknobup.
Usingthefreetextsearch:see>page162,Free
textsearch.
Entriesthatcontaintheenteredsearchtermare
listedintheresultslist©9fig.216.Youcan
searchforartists(2)>fig.216,albums@)or
tracks@)aswellasgenresandvideos.
@Tips
—Onlyfilesintheactivesourcewillbe
searched.
—IfyouopenfreetextsearchintheFolders
category(7)>page236,fig.215orthe
Composers,PodcastsandAudiobookscat-
egories,itwillonlysearchthroughthefiles
inthatfolder.
ete
ThebigB
JMaen
old)
kBa
Fig.217Example: playlist
Thetrack,artist,albumandalbumcover,ifappli-
cable,willappearintheplaylist>fig.217.
Optionsmenu
See>page238,Additionalsettings.
Upto50entriesforeverymediasourcecanbe
storedinanyorderinthefavoriteslist.
Requirement:theplaylistormediacentermust
beopen.
—Selectthedesiredentryfromtheplaylistor
mediacenter.
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—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Storeasfavorite.
Or:
pressandholdthecontrolknobforseveral
seconds.
Whenyoustoreatrackasafavorite,theassociat-
edalbumwillappearinthefavoriteslistasan
entry.
Requirement:atleastoneentrymustbestored
inthefavoriteslist.

Displayingthefavoriteslist:pressthe[MEDIA
button.Presstheleftcontrolbuttonuntilthe
sourcesoverview>page235isdisplayed.Select
the sourcethat containsthecategories
=>page236(forexample,SDcard).SelecttheFa-
voritescategory.

Requirement:thefavoriteslistmustbedis-
played.
—Listeningtoafavorite:selectandconfirm afa-
voritefromthelist.
—Movefavorite:selectafavoritefromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Movefavorite.Select
andconfirmthelocationoftheselectedfavor-
ite.
—Deletingafavorite:selectafavoritefromthe
list>rightcontrolbutton>Deletefavorite>
DeletethisfavoriteorDeleteallfavorites.
Additionalsettings
Context-specificfunctionsandsettingsareavail-
abledependingontheselectedsource.
>Presstherightcontrolbutton.
Soundsettings
See>page251.
Inputlevel
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheAUXconnectioncableor toaUSBadapter
=page233,Multimediaconnections.
Thevolumeofthemobiledeviceisadaptedto
theMMI.Audirecommendsadjustingthevolume
onthemobiledeviceto70%ofthemaximum
volumeoutput.

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Bluetoothsettings
See>page250.
Wi-Fisettings*
See>page200,Wi-Fisettings.
Connectionmanager
See>page248.
Show"NowPlaying"screen
Withthefunctionswitchedon¥andaplaylist
open,variousinformationaboutthecurrenttrack
(suchasartist,albumandalbumcover*)aswell
astheplayingtimeandtheremainingplaying
timearedisplayed.
Jukeboxmemorycapacity*
InformationontheJukeboxmemorycapacityand
thenumberofstoredtracksintheJukeboxisdis-
played.
Rewind/Fastforward
Turnthecontrolknobtotheleftorright.Or:
moveyourfingerontheMMItouchcontrolpad*
fromthelefttotheright.
Shuffle)
Withthefunctionswitchedon,allfilesinthe
playlistareplayedandshowninrandomorder.
Repeattrack!)
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon M,thecurrent
trackrepeats.
Repeat*
Requirement:aniPod/iPhone*mustbeselected
asthemediasourceintheAudimusicinterface
=>page235,Accessingmedia.
—Track:thecurrenttrackwillberepeated.
—Folder:thetracksinthecurrentfolderare
playedcontinuouslyinaloop.
—Off:thefunctionisswitchedoff.

)Thefunctionautomaticallyswitchesoffwhenthesourceis
changed.
2)Thisfunctionisnotavailableforallcellphones.
Backto'Playback'
Theoptionsmenuisclosed.Thetrackcurrently
playingappearsintheplaylist.
Playsimilarmusic*
Thetrackcurrentlyplayingisquicklyanalyzedfor
featuressuchasartist,genres,mood,andbeat,
andasmartplaylistwithsimilartrackswillbe
shown.
Playmore...
Asmartplaylistisshownbasedonthetrackcur-
rentlyplaying.Youcanselectbetweenaplaylist
withmoretracksbythisartist,fromthisalbum
orofthisgenre.
Copytojukebox*
See>page229,AddingfilestotheJukebox.
Setasringtone*2)
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI.Thetrackcurrentlyplayingmustbe
intheJukebox*>page229.
Theselectedtrackwillbeusedastheringtone
forincomingcalls.
Gracenoteonlinedatabase*
Requirement:theMMImustbeconnectedtothe
Internet.
Dependingonavailability,variousinformation
willloadaboutthetrackcurrentlyplayingwhen
thisfunctionisswitchedon.
Favorites
See>page238.
Additionaloptions
Requirement:thevehiclemustbestationaryand
avideofile*oraDVD*mustbeplaying.
Parentalcontrol*
PlaybackofvideoDVDscanberestrictedusing
parentalcontrol.
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Enterthepasswordforparentalcontrol.Pass-
wordsetatthefactory:1234.Youhavethefol-
lowingoptions:
—Protectionlevel:selectandconfirmtheprotec-
tionlevel(forexample,Level5).Eightdifferent
protectionlevelscan beset forparentalcon-
trol.Ifyousettheparentalcontrollevelat Lev-
el5,allDVDsfromlevels1-5canbeplayed.
VideoDVDswithahigherlevelwillnotplay.Se-
lectUnrestrictedtoremovealloftherestric-
tions.
—Changepassword:editthecurrentpassword.
Switchtofullscreen
Thevideoimageisdisplayed.Turnthecontrol
knobtodisplaytheplaylist.Or:pressthe[BACK
button.


Replayvideo!)
Whenthisfunctionisswitchedon @,thecurrent
videowillreplay.
Show DVDmenu
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*).

)Thefunctionautomaticallyswitchesoffwhenthesourceis
changed.
2)DependingontheDVD,thismaynotbepossibleduring
playback.
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tio
Description

Automatic|TheMMIdetectsthepicturefor-
matofthe sourceanddisplaysthe
imageintheoptimumratio.Black
barsmayappearonthesidesof
thedisplay,dependingonthe
sourceformatandtheInfotain-
mentsystemdisplaythatisinstal-
led.

ZoomTheimageisenlargedtofilltheen-
tireInfotainmentsystemdisplay.
Switchthefunctionoffiftheimage
isdistorted.

Cinema-
scope
Usethissettingforfilmsincinema
format21:9. Blackbarswillappear
ontheupper/loweredgeintheIn-
fotainmentsystemdisplay.

OriginalTheimageisdisplayedintheratio
ofthesourceformat.Selectthis
optioniftheimageisdistorted ora
sectionoftheimageiscutoff
whenAutoisselected.

4:3Theimageissettothe 4:3picture
format.Blackbarsareshownon
thesidesoftheInfotainmentsys-
temdisplay.


16:9 Theimageissettothe16:9picture
format.Blackbarsareshowninthe
upperandloweredgesoftheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplay.

(i)Tips
— NotallvideoDVDshaveparentalcontrol.
— TheprotectionlevelsfortheParental con-
trolarebasedontheUSstandardsfromthe
MotionPictureAssociationofAmerica
(MPAA).Notethattheagelevelsforvideo
DVDsinEuropeancountriesmaydiffer.
—PasswordentryforParentalcontrolwillbe
lockedforapproximatelyoneminuteifyou
entertheincorrectpasswordthreetimesin

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arow.Thepasswordcanonlyberesetbyan
authorizedAudidealer.
Supportedmediaandfileformats
TheJukebox*,SDcardreaderandtheUSBstoragedevice*connectionsupportthefollowingaudio/
videofileproperties:


AudiofilesVideofiles*
SupportedSD/SDHC/SDXC/MMCmemorycards:withacapacityupto128GB
mediaDVDdrive:audioCDs(upto80min.)withCDtext(artist,album,song)*,CD-ROMswith
acapacityupto700MB;DVD+R/RW;DVDvideo;DVDaudiowithaudiotracksthatare
compatiblewithaDVDvideoplayer
Audimusicinterface:mobiledevices>page233suchasiPhones,MTPplayers,and
USBstoragedevicesin“USBDeviceSubclass1and6” thatconformtoUSB2.0:USB
sticks,USBMP3players(Plug-and-Playcapable),externalUSBflashdrivesandhard
drives
FilesystemMemorycards:exFAT,FAT,FAT32,NTFS
USBstoragedevices:FAT,FAT32,NTFS
USBmassstoragedevicepartitions(primary/logical*):twoperUSBconnection
CD/DVDfilesystems:ISO9660,Joliet,UDF






MetadataAlbumcover:GIF,JPG,PNGwithmax.
800x800px.Thealbumcoverfromthe
mediumorfromGracenote®isdisplayed,
dependingonavailability.
FormatMPEGWindows|MPEGFLACMPEG1/2|MPEG4AVC|WindowsMedia
17/2Media2/4(H.264)Video9
Layer3|Audio9
and10
Fileexten--mp3.wma.m4a;-flac-mpg;-mp4;.wmv;
sion.m4b;-mMpeg-mAv;asf
.aac-Mov;
-avi
Playlists-M3U;.PLS;.WPL;.M3U8;.ASX
Characteris-|uptomaximum320kbit/sand|48kHzuptomaximum2,000kbit/sand
tics48kHzsamplingfrequencies|sampling720x576px.atmaximum25fps
frequen-
vy
NumberofDVDdrive*:max.1,000filespermedium
filesJukebox":approximately10GBstoragespace;max.3,000filescanbeimported
USBstoragedevicesandmemorycards:max.10,000filespermedium;max.1,000
filesperplaylist/directory

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