2019 AUDI Q7 radio

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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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—Appliesto:embeddedSIMcardusage:The
connectioncostsforAudiconnectInfotain-
mentservicesareincludedinthepriceof
AudiconnectInfotainment.Pleasenote
thatchargesmayapplywhenusingcertain
services.Forexample,thisappliestoInter-
netradio/podcastsorforservicesthatuse
theWi-Fihotspot,suchasonlinemedia
sources.Depending onthecountry,data
plansmayneedtobepurchasedforthese
services>page201.Foradditionalinfor-
mation,seewww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
—Youareresponsibleforallprecautionstaken
fordataprotection,anti-virusprotection,
andprotectionagainstlossofdataonmo-
biledevicesthatareusedtoaccesstheIn-
ternetthroughtheWi-Fihotspot.
@Tips
InvehicleswithoutAudiconnectInfotain-
ment,theuseoftheWi-Fihotspotisonly
possiblefortheWi-Fiaudioplayer*.Adata
connectiontotheInternetcannotbeestab-
lished.
Dataplans)
Appliesto:vehicleswith dataplans
Requirement:YoumusthavearegisteredmyAudi
accountatwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.Yourvehi-
clemustberegisteredinyourmyAudiaccount.
Youcanpurchasedataplansatwww.audiusa.
com/myaudi.
Troubleshooting
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment


ZAWARNING
—Asthedriver,donotallowusageoftheWi-
Fihotspottodistractyoufromdriving,as
thiscouldincreasetheriskofanaccident.
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devices,andothersimilardeviceswhenthe
vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose
objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.
—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readthewarningsinthechapter
=>page272,Frontairbags.

()Note
ReadtheinformationaboutAudiconnect,and
besure tonotetheconnectivitycostssection
=>)inWi-Fisettingsonpage200.
@)Tips
—Pleasenotethatanyvehiclepassengercan
deletetheSIMowner.
—Theassociatedvehicleisnotautomatically
deletedfromthecustomerportalforthe
cellphoneserviceproviderwhenyoudelete
theSIMownerinthevehicle.Ifsellingyour
vehicle,youshoulddeletethevehiclefrom
thecustomerportalforthecellphoneserv-
iceproviderto avoidbeingchargedforaddi-
tionalpurchases.

ProblemSolution

AudiconnectInfotainmentserv-
ices:individualAudiconnectInfo-
notavailable.
SomeAudiconnectInfotainmentservicesmustbeactivatedor
configuredthroughyourpersonalmyAudiaccountbeforeusing
tainmentservicesaregrayed outor|themforthefirsttime.Youcanfinddetailedinformationonline
atwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.

Wi-Fihotspot:itisnotpossible to
connectthroughWi-Fi.
restartit.

CheckifWi-FiisactivatedintheMMI>page200.
DeleteallexistingWi-Ficonnectionsonyourmobiledeviceand


))_Notavailableineverymarket.
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Radio

Radio
Openingtheradio
TheradiosupportstheFM,AMandSiriusXM*
(satelliteradio)bands.UsingtheHDRadiore-
ceiveralsoallowsyoutoreceiveradiostationson
theFMandAMbandsindigitalformat.
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Fig.203SiriusXMstationlist

>Pressthe[RADIO]button.
Afteropeningtheradio,thelastopenedstation
listisdisplayed.
Selectingastation:selectandconfirmastation
fromthestationlist.FM/AMstationsthatcan be
receivedbydigitalradioaremarkedwiththeHD
Radiotechnologysymbol4)©)>fig.202.Ifre-
ceptionqualitydeclines,theradioautomatically
switchestotheanalogFM/AMstationdepending
onavailability.DigitalHDRadiostations*may
containmultipleadditionalstations*.Theavaila-
bleadditionalstations*arelistedundertheradio
station.Ifyoulosereception,theadditionalsta-
tions*aremutedsincetheycannolongerbere-
ceived.

Settingthefrequencyband:pressthe [RADIO
buttonrepeatedlyuntilthedesiredfrequency
bandisset.

Thefollowinginformationisdisplayedinthesta-
tionlist>fig.202/>fig.203:
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@Presets
Thestationisstoredasapreset.The symbol
showsthestoredlocationinthepresetslist(for
example,21).
@Radiotext(shorteneddisplay)
Ifavailable,programinformationabouttheset
stationisdisplayedinallofthestationlists.
@Frequency
@Stationname
©StationwithHDRadiotechnologyavailable
5)
©Channelnumber
Ifthereisalossofradiosignal(SiriusXM*),the
followingsysteminformationisdisplayedinthe
stationlist:
NoSignal:thetuneriscurrentlynotreceivinga
satellitesignal@).
Thesysteminformationturnsoffwhentheradio
stationsarereceivedagain.
G)Tips
—ContacttheSiriusXM*providerifyouwould
liketoreceivesatelliteprogramming.
—Buildings,tunnels,bridges,openareas,oth-
ervehiclesorobjectsonthevehicleroofcan
affectreception.
—SatelliteradioisnotavailableinAlaskaand
Hawaii.

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Radiofunctions
etme)4at1a)
Appliesto:vehicleswithfreetextsearch
Usingthefreetextsearch,youcanselecttheor-
derthatthesearchtermsareenteredinthein-
putfield.Searchin allfrequencybandsforasta-
tionnameorprogramtype,suchasNews.
DTaP
Teaee
aTTaal)

Fig.204Inputfieldandresultslistforfreetextsearch
—Openingthefreetextsearch: wheninastation
list,keepturningthecontrolknobtotheleft
untilthefreetextsearchinputfieldisdis-
played.
—Usingthefreetextsearch:see>page162,
Freetextsearch.
Youcanalsosearchforfrequencies.
Stationsfromthepresets(8)aredisplayedinthe
resultslist@)>fig.204.Thesymbol@)indicates
whichstationlistyouswitchedtobasedonthe
stationselection.
EX]

naloptions

>Select:[RADIO]button>rightcontrolbutton.
Thefollowingoptionsareavailabledependingon
thefrequencyband:
—Soundsettings:see>page251.
—Storeasfavorite:see>page225,Presets.
—ManageSiriusXMalerts:see>page224,Sir-
iusXMalerts.
—Receivealertsforartist/Receivealerts for
track:see>page224,SiriusXMalerts.
—Manualtuning:thefrequencybarsaredis-
played.Selectandconfirmthedesiredfrequen-
cy.
—Seek:theradiotunestothepreviousornextre-
ceivablestation.
—Scan:allstationsareplayedforseveralseconds
each.
—Radiosettings:see>page225.
Radiotext
>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton>a
frequencyband(suchasFM)>astation.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Radiotext.


Informationthataccompaniestheprogram(such
asartist,composer,track)isdisplayed.
Browsingthroughradiotextentries:turnthe
controlknobtotheleftorright.
Requirement:aradiotextentrymustbedis-
playedandthestationmustbebroadcastinga
phonenumber,anavigationdestinationoratext
messagenumberasRadioTextPlusinformation.
If alocation,aphonenumberoratextmessage
numberisincludedwitharadiotextentry,thera-
diotextwillbeshownwithacoloredborder.You
havethefollowingoptions:
Call*/Startrouteguidance*/Writetextmes-
sage*:
—SelectaradiotextentrywithRadioTextPlusin-
formationandpressthecontrolknob.
—SelectandconfirmCall*/Startrouteguid-
ance*/Writetextmessage*.Or:pressthe
BACK]buttontocancel.
G)Tips
TheavailabilityofradiotextandRadioText
Plusdependsontheradiostation.


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Radio

SiriusXMalerts
Appliesto:vehicleswithSiriusXM
Youcandisplayanoverviewofyourfavoritear-
tistsortracksthatarecurrentlybeingplayedon
aSiriusXMchannel.

Vale
Tee)

Fig.205SiriusXMalertnotification

>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton>
SiriusXM.

AfteryouhavestoredaSiriusXMalertforyourfa-
voritetracksorartists,youcandisplayanover-
viewofyourfavoritetracksorartistscurrently
beingreceivedintheSiriusXMalertsmenuand
playthemimmediately.YoucanalsoreceiveaSir-
iusXMalertnotification@forthesetracksorar-
tistsintheentertainmentslidingmenu
>fig.205.
StoringaSiriusXMalert
Requirement:yourfavoritetrackorartistmust
beplayingonaSiriusXMchannel.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Receivealertsfor
trackorReceivealertsforartist.
SwitchingSiriusXMalertnotificationson
andoff
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>SiriusXMalert
notifications.
WhenthefunctionisswitchedonM,aSiriusXM
Alertnotificationisdisplayedforseveralseconds
intheentertainmentslidingmenufortheRadio
andNavigationmenus.@)>fig.205displayed.
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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.205.
—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.206Radioview:additionalstationinformation
Requirement:youmustbetunedtoaradiosta-
tion.The"NowPlaying"screenoptionmustbe
switched
on>page226.
Symbolsinthe"NowPlaying"screen>fig.206:
@Radiotextavailability

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Radiotextisavailable fortheselectedstation.
See>page223.
@FMHDRadiotechnology
ThestationisreceivedthroughFMHDRadio
technology.
@Screenview
DisplayCoverartorStationlogo.See
=>page226,Preferredpictureview*.
Displayingthestationlist:

Turnthecontrolknob.Or:pressthe[BACK]but-
ton.

Satie)o—
(3Ginte.od
@=—7aa

Fig.207Example:Radiomenu

>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton.
Settingthefrequencyband:selectandconfirm
thedesiredfrequencybandintheradiomenu
=>fig.207.Or:pressthe[RADIO]buttonrepeat-
edlyuntilthedesiredfrequencybandisset.The
stationlistisdisplayed.


@Presets
Thepresetslistisdisplayed>page225,Presets.
@SiriusXMalerts
Appliesto:vehicleswithSiriusXMalerts
AfteryouhavestoredaSiriusXMalertforyourfa-
voritetracksorartists>page224, anoverview
ofyourfavoritetracksorartistscurrentlybeing
receivedonSiriusXMisdisplayed.
©®SiriusKM
Appliesto:vehicleswithSiriusXMalerts
TheSiriusXM*stationlistisdisplayed.
Additionalfrequencybands
Depending onthevehicleequipment,youmayal-
sobeabletoselectadditionalfrequencybands
@/@®®fig.207intheselectionmenu.
Presets
Youcanstoreyourfavoritestationsfromevery
frequencybandinthepresetslist.

>Select:the[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton
>Presets.

Requirement:thepresetslistmustbedisplayed.
—Storingpresets:selectandconfirm afreepre-
setspace.Followthesysteminstructions.
—Selectandconfirmastationfromthelistif
necessary.
Requirement:astationlistmustbedisplayed.
—Storingpresets:select:anentryfromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Storeaspreset.Or:press
andholdthecontrolknobforseveralseconds.
Theshortcutkeysareautomaticallyassignedto
thepresets1to8.Youcanselectthestationsdi-
rectlyusingthepresetbuttons>page160.

—Displayingthepresetslist:select:[RADIO]but-
ton>Presets.
Requirement:thepresetslistmustbedisplayed.
—Listeningtopresets:selectandconfirmapre-
setfromthelist.
—Movepreset:selectapresetfromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Movepreset.Or:press
andholdthecontrolknobforseveralseconds.
Selectandconfirmthelocationoftheselected
preset.
—Deletingpresets:selectapresetfromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Deletepreset>Delete
thispresetorDeleteallpresets.
Additionalsettings
Radiosettings
>Select:[RADIO]button>rightcontrolbutton>
Radiosettings.


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>

Radio

Thefollowingsettingscan beselected,depend-
ingonthebandthatisselected:
Stationnames(FM)
Variable:scrollingtexttransmittedbytheFM
stationsisshownintheInfotainmentsystemdis-
play.
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.
Troubleshooting
Show"NowPlaying"screen
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon¥andthesta-
tionsorpresetslistisopen, thedisplaywill
switchtothe"NowPlaying"screenviewafterap-
proximatelyfiveseconds>page224.Depending
onavailability,informationaboutthesetstation
(such asstationname,artistandstationlogo)
maybedisplayedinthisview.
Preferredpictureview*
Youcansetyourpreferredscreenviewforthe
"NowPlaying"screen>page224.
—Stationlogo:thestationlogoisdisplayed,de-
pendingonavailability.
—Coverart:thealbumcoverisdisplayedifavaila-
ble.
Gracenoteonlinedatabase*
Requirement:theMMImustbeconnectedtothe
Internet.TheCoverartoptionmustbeselected
=page226,Preferredpictureview*.
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon(¥,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>page225.

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Media

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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