
8S1012721BA
MultiMediaInterface
@)Tips
ThevolumeofthepromptsfortheMMItouch
canbeadjustedseparately>page174.
Controlknobwith
joystickfunction
RAH-8515|
©»
&
Fig.100Operatingconceptforthecontrolknobwithjoy-
stickfunction
Youcanpushthecontrolknobupordown(@)
>fig.100ortotherightorleft@).
Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu
Pushthecontrolknobtowardthelefttoopenthe
selectionmenu>page91.
Pressthe[BACK]button()>page90,fig.90to
returntothefunctiononelevelup. Or:pushthe
controlknobtotherighttoclosetheselection
menu.
Openingandclosingthe optionsmenu
Pushthecontrolknobtotherighttoopenthe
optionsmenu>page91.
Pressthe[BACK]button()>page90,fig.90to
returntothefunctiononelevelup. Or:pushthe
controlknobtothelefttoclosetheoptions
menu.
Displayingtheinputfield*
Pushthecontrolknobuptoreachthebeginning
ofalistinthecentralarea/inputfield.
Switchingtospellerinput*
Whentheinputfieldisalreadyopen,switchdi-
rectlytothespellerintheinputfieldbypushing
thecontrolknobupagain>page96,Letter/
numberspeller.
Onthemap
Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page138,fig.119.
—Displayingtheinputfield*:pushthecontrol
knobupward.
—Displayingrouteguidance:whenrouteguid-
anceisactive,youcanalsodisplaytheroute
guidancebypushingthecontrolknob up
=>page131.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap(zoom):turnthe
controlknobtotheright/lefttozoomin/outon
themap.
Adjustingthesoundfocus*
Requirement:thebalance/faderfunctionmust
beselected>page173.Thecrosshairsare
shown.
—Movingthesoundfocususingthecrosshairs:
thecrosshairscanbemovedhorizontally.Turn
thecontrolknobtotheleftorright.Tomove
thecrosshairsvertically,pressthecontrolknob.
Turn thecontrolknobtotheleftorright.To
storethesetting,pressthecontrolknobagain.
UsingtheDVDmainmenu
Requirement:aDVDmustbeplaying
=>page158.TheDVDmainmenuisshown.
—Selectingamenuitem:movethecontrolknob
withjoystickfunctionupordownortotheleft
orright.
—Confirmingaselection:pressthecontrolknob.
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Voicerecognitionsystem
OBARECOMMANDS
RAH-8462|
*Telephone+FavoritesCY»
+Audiconnect*Call(XY)SDS
*Navigation*Enternumber
*Directory*Redial
*Radio*Readnewtextmessage
*Media+Navigateto(XY)
+Sound+Enteraddress/destination
*Help+Onlinedestinations
+HelpSpeechdialogsystem*Cancelrouteguidance
*HelpTelephone*Map
*HelpAudiconnect+Line(XY)
*HelpNavigation*Next page/previouspage
*HelpMap*Cancel
*HelpRadio*No,Imeant(XY)
*HelpMedia*Correction
TELEPHONE:;
+EnternumberCalllistH.
+Deletenumber/correctionRedialsie
+DirectoryCallmailbox
*Call(XY)EnterPIN/deletePIN
*business/private/landline/mobileTelephonefavorites
NAVIGATION
+Navigateto(XY)+Excludenextroutesection/Exclude
*Businessaddress/Privateaddressnextstreet
+Start/cancelrouteguidance*Routelist
+Directory*Calculatealternativeroutes
+Lastdestinations*Onlinedestinations
+Navigationfavorites*Specialdestination
+»Drivehome
-Enteraddress
+Entercountry/town/street/state
+Excluderoute/Excluderoutefor(XY)km/m
MAP.
+Map
*Daymap/Nightmap
*2Ddrivingpositionmap/2Dnorthpositionmap/3Dmap/Destinationmap/Overviewmap
AUDICONNECT
*Audiconnect*Flightinformation/Traininformation
*Travelinformation/Parkinginformation*Cityevents
*Fuelprices*Onlinenews
*Weather+Twitter
+Radiopresets«Jukeboxsy}
+Laststations*CD/DVDMEDIA
*FM+SDcard1/SDcard2
*FM/AM/SIRIUSXM-Audimusicinterface/iPod/USB/Bluetooth/
+Station(XY)/Frequency(XY)Wi-Fi/Medium(XY)
*Trafficannouncementon/off*Mediafavorites/Artists/Albums/Genres/
Tracks/Playlists/Videos
*Folderup
*Randomplaybackon/off
Fig.105Commandoverview
101

8S1012721BA
Media
(CO)6/VDE0837.Thevarioustypesofaudio
equipmentinstalledconformtosafetyclass1.
The
laserusessolittlepowerorisshieldedso
thereisnodangerwhenitisusedcorrectly.
Mediadrives
SDcardreader
RAH-7103
Fig.128Glovecompartment:insertingtheSDcard
—InsertingtheSDcard:theangledcornerofthe
SDcard mustfacetowardtherightfrontwhen
inserting.SlidetheSDcardintothecardreader
slot@°fig.128untiltheSDcardclicksinto
place.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedSDcardcontains sup-
portedaudio/videofiles>page164.
—RemovingtheSDcard: pressbrieflyontheSD
card.
TheSDcardreaderisaccessedandoperated
throughtheMMI@)>page158,fig.133.
@Note
Onlyuseone-pieceSDcards.Ifadaptercards
(SDcardswithmorethanonepiece)areused,
thecardcouldfalloutoftheadapterwhen
driving becauseofvibrations.Individual
piecescouldthenbecomestuckinthedrive
andimpairthefunctionality.
@)Tips
AlwayskeeptheSDcardinasuitablecaseto
protectitfromdirt,dustparticles,andother
damage.
peel
Appliesto:vehicleswithaDVDdrive
==
RAH-8828
Fig.129Glovecompartment:DVDdrive
—LoadingaCD/DVD:theCD/DVDispulledinau-
tomatically.SlidetheCD/DVDstraightintothe
DVDslot@)withthelabelfacingup>fig.129.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCD/DVDcontains sup-
portedaudio/video*files>page164.
—EjectingaCD/DVD:pressthebutton@
>fig.129.
TheCD/DVDispulledinagainautomaticallyifit
isnotremovedfromtheDVDslotwithinapproxi-
matelytensecondsafterejectingit.
TheDVDdriveisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMI@)>page158,fig.133.
@)Note
—NeverforceaCD/DVDintothedrive.The
CD/DVDispulledinautomatically.
—DonotinsertCDs/DVDswithlabelsintothe
drive.Labelscancomeloosefromthe
CD/DVDanddamagethedrive.
IG).Tips
CDs/DVDsthatcontainaudiofileswithahigh
dataratemaynotplay.
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Audismartphoneinterface
Audismartphone
interface
Setup
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudismartphoneinterface
YoucanconnectyoursmartphonetotheMMIus-
ingtheAudismartphoneinterface.Certaincon-
tenton yoursmartphoneisadaptedtotheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplaywhiledrivingandcan
beoperatedthroughtheMMIcontrolpanel.
Requirement:
Thevehiclemustbestationaryandtheignition
mustbe switchedon.
iPhonegeneration5orhigher withLightning
connectorandiOS7.1.2operatingsystemor
higher.Or:
AsmartphonewiththeAndroidAutoapp andAn-
droid5.0Lollipopoperatingsystemorhigheris
required.
>Connectyour smartphonetotheAudimusicin-
terface>page157usingtheapplicableUSB
adapter>page156,fig. 131.
> SelectandconfirmActivateAppleCarPlayor
ActivateAndroidAutonow.
>Follow thesysteminstructions.
>Payattentiontoanyadditionalsystemprompts
onyoursmartphone,ifapplicable.
IfyouchosenottouseAppleCarPlayorAndroid
Autowhenconnectingyoursmartphoneforthe
firsttime,youcanstarttheAudismartphonein-
terfacelateronusingtheConnectionmanager.
>Select:[MENU]button>Audismartphonein-
terface>Changetoconnectionmanager.
>Connectyour smartphonetotheAudimusicin-
terface>page157usingtheapplicableUSB
adapter>page156,fig. 131.
>SelectandconfirmAudismartphoneinterface
intheConnectionmanager>page170.You
canselectyoursmartphoneinthelistofdevi-
cesthatarealreadypaired>page171.
>Follow thesysteminstructions.
)Inpreparationatthetimeofprinting.
ZAWARNING
Drivingrequiresyourcompleteandundivided
attention.Asthedriver,youhavecompletere-
sponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Neveroperate
mobiledeviceswhiledriving,becausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage123.
@)Tips
—Thefunctionsthatcan beuseddependon
thefollowingfactors,amongothers:
—Thebrandofyoursmartphone
~Theversionoftheoperatingsystemin
yoursmartphone
—Thesoftwareversionoftheappused
—TheUSBadaptercableandcorrectconnec-
tion
—Yourcellphoneserviceprovider
—Thecustomizedsettingson yoursmart-
phone
—Oneofthefactorsaboveoracombination
ofanyofthemcouldcauseyoursmart-
phonetobe incompatiblewiththeAudi
smartphoneinterface.Compatibilitycannot
beguaranteedforalltypesofsmartphones.
Formoreinformationandassistance,refer
totheuserguideandthemanufacturerof
yoursmartphone.
—Iftheconnectedsmartphonehasvoicecon-
trol,youcan operateyoursmartphoneusing
theexternalvoicerecognitionsystem*
=>page107.
— ThemenulanguageshownintheMMIis
basedonthesettingsinyoursmartphone.
—ThetimedisplayedintheMMIisbasedon
thesettingsinyoursmartphone.
—SomeMMIfunctionsarenotavailablewhen
AppleCarPlayorAndroidAutoisactive.
—Youcannotconnectanymobiledevicesvia
BluetoothwhenanAppleCarPlayconnec-
tionisactive.
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Safedriving
>Take frequentbreaksonlongtrips.Donotdrive
formorethantwohoursatastretch.
>DoNOTdrivewhenyouaretired,underpres-
sureor whenyouarestressed.
Z\WARNING
Impaireddrivingsafetyincreasestheriskof
seriouspersonalinjuryanddeathwhenevera
vehicleisbeingused.
>Graspthetopofthesteeringwheelwithyour
elbow(s)slightlybent.
>Fastenandwearsafetybeltscorrectly
>page184.
>Always keepbothfeetinthefootwell so that
youareincontrolofthevehicleatalltimes.
Fordetailedinformationonhowtoadjustthe
driver'sseat,see>page40,Frontseats.
Correctpassenger
seatingpositions
Properseatingpositionforthedriver
Theproperdriverseatingpositionisimportant
forsafe,relaxeddriving.
BFV-0183
Fig.141Correct seatingposition
Foryourownsafetyandtoreducetheriskofin-
juryinthe eventofanaccident,werecommend
thatyouadjustthedriver'sseattothefollowing
position:
>Adjustthedriver'sseat so thatyoucaneasily
pushthepedalsallthewaytothefloorwhile
keepingyourknee(s)slightlybent>A\.
>Adjusttheangleoftheseatbacksothatitisin
anuprightpositionsothatyour backcomesin
fullcontactwithitwhenyoudrive.
>Adjustthesteeringwheelsothatthereisadis-
tanceofatleast10in(25cm)betweenthe
steeringwheelandyourbreastbone>fig.141.
Ifnotpossible,seeyourauthorizedAudideal-
ershipaboutadaptiveequipment.
>Adjust thesteeringwheelso thatthesteering
wheelandairbagcoverpointsatyourchestand
notatyourface.
176
Z\WARNING
Driverswhoareunbelted,outofpositionor
tooclose totheairbagcanbeseriouslyinjured
by anairbagasitunfolds.To helpreduce the
riskofseriouspersonalinjury:
—Alwaysadjustthedriver'sseatandthe
steeringwheelsothatthereareatleast
10in(25cm)betweenyourbreastboneand
thesteeringwheel.
—Alwaysadjustthedriver'sseatandthe
steeringwheelsothatthereareatleast4in
(10cm)betweenthekneesandthe lower
partoftheinstrumentpanel.
—Alwaysholdthesteeringwheelontheout-
sideofthesteeringwheelrimwithyour
handsatthe9o'clockand3o'clockposi-
tionstohelpreducetheriskofpersonalin-
juryifthedriver'sairbaginflates.
—Neverholdthesteeringwheelatthe
12o'clockpositionorwithyourhandsat
otherpositionsinsidethesteeringwheel
rimoronthesteeringwheelhub.Holding
the
steeringwheelthewrongwaycancause
seriousinjuriestothehands,armsandhead
ifthedriver'sairbaginflates
—Pointingthesteeringwheeltowardyour
facedecreasestheabilityofthesupplemen-
taldriver'sairbagtoprotectyouinacolli-
sion.
—Alwayssitinanuprightpositionandnever
leanagainstor placeanypartofyourbody
tooclosetotheareawheretheairbagsare
located.
—Beforedriving,alwaysadjustthefront seats
properlyandmakesurethatallpassengers
areproperlyrestrained.

8S1012721BA
Safetybelts
Althoughtheseexamplesarebasedonafrontal
collision,safetybeltscanalsosubstantiallyre-
ducetheriskofinjuryinotherkinds ofcrashes.
So,whetheryou'reonalongtripor justgoingto
thecornerstore,alwaysbuckleupandmakesure
othersdo,too.Accidentstatisticsshowthatvehi-
cleoccupantsproperlywearingsafetybeltshave
alowerriskofbeinginjuredandamuchbetter
chanceofsurvivinganaccident.Properlyusing
safetybeltsalsogreatlyincreasestheabilityof
thesupplementalairbagstodotheirjobinacol-
lision.Forthisreason,wearingasafetybeltisle-
gallyrequiredinmostcountriesincludingmuch
oftheUnitedStatesandCanada.
AlthoughyourAudiisequippedwithairbags,you
stillhavetowearthesafetybeltsprovided.Front
airbags,forexample,areactivatedonlyinsome
frontalcollisions.Thefrontairbagsarenotacti-
vatedinallfrontalcollisions,insideandrearcol-
lisions,inrolloversorincaseswherethereisnot
enoughdecelerationthroughimpacttothefront
of
thevehicle.Thesamegoesfortheotherairbag
systemsinyourAudi.So,alwayswearyoursafety
beltandmakesureeverybodyinyourvehicleis
properlyrestrained!
TanXelaeeetLiamidedlace]LeUatLilalg
rth)
Safetybeltsmustalwaysbecorrectlypositioned
across thestrongestbonesofyourbody.
>Alwayswearsafetybeltsasillustratedandde-
scribed
inthischapter.
>Makesurethatyoursafetybeltsarealways
readyforuseandarenotdamaged.
ZAWARNING
Notwearingsafetybeltsorwearingthemim-
properlyincreasestheriskof seriouspersonal
injuryanddeath.Safetybeltscanworkonly
whenusedcorrectly.
—Alwaysfastenyoursafetybeltscorrectlybe-
foredrivingoffandmakesureallpassen-
gersarecorrectlyrestrained.
—Formaximumprotection,safetybeltsmust
always bepositionedproperlyonthebody.
—Neverstrapmorethanoneperson,including
smallchildren,intoanybelt.
—Neverplaceasafetybeltovera childsitting
onyourlap.
—Alwayskeepfeetinthefootwellinfrontof
theseatwhilethevehicleisbeingdriven.
—Neverletanypersonridewiththeirfeeton
theinstrumentpanelorstickingoutthe
windoworontheseat.
—Neverremoveasafetybeltwhilethevehicle
ismoving.Doingsowillincreaseyourriskof
beinginjuredorkilled.
—Neverwearbeltstwisted.
—Neverwearbeltsoverrigidorbreakableob-
jectsinoronyourclothing,suchaseye
glasses,pens,keys,etc.,asthesemaycause
injury.
—Neverallowsafetybeltstobecomedam-
agedbybeingcaughtindoororseathard-
ware.
—Donotweartheshoulderpartofthebelt
underyourarmorotherwiseoutofposition.
—Severallayersofheavyclothingmayinter-
ferewithcorrectpositioningofbeltsandre-
ducetheoveralleffectiveness ofthesystem.
—Alwayskeepbeltbucklesfreeofanything
thatmaypreventthe bucklefromlatching
securely.
—Neverusecomfortclipsordevicesthatcre-
ateslackintheshoulderbelt.However,spe-
cialclipsmayberequiredfortheproper use
ofsomechildrestraintsystems.
—Tornorfrayedsafetybeltscantearand
damagedbelthardwarecanbreakinanacci-
dent.Inspectbeltsregularly.Ifwebbing,
bindings,buckles,orretractorsaredam-
aged,havebeltsreplacedby anauthorized
Audidealerorqualifiedworkshop.
—Safetybeltsthathavebeenwornandloaded
inanaccidentmustbereplacedwiththe
correctreplacementsafetybeltby anau-
thorizedAudidealer.Replacementmaybe
necessaryevenifdamagecannotbeclearly
seen.Anchoragesthatwereloadedmustal-
sobeinspected.
—Neverremove,modify,disassemble,ortry
torepairthesafetybeltsyourself.
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Safetybelts
eeela}
Unbucklethesafetybeltwiththeredrelease
buttononlyafterthevehiclehasstopped.
\
B4H-0270
Fig.151Releasing thetonguefromthebuckle
>Pushtheredreleasebuttononthe buckle
>fig.151.Thebelttonguewillspringoutof
thebuckle>/A\.
>Letthebeltwindupontheretractorasyou
guide thebelttonguetoitsstowedposition.
ZAWARNING
Neverunfastensafetybeltwhilethevehicleis
moving.Doingsowillincreaseyourriskofbe-
inginjuredorkilled.
Improperlywornsafetybelts
Incorrectlypositionedsafetybeltscancausese-
vereinjuries.
Wearingsafetybeltsimproperlycancauseseri-
ousinjuryordeath.Safetybeltscanonlywork
whentheyarecorrectlypositionedonthebody.
Improperseatingpositionsreducetheeffective-
ness ofsafetybeltsandwillevenincreasetherisk
ofinjuryanddeathbymovingthesafetybeltto
criticalareasofthebody.Improperseatingposi-
tionsalsoincreasetheriskofseriousinjuryand
deathwhenanairbagdeploysandstrikesanoc-
cupantwhoisnotinthecorrectseatingposition.
Adriverisresponsibleforthesafetyofallvehicle
occupantsandespeciallyfor children.Therefore:
>Neverpermitanyonetoassumeanincorrectsit-
tingpositioninthevehiclewhiletraveling
ofA.
186
ZAWARNING
Improperlywornsafetybeltsincreasetherisk
ofseriouspersonalinjuryanddeathwhenever
avehicleisbeingused.
—Alwaysmakesurethatallvehicleoccupants
arecorrectlyrestrainedandstayinacorrect
seatingpositionwhenever thevehicleisbe-
ingused.
—AlwaysreadandheedallWARNINGSand
otherimportantinformation>page183.
Safetybelttensioner
Howsafetybeltpretensionerswork
Pyrotechnicsafetybeltpretensioners
Seatbeltswithpyrotechnicsafetybeltpreten-
sionersaretensionedautomaticallyinseverecol-
lisions,dependingonthecircumstances.This
helpstoreducetheforwardmotionoftheoccu-
pants.
Z\WARNING
—Itispossibleforthepretensionerstodeploy
incorrectly.
—Anyworkonthetensionersystemorremov-
alandinstallationofsystemcomponents
forotherrepairsmustbeperformedbya
qualifiedworkshop.
— Thepyrotechnicsystemcanonlyprovide
protectionforonecollision.Ifthepyrotech-
nicpretensionersdeploy,thepretensioning
systemmustbereplaced.
G)Tips
—Afinedustisreleasedwhenthepyrotechnic
safetybeltpretensionersdeploy.Thisisnor-
malandisnotcausedbyafireinthevehi-
cle.
—Therelevantsafetyrequirementsmustbe
observedwhenthevehicleorcomponents
ofthesystemarescrapped.Aqualified
dealershipisfamiliarwiththeseregulations
andwillbepleasedtopassontheinforma-
tiontoyou.

Airbagsystem
sittingontheseat.Thepresenceofaddi-
tionalobjectscouldcausethepassenger
frontairbagtobeturnedonwhenitshould
beoff,orcouldcause theairbagtoworkina
waythatisdifferentfromthewayitwould
haveworkedwithouttheobjectontheseat.
Frontairbags
pyaatldomacealierle4
Theairbagsystemcanprovidesupplemental
protectiontoproperlyrestrained frontseatoccu-
pants.
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Fig.153Locationoffrontpassenger'sairbag:intheinstru-
mentpanel
Yourvehicleisequippedwithan“AdvancedAir-
bagSystem”incompliancewithUnitedStates
FederalMotorVehicleSafetyStandard
(FMVSS)208,aswellasCanadaMotorVehicle
SafetyStandard(CMVSS)208asapplicableat
thetimeyourvehiclewasmanufactured.
Theairbagforthedriverisinthesteeringwheel
hub&fig.152andtheairbagforthefront pas-
sengerisintheinstrumentpanel>fig.153.The
generallocationoftheairbagsismarked“AIR-
BAG”.
192
Thereisalotyouneedtoknowabouttheairbags
inyourvehicle.Weurgeyoutoreadthedetailed
informationaboutairbags,safetybeltsandchild
safetyinthisandtheotherchaptersthatmake
upthe owner'sliterature.Pleasebesuretoheed
theWARNINGS-theyareextremelyimportant
foryoursafetyandthesafety ofyourpassengers,
especiallyinfantsandsmallchildren.
Z\WARNING
Neverrelyonairbagsaloneforprotection.
—Evenwhentheydeploy,airbags provideonly
supplementalprotection.
—Airbagworkmosteffectivelywhenused
withproperlywornsafetybelts.
—Therefore,alwayswearyoursafetybeltsand
makesurethateverybodyinyourvehicleis
properlyrestrained.
—Alwaysholdthesteeringwheelwithboth
handsontheoutsideofthesteeringwheel
rimatthe9:00o'clockand3:00o'clockpo-
sitionstohelpreducetheriskofpersonalin-
juryifthedriver'sairbaginflates.
—Neverholdthesteeringwheelatthe12
o'clockpositionorwithyourhandsany-
whereinsidethesteeringwheeloronthe
steeringwheelhub.Holding thesteering
wheelthewrongwayincreasestheriskof
severeinjurytothearms,hands,andheadif
thedriverairbagdeploys.
ZAWARNING
Objectsbetweenyouandtheairbagwillin-
creasetheriskofinjuryinacrashbyinterfer-
ingwiththewaytheairbagunfoldsand/orby
beingpushedintoyouastheairbaginflates.
—Alwaysmakesurenothingisinthefrontair-
bagdeploymentzonethatcouldbestruck
bytheairbagwhenitinflates.
—Objectsinthezoneofadeployingairbagcan
becomeprojectileswhentheairbagdeploys
andcauseseriouspersonalinjury.
—Neverhold thingsinyourhandsoronyour
lapwhenthevehicleisinuse.
—Neverplaceaccessoriesorotherobjects
(suchascupholders,telephonebrackets,
notepads,navigationsystems,orthings