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Youcanalsodisplaytheonlinetrafficinforma-
tioninthesatellitemap*»)>page141orthe
standardmap>page138,fig.119
G)Tips
—Onlinetrafficinformationisnotavailablein
Canada.
—Alwaysreadthe chapter>page123,Audi
connect.
—HavingtheOnlinetrafficdatafunction
switchedonprovidesthemostaccuratere-
portsoftrafficsituationsaswellastraffic
forecasting.Yourvehicletransmitsand
processesitsanonymous,encryptedposi-
tioninformationatregularintervalstothe
trafficdataprovider.Ifyoudonotwantto
usethis,youcanswitchofftheonlinetraf-
ficinformationfunctionatanytime.
— Theonlinetrafficinformationnetworkis
currentlynotavailableinallcountries,and
thecoverageisnotnationwide.Foraddi-
tionalinformation,visitwww.audiusa.com.
Trafficinformation(TMC)
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
>Pressthe [NAV/MAP|buttonrepeatedlyuntil
themapisdisplayed.
>Select:leftcontrolbutton>Trafficmessages.
TMCtrafficmessagesareswitchedonatthefac-
tory.
Multipletrafficmessagesaresummarizedinthe
overviewunderthecorrespondingstreetnames
orhighwaynames.
—Displayingalltrafficmessagesforastreet/
highway:selectandconfirm the|¢symbol.A
listofallthetrafficmessagesfortheselected
street/highwayisdisplayed.
—Openingthedetailedviewofatrafficmes-
sage:ifyouselectanentryfromthelist,the
trafficinformationwillbeshownasa mappre-
view@)>page142,fig.122.Selectandcon-
2)AUDIAGprovidesaccesstoservicesfromthirdpartypro-
viders.Permanentavailabilitycannotbeguaranteed,be-
causethatdependsonthethirdpartyprovider.
firmatrafficmessagetodisplaythedetailsfor
thatmessage.
—Displayingtheselectedtrafficmessageonthe
map:selecttherightcontrolbutton>Showon
map.
—Displayingthenexttrafficmessageonthe
map:pressthecontrolknob.
Trafficinformationdisplay
Coloredwarningsymbols:trafficincidentson
yourrouteareshownintheuppersectionofthe
listandaresortedaccordingtodistance.
Warningsymbolswith+:avoidedtrafficinci-
dents.
Grayedoutwarningsymbols:trafficincidents
thatarenotonyourroute.Theyaresortedac-
cordingtoroadtype(expressway,highway,other
road),countryandname.
Shadedmarkingsindicatethelength ofthearea
withcongestion.
@)Tips
Criticaltrafficinformation,suchaswarnings
aboutwrong-waydrivers,isautomaticallydis-
played.Tohidethetrafficinformation,press
the[BACK] buttonorthecontrolknob.
—TMCtrafficreportsarenotavailableinCan-
ada.Formoreinformation,pleasecontact
SiriusCanada.
Betterroute
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
ByreceivingtrafficinformationthroughTMC,
yourMMIcalculatesabetterrouteifavailable
andthepossibletimesavedcomparedtothe
currentroute.You candecidewhichrouteyou
wouldliketouse.
NAV/MAP >Pressthe
the
mapisdisplayed.
buttonrepeatedlyuntil
Requirement:routeguidancemustbeactive.
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Navigation
IfyourMMIhascalculatedabetterroutethan
thecurrentrouteguidance,themessageAbetter
routeisavailable.appearsonthemapalong
withthetimethatmaybesaved.Abetterrouteis
indicatedinthemapviewby thesymbol#
=>page138,fig.119.
Applybetterroute
—Presstherightcontrolbuttoninthemapview.
Or:selecttheleftcontrolbutton>Trafficmes-
sages.Thebetterroutewiththecalculatedar-
rivaltimeisdisplayed.
Troubleshooting
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
—Selectandconfirmthebetterroute.Or:Select
andconfirmDetails todisplaydetailsaboutthe
betterroute.Youcanzoominoroutonthe
mapusingtheMMItouchcontrolpad. Require-
ment:theremustbemorethanoneoptimized
routecalculated.Pressthecontrolknobto
switchtothenextrouteinthedetailedview.
Closingthedetailedview:pressthe[BACK
button.
—Afteryouhaveselectedabetterroute,the
routewillberecalculated.
ProblemSolution
Freetextsearch:thedesireddes-
tinationcannotbefound.
tries/states.
Thedestinationmightnotbeenteredinthenavigationdatabase.
Or:checkthespellingofthetermthatwassearched.Checkifthe
desiredcountry/statewasselectedforthefreetextsearchusing
theCountry/stateselection>page131orthe optionAllcoun-
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Media
Media
Introduction
Therearevariousmediadrivesandconnections
availableintheMMI.Youcanplay,forexample,
audio/videofilesfromtheJukebox*orconnect
yourmobiledevicetotheAudimusicinterface*
andoperateitthroughtheMMI.
Notes
Mediaandformatrestrictions:theMMI(includ-
ingtheSDcardreaderandtheUSBstoragede-
viceconnection*)wastestedwithavarietyof
productsandmediaavailableinthemarket.
However,theremaybecaseswhereindividualde-
vicesormediaandaudio/video*filesmaynot be
recognized,mayplayonlywithrestrictionsor
maynotplayatall.
DigitalRightsManagement:pleasenotethat
theaudio/videofilesaresubjecttocopyrightpro-
tection.
Themediadrivesdonotplayfilesthatarepro-
tectedbyDRMandthatareidentifiedwiththe
symbolfii.
Datasecurity:neverstoreimportantdataonSD
cards,theJukebox*,CDs/DVDsormobiledevices.
AudiAGisnotresponsiblefordamagedorlost
filesandmedia.
Loadingtimes:themorefiles/folders/playlists
thatareonastoragemedium,thelongeritwill
taketo loadtheaudio/video*files.Audirecom-
mendsusingstoragemediathatonlycontainau-
dio/videofiles*.To decrease thetimeittakesto
loadaudio/videofiles*,createsubfolders(forex-
ample,fortheartistoralbum).Theloadingtime
willalsoincreasewhenimportingfiles.
Additionalinformation:whenplaying,audio
filesareautomaticallydisplayedwithanyaddi-
tionalinformationthatisstored(suchasthear-
tist,trackandalbumcover).Ifthisinformationis
notavailableonthestoragemedium,theMMI
willchecktheGracenotemetadatadatabase.
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However,insomecases,theadditionalinforma-
tionmaynotbedisplayed.
Restrictedfunctionality:resettheMediaset-
tingstothefactorydefaultsettingsiffunctional-
ityisrestricted>page170.
Iffunctionalityisrestricted,resettheJukebox*to
thefactorydefaultsettings>page170.
Forinformationaboutthepropertiesofsupport-
edmediaandfileformats,see>page164.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage123.
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
sleeveand donotexposethemtodirectsunlight.
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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—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.
Onlinemediaand
Internetradio
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnect
Youcanplaybackandoperatevariousonlineme-
diaservicesandInternetradiousingtheMMI.
>»Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page158,
fig.134isdisplayed.
Appliesto:usingonlinemediaandInternetradio
Requirement:
—ThemyAudiappmustbeinstalledandopenon
yourmobiledevice.
—YoumustbeloggedintoyourmyAudiaccount
inthemyAudiappandyoumusthaveselected
yourvehicle.
—TheWi-Fifunctiononthemobiledeviceandon
theMMImustbeswitchedon.
—Ifnecessary,checkinthe connectionmanager
=>page170ifthemobiledeviceyouconnected
isselectedundertheMMIconnectapp().
—TheMMImustbeconnectedtothenetwork.
—ThesymbolfortheOnlinemedia*source
=>page158,fig.134isshownintheMMI.
Appliesto:usingonlinemedia
Additionalrequirement:
—Asupportedonlinemediaservicemustbeavail-
ableinthecountrywherethevehicleisbeing
operated.
—Youmusthaveanaccountwithasupportedon-
linemediaservice.
—Dependingontheonlinemediaservice,you
mayneedtoinstallandopenanapponyour
mobiledevice.
StartingOnlinemedia
—Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page158is
displayed.
—Selectandconfirm anonlinemediaservice.
StartingInternetradio
—Pressthe|MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page158is
displayed.
—SelectandconfirmInternetradio.TheInternet
radiobrowserorthelaststationthatwasplay-
ingisshown.
—Selectingthestation:ifnecessary,selectand
confirmacategoryintheInternetradioBrows-
er>astation.
OnlinemediaandInternetradio::additionalop-
tions
—Presstherightcontrolbutton.
Thefollowingoptionsmaybeavailable,depend-
ingontheinformationshown(suchasthesta-
tion/trackthatiscurrentlyplaying):
—Soundsettings:see>page173.
—Wi-Fisettings:see>page128,Wi-Fisettings.
—Connectionmanager:see>page170.
—Additionaloptionsmaybeavailable,depending
ontheactiveonlinemediaserviceorInternet
radio.
ZA\WARNING
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devicesandothersimilardeviceswhenthe
vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose
objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.
—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readthewarningsinthechapter
>page188.>
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Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage123.
@)Tips
— Depending ontheInternetconnectionand
networktraffic,theconnectionmaydiscon-
nectedwhenonlinemediasourcesareplay-
ing.
—OnlinemediaandInternetradiousagede-
pendsontheserviceavailabilityofthethird
partyprovider.
—AudiAGsimplymakestheaccesstoonline
mediaservicespossiblethroughtheMMI
anddoesnottakeanyresponsibilityforthe
contentsoftheonlinemediaservices.
—Alwaysreadthechapter>page123,Audi
connect.
— Dependingonthemobiledevicebeingused,
theremaybeinterruptionsduringmedia
playbackandwhenusingthemyAudiapp.
Topreventinterruptionswhenusingamo-
biledevice,donotlockthescreenonyour
mobiledeviceandkeepthemyAudiappin
theforeground.
—ContactanauthorizedAudidealeror au-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforadditional
informationaboutonlinemedia.
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Multimediaconnections
OMFeeTomeNemeatsKole
USBchargingport
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,youcan
connectyourmobiledevices(suchasasmart-
phoneorMP3player)totheAudimusicinterface
oraUSBchargingportusingaspecialUSB
adapter.
oe|®
SO2
<
7
Fig.131AudiGenuineAccessories:USBadapter
RAH-9203|
@USBadapterfordeviceswithamicroUSBcon-
nection
@USBadapterfordeviceswithanAppleLight-
ningconnection
@USBadapterfordeviceswithUSBtypeCcon-
nection
@USBadapterfordeviceswithanAppleDock
connector
YoucanpurchasetheUSBadapterfromanau-
thorizedAudidealeroratspecialtystores.
()Note
HandletheUSBadaptercarefully.Donotal-
lowittobepinched.
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Audimusicinterface
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudimusicinterface
ConnectyourmobiledevicestotheAudimusic
interfaceinordertooperatethemthroughthe
MMIandchargethebattery.
put©ontheAudimusicinterfaceandthento
themobiledevice@)(such asanMP3playeror
smartphone).
—DisconnectingamobiledevicefromtheAUX
input:removethecableG)>fig.132fromthe
Audimusicinterface.
—Operation:selectandconfirm theExternalau-
dioplayersourceG)>page158,fig.133.The
mediaarestartedandoperatedthroughthe
mobiledevice@)>fig.132.
Fig.132Storagecompartmentinthe centerconsole:con-
nectingmobiledevices
USBInput
—ConnectingamobiledeviceusingaUSB
adapter:connecttheapplicableUSBadapter(2)
=>fig.132totheportontheAudimusicinter-
face@)andthenconnecttheadaptertothe
mobiledevice@(such asaniPod).
—ChargingamobiledeviceusingaUSBadapter:
whenyouconnectamobiledevicetotheAudi
musicinterface@)usingtheapplicableUSB
adapter@)>fig.132,thebatterywillauto-
maticallycharge.
—DisconnectingamobiledevicefromtheAudi
musicinterface:removetheUSBadapter(2)
>fig.132fromtheAudimusicinterface@)
>fig.132.
—DisconnectingmobiledeviceswithanApple
Dockconnector:removetheAppleDockcon-
nectorfromtheAppledevicewiththerelease
tabspressedin@)>page156,fig.131.
Themediaarestartedandoperatedthroughthe
mobiledeviceortheMMI,dependingonthede-
vicebeingused>page158.
Connectingmultiplemobiledevices:ifamobile
device(suchasasmartphone)isconnectedatthe
respectiveUSBportonthe Audimusicinterface,
thenalldevicescan beusedasaplaybacksource.
AUXInput
—Connectingamobiledevice totheAUXinput:
connectthecable(G)>fig.132totheAUXin-
Z\WARNING
Drivingrequiresyourcompleteandundivided
attention.Asthedriver,youhavecompletere-
sponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Neveroperate
mobiledeviceswhiledriving,becausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
Gq)Note
—RemovetheconnectorfromtheAudimusic
interfacecarefullysoit isnotdamaged.
—UseaUSBextensioncabletoconnectdevi-
cesthathaveanintegratedUSBconnector
(such asaUSBstick)topreventdamageto
yourUSBdeviceandthe Audimusicinter-
face.
—Extremelyhighorlow temperaturesthat
canoccurinsidevehiclescandamagemobile
devicesand/orimpairtheirperformance.
Neverleavemobiledevicesinthevehiclein
extremelyhighorlowtemperatures.
@)Tips
—Whenyouswitchtheignitionoff,theUSB
portsarestillsupplied withpoweruntilthe
energymanagementintervenes.
—DonotuseanadditionaladapterorUSBex-
tensioncabletoconnectmobiledevicesto
the Audimusicinterfacethatalreadyhavea
cableorthatmustbeconnectedwithaUSB
adapter(=page156).Using anadditional
adapterorUSextensioncablemayimpair
functionality.
—YoucanpurchasetheAUXconnectorcable
fromanauthorizedAudidealeror atspe-
cialtystores.
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Media
Supportedmediaandfileformats
Thefollowingaudio/videofilesaresupportedbytheDVDdrive,theJukebox*,theSDcardreaderand
theconnectionforUSBstoragedevices:
AudiofilesVideofiles*
SupportedSD/SDHC/SDXC/MMCmemorycards:withacapacityupto128GB
mediaDVDdrive:audioCDs(upto80min.)withCDtext(artist,album,song)*,CD-ROMswith
acapacityupto700MB;DVD+R/RW;DVDvideo;DVDaudiowithaudiotracksthatare
compatiblewithaDVDvideoplayer
Audimusicinterface:mobiledevices>page156suchasiPodsandMTPplayers,USB
storagedevicesin“USBDeviceSubclass1and6”thatconformtoUSB2.0:USBsticks,
USBMP3players(Plug-and-Playcapable),externalUSBflashdrivesandharddrives
FilesystemMemorycards:exFAT,FAT,FAT32,NTFS
USBstoragedevices:FAT,FAT32,NTFS
USBstoragedevicepartitions:2perUSBconnection
CD/DVDfilesystems: ISO9660,Joliet,UDF
MetadataAlbumcover:GIF,JPG,PNGwithmax.
800x800px.Thealbumcoverfromthe
mediumorfromGracenoteisdisplayed,
dependingonavailability.
FormatMPEGWindows|MPEGFLACMPEGMPEG4|WindowsMediaVid-
1/2Media2/41/2AVCe09
Layer-3|Audio9(H.264)
and10
Fileexten-|.mp3.wma.m4a;-flac-Mpg;-mp4;.wmy;
sion.m4b;-mpeg.mA4v;.asf
aac-Mov;
avi
Playlists-M3U;.PLS;.WPL;.M3U8;.ASX
Characteris-|uptomaximum320kbit/sand|48kHz uptomaximum2,000kbit/sand
tics48kHzsamplingfrequencies|sampling720x576px.atmaximum25fps
frequency
NumberofDVDdrive*:max.1,000filespermedium
filesJukebox*:approximately10GBstoragespace;max.3,000filescan beimported
USBstoragedevicesandmemorycards:max.10,000filespermedium;max.1,000
filesperplaylist/directory
@Ti—Specialcharacters(suchasthoseinID3tag
ips::::
information)maydisplaydifferentlyormay
notalwaysdisplay,dependingonthesys-
temlanguage.
— ThemediadrivesdonotsupporttheWin-
dowsMediaAudio9Voiceformat.
—ToeeMP3files,abitrateoiatleast—Themanufacturerofthestoragedevicecan
160kbit/sisrecommended.Thedisplayprovideinformationaboutits“USBDevice
showingtheremainingplaytimemaydifferSubclass”.
forMP3fileswithvariablebitrate.
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—SomeMTPplayerfunctionsarenotsupport-
ed,suchasratingmusictracksandvideo
playback.
Appliesto:vehicleswithaCDdrive
ThefollowingaudiofilepropertiesaresupportedbytheCDdrive:
Audiofiles
SupportedAudioCDs(upto80min)withCDtext(artist,album,track)*,CD-ROMswithacapaci-
mediatyofupto700MB
FilesystemCDfilesystem:ISO9660,Joliet,UDF
MetadataAlbumcover:GIF,JPG,PNGwithmax.800x800px.Thealbumcoverfromthemedi-
ummaybedisplayed,dependingonavailability.
FormatMPEG1/2WindowsMediaAu-|MPEG2/4 FLAC
Layer-3dio9and10
Fileextension|.mp3.wma.m4a;flac
-m4b;
aac
Playlists-M3U;.PLS;.WPL;.M3U8;.ASX
Characteristicsuptomaximum320kbit/sand48kHzsamplingfrequencies
48kHzsampling
frequency
Numberof
files
Maximum1,000filespermedium
@)Tips
—TocompressMP3files,abitrateofatleast
160kbit/sisrecommended.Thedisplay
—Specialcharacters(suchasthoseinID3tag
information)maydisplaydifferentlyormay
temlanguage.
showingtheremainingplaytimemaydiffer
forMP3fileswithvariablebitrate.
Troubleshooting
notalwaysdisplay,dependingonthesys-
ProblemSolution
Audimusicinterface*/Bluetoothau-
dioplayer*:mobiledeviceisnotsup-
ported.
Readtheinstructionsinthechapter>page156,Multimedia
connections/=>page153,Bluetoothaudioplayer.Youcan
learnaboutsupportedmobiledevicesintheAudidatabasefor
mobiledevicesatwww.audiusa.com/bluetooth.
Audimusicinterface*/AUXinput:the
volumeistoohigh/toolowwhen
startingplaybackthroughtheAUXin-
put.
Adjustthevolumeofthemobiledevicetoapproximately70%
ofthemaximumoutput>page161,Inputlevel.>
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