Stowingandusing
Stowingandusing
Ashtray
Appliesto:vehicleswithashtray
2 3 e >
coa
Fig.42Centerarmrestfoldedup:ashtray
Theashtrayisplacedinthecenterconsoleunder
the centerarmrest.
Openingandclosing
>Toopenorclosetheashtray,foldthecoverup
ordown.
Emptying
>Toemptytheashtray,pullitupwardandout.
Z\WARNING
Neverusetheashtraytoholdpaper,because
thisincreasestheriskofafire.
Cigarettelighter
Fig.43Centerarmrestfoldedup:cigarettelighter
Thecigarettelighteronlyworkswhentheigni-
tionisswitchedon.
> Foldthe centerarmrestuptoreachtheciga-
rettelighter,ifnecessary.
>
Pressthecigarettelighterin.
42
>Removethecigarettelighterwhenitpopsout.
Thecigarettelightermaybeusedasapower
sourceforthetiremobilitykit/compactspare
tire*compressoronlywhenabsolutelynecessary.
Z\WARNING
—Thecigarettelighteronlyworkswhentheig-
nitionisswitchedon.Incorrectusagecan
leadtoseriousinjuriesorburns.To reduce
theriskofinjuries,neverleavechildrenun-
attendedinthevehiclewiththevehiclekey.
—Becarefulwhenusingthecigarettelighter.
Inattentiveorunsuperviseduseoftheciga-
rette
lightercancauseburns.
Powersources
Whentheignitionisswitchedon,youmaybe
abletouse theelectricpowersourcesforexter-
naldevices,dependingonthevehicleequipment.
12voltsockets
Youcanconnectelectricalaccessoriestothe12
voltsockets.Thepowerusagemustnotexceed
120watts.
The12voltsocketsarelabeledwiththe&or
12Vsymbol.Theyarelocatedinthefrontcenter
console*andonthesidetrimpanelinthelug-
gagecompartment*.
USBports
Appliesto:vehicleswithUSBport
Youcan chargemobiledevicesusingtheUSB
ports.TheUSBportsarelabeledwiththe«<>or
[4symbolorCHARGEONLY.
Z\WARNING
—Toreducetheriskoffatalinjury,storeall
connecteddevicessecurelywhendrivingso
that
theydonotmovearoundinsidetheve-
hiclewhenbrakingorintheeventofanacci-
dent.
—Incorrectusagecanleadtoseriousinjuries
orburns.Toreducetheriskofinjuries,never
leavechildrenunattendedinthevehicle
withthevehiclekey.>
IntelligentTechnology
—Thereisnovehiclestabilizationwhen
ESC/ASRareswitchedoff.
@)Tips
—Whenthecruisecontrolsystem*isswitched
on,ESC/ASRcannotbeswitchedofforsport
modecannotbeswitchedon.
—MalfunctionsintherearspoilerortheAudi
magneticridemaymakeitimpossibleto
switchtheESC/ASRoffor toswitchsport
modeon.
Brakes
Youcanapplythevehicle'sbrakesusingthebrake
pedal.
Operatingnoise
Noisesmayoccurwhenbrakingdependingonthe
speed,
brakingforce,andoutsideconditionssuch
astemperatureandhumidity.
Brakingeffect
Theresponsetimefromthebrakesdependson
theweatherandenvironmentalconditions.To
ensuretheoptimumbrakingeffect,thebrake
systemiscleanedatregularintervals.Thisis
donebyapplyingthebrakepadstothebrakero-
torsforashortperiodoftimewhendrivingat
highspeedswhenthewindshieldwipersare
switchedon.
Ifthebrakesystembecomesdamp,forexample
afterdrivinginheavyrain,thebrakingeffectmay
bedelayed.Otherfactorsthatcouldtemporarily
increasetheresponsetimeofthebrakesinclude:
—Wetconditions
—Lowtemperatures,ice,andsnow
—Roadscoveredinsalt
—Dirtybrakepads
Corrosion
Corrosionmayformonthebrakerotorsifthereis
noheavybraking,ifthevehicleisnotdrivenfor
longperiodsoftime,orifthevehicleisnotdriv-
enfrequentlyorforlongdistances.Inthiscase,
brakingheavilyseveraltimeswhiledrivingat
highspeedscancleanthebrakerotors>A\.
86
Brakepads
Newbrakepadsdonotachievetheirfullbraking
effectduringthefirst250miles(400km).They
mustbe“brokenin”first.However,youcancom-
pensatefortheslightlyreducedbrakingforceby
pressingfirmlyonthebrakepedal.Avoidheavy
brakingduring thebreak-inperiod.
Brakepadweardependslargelyonthewaythe
vehicleisdrivenandonoperatingconditions.
Brakepadwearincreaseswhendrivingfrequently
inthecityorshortdistancesorwhenusingavery
sportydrivingstyle.
Ceramicbrakes
Appliesto:vehicleswithceramicbrakes
Ceramicbrakesprovideexcellentdeceleration
rates.
Thebreak-inperiodfornewceramicbrakesmay
besignificantlylongerthanforstandardbrake
rotors.Duetothepropertiesofthematerial,
theymaycausenoisesatlowerspeeds.Ceramic
brakesalsoabsorbmoremoistureinwetcondi-
tions.Therefore,therewilltemporarilybeless
brakingforcethanwhenthebrakesaredry.You
cancompensateforthisbypressingthebrake
pedalharder.
AWARNING
—Onlyapplythebrakesforthepurposeof
cleaningthebrakesystemwhenroadand
trafficconditionspermit.Youmustnoten-
dangerotherroadusersandincreasethe
riskofanaccident.
—Duetotheriskofinjury,onlyhaveanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityworkonthebrakesystem.
Incorrectrepairscouldimpairthefunction.
—Neverletthevehiclerollwhiletheengineis
stoppedbecausethisincreasestheriskofan
accident.
— Depending onvehicleequipment,thebrake
pedalmaymovedownwardautomatically
duringautonomousbrakingmaneuvers.To
reducetheriskofinjury,donotplaceyour
footunderthebrakepedal.
Telephone
Importingandexportingcontacts
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
ContactsinvCardformat(.vcf)canbeimported
intothedirectoryorexported.
Requirement:anSDcard mustbeintheSDcard
reader>page151oraUSBstoragedevicemust
beconnectedtotheAudimusicinterface*
=>page156.
>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton>Directory.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Contactsettings.
—Importingcontactsfromastoragedevice:se-
lectandconfirmImportcontacts>SDcard
1/SDcard2orUSBdevice1/USBdevice2>
desiredcontacts>Startimport.
—Exportingcontactstoastoragedevice:select
andconfirmExportcontacts>SDcard1/SD
card2orUSBdevice1/USBdevice2>desired
contacts>Startexport.
—Selectingallcontactsatoncetoimport/
export:selectandconfirmImportcontacts/Ex-
portcontacts>SDcard1/SDcard2orUSBde-
vice1/USBdevice2>All>Startimport/Start
export.
GTips
—Alwaysreadthechapter>page123,Audi
connect.
—ForadditionalinformationonthemyAudi
account,visitwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
— Theimportedcontactsarestoredinthelo-
calmemoryofthedirectory.
—Amaximumof1,000contactscanbeim-
ported.Youcancheckthedirectorymemory
capacityatanytime>page121.
—Neversaveimportantdataonmemorycards
orUSBstoragedevices.Audiisnotresponsi-
blefordamagedorlostfilesandmedia.
—Contactsthatweredownloadedfromamo-
biledevicecannotbeexported.
—Thereshouldbenootherfilesor folderson
thestoragemediumcontainingthecontacts
tobeimported.
1)Dependsontheconnectedcellphone.
120
Settings
Telephonesettings
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>rightcon-
trolbutton>Telephonesettings.
Calloptions*
Multi-partycalling:can be switchedon/off.
Ringtoneandvolumesettings!)
UsingtheMutetelephonefunction,youcan
switchtheringtoneonyourMMIonoroff.You
canplaytheringtonesusingtheRingtonefunc-
tion.Selectandconfirm anentryfromthelist.
FortheRingtonevolume/Messagevolumeset-
tings,see>page173.TheMicrophoneinput
levelcanbeadjustedduringaphonecallusing
thecontrolknob.
G)Tips
—Severalmobiledevicescan bepairedwith
theMMI,butonlytwo*mobiledevicescan
beactivelyconnected.
—TodeleteallpairedBluetoothdevices,the
Bluetoothfunctioncanberesettothefac-
torydefaultsettings>page170.
Additionaloptions
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>rightcon-
trolbutton.
Connectionmanager
See>page170.
Bluetoothsettings
See>page171.
Onlinesettings*
See>page172.
Wi-Fisettings
See>page128,Wi-Fisettings.
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.
150
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>
Media
Appliesto:vehicleswithaCDdrive
a
RAH-8826|
Fig.130Glovecompartment:CDdrive
—LoadingaCD: theCDispulledinautomatically.
SlidetheCDstraightintotheCDslot@)
=>fig.130withthelabelfacingup.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCDcontainssupported
audiofiles>page165,CDdrive.
—Ejecting aCD:pressthebutton@>fig.130.
TheCDispulledinagainautomaticallyifitisnot
removedfromtheslotwithin tensecondsof
ejectingit.
TheCDdriveisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMI>page158,Playingmedia.
@)Note
—NeverforceaCDintothedrive.TheCDis
pulledinautomatically.
—DonotinsertCDswithlabelsintothedrive.
LabelscancomeloosefromtheCDand
damagethedrive.
@Tips
CDplaybackcannotbeguaranteedwithaudio
filesthathaveahighdatarate.
152
Appliesto:vehicleswithJukebox
AfteryouhavefilledtheJukeboxwithmusic
and/orvideos,forexamplefrom yourSDcard,
youcanplaythesefilesdirectlyfromtheJuke-
box.TheJukeboxmemorycapacityisapproxi-
mately10GB.
>Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page158is
displayed.SelectandconfirmJukebox.
AddingfilestotheJukebox
—Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverview>page158is
displayed.Selectoneofthefollowingsources
tocopytotheJukebox:SDcard,CD-ROM,DVD-
ROM*,USBstoragedevice*.
Requirement:themediacenter(forexample,
tracks,albums)mustbeopen.
—Selectinganentry:selectanentryfromthe
mediacenter.Select:rightcontrolbutton>
Copytojukebox>Thisentryor Entirelist.
Requirement:theplaylistmustbe open.See
=>page161.
—Selectingatrack:selectthetrackthatiscur-
rently playing.Select:rightcontrolbutton>
Copytojukebox>ThistrackorEntirealbumor
Thisartist.
Requirement:avideofilemustbeplaying.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Copytojukebox.
Thecopyingprocessbegins.Thestatusofthe
copyingprocessisshownintheMMI.
—Hidingtheimportingprocess:selectandcon-
firm
Continuecopyinginbackground.Theim-
portingprocessishidden.
—Cancelingtheimportingprocess:selectand
confirmCancelcopying:Or:removethesource
thatisbeingimported.Filesalreadycopiedre-
main.
Requirement:thecopyingprocessmustbeactive
inthebackground.
—Showingthecopyingprocess:select:right
controlbutton>Copyinginprogress.
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.
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SO2
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Fig.131AudiGenuineAccessories:USBadapter
RAH-9203|
@USBadapterfordeviceswithamicroUSBcon-
nection
@USBadapterfordeviceswithanAppleLight-
ningconnection
@USBadapterfordeviceswithUSBtypeCcon-
nection
@USBadapterfordeviceswithanAppleDock
connector
YoucanpurchasetheUSBadapterfromanau-
thorizedAudidealeroratspecialtystores.
()Note
HandletheUSBadaptercarefully.Donotal-
lowittobepinched.
8S1012721BA
Media
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.
157
Media
—Audirecommendssettingthevolumeofa
mobiledeviceconnectedtotheAUXinputto
approximately70%ofthemaximumvol-
ume.
—Functionalityisnotguaranteedformobile
devicesthatdonotconformtotheUSB2.0
specification.
—USBhubsarenotsupported.
—SomeversionsoftheiPodsuchastheiPod
shufflecannotbeconnectedtotheUSB
adapterfordeviceswithAppleDockconnec-
tor.ConnectthesedevicesusingaAUXcon-
nectorcable.
—Videoplaybackthroughthe Audimusicin-
terfaceisonlysupportediftheconnected
deviceisrecognizedasaUSBstoragedevice
(forexampleaUSBstick).Appledevicesand
MTPdevices(such assmartphones)arenot
recognizedasUSBstoragedevices.
—iPod oriPhonemalfunctionsalsoaffectthe
operationoftheMMI.ResetyouriPod or
iPhoneifthishappens.
—Forimportantinformationonoperating
youriPodoriPhone,refertotheuserguide
forthedevice.Audirecommendsupdating
theiPodoriPhonesoftwaretothelatest
version.
—Formoreinformationaboutthe Audimusic
interfaceandsupporteddevices,checkthe
Audidatabaseformobiledevicesatwww.
audiusa.com/mp3orcontactanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFa-
cility.
Playingmedia
Accessingmedia
Youcanstartandoperatevariousmediathrough
theMMIcontrolpanel.
Ue@@|Jukebox
@—eies
[RAH-8519]
@—§Audimusicinterface
evaudioplayer
Fig.133Diagram:possiblesourcesintheMediamenu
158
RAH-8520Bluetoothaudioplayer
=~Wi-Fiaudioplayer
Onlinemedia
Fig.134Diagram:possiblesourcesintheMediamenu
Requirement:amediasourcemustcontainau-
dio/video*files>page151.
>Pressthe[MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrol
buttonuntilthesourcesoverviewisdisplayed.
>Selectandconfirmthedesiredsource.Or:press
the[MEDIA]buttonrepeatedlyuntilthedesired
sourceisselected.
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,thefollow-
ingsourcesmaybedisplayedintheMediamenu:
Switchtoradio:the Radiomenuopens
=>page145.
RD):JUKEDOX®wesssserex xsemeveeee152
@DVD/CDdrive*................ISI,152
@SDeardreader................151
@Audimusicinterface*...........157
suchasiPod,USBstick
©Externalaudioplayer...........157
suchasanMP3playerconnectedto
theAUXinput
©Bluetoothaudioplayer*........153
@Wi-Fiaudioplayer*............154
Onlinemedia*andInternetradio”.155
—Playingaudio/videofiles:selectasourceinthe
Mediamenu>category(suchasartists>al-
bum>track).
—Movingonelevelupinthefolderstructure:
pressthe[BACK]button.Or:selectandconfirm
Folderup.
>