Audi connect (infotainment)
Important1'
Your mobile phone must support the Bluetooth
remote SIM Access Profile (Bluetooth rSAP).
For information regarding which Bluetooth
con
nections and functions your mobile phone sup
ports,
contact your mobile network service pro
vider or consult the mobile device database at
www.audi.com/bluetooth
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169.
The vehicle must be stationary, and the ignition
must be switched on.
The Bluetooth function and the discoverability
option of the MMI system
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202 and the
mobile phone must be activated.
The mobile phone you would like to connect must
not be connected activeLy to any other Bluetooth
device. The MMI must not be connected to a mo
bile phone.
Access to your SIM card (SIM
Access)
must be ac
tivated on your mobile phone.
Connecting a mobile phone
•
Select:
|MENU|
button
>
Audi connect.
•
SeLect and confirm Activate data connection.
•
Select and confirm Connect mobile phone >
Continue.
•
Select and confirm the desired mobile phone
from the list of Bluetooth devices shown. Or:
Search for the MMI system via the Bluetooth
device search function on your mobile phone.
•
Enter the PIN to establish a connection on your
mobile phone. If the PIN is already being dis
played on your mobile phone, confirm it on the
phone and the MMI. You have about 30 sec
onds to enter the PIN.
Please note any additional system queries on
your mobile phone, e.g. whether the phone
should connect automatically in the future. On
some mobiLe phones, you may aLso need to
download the directory separately.
•
You can now enter the PIN code for your SIM
card on the MMI.
Not available in all markets. Applies to mobile phones
with Bluetooth remote SIM Access Profile on vehicles with
Audi connect (infotainment) and Audi phone box*.
•
To allow the MMI to connect automatically in
the future, select and confirm Yes.
After connecting successfully
After the connection has been established suc
cessfully, you will be shown a short message
con
taining information on the profiles used to estab
lish the connection. You can make changes to the
profiles via
|MENU|
>
Settings > left control but
ton > MMI settings > Connection manager
ï>page
258. This can also be done at
a
later
time.
The signal strength symbol ©, connection type
symbol®
and Bluetooth
symbol
© will appear
in the status line of the infotainment dispLay
when the mobiLe phone has been connected suc
cessfully
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161.
•
Confirm the system query of whether an Inter
net connection should be established with Yes,
always connect if necessary.
You can now use Audi connect infotainment serv
ices.
(7) CAUTION
- The connection via the eSIM card
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191 is disconnected when you use
your own SIM
card.
All data connections for
all Audi connect infotainment services will
use your SIM
card.
Depending on your net
work provider, you may be charged for this
service, especially if
you
are using the sys
tem abroad. We therefore strongly recom
mend
that
you use an unlimited data
plan.
For more information, contact your service
provider.
- In order to use Audi connect infotainment
services via the remote SIM Access Profile,
you will need a SIM card with a data option;
to use LTE*, the SIM card will also need to
have an LTE data option. •
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- It is only possible to connect a mobile
phone via the remote SIM Access Profile on
vehicles with the Audi phone box.
- Bluetooth devices only have to be bonded
once.
Depending on the mobile phone you
are using, any devices that have already
been bonded to the MMI system are connec
ted automatically when they are within
range and the ignition is on. You can bond
several mobile phones to the MMI system;
however only one connection is active at a
time.
- You receive the SIM PIN and the PUK from
your mobile network service provider to
gether with the SIM
card.
If
you
enter the
SIM PIN code incorrectly three
times1)
in a
row, the SIM card will be be blocked. A PUK
(personal unblocking key) must be entered
in order to reactivate the SIM
card.
-The Bluetooth connection between the sys
tem and the mobile phone is automatically
terminated when you leave the car.
- For further information regarding your mo
bile phone, contact your mobile network
service provider or refer to the operating in
structions for your mobile phone. For infor
mation on using a phone in your car, please
go online (e.g. www.audi.com/bluetooth)
or ask an Audi dealer.
Option 2.3: Using a personal Wi-Fi hotspot
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment) and per
sonal Wi-Fi hotspot
Important
The vehicle must be stationary, and the ignition
must be switched on.
Your mobile device and mobile network provider
must support the mobile Wi-Fi hotspot function.
The personal Wi-Fi hotspot on your mobiLe device
must be activated.
Other devices must be permitted to access the
mobiLe hotspot.
Connecting the MMI to a personal hotspot
•
Select:
|MENU|
button
>
Telephone
>
right
con
trol button
>
Wi-Fi settings
>
Wi-Fi
>
on.
•
Then select and confirm Network search. The
devices found will be shown on the infotain
ment display.
• Select and confirm your personal Wi-Fi hotspot
from the List.
•
You may need to enter the password specified
by your mobile device.
• Select and confirm OK.
A
WARNINf
Mobile devices, tablet and Laptop computers
and devices of
a
similar weight can only be
operated safely when the vehicLe is stationary.
Like any loose object, they can be catapulted
through the vehicle in an accident and cause
serious injuries. Always make sure that such
devices are securely stowed while you are
driving.
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The connection via the eSIM card
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191
is disconnected when you use your own SIM
card.
All data connections for all Audi connect
infotainment services will use your SIM
card.
Depending on your network provider, you may
be charged for this service, especially if you
are using the system abroad. We therefore
strongly recommend
that
you use an unlimi
ted data
plan.
For more information, contact
your service provider.
- The Connection to personal hotspot option
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202 will be switched on
([vf)
auto
matically during the network search.
- Please contact your mobile network service
provider to find out which functions your
mobiLe device supports.
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The number of possible attempts depends on the SIM
card.
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If necessary, confirm the message shown by se
lecting Accept.
The Audi connect infotainment services available
will be listed on the infotainment display
^Fig.
171.
You can also filter the Audi connect infotainment
services by category:
•
Select: 1MENU| button
>
Audi connect
>
left
control button > e.g. Navigation for the Audi
connect infotainment services in the navigation
menu
•=>page
200.
Audi connect
infotainment services
Basic functions
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Specific functions for individual Audi connect in
fotainment services may be available in the serv
ice's selection menu
<=s>page
154. Basic functions
can be accessed in the relevant options menu:
•
Select: |MENU| button
>
Audi connect
>
desired
Audi connect infotainment
service
> right
con
trol button.
Depending on the Audi connect infotainment
service you wish to use, the following basic func
tions may be available:
Save as a preview*
You can save every Audi connect (infotainment)
service as a preview and have it displayed on the
Audi connect infotainment homepage
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196, Fig. 171.
Show on map
You can have selected content displayed on the
map and use
it
for route guidance.
Login
Refer to
^>page
196, Logging into myAudi in the
vehicle.
Read"
You can have the MMI read out some types of
content.
Call*
If
a
telephone number has been stored for an en
try, you can call the number
and,
for example, re
serve tickets.
Start route guidance
If
an
entry contains a location, e.g. in City
events,
this can be used as a navigation destina
tion.
The route guidance function will be started
immediately.
Change search area
The search area selected can be changed at any
time.
For more information on search areas,
please refer to
^>page
211.
Closing an Audi connect infotainment service
You can close an Audi connect infotainment serv
ice at any time and go back to the homepage
^>page
196, Fig. 171, regardless of which func
tion you were using.
Data plans
Applies to: vehicles with an embedded SIM card
In connection with the eSIM for Audi connect in
fotainment
services
which use the Wi-Fi hotspot
(e.g. online media), you can purchase data plans
directly in the vehicle from a selected mobile
network provider.
Important:
You must be registered as the eSIM card owner
(SIM owner)
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191 in the mobile network
provider's customer portal and have purchased a
data
plan.
Further information can be found on
the Internet at my.audi.com.
You must have activated the in-car data plan pur
chases function in the network provider's cus
tomer
portal.
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Select:
|MENU|
button
>
Audi connect
>
Data
plans.
The following functions are available:
Current data plans
An overview of your current data plans, including
the plan period and data volume, is shown on the
infotainment display.
Purchase data plan
- Select and confirm the desired data plan from
the list.
- Confirm your purchase of the selected data
plan.
Delete SIM owner
You can delete the SIM owner at any time in the
vehicle, for instance when selling the vehicle.
This will delete the SIM owner in the vehicle, and
you will not be able to purchase any data plans.
Support
You can
call
the support hotline if
you
require as
sistance or have any questions regarding data
plans.
© CAUTION
- Please note that, when using your own SIM
card,
you will be unable to use any current
data plans or purchase any new ones.
- Please always observe the information
<=>©
in Wi-Fi hotspot on page 202.
© Note
- Please note that any vehicle passenger can
delete the SIM owner.
- Please note that any passenger can pur
chase data plans at the SIM owner's ex
pense when the in-car data plan purchases
function is activated. You can set
a
purchase
limit in the mobiLe network provider's cus
tomer portal.
- When selling your vehicle, you should de
lete the vehicle in the network provider's
customer portal to prevent any further pur
chases at your expense.
-The vehicle and the associated VIN which
are stored in the network provider's custom
er portal are not be deleted automatically
when you delete the SIM owner in the
vehi
cle.
This must be done separately in the cus
tomer
portal.
- For journeys abroad, you will need to pur
chase appropriate data plans.
Parking information
Applies
to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Information on places to park and parking fees in
the search area seLected (e.g. In immediate vi
cinity).
•
Select and confirm Parking information.
You can use the right control button to sort the
car parks by distance or by availability.
Travel information
Applies
to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Information on landmarks in the search area se
lected.
•
SeLect an confirm a Landmark to have details
displayed.
Fuel prices
Applies
to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Information on filling stations with the cheapest
prices for your vehicle in the search area selected.
•
Select and confirm Fuel prices.
You can use the right control button to sort the
fuel prices by price or by distance.
Weather
Applies
to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Information on the current weather and weather
forecasts for the search area selected.
•
Select and confirm Weather.
You can also have the current weather displayed,
e.g.
on the map.
•
Select: left control button > an
entry.
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Flight information
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Information on flights and current arrival/depar
ture times in the search area selected.
•
Select and confirm Flight information.
Train information
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Information on bus stops, train stations and cur
rent arrival/departure times in the search area
selected.
•
Select and confirm Train information.
You can use the right controL button to select the
train information you require.
City events
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Information on events of different categories in
the search area selected.
•
Select: City events
>
left control button > a
cat
egory.
Online news
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
With this service, you can call up the latest head
lines from your preferred news providers in the
MMI.
Important: You must have subscribed to news
feeds via your myAudi account and your vehicle
must be connected to myAudi
<^>page
196.
•
Select: Online news > desired news feed
>
a
headline.
© Note
If
you
have not yet subscribed to any personal
news feeds in your myAudi account, pre-con-
figured news feeds will be shown.
Twitter
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
You
can
access
the most important functions of
your Twitter account via the MMI.
Important:
You must have linked your myAudi account to
Twitter. Further information can be found on the
Internet at my.audi.com.
You must have linked your vehicle to myAudi
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196.
•
Select: Twitter
>
left control button > function
desired (e.g. Trends).
You can choose the following categories in the
Twitter menu:
- My tweets: New tweets and tweets you have
composed are listed.
- Home: All the tweets from people you are
fol
lowing are displayed.
-Trends: Topics currently being favoured for dis
cussion within a particular country.
Different functions will be available depending
on the Twitter category you choose:
- New tweet: You can send a new tweet with the
help of ready-made templates or text blocks
created personally using myAudi.
- Refresh: The selected Twitter function is upda
ted.
- Favourite: You can "favourite" a tweet to show
that
you like it.
- Retweet: You can repost a tweet to share it
with other people.
- Further settings (such as your account,
lan
guage,
Tweet privacy, and location settings)
cannot be changed in the MMI. If
you
wish
to change anything in these menus, please
do so on the Twitter website itself.
- Further information on the individual
tem
plates can be found online at my.audi.com.
- You can only connect one Twitter account to
your myAudi account.
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- Audi connect (infotainment) enables you to
access the Twitter service. Audi cannot
guarantee that these services will be availa
ble indefinitely; this is the responsibility of
Twitter.
Travel guide
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
Using the Audi MMI connect app, you can store
special destinations
on
your mobile device (e.g.
smartphone) and
use
them for route guidance
on the MMI.
Important:
The Audi MMI connect app must have been in
stalled and started on your mobile device.
You must be logged in to your myAudi account in
the Audi MMI connect app and must have selec
ted your vehicle.
The Wi-Fi function must be activated on your mo
bile device and on the MMI.
A network connection must be set up on the MMI
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203.
*•
Select:
|MENU|
button
>
Audi connect
>
left
control button > Category Information
>
Trav
el.
After you call up the travel guide, you will be
shown travel tips for the area you are currently
in.
These include current ratings and the category
they belong to.
•
Press the left control button to change the cat
egory (e.g. bars nearby).
A WARNING
- MobiLe devices, tablet and laptop computers
and devices of
a
similar weight can only be
operated safely when the vehicle is station
ary. Like any loose object, they can be cata
pulted through the vehicle in an accident
and cause serious injuries. Always make sure
that such devices are securely stowed while
you are driving.
- No Wi-Fi devices may be used from the front
seats in the areas around the airbags while
the vehicle is being driven. Please also ob
serve the safety warnings in the chapter on
tapage
282, Front airbags.
® CAUTION
Please always observe the information
•=>©
in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 202.
© Note
- Measurement units, language settings and
times are displayed on the infotainment dis
play according to the how they are set in the
system settings
^>page
255.
Audi connect (infotainment) in the
navigation system
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi connect
(infotainment)
•
Select:
|MENU|
button
>
Audi connect
>
left
control button > Navigation.
The following Audi connect infotainment services
are currently available:
- Navigation with Google Earth and Google
Street View
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222.
- Online point of interest search with speech
dialogue system (e.g. restaurants): For
plan
ning a route using the MMI control console
^page
212 and the speech dialogue system
^>page
164.
- Adding a destination to your MMI via your
myAudi account or Google Maps
^>page
222.
- Online traffic information: Up-to-the-minute
reception of information on accidents,
road
works and other incidents
^>page
226.
- myAudi special destinations: Personal special
destinations can be imported to your MMI di
rectly in the vehicle as an online update
•=>
page 224.
- Map update: Navigation map updates can be
imported directly into the vehicle via SD card or
as an online update*
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223.
© Note
- The Audi connect infotainment map update
service using an SD card allows you to find
out which software version is installed in
your vehicle. You can then check whether a
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new version is available at my.audi.com.
You can also have the new navigation data
installed by an Audi deaLer (carries addition
al charges).
- Further information on the myAudi special
destinations and the map update can be
found online at my.audi.com.
Audi connect (infotainment) for telephones
Applies
to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
© CAUTION
•
Select: |MENU| button
>
Audi connect
>
left
control button
>
Communication.
The following Audi connect infotainment services
are currently available:
- Creating contacts on your
PC
via your myAudi
account and loading the contacts into the di
rectory of your MMI system
^>page
187.
- Dictating text messages or e-mails and having
them read out*
^>page
182, Messages.
Audi connect (infotainment) in the media
menu
Applies
to: vehicles with Wi-Fi audio player and Audi connect
(infotainment)
*•
Select: |MENU| button
>
Audi connect
>
left
control button > Entertainment.
- Wi-Fi audio player: To access the media centre
of your player (e.g. smartphone) connected via
Wi-Fi
<=>
page 238.
- Online media and Internet radio: With assis
tance from the Audi MMI connect app, this
function allows you to access and operate
vari
ous online media services using the MMI.
A WARNING
Mobile devices, tablet and Laptop computers
and devices of
a
similar weight can only be
operated safely when the vehicle is stationary.
Like any Loose object, they can be catapulted
through the vehicle in an accident and cause
serious injuries. Always make sure that such
devices are securely stowed while you are
driving.
Please always observe the information
=>®
in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 202.
- Also refer to
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204, General notes on
Audi connect (infotainment).
- Please contact an Audi dealer for more in
formation on Wi-Fi audio players and for a
list of supported devices.
Further options
Applies
to: vehicles with Audi connect (infotainment)
•
Select: |MENU| button
>
Audi connect
>
right
control button.
The following options are available in the over
view of the Audi connect infotainment services:
Login*
Refer to
^>page
196, Logging into myAudi in the
vehicle.
Connection manager
Refer to
^>page
257.
Licence periods
The validity and the time remaining on your licen
ces is displayed. If the Licence expiry warning
function is switched on
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a message will be dis
played before the licence expires.
Refresh
The content of the Audi connect infotainment
service selected or the entire Audi connect (info
tainment) list is updated.
Wi-Fi hotspot
Applies
to: vehicles with Wi-Fi hotspot
You
can
use
your MMI system as a Wi-Fi hotspot
for connecting to the Internet on up to eight Wi-
Fi
devices.
Small, light Wi-Fi
devices
that are not
permanently attached to the vehicle must only
be operated from the rear seats while the vehicle
is moving.
Important: The ignition must be switched on.
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Navigation
Setting a destination from the map (via
MMI touch)
Applies
to: vehicles with navigation system (flash memory)
and
MMI touch pad
A location on the map can be set as a destina
tion.
- To set a convenient map scale: Turn the rotary
pushbutton clockwise or anti-clockwise.
- To activate the crosshairs: Press the rotary
pushbutton. The crosshairs will appear on the
map.
- To move the crosshairs: Use the MMI touch pad
to move the crosshairs to the destination
<^>page
156.
- To use the destination for route guidance:
Press the rotary pushbutton when the cross
hairs are displayed. If
you
wish to set
a
stop
over, select and confirm Set as stopover and
then Start route guidance.
-
To
hide the crosshairs: Press the
|BACK|
button.
Additional information on the point selected
with the crosshairs: If
you
use the crosshairs to
preselect a location on the map, any existing in
formation on this location (e.g. road name, ad
dress or special destinations) will be displayed ©
^>page
219, Fig. 182.
Using home address/favourite as the
destination
Applies
to: vehicles with navigation system
The
home address option is a quick and easy way
to have the system guide you home.
The
favour
ites make it easier to
access
destinations you re
quire regularly.
• Press the
|NAV/MAP|
button repeatedly until
the Enter destination menu is displayed
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Using the home address as the destination
Important: A home address must have been stor
ed
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Your home address is displayed in the Enter des
tination menu
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207, Fig. 172.
- SeLect: Home address
>
Start route guidance.
Using a favourite as the destination
Important: At Least one favourite must have been
stored as a destination
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216.
- Enter at least the first three letters of the de
sired favourite in the entry field for the search
function.
The favourites found will be shown on
the infotainment display (4)
^>page
207,
Fig. 172.
- SeLect and confirm the desired item.
- Select and confirm Start route guidance.
- Further home address settings can be found
on
•=>page
215.
- Further favourites settings can be found on
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216.
Using a destination from the directory
Applies
to: vehicles with navigation system
You
can navigate directly to entries in the direc
tory.
Options — Show contact details
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. 174 Possible directory contacts
Important: A postal address with navigation data
must be available for
a
contact or
a
navigation
destination must have already been added for a
contact
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216, Directory contacts.
•
Press the
|NAV/MAP|
button repeatedly until
the Enter destination menu is displayed
^>page
207, Fig. 172.
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Select: left control button > Directory
>
a con
tact.
Directory contacts are displayed in alphabetical
order and are displayed together with a location
symbol:
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Business postal address
(D Private postal address
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