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
oF/g.
169.
The vehicle must be stationary, and the ignition
must be switched on.
The Bluetooth function and the discoverability
option of the MMI system
•=>page
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*.
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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
^>page
161.
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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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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
(Î)
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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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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.
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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.
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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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Navigation
myAudi special destinations. Log in to myAudi
if necessary. Select and confirm the desired
medium from the source list (e.g. SD card 1).
© Note
- Further information on the myAudi special
destinations can be found online at
my.audi.com.
- The distances to special destinations are
shown as the crow flies from your current
location.
The actual driving distance be
tween your current position and the speciaL
destination is updated automatically. How
ever, the list of special destinations is not
sorted again.
- Sometimes there are destination entries in
the list that cannot be displayed completely
because they are too
long.
If
you
select one
of these entries with the rotary pushbutton,
detailed information on the selected entry
will be displayed automatically after
a
few
seconds.
Online point of interest search (online
search)
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi connect
(infotainment)
You
can look for special destinations online.
Important: The requirements for Audi connect
(infotainment) must be met
<^>page
191.
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Press the
INAV/MAP]
button repeatedly until
the Enter destination menu is displayed
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207, Fig. 172.
*-
SeLect: Left control button > Online search. The
search area that was last set will be displayed
in the entry
field.
- To change the search area: SeLect: right control
button > Select search area.
-To find an online destination in the selected
search area: Enter
a
new town/country if neces
sary. Enter a search term (e.g. hotel) and press
the rotary pushbutton. Select and confirm an
online destination from the list.
- To search for an online destination in a specif
ic category: Select and confirm Select catego
ry.
Select and confirm a category, for example
Restaurant.
Please see
^>page
211, Point of interest search
(special destinations) for information on which
search areas are available.
You can also use the speech dialogue system to
search for onLine destinations
•=>
table on
page 168.
- Please always note the information in the
chapter
^>page
204, General notes on Audi
connect (infotainment).
- Further information can be found on the In
ternet at www.audi.com.
Calling up destinations from myAudi
account
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi connect
(infotainment)
You
can import personal navigation destinations
from your myAudi account to the MMI.
Important:
The requirements for Audi connect (infotain
ment) must be met
^>page
191.
You must have created a myAudi account at
my.audi.com, added a vehicLe to the account and
stored one or more personal destinations.
•
Press the |NAV/MAP| button repeatedly until
the Enter destination menu is displayed
•=>page
207, Fig. 172.
*•
Select: left control button > myAudi contacts.
• If necessary, enter your myAudi login details or
your myAudi PIN
^>page
196. The contacts
stored in myAudi will be displayed.
- Select and confirm a contact.
- Select and confirm a private/business naviga
tion destination.
- If
desired,
select and confirm Start route guid
ance.
-You only have to enter your myAudi login
details once.
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Navigation
- automatic: The route is automatically
opti
mised using the current traffic information. If
the MMI system does not display
a
detour route
although the automatic traffic avoidance func
tion is on and a traffic jam has been reported
on the planned route, this is because the
esti
mated time required for the detour is longer
than the delay on the route with the traffic jam.
- manual: The MMI indicates that
a
better route
is available and informs you of the potential
time saving
^>page
226. You can then choose
which route you would like to use.
- off: The route is not updated automatically. No
optimised route is suggested.
(2) Motorways/ (f) Vignette roads1)/ (4) Toll
roads/(?)
Ferries1)/©Motorail1);
If
you
do not
wish
for
the navigation system to include motor
ways,
vignette/toll roads, ferries or car trains
when calculating the route, you can select the
option avoid.
(7)
Time restricted
-
avoid:
Roads that are closed at certain times of
the day (e.g. pedestrian zones) are excluded
from the route calculation.
- automatic: The MMI system determines wheth
er the restricted road can be included in the
route calculation based on the time tables cur
rently stored in the navigation data.
- with: Roads that are closed at certain times of
the day are included in the route calculation.
(§)
Seasonally restricted1)
-
avoid:
Roads that are closed seasonally (e.g.
mountain passes) are excluded from the route
calculation.
- automatic: The MMI system determines wheth
er the seasonally restricted road can be
inclu
ded in the route calculation based on the time
tables currently stored in the navigation data.
-
with:
Roads that are closed seasonally are in
cluded in the route calculation.
Voice guidance
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
»•
Press the |NAV/MAP| button repeatedly until
the Enter destination menu is displayed
^page
207, Fig. 172.
•
Select: right control button
>
Voice guidance.
Voice guidance: The navigation cues can be
played in complete or compact form. You can use
the traffic option to have the system play only
those announcements on traffic obstructions
that are relevant
for
your route. SeLect off if you
do not want the system to play any navigation
cues.
Voice guidance during calls: Navigation cues
during a telephone call can be switched on/off.
Entertainment fader: Refer to
•=>page
261.
Volume of spoken cues: You can change the
vol
ume of
a
spoken cue while it is being played us
ing the ON/OFF button
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152. Further in
formation can be found on
^>page
261.
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This function is not available in the Mexican market.
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Navigation
© Better route
?:
If
a
better route is available
for the current route guidance, this will be
shown on the map together with the time
saved.
Further information can be found
from
^>page
226 onwards.
Further options on the map
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
©
Whether the level of congestion is taken into
account when the route is being calculated
depends on your traffic avoidance settings
<=>
page 217.
Map functions
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
•
Press the |NAV/MAP| button repeatedly until
the map is displayed
•=>page
219, Fig. 181.
•
Press the left control button.
The following map functions are available:
Switch to destination entry
The search function must be displayed in the En
ter destination menu
•=>page
207, Fig. 172.
Traffic announcements
Up-to-date traffic information is shown on the in
fotainment display. Further information can be
found from
^page
225 onwards.
Route list
The route list can only be displayed when the
route guidance function is active; it contains in
formation on the route, road names and the
length of the route sections. On motorways, po
tential parking areas and service stations will be
displayed.
You can select them as e.g. a stopover.
Special destinations along the route
Important: The route guidance function must be
active.
You can search for special destinations along
your current route. For more information, please
refer to
opage
211.
»•
Press the |NAV/MAP| button repeatedly until
the map is displayed
^>page
219, Fig. 181.
•
Press the right controL button.
Depending on the function chosen, the following
additional options may be available in the Map
menu:
Stop route guidance: Refer to
^>page
213
Adjust position: You can adjust the vehicle's po
sition on the map manually and thus change the
route.
Map settings: Refer to
^>page
221.
Route criteria: Refer to
•=>page
217.
Voice guidance: Refer to
^>page
218.
Navigation settings: Refer to
<=>page
217.
Always display alternative routes: Refer to
<=>page
216.
Parking in vicinity of route*: Parking facilities
near the vehicle are displayed.
Store current position*: You can store your
vehi
cle's current position as a favourite
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216
or as a contact in the directory
<^page
216.
Audi connect at this location*: Enables you to
search for e.g. Travel information in the location
entered (events, weather at destination etc.).
Online traffic data*: You can switch the onLine
traffic data on or off
(vf.
Country information: Refer to
^>page
213.
Exclude route*: When route guidance is activa
ted,
a section of the calculated route that you
have set (max 20 km) will be avoided if possible.
The navigation system will calculate an alterna
tive route. The route you entered will only be
blocked in the current route guidance; if re
quired,
you will need to re-enter the route you
wish to avoid. If
you
exclude a route section, this
section will be hatched in red and white on the
map.
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Radio
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Favourites
The favourites List will be displayed. The menu
item Favourites appears if at least one radio sta
tion has been stored as a favourite. Refer to
*$page
231, Favourites.
©FM/DAB*
The mixed FM/DAB station List* appears when
DAB*
is available. Refer to
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228, Calling
up the radio menu.
Other wavebands
Depending on the vehicle's equipment, you may
be able to select other wavebands
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191 in the selection menu.
Favourites
You can store your favourite stations from any
waveband in the favourites
list.
Other settings
Radio settings
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Press the
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RADIO
|
button.
Important: You must be in a station List.
- To store a favourite: Select a station from the
list > right control button > Store as favourite.
Or: Press and hold the rotary pushbutton for
several seconds.
Important: At least one favourite must be stored
in the favourites list.
- To display the favourites list: Select the
I
RADIO
|
button > Favourites.
Important: The favourites list must be displayed.
- To listen to a favourite: SeLect and confirm a
favourite from the
list.
- To move a favourite: SeLect a favourite from
the list > right control button > Move favourite.
Or: Press and hold the rotary pushbutton for
several seconds. Select and confirm the
posi
tion of the favourite selected.
- To delete a favourite: Select a favourite from
the list > right control button > Delete favour
ite > Delete this favourite or Delete all favour
ites.
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This function is not available in the Mexican market.
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This function is only available in the Mexican market.
•
Select: |RADI0| button > right control button >
Radio settings.
Depending on the waveband setting, you can se
lect the following options:
Alternative frequency* (FM, DAB*)1'
on:
The tuner attempts to switch to an alterna
tive frequency of the current station when the re
ception quality becomes weaker. When the re
ception is lost in the FM or DAB* waveband, the
system will automatically (in the background)
switch to an alternative station, if there is one
available.
off: Switching to an alternative frequency is
switched off. The current frequency will be main
tained,
and in some cases may no longer be re
ceived.
In the FM waveband, the alternative
fre
quency function is automatically switched on
again when the station is changed.
Switch regional stations* (FM,
DAB*)1'
Important: The Alternative frequency function
must be switched on.
Some stations divide up their programming by
region and provide different content to different
regions. When the function is on
(vf,
the system
switches to related regional stations if the cur
rent station has poor reception.
Lband
(DAB*)1'
There are two wavebands for the digital radio:
Band III and L band. Ensembles in the band III
usually have a larger range extending into several
regions. They can be received at all times. In
some regions DAB is broadcast in the
L
band.
When this option is on, stations from the L band
will
also be received.
Station names (FM)2'
scrolling:
Scroll texts transmitted by FM stations
will appear on the infotainment display. •
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