AUDI A3 SEDAN 2018 Owners Manual

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-Moving the crosshairs for sound focus : move
yo ur finge r in the desi red direction on t he M MI
touch co ntro l pa d.
-Storing the crosshairs location : press the con­
t ro l knob twice.
Or : press the I BACK ! button 0
c>page 154, fig. 154.
Using the DVD main menu
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch
Requirement: a DVD must be p lay ing
c>page 232 .
-Selecting a menu item : move your finge r up/
down or le ft/r ight on the MMI touch contro l
pad.
- Confirming a selection : press the control knob.
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The vo lume of t he vo ice gu idan ce pr om pts fo r
the MMI touch* ca n be adjusted separate ly
c> page 24 8.
Control knob with
joystick function
Operation
App lies to: veh icles with joystick function
Fig. 164 Operat ing co nce pt fo r th e contro l kno b wit h joy ­
s ti ck funct io n
You can p ush the cont ro l knob up or down (D
c> fig. 164 o r to t he right o r left @.
Opening the entertainment sliding menu
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch
Opening the entertainment sliding menu : push
t he cont rol knob down to open th e en tertain-
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ment s liding me nu@ c>page 16 3, fig. 16 8 .
The n you can se lect and conf irm a function .
Closing the entertainment sliding menu : push
t h e con trol knob up to close the en tertai nmen t
s lidi ng men u.
Or: press the !BACKI bu tton (f)
c> page 154, fig. 15 4.
Additional functions
Applies to: vehicles with joystick function
Displaying the input field/switching to
speller input
Push the cont rol knob up c> pag e 159, fig. 164 to
reach the begin ning of a list in the cent ral a rea o r
the input field . If the in put fie ld is al ready open ,
swi tch d irec tly to the speller in the inpu t field by
pushing the co ntro l knob up aga in
c> page 161 .
On the map
Requirement: a map must be displayed
c>page 210 .
-Displaying the input field : push the cont ro l
knob up.
- Displaying route guidance : when r oute g uid­
ance is active, you can also d isp lay the route
gu idance by p ushi ng the cont rol knob up
c> page 205 , fig. 184 .
-Zooming in/out on the map (zoom) : turn the
cont rol knob to the right/left to zoom in/out on
the map .
-Additional options on the map : see
c>page 211
Applies to: vehicles without MMI touch with joystick function
-Showing/hiding the crosshairs : press the co n­
t rol knob . T he crossh airs a re show n on t he
ma p. Pr ess the
I BACK ! button to hi de the cross ­
ha irs.
- Moving the crosshairs : when the crosshairs a re
visib le, t urn the contro l kno b in the direction
the c ross hairs should move . P ress the cont rol
knob and hold it until the crosshairs are in the
desired point on the map.
Adjusting the sound focus
Applies to: vehicles without MMI touch w ith joyst ick function
Requirement: the balan ce/fader fu nction mus t
be se lected
c> page 247. .,.
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-Moving the sound focus using the cro sshair s:
the crosshairs can be moved horizontally. Turn
the control knob to the left or to the r ight .
Press the control knob to move the crosshairs
vertically. Turn the contro l knob to the left or
to the right. Press the control knob again to
save the sett ing .
Using the DVD main menu
Requirement: a DVD must be p laying
c;, page232 .
-Selecting a menu item: move the control knob
with joystick function up or down or to the left
or right.
-Confirming a selection: press the control knob.
Opening the selection /options menu with
the control knob
App lies to: vehicles w ith joystick function
Applies to: MMI control panel wit h control
knob and joy·
stick function
Fig. 165 Open ing t he se lect io n/op tion s m enu w ith the
co ntrol knob
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Requirement : the se lection menu symbol 3 must
be displayed in the Infotainment system display
¢fig. 165.
Opening/closing the selection menu: push the
contro l knob to the
left ¢ fig. 165 to open these­
l ection menu . Then you can select and confirm a
funct ion using the control knob .
Press the
I BACK I button 0 ¢ page 154 , fig . 154
to return to the function one level up.
Opening/closing the options menu: push the
control knob to the right
¢fig. 165 to open the
opt ions men u. Then you can select and confirm a
function using the control knob.
Press the
I BACK I button 0 c;, page 154, fig . 154
to return to the function one leve l up.

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Letter/number speller
Fig . 1 66 Diagram : letter/ num be r spelle r
You can ente r letters, numbers and symbo ls in
the MMI us ing the letter/number speller. Th is
option is ava ilab le when the input f ield @is ac­
tive
r::!> fig . 166 .
-Opening /clos ing the letter /number speller :
move the control knob up/down when the input
field is active .
Or: select t he right contro l but ­
ton
> Open speller /Close speller .
- Entering characters :
turn the control knob with
t h e character
selection @¢ fig. 166 to the de­
s ir ed symbo l. Press the contro l knob to confi rm
t h e cha racte r. Yo ur inpu t is disp laye d in th e in­
pu t field @. On ce yo u have entered all of the
ch aracters, sele ct an d confirm t he
button (!) to
go to the res ults list.
Or : push the control knob
down.
- Entering accented characters (such as a, c;, ii,
o )* : turn t he con trol k nob wit h the c haracter
se lection @¢ fig. 16 6 to a character . To open
the selected accented cha racters, press and
hold the cont rol knob . Turn the cont rol knob
with the characte r
selection@¢ fig. 166 to an
accented cha racter . Press the control knob to
i nsert the acce nted character . To close the ac­
cented cha racters without se lecting a charac­
te r, p res s and hold the cont rol k nob ag ain.
Or:
sele ct and confir m la ou l(z) r::!> fig . 166. Select
and confirm an accented chara cter.
- Deleting character s: se lect and confirm <8J @
r::!> fig . 166 and press the con trol b utton . T o de-
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lete a ll characters in the input field, press and
hold the control knob on
<BJ unti l all characters
in the input field are deleted .
-Enter ing special characters : select and con­
firm
! !&? l@ r::!>fig. 166, laou l(z) o rl 123 1@ . Se­
lect and confirm t he des ired specia l character
(for examp le, a hyphe n or pe riod) wi th the
number spe ller .
-Input assistance : in some cases s uch as in navi­
gation *, there is a word suggestion* @
r::!> fig. 166 based on ava ila ble e ntries while you
a re ente ring d ata. Yo u can sele ct this sugges­
t ion by p ushi ng the con tro l knob upward.
- Results list : in some cases, such as in the dire c­
t o ry, t he sys tem sw itches au to ma tically to the
res ults list b ased on available en tries ®
r::!> fig. 166. Select and conf irm a suggestion
from the list.
Re quire ment: the inpu t
field @r::!> fig. 166 must
be a ctive .
-Switching between speller and MMI touch* :
the handwriting recognition for the MMI touch
cont rol pad* is activated automatically. Simp ly
start wr it in g.
Overview of symbols in the speller
The symbo ls in the letter/numbe r speller are ex-
plained in the follow ing tab le:
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Symbol /Description Description
CD IL IST lorB Switches to the results list.
@ Input field Disp lays the cur re nt input .
® Results lis t Displays a
list with suggestions based on the letters already en-
tered.
@
+
Sw itches from lowe r case to upper case let ters o r from upper case
to lowe r case le tters.
® E
Opens additional spe ller options, for example C los e speller and
Clear input field
® 11
& 71 Character sets and specia
l characters
0 laoul D isp lays accented cha racters (suc h as a,<;, ri, o) .
Switches from letter to number inp ut or from n umber to letter in -
® I1231/IABCI
put .
® Adds a space in the input field . ..........
@ Character selection Highlights t he se lected c haracter.
@ ..
Inserts the suggested word* when you p ush the contro l knob up .
@ <&] D eletes t he cha racter to the left o f the cursor .
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Opening free text search
Accented c haracters are not available fo r ev­
ery let ter. .,. Select: IME NUI button> desired menu item
(such as Telephone ).
.,. Keep tu rn ing the cont rol knob to the left until
t he
free text sear ch inp ut fie ld CD ¢ fig. 167
appears . Or: push the con trol knob up to open
the input field
CD .
Free text search
Applies to: vehicles with free text search
Using the free text search, you can select the or ­
der that the search terms are entered in the in ­
put field .
Fig. 167 Example : free text search on telep hone
Free text sea rch is avai lab le in the Vehicle *, Ra­
dio *, Media* , Telephone *, Navigation *
and Audi
conne ct*
menus .
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The handwr it ing recogni tion fo r th e M MI to uch
con tro l pad* is automatically activated. S imply
st ar t w rit ing.
Free text search for an entry
.,. Enter one or more searc h terms in any order in­
to the input field . The ind iv idual sea rch te rms
m ust be separated by spaces whe n ente ring.
An input suggestion to comp lete the entry* ®
¢fig . 167 is shown depe nding on the input . Ad­
dit ional entries that co nta in the entered sea rch
te rm are lis ted I n the resu lts
list @.
If the desired term is still not displayed, enter
additional letters until it is d isplayed .

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It is often eno ugh j ust to enter the first letters of
the search term in order for it to display in the re­ sults list . For examp le, in the
Telephone * menu,
write the init ials of the contact being searched,
separated by a space.
Selecting an entry from the results list
Requireme nt: a t le ast one e ntry mus t be dis ­
played in t he results
list @o fig. 167.
• MMI touch input* : tu rn the contro l knob to t he
r igh t. S elec t and confi rm an entry from the lis t.
Selecting the input suggestion to complete
the entry •
Speller input : select and co nfirm I L IS T!@
o page 161, fig . 166. O r: push the cont rol knob
down . Select a nd confirm an entry from the
Req uirement : an input suggestion to complete
the
entry* ® o fig. 167 must be disp layed. list
.
• MMI touch input* : press the control knob .
Menus and Symbols
Fig . 16 8 Diagram: menu s and symbols
Symbol /Description Description
CD Sele cted text Selected function
@ TMC TMC/online traffic informat ion recept ion o page 215
Displays information about the media so urce t hat is current ly se-
Entertainment sliding le
cted or a si tuati on (such as an inco ming ca ll) . Depend ing o n veh i-
® cle eq uipment, operat io n m igh t al so be poss ib le using the open en-
menu tertainment sliding menu (such as select ing a radio station o r ac -
cepting a ca ll)
r::!) page 159 .
@
Jukebox* impo rt ing proc-
Copy audio/v ideo f iles to the Jukebox
o page 225 ess
® Repeat track The track c urrently p laying is repeated. o page 235
® Sh uffle All files on t
he p laylist are played in random o rder o
page 235,
Shuffle
0 Ar row Access information by pressi
ng the control knob w hen the selected
text is active
®
Telephone signa l
Telephone s ignal strength
strength bars
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Symbol /Description Description
®
Exclamation point on the
Indicates missed calls
telephone
Data connection signa l Signal st
rength for the active data co nne ctio n, or
@ PIN : ente r the P IN (SI M)
strengt h bars*
PUK : enter the PUK
Network coverage for the act ive data connect ion
ca:> page 196
@ 2G/3G/LTE* 2G : GSM network
3G: UMTS netwo rk
L TE *: L TE netwo rk
@ Mute The audio source is . muted <=:> page 247
@ Roam ing O
utside the mobile ne twork for the con nected cell p hone or the in -
serted SI M card
@) Importing process Import/update the contacts in the d irectory or the call lists
@ Options menu* Select and confirm context
-dependent functions as we ll as settings
within a menu item
@ B luetoot h* B luetooth device con nected ca:> page 226 o r ca:> page 177
@ Scroll ba rs Indicates a long
list .
Move within lists by turn ing the control knob.
@ Input fie ld Info
rmat io n that ca n be changed using the lette r/numbe r spelle r
<=:>page 161 or the M MI touch* <=:> page 157.
@ MMI touch" Operation us ing the MMI to uch control pad is p ossible
@ Knob Setting for the selec ted f unct ion by turning the con trol knob
@ Check boxes You can sw
itch certain functions
on~ or offO by press ing the con-
t rol knob .
@ Selection list Settings for the selected f
unction that a re accessed by pressing the
cont ro l knob
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Multifunction steering
wheel
Introduction
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
In the driver information system display, you can
control numerous Infotainment functions using
the multifunction steering wheel plus*
<=:> page 13 or the multifunct ion steering wheel*
c> page 16.
You can control additional Infotainment func­
tions us ing the MMI control panel
c> page 154 in
the Infota inment system display .
A WARNING
Direct your full attention to dr iv ing. As the
dr iver, yo u have complete respons ibility fo r
safety in t raffic. Only use the functions in
-
such a way that you a lways maintain com ­
plete control over yo ur vehicle in a ll traffic sit-
uations.
Radio
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel and ra­
dio
Requ irement: radio mode must be started
c> page 218 and the rad io/med ia tab m ust be
d isp layed.
.,. Press either the El butto n or the left control
button
<=:> page 14, depend ing on veh icle equ ip­
ment.
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
functions may be availab le in the driver informa­
tion system.
- Se lecting th e fr equ ency band : select and con ­
firm a frequency band .
-Se lecting a station from th e pr esets li st *: se­
lect :
Preset s> the desired radio station .
-Selecting a station from the sta tion list *: se­
lect and confirm a radio station .
-Selecting a station from the presets li st : se­
lect :
Preset s> the desired radio station .
-Opening a med ia source : select and confirm
Sw itch to medi a. Multifunction
ste ering wheel
Additional settings
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
- Select: r ight cont rol b utton > desired entry.
Depend ing on the funct ion selected, the follow­
i ng additional settings may be possible:
- Sho w "Now Pla ying" screen : see c>page 222.
Media
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel and
media
Requirement: a media drive must contain audio/
video files
c> page 224 and the radio/media tab
must be disp layed.
.,. Press eithe r the @Jbutton o r the left contro l
button
c> page 14, depending on vehicle equip ­
ment .
Depend ing on ve hicle equ ipment, t he following
f unct ions may be ava ilable in the dr iver informa ­
tion system.
- Sele cting a media sourc e: select and confirm a
so urce su ch as the
"SD ca rd".
- Playing an audio /vid eo fil e: select and confirm
a t rack/fi le.
- Pau sing /resuming pla yback : press the right
t humbwhee l@ c> page 15, fig. 11 . To resume
p layback, press the rig ht th umbwhee l again.
Applies to: vehicles with analog instrument cluster
-Sw itching to radio : select and confirm a fre­
quency band (such as
FM ).
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
-Swit ching to the radio : select and confirm
Swit ch to radio .
- Opening additional tra ck information :
select :
r igh t con trol button
> Show "Now Playing "
sc reen.
For additional information, see
c> page235 .
(D Tips
- The media dr ives do not p lay fi les t hat are
protected by ORM and t hat are iden tified
with the symbol
{n .
- Ple ase note th at within a med ia so urce in
t he drive r informa tion system, only p lay lists
that were selected through the MMI control
pane l can be played
ca:> page 233 . ..,.
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-Always pay attention to the Infotainment
system d isp lay . Add itiona l operat ion
th ro ugh t he M MI cont rol panel may be nec ­
essa ry, depend ing o n the selected f unction.
Telephone
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel and
telephone
R equir emen t: a cell phone must be connec ted to
the MMI
¢ page 177 an d the telephone tab
m ust be displayed .
.,. Press ei ther the l== lbu tto n or the left con trol
but ton
~page 1 4 , d epe ndin g on veh icle eq uip­
ment.
D epe nding on vehicle equip men t, the follow ing
f un ctions may be av aila ble i n t he drive r info rma ­
t ion system .
-Accessing a contact : selec t and conf irm Call
list / Favorites / Directory .
Select and co nfirm
a c onta ct.
-Directory contacts : the drive r information sys­
tem o nly disp lays dire ctory co ntacts t hat have a
p hone num ber stored . If severa l pho ne n um­
bers are s to red w it h a contac t, the lis t of stored
num bers is dis played fi rst when the entry is se ­
l ected . For more informat io n about t he di s­
played symbols, refer
to ¢ page 186 .
-Recent calls: the recent ca lls list conta ins a ll in­
coming, o utgoing and missed ca lls.
-Caller information* : the name, phone number
or Unknown ap pears in t he dr ive r informat io n
system d isp lay depending on whether the ca ller
has been stored in the directory and if the
phone numbe r has been t ransm itted .
Functions during an incoming call
-Accepting a call : press the le ft thu mb whee l
whe n there is an incom in g ca ll.
-Declining a call : sele ct and c onfirm Decline
whe n there is an incom in g ca ll.
-Ending a phone call : selec t a nd confi rm End
call .
Functions during a phone call
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Applies to: vehicles with analog instrument cluster
-Making an additional phone call : selec t Hold >
[§] butto n > Directory or Call list > an entry in
t he lis t.
-Accepting an incoming call when there is an
active call and a call on hold:
sele ct and con ­
f ir m
Replace . The ac tive c all is repl aced with
t he incoming call.
Appl ies to: vehicles with Aud i v irtual cockp it
-Making an additional phone call : select: Hold
call
> l eft con trol button > Directory or Call list
> an entry .
-Accepting an incoming call when there is an
active call and a call on hold:
select and con­
fi rm
Answer . The act ive ca ll is replaced wi th t he
i n com ing c all.
Additional f unct ions include:
Mute : if you select and confirm this f unction, the
othe r person on the phone cannot hear you. You
can hea r the other person .
Holding/resuming a call : you can place the exist ­
i ng ca ll on ho ld and res ume it aga in.
Swap call : you can alt ern ate between two p ho ne
ca lls at the same time . One of t he calls will be on
h o ld. Select ing
End call will end t he active phone
ca ll. A call that was placed on ho ld stays on hold
and can be taken
off ho ld with Resume .
Conference call :
a call on ho ld and up to five ac ­
tive pa rties ( dep endi ng on the ce ll phone serv ice
provide r) ca n be added to a confe rence cal l. To
make an additional ca ll, put all participants in
the cur rent conference call on hold us ing
Hold
call .
By press ing the left contro l button, you ca n
make additional ca lls from the directory or the
ca ll list .
Resume takes all par ties off hold .
(D Tips
-The telephone fu nctions can on ly be co n­
tr olled wi th t he mu ltifunc tio n steer ing
w heel if th e te lep hon e equip ment was in­
stall ed
at the fa ctory.
-The te le phon e fun ctions dep end on the c ell
ph one and wheth er they are suppor te d by
y ou r ce ll ph one serv ice pro vider or not.
-The Call waiting funct ion must b e ac tivate d
in y our c ell ph on e and in th e MMI in order to
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be ale rted when there is an incomi ng call
during an active ca ll. The call options de­
pend on the cell p hone a nd se rvice provider.
You can obtain more information from your
cell phone service prov ider.
Navigation
Operation in the driver information system
Applies to: veh icles with multifunction steering wheel and
nav igation system
Requirement: the nav igat io n tab must be dis­
p layed.
If you have not started ro ute gu idance, a com­
pass w ill display in the d river i nfo rmat ion sys­
t em . The map is d isplayed in the Aud i virtua l
co ckpit* .
.. Press either the @! butto n or the le ft control
bu tton
r:;, page 14, depe nd ing on veh icle e quip­
m ent .
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
functions may be availab le in the d river informa ­
tion system .
-Accessing last destinations : select and confirm
Last destinations> the desired destination.
-Accessing favorites *: select and confirm Favor­
ites >
the desired des tination.
Applies to: veh icles with analog instrument cluster
-Showing navigation when route guidance is
active :
sele ct and confir m Route guidance .
- Showing the compass when route guidance is
ina ctive :
select and co nfirm Compas s.
- Starting route guidance to the stored home
address :
if ne ce ss ary, fi rs t se lect and co nfi rm
Stop route guidance and then Favorites >
Home address.
- Can celing active route guidance :
select and
co nfirm
Cancel route guidance .
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
-Start ing route gu idance to the stored home
address:
i f necessary, first se lect and confirm
Cancel route guidance a nd the n Favorites >
Home address .
- Canceling active route guidance :
select: right
co ntro l butto n
> Cancel route guidance.
Multifunction steering wheel
Additional settings
Appl ies to: veh icles w ith Audi virtual cockpit
-Select: r ight control button > desire d en try.
Depen ding on the vehicle equipment an d th e
funct ion s elec ted, the followi ng addit ional set­
t in gs may be possi ble:
- Map display c:> page 212 .
-Map colors c:>page 212.
- Map orientation c:> page 212.
-Automatic zoom c:> page 2 13 .
Navigation view with route guidance
started
Applies to: veh icles w ith navigation system and Audi virtua l
cockp it
Fig. 169 D ia gram: standa rd m ap when route g uidance is
act ive (Aud i v irtua l cockp it)
Requireme nt: a dest ina tion m ust be e ntered
r=;, page 201, ro ute guid ance m ust be st arted and
t h e navigation tab must be di splayed.
Depend ing o n the vehicle equipmen t and th ese ­
l e cte d view
r:;, page 1 4, the follow ing informa tion
will be di splayed in the driver i nfo rm at ion sy s­
tem:
@ Map content (such as po in ts of interest o r
t raff ic inform ation)
@ Current veh icle pos it ion
(@)
@ A bar g raph appears when there is an upcom­
ing turn . The fewer bars a re shown, the shorte r
t h e di stance is unt il the turn. If there is not a n
u pcoming turn, the distance to the destination/
stopover a nd th e calc ulate d arr iv al time is dis­
played in the right s peedometer.
@ Name of t he street where you are currently
driv ing
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Street view with route guidance started
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and analog instru­
ment cluster
F ig . 170 Example: lane change in the instrum en t cluster
F ig. 171 Example: turning maneuver in the instrumen t
duster
Requi rement: a destination must be ente red
Q page 201, route guidance must be started and
the navigation tab mus t be disp layed.
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
i n formation may be shown in the dr iver informa­
tion system.
(D Distance to the next maneuver
@ Distance to the destinat ion or stopover
® Calculated arrival time
@ Name of the current expressway, highway or
street.
If the O symbo l is displayed in front
of the street name, you should tu rn onto the
street shown.
® Direction arrow for the upcoming maneuver
® Lane recommendat ion
0 A bar graph appears when a direction arrow
is displayed . The fewer bars are shown, the
shorter the distance is until the turn.
The following functions are also available when
route guidance is active:
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-Repeating the last navigation prompt: press
the
QJ button.
- Changing the voice guidance volume: turn the
right thumbwheel up or down during voice
guidance.
A WARNING
The route calculated by the navigation system
is a recommendation for reaching your desti­
nation. Obey traffic lights, stopping restric­
tions, one-way streets, lane change restric­
tions, etc.
@ Tips
-Also see the chapter Q page 8, Controls at a
glance.
-An exclamation point "!" in front of the
street name ind icates that the information
about this street or this sect ion of the route
is not complete in the navigat ion data con­
tained in the MMI. Obey traffic laws in one­
way streets and pedestrian zones.