reset AUDI A8 2017 User Guide

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Radio
Accessing the radio
The radio supports the F M, A M and Sirius * (sate l­
lite radio) bands. By means of an HD Radio re ­
ceiver, you also receive radio stations on the FM
and AM band i n digital format.
Fig. 190 FM stat ion list (H D radio)
• 006
SIRIUS i.
60s Hits
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007 ___ 70s Hits
008 80s Hits
009 ThePulse
010
011
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Bridge
Radio 1
Fig. 191 S iri us stat io n list
~ Se lect: the I RADIO I bu tton.
- , I
Linking
Linking
Linking ~_:
Linking
Linking
Linking
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Af te r se le ct ing the radi o, the last m enu t hat was
ope n is displ ayed .
-Showing the station li st : p res s th e I RAD IO I
bu tton agai n. T he receiva ble s tat ion s are show n
on a rad io s ta ti on lis t¢
fig. 19 0 an d ca n be se­
l ecte d direct ly .
- Selecting a station : sele ct and confir m a sta­
tion from the s ta tion list. FM/ A M stations th at
can be received by digital radio are marked with
the HD symbol (!)
c:;, fig. 190 . If reception quali­
ty declines, the radio automatica lly switches to
t h e a nalog FM/AM station. Digita l FM HD radio
stations may conta in mult iple addit io nal sta­
t ions *. The available additiona l stations* are
listed un der t he radio station . When you leave
the reception a rea, additiona l stations* that
Radio
cannot be received are marked wit h a symbol
@ c:;,fig. 190 .
-Quick storing from the stat ion list : select and
confirm a station from the station list. Press
an d hold the control knob u nti l
Store station
name
here appears in the presets list. Select
and confirm the desired presets location.
- Selecting a stored station: press the Presets
control button . Select and confirm a stat ion
from the presets list.
-Selecting the frequency band : press the Band
control button. Select and conf irm the desired
band.
Or : press the IRADIOI button repeated ly
until the desired frequency band appears in the
title line
c:;,fig. 190.
-Updating the station list : select and conf irm
Update stat ion list . The station lists in the FM
and Sir ius* bands are updated automatically. If
the last stat ion that was play ing is no lo nger
ava ilab le afte r the stat ion lis t is updated, sta­
t ion 184 is pl ayed automatically.
If there is a loss of radio signal (Sirius*), the fol­
lowing system informat ion may display in the
station l ist:
LINKING : the tuner is currently not receiving a
satellite signal @c:;,
fig. 191
ANTENNA : the antenna is not ready. For addi ­
t iona l information, contact an authorized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility.
T he system information turns off when the radio
stations are received again.
(D Tips
-HD Rad io reception is not availab le in Cana­
da.
- Con tact the Si rius * prov ider if you wo uld like
to rece ive satellite p rogramming.
- Th at stat io ns in the AM station list are s till
displayed after you leave the reception area.
T here is no longer any reception .
- Bu ildings, tunnels, bridges, open areas, oth ­
er veh icles or objects on the veh icle roof can
affect reception.
- Sate llite rad io is not availab le in A laska and
Hawaii.
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Radio
Radio functions
Fig . 192 Radio mai n functio n s
.. Se lect: the I RADIO I b utton> Functions cont rol
button.
The fo llow ing f unct io ns can be selected, depend­
i n g on the band that is se le cted:
(!) Store station /Store channel
The se lected stat ion is stored in the next empty
position in the presets list
c:, page 178 . Select
a nd confi rm the desired p rese ts loca tion.
@ Seek down/Seek up (FM , AM)
The prev ious
I~ or next ~I receivable station is se­
lected.
Or : press the arrow keys on the MMI con­
trol pane l
l<l<l / t>t>I.
Previou s channel /Next channel (Si rius*)
The prev ious I~ or next ~ I channel is selecte d. Or:
press the arrow keys on the MMI control pane l
l<l<l / t>t>I.
@ Tuning
The frequ ency bars are disp laye d. Sele ct and con ­
fi rm the desired frequen cy .
Tuning (Sirius*)
Select a nd confirm the des ired channel from the
S ir iu s frequency ban d*.
@ Scan
All stations are played for several seconds each.
® Information (FM )/Info (Sirius*)
The radio text (such as station name, artist o r ti ­
tle) is show n in the Infotai nment display, de­
pending on availability.
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@ Information window
Va rious in forma tion about th e se lected st ation
(s uch as the sta tion name, ensemble or p rogram
type) is displaye d, depending on availability.
(J) Presets
The prese ts lis t can co nta in up to 50 sta tions
fro m al l frequency bands.
- Storing stations : select the Presets control
bu tton >
Store station name. The selected sta­
tion is sto red in t he nex t emp ty pos ition in the
presets list. Sele ct and confir m th e des ired pre­
se ts lo cati on .
- Selecting a stored station : press the Presets
control b utton. Selec t and con firm a st atio n
from t he p rese ts lis t.
Or: press the arrow keys
on the MMI cont rol panel
(l <l <l / [>[> I).
-Moving stored station s: press the Presets con ­
t rol b utt on. Se lect and confirm the s tat ion
from the station list and then
Move station
name.
Se lect and conf irm the desired presets
location.
Other settings
.. Select: the I RADIO I button > Settings control
button.
The following se tt ings can be sele cte d d epend ing
o n the band that is selected ( FM, A M, Siri us*) :
HD Radio* (FM/AM)
Yo u can swit ch HD Radio reception o n or off.
HD station information* (FM/AM)
Requirement: HD radio recept io n must be switch­
ed on .
When the funct ion is switched on, va rious i nfor­
mation abo ut the t itle t hat is c urrent ly playing
(such as artist or album) is displayed, depending
o n ava ilab ility.
Station names (FM )
- Scrolling:
scro lling text t ransm itted by the FM
stat ions is shown in the Infotainment system
disp lay.
- Fixed : scrolling text transmitted by the FM sta­
tions is not shown in the In fota inment system .,,.

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display. Only the current section of the scroll­
ing text displayed.
-Off: scrolling text transmitted by the FM sta­
tions is not shown in the Infotainment display.
Scro lling text from HD stations is shown in the
Infotainment display.
Channel info (Sirius*)
If track informat ion is available for the current ti­
tle (such as artist or album), it will be displayed
in a pop-up window if this function is activated.
Station sorting (Sirius*)
-Channel number : the stations are sorted in as­
c ending order a ccording to their station num­
ber.
- Channel name : the stations are listed in alpha­
betical order.
- Category and channel number : the stations are
sorted according to their category and then ac­
cording to their channel number.
- Category and channel name : the stations are
so rted according to their category and then ac­
cording to their station name.
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
Radio
Category filter (Sirius*)
The stations shown in the station list can be fil­
tered by yo ur personal preferences and by pro ­
gram type . The program categories that you can
select depend on what is offered by your provid­
er. Select the
Deactivate category filter option to
deact ivate all filter opt ions and disp lay all availa­
ble stations in the satell ite stat ion list.
Receiver serial number (Sirius*)
The electronic seria l number (ESN) is d isp layed.
The number is required when logging in to Sir­
ius*.
Deleting presets
Requirement: a station must be stored in the
presets list¢
page 178 .
Stored stations can be deleted Individually or All
at once .
A station with poor reception is no Store the station ahead of time and then select it from the pre-
longer disp layed in the station list sets list later
(z) ¢ page 178, fig. 192.
once you switch to a different sta-
t ion.
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Media drive s and conn ections
Media drives and
connections
Introduction
There are various media drives and connections
ava ilable in the MMI. For example, you can play
aud io/video* f iles through the Jukebox, or you
can connect a portable device to the Audi music i n terface* a nd ope rate it through the MM I.
Notes
General information
Med ia and format restrictions :
the MMI (includ­
ing the SD card reader and the USB storage de­
vice connect ion*) was tested w ith a var iety of
p roducts and media on the market . However ,
there may be cases where ind iv idual devices or
media and audio/video* files may not be recog­
n iz ed, may play on ly w ith restrict ions or may no t
p lay at a ll.
The MM I media dr ives do not suppo rt Windows
Media Audio 9 Vo ice, Windows Media Audio 9
L oss less and Windows Media
9 Profess ional for­
mats .
Digital Right s Managem ent : please note that
the audio/v ideo* files are subjec t to copyright
p rotection .
The med ia drives do not play f iles that are pro­
tected by ORM and that are ident ified with the
symbo l~ -
Data s ecurity : Never store important data on the
memory cards, the Jukebox, CDs/DVDs or porta­
b le aud io devices . A udi is not responsib le for
damaged or lost files and med ia.
Lo ad ing t imes : the more files/folders/playlists
that a re on a storage medium, the longer it w ill
take to load the audio/v ideo* fi les . Audi recom­
mends using storage media that on ly conta in au­
d io/video files*. To decrease the t ime it takes to
load audio/video fi les*, create subfo lders (for ex­
ample, for the artist or album). The loading time
will also increase when importing files.
A dditional information : when playing, audio
fi les are automatically displayed with any addi-
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tiona l information that is stored (such as the ar­
tist, track and album cover) . If this information is
not avai lab le on the storage medium, the MMI
will check Gracenote . However, in some cases,
the addit ional information may not be d isplayed .
Restri cted functionalit y: if functionality is re­
stricted, reset the
Media setting s to the factory
default settings
c> page 206.
Reset the Jukebox to the factory defau lt settings
if functiona lity is restricted
c> page 206.
Fo r information abo ut the propert ies of s upport­
ed med ia and fi le formats, see
c> page 186 .
(D Note
Always fo llow the information found in c> (D in
Wi-Fi
hotspot on page 160.
CD/DVD operation
CD /DVD and fo rmat re striction s:
the functionali­
ty of individua l storage media may be limited due
to the variety of b lank CDs/DVDs available and
the various capacities . Aud io CDs or video DVDs
with copy protection, CDs/DVDs that do not con­
form to the standard and mult isess ion CDs may
have l imited playback or may not play at all. Audi
r ecommends finaliz ing the recording process
whe n creat ing mult isess io n CDs . Mult isess ion is
not supported for DVDs .
Handling CDs/DVDs and th e DV D dri ve: To en ­
sure good, h igh-quality sound reproduction and
to prevent damage to the dr ive or disc reading er­
r ors, always store CDs/DVDs in a protective
s leeve and do not expose them to direct s unlight.
Do
not u se:
- Damaged, dirty or sc ratched CDs/DVDs
- Single CDs/DVDs (3 inch/8 cm diameter)
- CD/DVDs that are not round
- CDs/DVDs w ith labels
- Protective rings
- Clean ing CDs
Thermal protection switch : CD/DVD playback
may be tempora rily unavailable if o utside tem ­
peratures a re extremely hot or co ld. A thermal

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Clearing the Jukebox
Requirement: the Jukebox must contain audio/
video fi les.
- Selecting fil es/fo ld ers : se lect the Settings con­
t rol button
> De lete jukebo x > individual files
or folders.
Press the All control button to select
all fi les or folders.
Or : select and confirm a
fo lder and press and hold the control knob . A ll
files in the folder are se lected for de leting .
-Deleting files and folder s: select the Start de­
leting
control button > Y es. T he status of the
deleting process is shown in the Infotainment
display. Jukebox playback stops dur ing the de­
let ing process and starts again automatically
once the deletion is complete .
Showing m emory cap acity
Select: Setting s control b utton > Jukebo x memo­
r y.
The used/free Jukebox memory as well as the
number of stored tracks appear in the Infotain­
ment d isplay.
The Jukebox is started and operated through the MMI
¢ page 189.
@ Note
Do not import audio/video files when the en­
gine is t urned off because this will drain the
veh icle battery.
@ Tips
- Tracks from audio CDs cannot be imported
to the Jukebox for legal reasons.
- Files already imported are recognized and will be grayed out when setting up a new i mport.
- It is not possible to play audio/v ideo files in
t h e DVD dr ive while importing them.
- The Jukebox does not provide an export
function due to lega l reasons .
- Files or tracks without stored information
are listed as
Unkno wn. Audi recommends
adding addit iona l information (s uch as 103
tags) to aud io files.
- Reset the Jukebox to the facto ry defau lt set­
tings when selling your vehicle¢
page 206.
Media dr ives and conn ections
Bluetooth audio player
App lies to : vehicles wi th Blue toot h int erface
You can play music wirelessly from your cell
phone through the MMI using the Bluetooth au­
dio player.
Requirement: the vehicle must be stationary. The
B luetooth function on the portab le aud io player
and the MMI
Aud io pla yer must be switched on
¢ page 155.
.,. Select the I MEDIAi button > Source control but­
ton
> Bluetooth audio player> Find new Blue­
tooth audio player .
The available Bluetooth au­
dio players are d isplayed .
.,. Select and confirm the des ired Bluetooth audio
player from the l ist .
.,. Select and confirm
Audio player . The MMI gen­
erates a PIN for the con nection.
.,. Sele ct and confirm
Yes .
.,. Enter the PIN for connecting on your cell
phone .
Or: if the PIN is a lready displayed on
your cell phone, confirm it in the ce ll phone and
in the MMI. The t ime allowed for enter ing the
PIN is limited to approximate ly 30 seconds.
The media are started and operated through the
portable device o r the MMI, depending on the de­
vice being used
¢ page 189.
@ Tips
-Be sure to pay attention to any possible con ­
nection prompts on your Bluetooth audio
player.
- You only have to pai r your device one time .
Bl uetooth devices that are already paired
are automatically connected to the MMI as
soo n as they are in range.
- Severa l Bluetooth audio players can be con­
nected to the MMI, but only one portab le
device can be active.
- Bluetooth A2DP and AVRCP (1.0/1.3) are
supported.
- The supported media fu nctions depend on
the Bluetooth aud io player being used.
- For more informat ion on the suppo rted de­
vices, v is it
www .audi.com /bluetooth or
contact your authorized Aud i dea ler or a u­
thorized Aud i Serv ice Fac ility.
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Media drive s and conn ections
- Other iPod versions s uch as the iPod shuffle
cannot be connected to the iPod adapter ca­
ble (plus)* . Connect these devices using the
optional 3.5 mm stereo jack adapter cable*.
- For video p layback, you can also connect
your iPod using the AV adapter cable*. You
also need an Apple AV cable to do this. For
more information on the App le AV cable, re­
fer to your iPod user guide .
- The Apple Lightning connector does not
support v ideo p layback. - iPod/
iPhone malfunctions a lso affect the
operation of the MMI. Reset your iPod/
iPhone if this happens.
- For impo rtant information on operating
your iPod/ iPhone, refer to the user guide for
the device. Audi recommends updating the
iPod/ iPhone software to the latest version.
- For more information about the Aud i mus ic
interface and supported devices, v is it
www .audi.com /bluetooth or contact an au­
thorized Aud i dealer .
Supported media and file formats
Overview
The DVD drive , the Jukebox, the SD card reader
and the USB storage device* connection support
the following audio/v ideo file properties:
Audio files Video files
Supported SD cards:
with a capacity up to 32 GB
media DVD drive: audio CDs (up to 80 minutes); CD-RO Ms with a capacity up to 700 MB;
DVD±R/RW; standard video DVDs and audio DVDs that are compatible with DVD v id-
eo
Audi music interface : portable devices (such as iPods, USB storage dev ices*)
File system SD/SDHC/ MMC memory cards
USB storage device*:
FAT or FAT32 file system, maximum 4 partitions
DVD drive : Joliet (sing le session and multisess ion CDs; single sess ion DVDs only);
UD F
Metadata Album, track, artist, yea r, genre
and commentar ies for MP3-/
WMA-/M4A files
Embedded album covers up to
800x800 px. (GIF, JPEG, PNG)
Format MP EG- 1/-2
Windows MP EG 2/4 MPEG 1/2 ISO- ISO- W indows
Layer-3 Med ia Au- MPEG4; MPEG4 H. Media Vid-
dio 8 and 9 DivX 3, 4 264 eo 9
and S; Xvid (MPEG4
AVC)
File extension .m p3 .wma; .m4a; .mpg; .av 1 .mp4; .wmv;
.asf .m4b; .mpeg .m4v; .asf
.aac .mov
Play .M3U; .PLS; .WPL
lists
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Playing med ia
Parent al control
Req uirement: a video DVD must be p laying and
the password must be entered (the password set
at the factory is "1234 ").
Playback of v ideo DVDs can be rest ric ted us ing
pa rental control. Se lect and confirm the content
rating (such as
Le vel 5 ). Eight diffe rent Content
rating s
can be set fo r parenta l control. For exam­
p le, if you select Level S* for the parental contro l
level, all DVDs from level 1-5 can be played. Vid­
eo DVDs with a higher level will not play. All re­
str ictions are canceled when the function is
sw itched
O ff .
You can change the current password using the
Change pa ssword function.
(D Tips
- Not all video DVDs have parental control.
- The
Repeat option s and Random playback
functions switch off automatically when the
source changes in the
Media menu.
- Password entry will be locked for approxi­
mately one m inute if you enter the incorrect
password three times in a row. On ly your
authorized Audi dea ler can reset the paren­
tal contro l password .
- The
Tra ck displ ay function is not available
for the Jukebox or a connected iPod
<=:> page 191.
- The DVD drive only supports the DTS (D igi­
tal Theater Systems) audio format.
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Rear Seat Ente rtainm ent
The last selected menu is disp layed when it is
switched on.
When the ig nition is swit ched off, a message in­
d icating that the RSE is in standby mode appears
in the left or right RSE display. The RSE switches
off automatically if you do not press the left or right On/Off knob while the system is in standby
mode.
(D Tips
- The RSE switches off automatica lly if the
engine is not running and the vehicle bat­
tery is low.
Symbols
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Entertainment
F ig. 204 RS E display symbo ls
Symbol /Description E xplanation
- If you cannot sw itch the RS E on again, check
the parenta l control settings in the M MI
r=:> page 196.
Adjusting the volume
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Entertainment
.,. Increasing o r decre asing the volume: turn the
On/Off knob to the right or left .
.,. Muting : press the On/Off knob brief ly.
.,. Unmuting: press the On/Off knob briefly or
turn the On/Off knob to the right .
(D Tips
Volume that is too high or too low is auto­
matically adjusted to a preset level when the
RSE is sw itched on.
© [t] Active med ia source
@ Headphones Aud
io outp ut throug h headphones that a re wireless or connected
by a cable
® Speaker Aud io output throug h the vehicle's aud io system
@ Importing process
Import ing a udio/v ideo fi les to the Jukebox r=:> page 182
® Time Set time
® Parental control Parental control is switched on r=:>page 196
(J) L/R Display for RSE when RSE cont rol panel is act ive
(D Tips
A headphone or speaker symbol that is
crossed out @ /@ r=;,
fig. 204 indicates that
the active aud io/video sou rce is m uted.
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Rear Seat Entertainment
Restarting the RSE
(reset)
Applies to: ve hicles w ith Rear Seat Ente rta inment
F ig. 207 Button combination to restart th e system
... Press and hold the control knob (D , the upper
right control button @and the
righ t!MENUI
button ® c:::> fig. 207 at the same time for a
brief moment and then release the buttons .
@ Tips
The MMI and RSE use some components at
the same time. Because of this, Audi recom­
mends restarting both systems.
Display settings
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Enterta inment
... Se lect: I MENU I button > Display control button.
Turning off the display
The display switches off.
The active aud io/video source does not pause
when yo u switch the RSE display off . You can still
change the stat ion or track for the selected au­
dio/video source using the arrow buttons.
Switching display on
Press any button on the MMI control panel.
Display brightness
You can adjust the display brightness by turning
the control knob .
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Parental control
Applies to: ve hicles with Rear Seat Entertainment
Selected RSE functions can be restricted or deac­
tivated in the MMI.
... Select: I MEN u I fu nction button > Setup MMI
control button > Rear Seat Entertainment.
System
When the function is switched On, the RSE is en­
abled for use. When the function is switched
Off,
the RSE is switched off and the RSE control panel
i s locked.
Vehicle speakers
Audio output
through the vehicle speakers in the
rear can be set to
Vehicle speakers or Head­
phones only.
Operation
You can set whether all of the RSE functions (All)
or the Volume only can be adjusted through the
RSE.
Navigation destinations*
You can Apply the navigation destination auto­
matically for active route guidance in the MMI or
Confirm the navigation dest ination before trans­
ferring to the MMI.
Other settings
App lies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Enterta inment
.,. Select: the I MENU I button> Setup RSE control
button.
Factory default settings
You can reset the following functions to the fac­
tory default settings:
- Sound settings
- Radio
- Media settings
-Jukebox
- Navigation settings*
You can select the desired functions individually
or all at once with the option
Select all entries.
Select and confirm Yes . .,,.

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If you reset the Jukebo x to factory sett ings, all of
the music/video files are deleted and the
M edi a
setting s
are reset .
Resetting the func tions to the fac tory defau lt
settings does not a ffect the M MI.
System update
The RSE software can be updated by DVD, USB or
SD ca rd using the system update feature.
Contact an author ized Audi dealer or author ized
Aud i Service Facility for additional information
about the
System updat e.
Data encryption
You can protect the list of destinations with a personal password. If the unit is replaced, you
can only transfer your pe rsonal data to the new
RSE un it using your passwo rd . If you do not as­
sign a personal passwo rd, "MMI3G" is stored in
the RSE automatically as the password.
Version inform ation
Information on the software version of the RSE
and the navigat ion database is displayed .
Headphones
Wireless headphones
Applies to: vehicles with Rea r Seat Entertainment
The wireless headphones mus t be paired with
the RSE one time and labeled.
F ig. 208 Switching wire less he adphones on /off
Rear Seat Entertainment
Fig. 20 9 Labeling th e w ireless head phones
Pairing wir eless headphones
Requirement: the protective film on the batte ry
compartment must be removed
~ page 198,
fig. 210
and the wireless headphones mus t be
swit ched off .
-Pr eparing the headphones fo r the pairing
pro ce ss :
press and hold the On/Off button©
@¢ fig . 208 on t he right earp iece (R) for at
leas t
5 seconds until the L ED @ starts b linking
and then blinks
quickl y.
- Pairing th e headphone s:
select the !M ENUI
button > Se tup RSE > Headphone s> Find w ire ­
le ss headphone s > OK >
desired headphones
from the list
Repeat t his procedure on the second set of wire­
less headphones .
You can determine the connection status of the
wireless headphones based on the rate at which
the light is b link ing :
Blinking Connection statu s
speed
B linking The w ireless headphones are
qu ickly ready for the p airing process
(they can be pai red)
Blinking Estab lishing a connection with
the RSE (when the w ireless
headphones a re switched on)
Blinking slow -The connection to the RS E has
Ly been established (the wireless
headphones are already pa ired)
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