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wheel until the orange orientation lines appear
in the parking space
¢ fig. 151 . Use the mark­
ings@to help you est imate the distance from
an obstacle . Each marking represents approxi ­
mately 3 ft (1 m). The blue area represents an
extension of the veh icle 's outline by approxi ­
mately 16 ft (5 meters) to the rear.
"'While driv ing in reverse gear, adjust the steer­
i ng wheel ang le to fit the parking space using
the orange o rientation l ines fo r ass istance
¢ .&. in General information on page 145, ¢{!)
in General information on page 146 .@ repre­
sents the rear bumper. Stop the vehicle, at the
latest, when the red orientation
line@ borders
an object.
Adjusting the parking aid
Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus/rearview cam·
era
The functions are adjusted in the Infotainment
system .
"'Select in the Infotainment system: !MENUI but­
ton
> Vehicle > left contro l button > Driver as­
sistance> Parking aid.
Or
"'When the parking aid is active, select in the In-
fota inment system : right control button*.
End system* -stop the parking aid
Activate automatically -switch automa tic activa­
tion on/off
Front volume* -volume for the front area
Rear volume -volume for the rear area
Entertainment fader -the volume of the audio/
video source is lowered when the parking system
is turned on .
The new value is given briefly during the adjust ­
ment .
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-Several menus can be accessed with the
right control button only when the parking
aid is active.
- The settings for volume and automatic acti­
vation are automatically stored and as-
Parking aid
signed to the remote control key being
used.
Error messages
Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus/rearview cam­
era
Ill Rear park assist: malfunction! Obstacles
cannot be detected
Ill Front park assist: malfunction! Obstacles
cannot be detected
Ill Park assist: malfunction! Obstacles cannot
be detected
When one of these messages appears, there is a
system malfunction. The L ED in the
PwJi button al­
so blinks when sw itching it on. The relevant mes­
sage o nly appears again when you manually acti­
vate the park ing aid with the button.
111 Rear parking aid: obstacle detection restrict­
ed
The rear cross -traffic assist* ¢ page 139, Rear
cross-traffic assist
is not available. Either the ESC
is switched off, or the radar sensors may be cov ­
ered by a bike rack, stickers, leaves, snow or oth­
er objects. Switch the ESC on, or clean the area in
front of the sensors if necessary ¢
page 13 7,
fig. 141 . If this message continues to be dis­
played, drive immed iate ly to an author ized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Fac ility to have
the malfunction repaired .
Parking system plus*
If a sensor or speaker is faulty, the J;!/4'. symbol
will appear in front of/behind the vehicle in the
Infotainment system display. If a rear sensor is
faulty, only obstacles that are in areas@ and @
are shown ¢
page 143, fig. 145 . If a front sensor
is fau lty, only obstacles that are in areas © and
@ are shown.
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A WARNING
Adjust the volume of the audio system so that signals from outside the vehicle, such as po­
lice and fire sirens, can be heard easily at all
times.
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The MMI switches off automatically if the en­
gine is not running and the vehicle battery is
low .
Infotainment system
display
Switching on /off
.,. Press the l c,J or C:,I button to switch the Info -
ta inment system on and off .
When the MMI is switched on and the display is
switched off, you can operate certain functions
using the On/Off knob with the MMI joystick
function
¢ page 154.
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There may be delays when switching on the
display.
Multi Media Inte rface
MMI operation
Selecting and confirming a function
Fig. 156 Operating the control knob
Selecting and confirming a function in a
menu /list
.,. Selecting a function: turn the control knob@
¢ fig. 156 to the desired function (such as se­
lecting a frequency) .
.,. Confirming a selection: press the control knob
@¢fig.156.
Returning to functions at higher levels
.,. Press the !BACKI button (?) ¢page 154,
fig. 154 .
Opening the main menu /menu
Fig. 157 D iag ra m : main menu
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Opening the main menu
~ Press the IMENU! button ® ¢page 154,
fig . 154.
The MMI menus (such as Radio ) are
displayed
¢ fig. 157. Then yo u can select and
confirm a function using the control knob.
Opening a menu directly
~ Press the applicable button to directly open the
menus ®
¢page 154, fig. 154 in the direction
of the desired menu (such
as!RADIO !). Then
you can select and confirm a f unction using the
control knob.
Opening the selection menu /options menu
with the control buttons
F ig. 158 Control buttons on the MMI cont rol pane l
Selection menu: through the select ion menu,
you can open addit ional functions within a men u
item (such as
Radio ).
Requirement: the select ion menu symbol must
be disp layed in the Infota inment system display
¢ fig. 158 .
Opening /closing the selection menu: press the
left control
button ¢ fig. 158 . Then you can se­
lect and confirm a function using the control
knob .
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Options menu : using the options menu, you can
select and confirm context-dependent functions
as well as settings w ith in a menu item (such as
Radio ).
Requirement: the options menu symbo l G must
be displayed in the Infotainment system display
¢ fig. 158 . Then you can select and confirm a
funct ion using the control knob.
Opening/closing the options menu: press the
right control
button ¢ fig. 158. Then you can se­
l ect and confirm a function using the control
knob.
Information about menu paths
This guide shows you at a glance the paths for
opening a desired menu and its settings and
functions .
Example of a path
~ Select: I RADIO I button > left control button >
FM.
Following the path
~ Press the I RADIO I butto n.
~ Press the left control button.
~ Turn the control knob to the FM menu item to
select it.
~ Press the contro l knob to confirm the selected
FM menu item.
~ The selected and confirmed function is execut­
ed. In this example, the
FM frequency band is
set .

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MMI touch
MMI touch control pad
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch
You can enter data using handwriting recogni­
tion on the MMI touch control pad.
F ig. 159 E xamp le : enter ing a nav igation des tination us in g
t h e MMI touc h
The MMI touch c ontrol pad is on the s urface w ith
the cont ro l knob
q fig . 159.
Entering letters, numbers and symbols
Appl ies to: vehicles with MMI touch
The MMI touch allows you to enter data on the
MMI touch con trol pad using handwriting rec og ­
ni tion .
Fig . 160 Disp lay w hen MM I touch is ac tive
Multi Media Inte rface
Re quirement: i t must be poss ible to enter tex t or
numbers and the
symbol (!) q fig. 160 must ap­
pear i n the Infotainment system display .
-Initial entry : write an ind iv id ual up per case or
lower case lette r or n umbe r/symbol on the
M MI touch cont rol pad using your finger . A
symbo l that is recogn ized clearly by the system
is displayed in the Infotainment system disp lay
(D <=> page 157 , fig. 159, confirmed w ith an au­
dib le sig na l if necessary, an d transferred to the
input field.
- Enter ing spaces : move your finger across the
M MI touch control pad from left to right .
-Delet ing characters : move your finger across
the MMI touch contro l pad from right to left .
-Selecting the input suggestion : press the con­
trol k nob.
- Switching directly to the results list : turn the
cont rol knob to the rig ht
- Opening the speller : select the right control
button>
Open speller . Text or numbers are en­
tered using the
speller<=> page 161.
Moving the crosshairs
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch
Fig . 161 Mov ing the c ross hair s
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Requirement: a map must be disp layed
r::!>page 210.
- Showing/hiding the crosshairs: press the con­
trol knob to show the crosshairs
CD¢ fig. 161.
Or : press on the MMI touch control pad . Press
the I BACK I button
(J) r::!> page 154, fig. 154 to
hide the cross hairs again .
-Moving the crosshairs on a map: move the
crosshairs shown in the desired direction using
your finger on the
MMI touch control pad
c> fig. 161.
Moving the crosshairs quickly : when the cross­
hairs are visible
CD c> fig . 161, slid e your finger
quickly across the
MMI touch contro l pad in the
desired direction
c> fig. 161. The crosshairs w ill
come to a stop after several seconds.
Moving the map
A pp lies to: ve hicles w ith MMI touch
I~
' ' S F1ouw ro4 St
F ig . 16 2 Mov ing the map
Requirement: a map must be disp layed
r::!> page 210 .
l) AUDI AG provides access to se rvices from third pa rty pro ­
v ider s. Pe rm ane nt ava ila bili ty c ann ot be g uaranteed , be­
c a use that depen ds o n the th ird party prov ide r.
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-Showing/hiding the crosshairs: press the con­
trol knob to show the crosshairs
CD c> fig. 162 .
Press the I BACK I button (J) r::!> page 154,
fig. 154 to h ide the crosshairs again.
-Moving the standard map/satellite map1l:
move the crosshairs shown in the desired direc­
tion using two fingers on the
MMI touch con­
trol pad
c> fig. 162.
-Moving the map quickly : when the crosshairs
are v isible, pull two f ingers across the
MMI
touch control pad quickly in the des ired direc­
tion. The map w ill come to a stop after several
seconds .
Zooming in/out on the map
Applies to: vehicles wi th MMI touch
Fig. 163 Zoom ing in a nd out on the map
Requirement: a map must be displayed
r::!>page 210.
-Zooming in/out on the map : press the control
knob to show the crosshairs. Touch the
MMI
touch control pad with two fingers and pull
your fingers apart or together
r::!>fig . 163.
Press the I BACK I button (J) to hide the crosshairs
c> page 154 , fig. 154.
Adjusting the sound focus
App lies to: vehicles wit h MMI to uch
Requirement: the balance/fader function must
be selected
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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
160
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.

Multi Media Int erface
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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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 .
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- 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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