navigation system AUDI A6 2005 C6 / 3.G RNS_E Navigation System Manual

Navigation (NAV) 160CompassFig. 174 Setup Navigation: Compass activated
– Press the function button
page 16 in the navi-
gation menu.
– Highlight Compass with a check mark


fig.174 to
activate the function.
If route guidance is not active, the vehicle orientation (compass
direction) is shown in the instrument cluster display
fig.175. If
the system recognizes the road, the road on which you are presently
driving is also shown.
Version information– Press the function button
page 16 in the navi-
gation menu.
– Select Version information
fig.174.The software version for the Navigation DVD in use is shown.
Tips
You can obtain information on updates for the Navigation DVD at an
Audi dealership.
Fig. 175 Instrument
cluster display
Example of a compass
display
SETUPSETUP

Navigation (NAV) 162
– In a destination input menu
page 117, fig.121, enter
the desired location data.
– Press the function button
page 16 in the navi-
gation menu.
– Select Set position/direction
page 161, fig.176.
– Using the crosshairs
page 149 on the map, select the
desired starting point for route guidance on the map.
– In the active side meu, select OK
page 161, fig.177.
– Set the direction of the location
page 161, fig.178 by
rotating the control knob.
– When you press the control knob, the system automati-
cally jumps back to the the Setup Navigation menu.You can calculate the route from another position than the present
vehicle location.
We recommend entering the data for the starting point into a desti-
nation input menu
page 117, fig.121 before you select the Set
position/direction. That way, the system will jump to the point
e n t e r e d i n t h e m a p d i s p l a y. I t i s e a s i e r t o s e t t h e l o c a t i o n o n t h e m a p
from this point.
You can search for the starting point using the crosshairs
page 149.
You can enter the starting point manually to calculate future routes.
When you have set the location manually on the map, you can
switch to a destination input menu to enter the destination data.
Start route guidance in Demo mode to simulate route guidance page 161.
Tips
It is only possible to set the location manually and to start route
guidance in Demo mode for a simulation if you vehicle is not
moving and GPS reception is not available
page 110 (e.g. in an
underground parking garage).
SETUP

SETUP 170The following submenus are available in the Setup
function:
Tips
You can read about system-specific Setup settings functions in the
description for each primary function.
Settings control buttonSetting the menu language
Display texts can be shown in different languages.Fig. 181 Setup: Menu language setting–Press the Settings control button in the Setup menu.
– Select Menu language
fig.181.
– Select the desired menu language.The display texts for the Navigation System are changed to the
selected language. The language for the audible navigation
commands are also changed.
The following languages can be selected:
Control button
functions 
page 169,
fig. 180
Setup submenus

Settings
Menu language
Distance unit
Time/Date format
Factory settings
Delete user data

Sound
Balance
Fader
Tr e b l e
Bass
DSP
a)b)

Volume settings (Navigation info)
a)Digital Signal Processingb)Vehicles with a BOSE® sound system in conjunction with an AudioPilot do
n o t h av e a D SP f un ct i o n. I n th is c as e y o ur v e hi cl e is equ ip p ed w i th d y n am ic
noise compensation
page 94.
Display
Switch off display
Brightness
A1AA3

SETUP 172
– Choose between the display 12h and 24h.
Setting date format
–Press the Settings control button in the Setup menu.
– Select Time/Date format
page 171, fig.182.
– Select Date format
page 171, fig.183.
– Choose between the display MM/DD for the format
“Month/Day” or DD.MM for the format “Day.Month”.The instruments cluster acts as the source for the time and date
display.
If the instrument cluster source is not available for some reason, the
time and date are received via the GPS. In this case GPS shows
under the menu item Time source GPS time can be set through the
menu item GMT +/-
Tips
If the instrument cluster source should not be available, please
contact an Audi dealership or authorized facililty.
Factory settings
Settings can be reset to prespecified default settings in
this function.Fig. 184 Setup: Settings factory settings–Press the Settings control button in the Setup menu.
– Select Factory settings
fig.184.
–Confirm Reset system to factory presets? with Ye s. The
settings (e.g. Setup Navigation and route criteria) are
reset to default settings.User data are not deleted.

SETUP173
General operation
RADIO, CD
NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP
Delete user data
User data in the Navigation System can be deleted.–Press the Settings control button in the Setup menu.
–Select Delete user data
page 172, fig.184.
–Confirm Are you sure you want to delete all user data??
with Ye s. User data (e.g. directory data, previous destina-
tions, radio memory list) are deleted.Sound control buttonSound settingsThe explanations for the sound settings start with section page 92.
Display control buttonSwitch off displayFig. 185 Setup: Switch off displaySwitch off display
–Press the Display control button in the Setup menu.
– Select Switch off display
fig.185. The display is
switched off, the systems for navigation remain active.
Switch on display
– Press or rotate the control knob
page 17, or
–Press a
page 16 function button, or

SETUP 174
– Press the button or

button
page 12 to
switch the display on again.
Brightness
You can set display brightness manually.Fig. 186 Setup: Adjusting the brightness of the display–Press the Display control button in the Setup menu.
– Select Brightness
page 173, fig.185.
– Rotate the control knob to change the brightness of the
display.Th e b r i g h t n e s s o f t h e d i s p l a y a d j u s t s a u t o m a t i c a l l y t o a m b i e n t l i g h t .
In addition, the brightness of the display can be regulated with the general adjustment for instrument lighting and with the Brightness
function in the Navigation System.
Tips
You can find more information about adjusting the instrument
lighting in your Owner's Manual.
RETURN

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)175
General operation
RADIO, CD
NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)Self-helpCategorie
What's wrong if...
Abhilfe
General
operation
the system does not react to entries?
A system reset-start provides easy immediate help when the Navigation System
has crashed
page 20.
you change the main function, but the
main menu is not displayed?
If you press the function button again, the main menu will be displayed
page 16.
Radio
you select a radio station on the AM
band from the memory list and there is
no reception?
The list of radio stations on the AM band is static and has to be adjusted manually
to the current reception status
page 59. This displays the stations, even if these
stations are not being received.
CD
MP3
the “Random” function does not start,
although you have activated “Random”?
The Random function depends on the setting in Repeat
page 81 or
page 86.
Name
(Directory)
only the data field Name c a n b e s e l e c t e d
in the directory and the remaining data
fields are shown greyed out?
Before all the data fields can be accessed, the name first has to be entered in the
directory
page 100.
Navigation
you are not shown the destination entry
screen with the direct final destination?
The Route with stopover function is active. Select the menu item Route without
stopover in the Route function
page 139.
you cannot enter your destination
address or you cannot find it in the navi-
gation system?
Destination entry is divided into regions. Before entering a street, a city, a special
destination, a special destination telephone number or map coordinates, the
appropriate region must be selected first.
you cannot leave the activated map
page menu?
Press the button
page 144.
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Alphabetical index181
General operation
RADIO, CD
NAME, TEL
NAV, INFO
CAR, SETUP Change scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Cleaning tips
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cleaning your CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Compact Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Control button
Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CD control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
CD list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Map (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Memory (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Memory (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
MP3 ctrl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
MP3 list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Nav-Info (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Route (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Tuning (FM/AM range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Control buttons
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Control knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Control unit
Instructions for care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Control wheel
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Radio (FM/AM range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Controls
Basic functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Multi-function steering wheel 21, 22, 23,
25
Cross hairs
Horizontal movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vertical movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Crosshairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
horizontal movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
vertical movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
DDate format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Delete directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Delete previous destinations . . . . . . . . . . 156
Delete stored stations (FM/AM range) . . . 67
Delete stored stations (Satellite radio) . . . 73
Delete user data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Demo mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Destination input
from the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Single destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Street (regional) . . . . . . . . . . 123, 124, 126
Street/city with special characters . . . 125
Details (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Directory
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Directory (navigation)
Load destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Search for destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Store in directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Control wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Instructions for care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selected text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Display (instrument cluster)
Navigation display . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114
Display (Navigation System)
close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Display (Setup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Display as top destination . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Distance (unit of measurement) . . . . . . . 171
Drives
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 43
DVD navigation drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
MP3 player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
DSP (Digital Signal Processing) . . . . . . . . . 93

Alphabetical index 182DVD
Tips on handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
DVD navigation drive
Ejecting CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Ejecting navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Loading CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Dynamic noise compensation . . . . . . . . . . 94EEjecting navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Entering Navigation System PIN . . . . . . . 14
Entering numbers
with the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Entering Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Entering single destination . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Equipment number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Exchange service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176FFactory settings (System) . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Forward/reverse
CD track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
MP3 track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Forward/Reverse button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Frequency
Frequency bands (Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Manual setting (FM/AM range) . . . . . . 62
Saving stations (FM/AM range) . . . . . . 63
Selectivity of the seek mode (FM/AM
range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Frequency band (Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . 175
Function buttons
Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
CD/SD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 75
FM-AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
INFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
GGALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
GPS - Global Positioning System . . . . . . 110HHandling CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Handling the navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . 51
Highway info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Hints on DVD operation
Adhesive labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cleaning tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Handling navigation DVDs . . . . . . . . . . 50
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Protective rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
History function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Horizontal movement - cross hairs . . . . . 144
Horizontal movement - crosshairs . . . . . 149
IImportant Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Information (INFO)
Function button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Informationsdarstellung in der Karte . . . 143
Instructions for care
Contro unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Intersection map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
IPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142LLabels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 50
Laser equipment
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Load from directory (navigation) . . . . . . 136
Loading a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Alphabetical index 184NName (directory) - General
Delete all entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Delete individual entries . . . . . . . . . . 102
Editing an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Function button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Generate new entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
New entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Search directory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Setting navigation destination . . . . . 103
View directory list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
NAME (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Navigation
Destination information . . . . . . . . . . . 163Navigation - General
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Demo mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
DVD navigation drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ejecting navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Function button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . 110
IPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Loading navigation data . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Map control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Memory control button . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Nav-Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Route control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Voice information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Navigation - Map
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Auto intersection zoom . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cross hairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Crosshairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Day/nigh view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Destination display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Destination-oriented view . . . . . . . . . 154
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Highway info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Intersection map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Location 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Location-oriented view . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Map menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 148, 149
North/direction of travel . . . . . . . . . . . 145
North/direction of travel orientation . 153
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 153
Overview map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Position menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 148
Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 146
Side menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Turn list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146