AUDI A8 2017 Owners Manual

Storing a phone number
Storing a new phone number
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
You can store a new phone number as a contact
in the directory
¢page 153.
Storing from the call lists
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
You can store a phone number from the call lists
in the directory .
Fig. 167 Stor ing a p hone nu mbe r in the directory
Requirement: a phone number must be stored in
the call lists.
• Select: the
ITKl button > Dialed numbers ,
Missed calls
or Received calls> Telephone
number>
Save .
- Storing a phone number as a new address
card :
select and confirm New contact. Enter a
Name . Enter additional data, if necessary. Se­
lect and confirm
Store contact.
- Assigning a phone number to an existing ad­
dress card :
select and confirm a contact in the
list. Select and confirm
Store contact.
@ Tips
-The contacts are only stored in the MMI di­
rectory .
- You can edit the directory¢
page 153 .
Accepting/ending a call
0 Applies to: vehicles with telephone C0 ....
~ • Accepting an incoming call: press the Answer N
8 contro l button . 0 :r Telephone
• Ignoring an incoming call: press the Ignore
control button.
• Ending a call or canceling dialing : press the
End call control button.
Accepting another call : If there is an incoming
ca ll during a call, you can select
Answer to put
the existing phone call on hold and answer the
incoming call. If you select
Ignore, the incom ing
call will be ignored.
Caller information : the name, phone number or
Unknown appears in the Infotainment display
and driver information system, depending on if
the caller has been stored in the directory and if
the phone n umber has been transm itted .
@ Tips
-The audio/video source is muted during an
incoming or outgoing call.
- If you have switched the Infotainment dis­ play off, it will switch on aga in automatical­
ly when an incoming call is received .
During a phone call
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Fig. 168 Swap ca ll
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Fig. 169 Join conference
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Telephone
Requirement: the re must be a call in progress.
.,. Se lect the
Option s control button.
-Making an additional call : select Additional
call
> Directory or a call list> an entry in the
list.
- Accepting an incom ing call when there i s an
active call and a call on hold :
select Answer.
The act ive call is repla ced with the incoming
ca ll.
Add it ional functions include:
Mute : if you se lect and confirm this function, the
other person on the phone cannot hea r you. You
can hear the other person .
Hold/Resume : you can put an active phone call
on hold and resume it.
On hold and the d uration
of the phone call is shown in the Infota inment
d isplay .
Swap call : you can alternate between two phone
calls at t he same time . One of the calls w ill be on
hold.
End call ends the active phone call. A phone
call that is on hold stays on hold and can be re­
sumed us ing the
Options control bu tton and Re­
sume .
Join conference :
a party on hold and up to five ac­
tive parties (depending on the network) ca n be
added to a confe rence cal l. To make an add itiona l
call , put all pa rticipants i n the curren t confe rence
call on hold using
Hold . Press the Options con­
trol bu tton. Se lect and co nfirm
Additional call
a nd se lec t a phone number from the Call list o r
t he
D irectory , or select Enter number. To add
this party to the conference call, select
Join con­
ference .
With Resume , all part icipants are taken
off hold .
Show conference participants shows a ll
partic ipants.
(D Tips
- To be notified of an incoming call during a
phone ca ll, t he
Call waiting funct ion in your
cell phone must be switched on when us ing
the ha ndsfree p rofile
( Handsfree ).
-The display of an incoming phone call in the
Infotainment system d isp lay may still be
v is ible for a few seconds de pending on t he
ce ll phone in use . If you use t he
Replace or
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Ignore fu nctions in the MMI whil e the dis ­
play is still visib le, the active phone call may
end .
Emergency call functions
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Requirement: a ce ll phone must be connected to
the MMI
c!;> page 146.
.,. Sele ct: !T ELi bu tton > Enter number > Enter
emergency call number (for example, 911)
>
OK.
.. Setting an automatic emergency call* : select
the
ITEL I button> Sett ings control button>
Telephone settings > Auto. emerg. call.
A WARNING -
- Because yo ur phone works with rad io sig­
na ls, a co nnection cannot be guaranteed un ­
de r all ci rcumsta nces. Do not rely o n only
y o ur p ho ne w hen it co mes to essenti al co m ­
m uni cat io n (s uch as a medical emer gen cy).
- Always follow t he inst ru cti ons give n by the
em ergen cy pe rsonne l dur ing an e merg ency
c a ll and only end the call when they instruc t
you to do so.
(D Tips
E mergen cy nu mbe rs a re n ot t he same every­
whe re. Find o ut wh ich emergency n umber is
u se d in your cur ren t loc ation .
Opening the directory
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
After connecting the cell phone, the contacts in
it are automatically imported into the MMI .
Fig. 170 Contactlist

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N .... 0 0 :c ' ~ Select: the ITEL ! button > Directory .
- Selecting a contact :
select and confir m a con­
t a ct from the direc tory. The address card is dis­
played.
Contacts a re d isplayed in alphabetical order and
can be so rted according to fi rst or last name
¢
page 156 and are ident ified w ith a symbol to
tell the location where they are s tored
¢ fig. 17 0:
(D Private MMI directory: these co ntacts a re on­
l y vis ible whe n the ce ll phone i s conn ected.
You can pair up to four different cell phones w ith
the M MI and ma nage up to fo ur private directo­
ries.
@ Public MMI directory : these contacts are visi­
b le to all users and can be used by all users re ­
g ar dless of the cell phone that is connec ted .
No cell phone connected : each new contact will
be stored in the p ublic d irectory
¢ page 153.
Cell phone connected : to store a contact in the
p ublic directory so that all users can access it, the
contact must be marked as a
Publ ic contact
¢page 152.
@ Cell phone : th ese contacts are stored in the
cell phone and are only v is ib le when the cor re ­
spond ing ce ll phone is connected.
I f all of the memory capacity is fi lled, you will be
asked to replace the contacts from one cell phone when connect ing another cell phone. With
the opt ion
Rest ricted use of telephone , only con­
tacts in the ce ll phone and the local MMI memory
(pu blic) are ava ilable .
The directory can be opened through the
Tele·
phone *
menu as well as th rough the Navigation *
menu.
{!) Tips
-Check for a possible request to synchron ize
on your cell p hone. Requests to synchronize
the di recto ry must be confirmed so that
you r ce ll phone contacts can be loaded into
t he MM I.
- The contact display in the M MI depe nds on
the cell p hone us ed. For more informa tion
Telephone
on the supported cell phones, v is it
www .audiusa.com/bluetooth or contact an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Au di
Service Facility.
- The contacts from the cell p hone may not
be t ransfe rred in a lphabetical order. If there
are too many entries, contacts with differ­
ent first letters may be miss ing in the MMI.
- The p ublic contacts in the local MMI memo­
ry are a lways v is ible and can be accessed by
ot her users.
Searching for a contact
App lies to : vehicles wit h telepho ne
~ Select: the ITEL I button> Directory .
-Select an d confirm Find contact . Enter the
name.
Or : select and conf irm the contact using
the
List .
Both the fi rst and last names are sea rched.
(D Tips
- Y ou c an s croll thro ugh lo ng lis ts qui ckly by
tu rni ng the cont rol knob qui ckly .
- Y ou can go dire ctly to th e fir st le tt er o f the
con tact you are se ar ching for by en tering
t he first letter on the MMI tou ch control
pad * using your finger¢
page 136 . Enterin g
add itiona l lette rs narrows down the list of
found contacts .
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Telephone
Using contacts
Applies to: ve hicles w ith telep hone
Fig. 171 Calling a contac t
Fig. 172 Selec ting a des tina tion
.,. Select : the ITEL) button > Directory > a contact
from the directory .
-Call: se lect and confirm the desired telephone
number .
Or: select the desired phone number
and press the
Call control button.
-Navigate : select and confirm the desired desti­
nation
(D ¢ fig . 172. Or: select the desired des­
tination and p ress the
Navigate control button.
To start navigation, select and confirm
Start
route guidance.
If no destination is set, you can set a ma iling ad­
dress @as a destination by selecting and con­
firming the desired address when an address
card is op en.
Read contact
The MMI automatically creates a name tag for
each entry i n the directory that can be read by the
MMI.
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Create copy for editing/Edit contact
A copy of the contact is stored in the private local
MMI memory.
You can change the information in the input
fields ¢
page 153 using the speller.
Storing a contact in the public directory
You can mark a cont act as a Public contact ~­
The contact is then stored in the local MMI mem­
ory (public) @¢
fig. 172 and is available to all
MMI users . If a contact is not ma rked as a
Public
contact ,
it is stored in the local MMI memory
(private)
(D and is only vis ib le when the cell
phone, in which the contact is saved, is connect­
ed.
Delete contact
Only the contacts in the MMI memory (private/
public) can be deleted.
{!) Tips
-Contacts edited in the MMI directory cannot
be automatically updated in the connected
cell phone. Audi re commends ed iting cell
phone contacts directly in the cell phone .
- Only the contacts in the MMI memory (p ri­
vate/p ublic ) can be edited or deleted .
- T o delete a ll shared or p rivate contacts at
one time, select the
Delete public contacts
or Delete private contacts option in the di­
rectory settings
¢ page 156.

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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r Importing and exporting
contacts
Applies to: vehicl es with telep hone
Contacts in vCard format(. vcf) can be imported
into the directory or exported .
Fig. 173 Importing the phone book manually
Requirement: an SD card must be in the SD card
reader
c=;, page 181 or a USB storage device must
be connected to the A udi music inte rface
c:> page 185 .
.. Select: the lffilJ button > Directory > Memory
contro l button.
- Importing contacts from a sto rage device: : se­
lect and confirm
Import conta cts > SD card 1 ,
SD c ard
2 or USB stora ge device > desired con­
tacts
> I mport .
- Ex po rting contact s to a stor age d evice:
select
and confirm
Ex port conta cts> SD card or USB
storag e device
> desired contacts > Export .
- Se lecting all contact s at once for import or ex ­
port :
select and confi rm Import contact s/Ex­
port conta ct s
> SD card or USB sto rage devi ce
> All control but ton > Import /Export .
- Importing the ph one b ook manually :
select
and confirm
Import phone book . The symbol
© c:> fig . 173 appea rs in the status line in the
Infotainment display as long as the contacts
are being imported from the cell phone.
To make it easier to find a con tact, you can filter
the contacts according to their sto rage location
(Vehi cle, Telep hone or All ) using the Memor y
u sed
function.
Teleph one
(D Tips
- The imported contacts are stored in the lo­
cal memory of the directory.
- A maximum of 100 contacts can be import­
ed. You can check the memory capacity for
the directory at any time
c:> page 154.
- Never save important data on SO cards or
USB storage devices. Audi is not responsible
for damaged or lost files and media.
- Refer to the notes in the chapter
About
Audi connect
c:> page 162.
Storing a new contact
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
F ig . 1 74 Stor ing a new contact
.,. Select: the IT ELI but ton> Directory > New con -
t ac t.
Last name/First n ame
Ente r the last name and first name using the
speller .
Telephone numbers
You can store up to five telephone numbers in an
address card. You can also assign a
Type (Busi­
n ess
or Private ) as well as a Category (Land line ,
C ell
or Fa x) for each phone numbe r. You can also
use
Default phone numb er to set a frequently
u sed phone numbe r as the defa ult number. That
number is then disp layed firs t in the open ad­
dress card .
You can import a phone number from the call l ists (such as
Di aled number s) into the address
card using the
New number f u nct ion and the List
contro l button . Ill>
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Telephone
Navigation destination (business)/
Navigat ion destination (private)
Two navigation destinations, Private /Business ,
can be assigned to each contact. You can access
the stored navigation destinations in the
Naviga­
tion
menu using the Route guidance control but­
ton
¢ page 169.
A stored private/business mailing address is au­
tomatically downloaded into the
Address input
field for each nav igation destination. You can
store these easily as navigation destinations us ­
ing
Create entry in directory .
You can find the next rest stop, gas station, Aud i
dealer or hospital under the
Top categories menu
item. The
Point of interest menu item contains
addit io nal submenus that you can use to create
nav igation destinations . For more info rmat ion
about the submenus, refe r to
¢ page 167.
Mailing address (business)/Mailing address
(private)
You can specify a business and private address in
an add ress card. With the
Delete mailing ad ­
dress
function, you can delete the business or
p rivate address .
Structured addresses from a cell phone that have
info rmation regard ing country, ZIP code, city and
street name can be imported directly into the di­
rectory .
(D Tips
-The public contacts in the local MMI memo­
r y are always visible and can be accessed by
other use rs.
- The new contact w ill be stored in the memo­
r y in the directory that is currently being
used.
- The import ing of new addresses depends on
the cell phone.
- Up to 100 contacts can be stored in memory
in a private or public directory.
- Contacts edited in the MMI directory cannot
be automatically updated in the connected
cell phone. Audi recommends editing cell
phone contacts di rect ly in the cell phone.
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Name tags
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
The MMI automatically creates a name tag for
each contact in the directory. You can also assign
up to SO personal name tags for contacts using
the voice recognition system .
.,. Select: the ITELI button >Directory > Settings
control button.
- Playing personal name tags : select and con­
firm
Read name tags > contact from the list .
-Deleting name tags : select and confirm Delete
name tags > Delete individually /Delete all en ­
tries > Yes .
(D Tips
-You can only assign and store pe rsonal
name tags using the voice recognition sys­
tem.
- You can only delete personal name tags you
have recorded .
Memory capacity
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
.,. Select: the ITELI button> Directory > Memory
control button > Memory capacity.
The Memory capacity for each directory and for
the enti re memory is disp layed .
You can manage up to 5,000 contacts with the
directory. You can load up to 2,000 contacts
from your cell phone into each private directory .
In addition to this , you can store up to 100 pri­
vate contacts and up to 100 public contacts into
the MMI memory.
Additional settings
Telephone settings
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
.,. Select: the ITELI button > Settings cont rol but­
ton .

Call options
Automati c redial :
when the func tion is swi tched
On , a phone number wi ll be au toma tic ally re ­
d ialed up to five times if it is busy. Automatic re­
d ia l can be canceled with
End call . The function is
only active when the network gives a b usy signa l.
Auto answer : when the func tion is switche d On,
incom ing ca lls are automatically answered afte r
a brief t ime.
Three-way conference (GSM)
- On :
you can answe r an incoming call while an­
othe r call is in progress by selecti ng
Answer.
T he fi rst call is pu t on hold. Using the Hold op­
ti on, you c an also put an ac tive c all on hold and
sta rt an other call o r a con ference ca ll.
-Off : you can repla ce a c all w ith an in com ing c all
by se lecting
Replace. Yo u can ignore an in com ­
ing ca ll using the
Ignore op tion . You ca nnot
p ut an active ca ll on ho ld or sta rt a new ca ll.
Telephone settings
Volume settings
1
): fo r the Ring tone volume /
Call volume, refer to~ p age 20 5.
Voice mail : the voicemai l number can be en tere d
or ed ited i n the
Number in pu t fie ld using th e
spe ller. W hen a voicemail nu mber is stored, t he
voicema il c an be a cces se d wi th the ® sym bol in
the speller. The
Delete number func tion deletes
the stored voicemail number.
Invert call lists : the phone number s in t he call
l is ts ar e sorted accor ding to t he time the call
too k place . When the f unct io n is swi tched
On,
the so rting orde r is reverse d.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth :
the MMI Bluetoot h fu nct io n can be
sw itched
On or Off. The Blu etoo th symbol @
~page 138, fig. 159 appears in the In fo ta in­
men t display when the fu nct ion is swi tched
on.
Visible :
the visibili ty of the MM I in cell phones o r
in B lu etoo th audio players ca n be switc hed
On o r
Off . When Auto is selec ted, the M MI w ill rema in
~ visib le for cell phones or a Blu etoo th a udio player .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0
~ 1) Depends on the conn ected cell phone.
Telephone
fo r ab out five minu tes when the vehicle is sta ­
t iona ry and the ignition is switched on. The visi­
bility sw itches o ff after that. Howeve r, it is still
poss ible to estab lish a B luetooth connection with
ce ll phones or devices that have already been
paired when the vis ibility is switched off . The visi­
bility of the MMI automatically swi tches
Off
wh en aud io fi les are be ing pla yed using a con­
ne cted Bluetooth aud io player to avo id pro blems
du ring playb ack .
Bluetooth audio player : the Bluetooth audio
player
func tion must be switched On to be ab le
t o selec t th e
Bluetooth audio player as the
sou rce in t he
Media men u. S w itch the Bluetooth
audio player
f u nct io n Off if you are no t usi ng it
to preven t mal funct ions i n the
Telephone or Me­
dia
men us.
Find Bluetooth devices : the system sea rches for
and lists Bluetooth devi ces th at are with in range .
Bonded Bluetooth devices : the Bluetoot h dev ic es
c o nn ecte d t o the MMI are lis ted. The cur rently
conn ecte d B lueto o th device is labele d wi th the
Bl uetoot h symbo l. To dele te con necte d Blu e­
tooth devices individually, se lect the device and
delete it with the
Delete Bluetooth device func­
t ion. To disconnect or connect pa ired cell phones
individ uall y, select the B luetoot h dev ice and
c h ange the profi le using the
Connect funct io n
wh ile the vehicle is stat io na ry . U se
Disconnect to
disco nnect the paired Bluetoot h dev ice.
Known Bluetooth devices : up to 50 known devi­
ces can be listed. These Bluetooth dev ices may no
longer be in ra nge when searc hing to connect.
Bluetooth name : the Bluetooth name of the MMI
(for example, "AUDI M MI 2613") is shown and
can be cha nged.
Delete Bluetooth devices : all connected Blue­
tooth devices can be deleted by confirming with
Yes .
Wi-Fi settings
See~ page 160.
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Telephone
Connection s
See ~page 161.
([) Note Sort order
You can so
rt the cont acts in you r d irec tory alpha­
be tica lly acco rding to
Las t name /First name .
Always follow the info rmation found in ~CD in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 160.
Display public contacts
You can show o r hide the public contacts . With
Yes , all the contacts in the local M MI memory
(p ubli c) a re s hown, and with
No , th ey a re hidde n. (D Tips
- Several ce ll phones can be paired to the
MM I, but only one cell p hone can be act ively
con nected. Delete private contacts /Delete public
contacts
You can delete a ll pr ivate contacts in t he local
memo ry using t he
Delete private conta ct s fu nc ­
tion. Yo u ca n de lete the p ublic con tacts in the lo­
ca l memory using the
Delete public contacts
funct io n.
-
To delete all connected Bl uetooth devices,
the
Bluetooth f u nction can be reset to t he
fa ctory settings~
page 206.
Directory settings
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
~ Select: the ITEL ! button > Directory > Settings
contro l button .
Troubleshooting
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Problem Solution
Connecting
t h e cell phone to the Check if the Bluetooth visibility o n the cell phone and MMI is
MMI failed. switched on. For some ce ll phones, the v is ibility turns off auto-
mat ically after a short period.
O r: restart your cell phone.
For more information on this, refe r to the user g uide for your cell
phone.
After pairing,
not all contact s/no Avoid using special characters in names .
contacts are loaded in the MMI. Avoid using contact groups.
Certai n
telephone functions are The te lephone f unctions depend o n the cell phone servi ce p rovider
grayed out o r not availab le. a nd the cell p ho ne you are using. Yo u can ob tain more i nfo rma -
tion from your cell p hone se rvi ce p rovide r, in your cell phone use r
guide or in the d atabase for mobi le devices at
www.aud iusa.com /
bluetooth.
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N .... 0 0 :c ' Audi connect Introduction
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
With Audi connect services, on line information is
transmitted and integrated direct ly in the vehi­
cle.
A mob ile end dev ice can be used to access the In­
ternet through a Wi- Fi hotspot, either when the
vehicle is stationary or from the rear seat when
the vehicle is in motion.
A sepa rate S IM c ard prov ided by Aud i connect is
used to access Audi connect services .
A WARNING
-
-To reduce the risk of an accident, on ly use
Audi connect services when road and traffic condit ions perm it. Read and follow the
guidelines provided in
¢ page 134.
- Use the Audi connect serv ices w ith a Wi-Fi
hotspot only in the rear seat when the veh i­
cle is in mot ion or only when the vehicle is
stationary to reduce the risk of an accident.
(D Note
Aud i connect is designed for use only with the
prov ided Audi SIM card. Aud i AG is not liable
for the consequences of using other SIM
cards .
@ Tips
Read and follow the notes about Aud i con­
nect
before start ing it ¢page 162 .
Setup
Requirements for Audi connect
An Internet connection is req uired to use Audi
connect. The following requ irements must be
m et to establish a connection:
- You m ust be in an area tha t is covered by yo ur
provider .
- You r A udi S IM card m ust be inserted in the
MM I SIM card reader ¢page
157 .
Audi c onn ect
- A data connection must be configured for Audi
connect services ¢ page
161.
Using the SIM card reader
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Fig . 1 7S Inser ting the A udi SIM ca rd, actual s ize of the
A ud i SIM card
Requirem ents
T he veh icle must be stationary and the ign ition
must be switched on.
Inserting th e Audi SIM card
.,. Slide the Audi SIM card into the card reader
slot w ith the label fac ing up (contact surface
facing down) <::;>
fig. 175 . The angled corner of
the Audi SIM card must be at the left front cor­ ne r. Then push the A udi S IM ca rd into the slot
until it cl icks into place .
.,. To conne ct to the Inte rnet a utoma tica lly in the
future, select and then confirm
Ye s.
.,. To establish a data connection for Audi con ­
nect, confirm the message that appears wit h
Yes.
Afte r connecting successfully
After connect ing s uccessfully , the signa l st rength
is indicated in the In fotainment display status ..,.
157

Audi connect
line with one or two symbols, depending on the
connection type@/(J)
~ page 138 , fig. 159 .
You can now use Aud i connec t.
"' Se lect : the
IMENU I button> Audi connect .
"'Confirm the prompt ask ing to co nnect to the
Interne t with
Yes .
Removing the Audi SIM card
"' Press on the Audi SIM card b rief ly . The card is
released from the slot . Remove the Aud i SIM
ca rd .
A WARNING
The c ard reade r mus t always be closed while
dr iv ing for safety re aso ns.
(D Note
- A udi connect is des igned for use on ly w ith
th e prov ided Audi SIM card . Au di AG is not
li a ble for the co nsequences of usi ng other
SI M ca rd s.
- If a SIM card of a different size is inserte d in
the S IM card re ad er ins tead of an Aud i SI M
c ar d, do not under any circums ta nc es re­
move th is card yourse lf due to the r isk of
damag ing the SIM ca rd rea der. Contact yo ur
a uthorized Audi dea ler or authorized Audi
Service Fac ility.
@ Tips
To use your ce ll phone, yo u can co nnect your
it thro ugh the
Handsfree Bluetooth prof ile
~ page 146.
-Audi does not provide support for other SIM
ca rds .
-A udi recommends us ing o nly the provided
A udi S IM card .
- You can s pec ify when the MMI con nects to
the Internet ~
page 161. The Internet con­
nection disconnects automatically once the
requested Audi connect service no longer re­
q uires any data packets.
- The data connection for Audi connect serv­
i ces is preconfig ured at the factory. You can
change t he data connection at any t ime if
158
yo u need to adjust the configura tion
~ page 161.
Operating the browser
Applies to: vehicles wit h Audi connect
Fig. 176 Disp lay of Audi con nect serv ices
Fig. 1 77 Disp lay of additio n al info rm atio n about a ttrac ·
tions or po ints of in terest
The browser can be used in various ways.
- Display of A udi connect services~
page 159
-Display of addi tional i nformatio n about a ttrac-
tions or points of i nte rest
The following func tions a re available w ith in the
brow se r ~
fig . 176:
(D Open ing the home page
@ Open ing or clos ing t he s ide menu
@ Zooming in on browser content (50-200%)
@ Stopping the page from loading
® Refreshing the curre nt browser content
@ Open ing the main menu
(J) C lo sin g the browser
@ Open ing the Destination details menu
® Prev ious point of interest or a ttract ion
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