navigation AUDI A8 2017 User Guide

Voice recognition system
Sequences of comman ds used to perform an ac­
tion are identified with a">", for examp le say: es
. For examp le, for bu siness address , you can
also say
busi ness, work, office or job .
Enter de stination
> (then) Ente r country .
The major ity shown are main comm ands. This
system also recognizes synonyms in certain cas -
Global commands
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
You can always use the global commands, re­
gardless of the men u selec ted.
Function Say:
Opening a menu Tel epho ne* I Dire ctory * I Navigation * I Map* I Radio I Media I
Info
Having the possible commands Help I Help voic e recognition I Help Telephon e* I Help Naviga-
read a loud tion * I Help Map* I Help Radio I Help Media I Help Info
Telephone functions* C all (X V) , for example Call John Smith I
Ente r numbe r I Redial I Directory
Navigation funct ions* Navigate to (XY), for examp le Navigate to John Smith I
Enter addre ss I Cancel route guidance I Map
Selecting an entry from a list Line (XV)
Scro lling thro ugh a lis t Next page I Previou s page
Switching the voice recogn ition sys-Cancel
tern off
Telephone
App lies to: veh icles with voice recognition system and telephone
Requirement: a cell phone must be connected to
the MMI
Q page 146 and the Telephone menu
m ust be open
Q page 147.
Function Say:
Call contact from directory Call (XV), for example Call John Smith
Selecting a specific contact number Call (XV ) bu siness I priv ate I land line I cell ,
for example, Call John Smith private
Selecting a phone number w ith a n Call I Call bus iness I Call private I Call l andl ine I Call busines s
address card open mobile
Show contact informat ion Directory I Find contact > the desired contact when prompted,
such as John Smith
Personalizing a contact with a Find contact> the desired contact when prompted, such as John
name tag Smith > Name contact > the personal name tag, such as Uncle
Jo hn
Dialing a phone number Enter number > After being prompted, say the telephone num-
ber in groups of individual numbers,
fo r example. 888 555
1212 > Dial
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Correcting the phone number that
was entered
Displaying call lists
Calling the last number dialed
List ening to messages
(D Tips
Voice recognition system
Say :
Delete number
I Correction
Dialed numbers
I Received calls I Missed calls
Redial
Call voice mail
- Name tags can only be stored using the
voi ce recogni tion system.
- You can assign up to SO additional name
tags for address cards. - Name
tags can only be deleted using the
MMI control panel.
Navigation
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system and navigation system
Requirement: the Navigation menu must be
open
~ page 165.
You can say the following commands to enter a
dest ination:
Function Say:
Open navigat ion list Last destinations I Favorites
Selecting the home address Home address
Entering a destination Enter address > the name of the city, the street and the house
number,
for examp le "Los Ange les, Main Street ."
Individual commands for entering a
Country I City I Street I Street in vicinity I House number I
destination Downtown
Making a correction while entering a Correction
destination
Navigating to a contact
Navigate to (XV), for example Navigate to John Smith
Navigating to a specific address Navigate to (XV) business address I private address,
for a contact such as Naviigate to John Smith business address
Sta rt ing route guidance with an ad-Navigate I Navigate to private address I Navigate to business
dress card open address
Starting route guidance after Start route guidance
entering a destination
C anceling current route gu idance
Cancel route guidance
The following points of inte res t can Next Audi Dealer I Next ATM I Next gas station I Next diesel
be fuel station I Next parking lot I Next restaurant I Next accom-
entered directly as a destination modation I Next hospital I Next police station I Next coffee
shop
Changing the search area for point Point of interest > the desired search area when prompted>
of interest Top categories I Immediate vicinity I Along the route I In vicin-
entry ity of destination I In vicinity of stopover I In new city I Na-
tionwide
Entering a destination in the select -Point of interest > Audi Service I Train station I Airport I Hotel
ed search area I Hospital I Parking I Rest area I Restaurant I Gas station
with guidance from the system
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Voice recognition system Function Say:
Entering a point of interest Point of interest
> point of interest and search area, su ch as
directly in the selected search area "Search gas station in immediate v ic inity"
Selecting an online destination in Online destination (XV), such as "Online destination "Five star
the imm ediate v icin ity directly hotel""
Online search in the immediate vi- Online destinations> In immediate vicinity
I In vicinity of des-
c in ity/vicin ity of the destination tination
> the desired online destination, such as "Five star ho-
tel"
> Line (XV) I Show on map > Start route guidance
Online search in a new city Online destinations > In new city
I the desired city> the de-
sired online destination,
such as "F ive star hotel" Line (XV) I
Show on map > Start route guidance
You can say the following commands for more
settings in Navigation:
Function
Genera l map options
Map type
Map orientation
Changing the map view
Automatic map zoom
C hang ing the map sca le
Showing the route list
Switching voice guidance on or off
dur ing active route guidance
Auto rerout ing (traff ic)
Route criteria
(D Tips
Say:
Map
I Day map I Night map I Route info off
2D
I 3D I Destination map I Overview map
Map orientation north
I Map orientation in direction of travel I
Map orientation automatic
Zoom in
I Zoom out
Automatic zoom
I Automatic zoom off
Scale (XV) meters/kilometers/yards/miles
Route list
Voice guidance on
I Voice guidance off
Auto rerouting traffic on
I Auto rerouting traffic off
Fast route
I Mixed route I Short route
you are located and which menu language
you have se lected.
- Destinations may have to be spelled when
entered, depending on the country where -
Refer to the notes in the chapter About
Audi connect
¢page 162.
Info
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
Requirement: the Info menu must be open.
Function Say:
Access ing TMC traffic info rmation Read traffic reports
Radio
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
Requirement: the Radio menu must be open
¢page 177.
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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.

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 .

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I BACK! button.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of an accident, only use
Audi connect services when road and traffic conditions permit.
(D Tips
Some functions are only avai lable when the
vehicle is stationary.
Overview of Audi
connect services
Basic functions
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
.,. Se lect : the I MENU ! button > Audi connect > the
desired Audi connect service.
Depending on the selected Audi connect service,
you may need to set a search area first:
Setting the search area
- Immediate vicinity:
the desired information for
the area around your current location is dis­
played .
-In vicinity of destination or stopover: if you
have entered a navigat ion destination, you can
display the desired information for the area
around the destination.
- In new city: you can ente r any city for which
you wou ld like to receive the desired informa­
tion using the MMI touch or the speller ¢ page
137.
Travel information
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Information on attractions and travel tips in the
selected search area.
.,. Select and confirm an attraction to display the
details.
Audi connect
Parking information
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Information on parking locations and fees in the
selected search area.
Fuel prices
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Info rmation on gas stations with the lowest fuel
prices for your vehicle in the selected search area .
Weather
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Information on current weather conditions as
well as weather forecasts for the selected search area (for example, at the
Destination ).
City events
Applies to : vehicles with Audi connect
Information on events in various categories in
the desired search area .
.,. Select and confirm a category, such as
Sports .
.,. Select and confirm an event to display the de-
tails.
Messages
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
View the most current headlines in the MMI.
.,. Select and confirm a headline.
Audi connect services in navigation
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
The following Audi connect services are currently
available:
- Navigation with the
online map service and on­
line Street View
¢page 171
-Point of interest search (POI) with voice oper·
ation
(for example restaurants): plan route
guidance using the MMI control panel and the
voice recognition system
¢ page 143 and desti­
nation setup in your MMI using your
myAudi
account ¢
page 167. .,..
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Opening navigation
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
The navigation system directs you to your desti­
nation, around traffic incidents and on alterna­ tive routes,
if desired.
Fig . 179 Examp le: online map view
• Select: INAVI button.
After se lecting Navigation, the last menu that
was open is displayed.
- Sw itc hin g bet ween the m ap and th e dest ina­
t io n entr y:
press the !NAV ! button aga in.
,& WARNING
- T he demands of traffic require yo ur full at­
tent ion. Read and fo llow the guidelines pro­
vided in
~ page 134.
- Obey all traffic laws whe n driving.
- T he route calcu lated by the navigation sys-
tem is a recommendat ion for reaching your
des tination. Obey traffic lights, stopping re ­
strictions, one -way streets, lane change re ­
strictions, etc .
(D Note
- If the driving directions conflict with traffic
l aws, obey the traff ic laws.
- To reduce the risk of an ac cident, adjust the
vo lume of the navigation system so that sig­
nals from outside the vehicle, such as po lice
and fire sirens, can be heard easily at all
times.
Na vigat ion
(D Tips
-Snow and obstructions on the GPS antenna
or interference caused by trees and large
buildings can impair satellite reception and
affect the system's ability to determine the
vehicle position. Several deactivated or mal­
functioning satell ites can also interrupt GPS
recept ion and affect the system's ability to
determine the vehicle position.
- Because street names somet imes change,
the names stored in the MMI may in rare
cases d iffer from the actual street name.
- Contact your authorized Audi dealer for in­
formation on updating the navigation data.
- The navigation system can be opened in
Dem o m od e for s imulations or p lanning
purposes
9 page 174.
Entering a destination
Entering an address
Applies to : vehicles wit h navig ation system
Fig. 180 Entering a destination city
• Select: !NAV ! button> Route guida nce control
button
> Addr ess .
- Chan ging the c ount ry :
select and conf irm
C ount ry. Enter a country.
-Ent ering a d estin ation using the C ity/Zi p: se­
lect and confirm
City/Zi p. Enter a city or a ZIP
code using the speller. Select and confirm a city
from the list . Select and confirm additional de­
tails about the destinat ion, such as
Add str ee t,
S et as s topo ver, Set po int of int eres t in
cit y9
page 167 or S et di str ict. Start route
guidance .
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Navigation
- Entering a destination using a street:
select
and confirm
Street. Select and confirm a city
from the list. Enter a street . To enter a street
regardless of the city, turn the control knob to
In all cities and press the contro l knob . Se lect
and confirm additional deta ils about the desti ­
nation such as
House number or Intersection .
Start route guidance .
Assistance when entering an address: when en­
ter ing an address, locations that have been en ­
tered in the past are provided as suggestions in
the input field . By pressing the
List control but­
ton , you can accept the suggested location as a
destination. Additional cities that match your en­
try are listed below. The number of locations
found is also listed @¢
fig. 180.
When the desired city is shown in the speller in­
put field or the list below, you can press and hold
the control knob to switch to the city list.
Destination on the map
You can se lect a new dest inat ion from the map
by moving the crosshairs horizontally, vert ically
or diagonally using the MMI touch
9 page 136
¢ page 166.
Coordinates
Display of the geocoord inates where the cross ­
hairs are located (latitude and longitude).
Storing in the directory
Individual destinations can be stored direct ly in
the directory after they are entered. Two naviga­
tion destinations,
Private /Business , can be as­
signed to each contact.
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Setting a destination from the map
App lies to : vehicles wit h navigat ion system
A location on the mop con be used as a destina­
tion or be entered in the directory .
Fig. 181 Select in g a des tinatio n on the map
Fig. 182 Sett ing a ma p locatio n as the destinat ion
- Opening the map : press the I NAVI button (sev­
eral times if necessary) .
-Adjusting the scale (to move the crosshairs
more quickly) :
turn the control knob to the
left/right.
- Switching the side menu on : press the control
knob .
-Sliding the crosshairs: slide the crosshairs hori­
zontally, vertically or diagonally to the desired
destination using the MMI touch ¢
page 136 .
-Selecting a destination: press the control
knob . Select and confirm the symbol ©
¢
fig. 181 in the side menu . Select and confirm
Start route guidance.
Additional information in the crosshairs loca­
tion :
if you select an item on the map with the
crosshairs, available information is disp layed
(such as the address or traffic information) .

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-If a destination is not present in the naviga­
tion data, you can move the crossha irs to
the location of the desired city and set the
geocoordinates as a destination or add a
contact to the directory.
- If you stop moving the crosshairs for a mo­
ment, additional informat ion about the area
highlighted by the cross hairs will be dis­
played (such as the city or street name, if
available).
Enter point of interest
App lies to: ve hicles with navigation system
.,. Se lect : I NAVI button> Route guidan ce con trol
button >
Points of int ere st .
- Changing th e search area :
select Se arch area .
Select and confirm a search a rea in the list.
- Se arch ing for a po int of interest name in the
s elected search are a:
select Find entry . Enter
the name of the point of inte res t.
- Sear ching fo r a point of interest in a specifi c
categor y:
select and confi rm a catego ry, such
as
Airport .
The follow ing search catego ries are avai lable :
Top catego ries : this function helps you find pop­
ular locat ions such as the nearest parking lot.
The points of interest are sorted in ascending or­
de r according to the distance from the vehicle .
Searching for an entry in the cur rent country :
the name of the country is entered in the speller.
The point of interest does not depend on the ve ­
h icle posit ion and the destination . T his func tion
i s useful fo r search ing for po ints of inte rest that
you know about in a new co untr y.
Immediate vicin ity : points of inte rest ca n be se­
l ected from d ifferent categor ies. The po ints of in­
terest are lis ted sta rting from the immediate vi­
cin ity of the veh icle up to a r adius of approxi ­
mately 125 miles ( 200 km).
Vicinity of destination /stopover : the points of
i nte res ted ca n be selec ted from vario us ca tego­
ries, fo r example you can sea rch for a hote l at the
desti nation.
Na vigat ion
Along the route :
points of interest along the
route can only be se lected during active route
guidance . The point of inte rest is located direct ly
along the calculated route or in the vicinity of it.
In new city: the name of the city is entered in the
speller. Points of interest can be selected from
various categories. This function is useful for
searching for points of interest in a city inde­
pendent from the destination.
Nationwide : you can either search for the point
of interest by name or select it from various cate ­
gories. The point of interest is independent from
the vehicle position and destinat ion. For exam­
ple, you can navigate to an airport i n the current
country usi ng this function .
@ Tips
-The po ints of interest in Top categories and
Immediate vi cinity are displayed according
t o stra ight-line distance (o pen arrow) from
your c urrent locat ion. The actua l distance
from your cur rent locatio n to the po int of
interest is upda ted a utomat ically (solid ar­
row) .
- T here may be entr ies i n the list tha t cannot
be displaye d comp letely due to t heir length.
If you select these entries with the contro l
knob, a pop -up w indow containing detailed
information about the selected list e ntry
w ill open.
Online destinations
Applies to : vehicles wi th navigat io n syste m and A udi connect
You can search for points of interest on the In­
ternet.
F ig . 1 83 Add it ional information about on line destinat ions Iii'
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