AUDI A8 2018 Owners Manual

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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Requirement: the requirements for Audi connect
services must be met¢
page 158.
.,. Select : I NAVI button> Route guidance control
button >
Online destinations.
- Search at location or vicinity of destination/
stopover
1> : select and confirm Search in imme­
diate vicinity or Search at destination/stop­
over.
Enter a search term, s uch as restaurant,
and confirm the inp ut with
OK. Select and con­
firm a point of interest>
Start route guidance.
- Search in new
city l): select and confirm In new
city > Find city.
Enter the name of the city and
confirm the input with
OK . Enter a search term,
such as restaurant, and confirm the input with
OK . Select and confirm a point of interest>
Start route guidance.
- Finding destinations from myAudi account
2>:
select and confirm Find destination from
myAudi account .
Enter the myAudi PIN for
your myAud i account, if necessary . The contacts
stored in the myAudi account a re displayed.
You only need to enter the
myAudi PIN one
time . You will rece ive the
myAudi PIN in yo ur
myAudi account once you have assigned a vehi­
cle to the account. Select and confirm a con ­
tact. Se lect and confirm a private or business
navigation destination >
Start route guidance .
You can display additional information about on­
line destinations in the
Destination details menu
¢fig . 182.
(D Tips
- For additional information on the myAudi
account, visit
www .audi.com/myAudi.
- Refer to the notes in the chapter About
Audi connect
¢ page 163.
1> Prov ider at time of printing .
2> Requ irement : yo u must have a m yAudi account set up at
my .audiusa .com. You must have a vehicle stored in your
my Audi accou nt and you must have a destinat io n sto red .
Navigation
Setting a favorite/home address as the
destination
Applies to : vehicles wi th navigat ion syste m
Favorites make it easier to enter a destination
that you use often.
Requirement: a favorite or home address must
be stored ¢
page 173.
.,. Select: !NAV ! button> Route guidance contro l
button >
Favorites.
.,. Select and confirm a favorite or t he home ad-
dress . Start route g uidance .
You can store up to ten ind iv idual desti nat ions
and your
Home address as favorites ¢ page 173.
(D Tips
- You can disp lay, find, ed it and delete your
stored favorites and home address on the
map
¢ page 173.
- Favor ites are displayed on the map at a
scale up to l.S miles (2.S km) .
Loading the last destination
Applies to: vehicles wit h navigat ion system
Your previous destinations are stored automati­
cally and can be loaded directly as destinations.
.,. Select: ! NAV ! button> Route guidance contro l
button >
Last destinations .
.,. Select and confirm a previous destination from
the list. Start route guidance .
(D Tips
The list of last destinations can be deleted
¢pag e 175.
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Nav igatio n
Setting the home address as the
destination
A pplies to: ve hicles w ith navigation system
Start route guidance to the home address you
set simply and quickly .
Requirement: a home address must be stored
Qpoge 173 .
.. Selec t: I NAVI button > Route gu id anc e control
button
> Hom e address .
.. Start route guidance .
Transferring a destination from the
directory
A pplies to: ve hicles w ith naviga tion system
You con navigate directly to destinations in the
directory.
Requirement: the directory must contain con ­
tacts w ith private/bus iness addresses stored as
destinations.
.. Se le ct: I NAVI button > Ro ut e guidance control
button >
Dir ectory .
.. Select and confirm a contact . If a contact con­
ta ins two navigation destinations (private and
business) , se lect and confirm one destination .
Start route guidance.
Entering a destination using geo
coordinates
A pp lies to : ve hicles w ith navigation system
.. Se lect : I NAVI button > Route gu idan ce control
button >
Addr ess > Coordin ates .
.. Select and confirm the Latitude and Long itud e.
Start route guida nce.
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Entering a stopover/route plan
App lies to : vehicles wit h navigat ion system
You con enter up to nine stopovers directly in the
route pion or using the destination input op­ tions .
Route
NV-593 W/E
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LAS VEGAS . NV ,--------- B:i----
~= EXCALIBUR . LAS VEGAS . N D I .
2 mi. , 7:10 .y
LUXOR RESORT AND CASINO • ; ·.
4 mi .. 7 : 15~, •
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Dest1nat 1or l
TMC
Fi g. 183 Rou te p lan
Sett rr 1ys
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Requirement: a dest inat ion must be entered
¢ page 166.
.. Select: !N A V ! button > Route control button .
-Ente ring a de stination as a s topo ver: select
and confirm the symbol for entering a stopover
@ Q fig. 183 . Enter a dest inat ion Q page 166 .
Select and confirm Add to route plan. Start
route guidance.
- Cha nging the route plan : press the Route con­
trol b utton . Se lect and confirm the destination
or s topove r and then
Change , Mo ve, Delete or
Start route plan from here .
- Save route plan :
press the Route control but ­
t on. Select and confi rm
Route mem ory and
t hen
S ave rout e plan . Enter a name .
-Load route plan /D ele ting : press the Route con­
t rol b utton . Se lect and confirm
Route memory
and then Load route pl an/D elete rout e plan.
The following information appea rs in the route
plan s ide menu
¢ fig. 183:
Q) Vehicle location
@ Symbol for ente ring a stopove r
@ Entered stopover
@ Destinat ion
To dele te all stopove rs from your route p lan , en­
ter the i ndividual dest ination and start the route
guidance
¢ page 166 .

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guidance
Applies to: ve hicles with navigation system
You can a lso cancel route guidance by enter ing a
new destination
¢ page 166 .
-Starting route guidance when entering a new
destination :
select the I NAVI button > Route
guidance
control button > Enter a des tination
> Start route guidance .
- Restarting/canceling last route guidance :
se­
lect the
I NAVI but ton> Route guidance control
button
> Start /Cance l.
The fo llow ing additional functions are ava ilable
when enter ing a new destination:
Display alternative routes: three route s ugges ­
tions are calcu lated for the destination that is
currently entered. The side menu shows informa­
tion about the alternative routes , such as dis­
tance to the dest inat ion and the calculated arriv­
a l time .
Alternat ive routes can only be calcu lated for indi­
vidual destinations .
Enter point of interest in city : allows you to
search for attractions and public places around
the specified locat ion, such as hospitals , mov ie
theaters , recreation areas, etc. The po ints of in­
terest can be selected direct ly as a destination.
Select downtown : the navigation system ca lcu ­
l ates the ro ute to the center of the city or distr ict
that is entered .
Display destination on map : the destination en­
tered is disp layed on the map.
1l O nly appl ies to vehicles w ithou t camer a-based speed lim it
d isp lay .
Navigation
Operating the map
Appl ies to: vehicles with navigation system
Fig. 184 Online map wit h crossha irs sw itched off
Fig. 185 Standard map wit h the c ross hair s sw itched o n
-Opening the map : press the I NAVI button (sev­
eral times if necessary).
- Switching the crosshairs on: press the contro l
knob in the map view.
- Switching the crosshairs off: press the I BACK I
button.
When the crosshairs are switched off:
(D Direction : the map is displayed eith er with an
orientation to the
North or to the Direction
of
travel ¢ page 174.
@ Scale: turn the control knob to the left or
right to decrease or increase the scale .
@ Distance to the destination or stopover
@ Calcu lated arriva l time at the destination or
stopover
® Speed display1l
® Altitude d isp lay
(J) Vehicle location
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Navigation
@ Display of selected map information
® Display of an upcoming maneuver
When the crosshairs are switched on:
@ Information regarding the location of the
crosshairs: If you select a city on the map us­
ing the crosshairs, any information available
is displayed, such as address, phone number
or traffic information.
@ Map content, such as traffic information, fa­
vorites or points of interest
@ Display of the geocoordinates where the
crosshairs are located (latitude and longi­
tude)
@ Moving along the route: This function can be
used while route gu idance is active. Turn the
control knob to the left or right to move the
map along the current route.
~ Destination details menu : Display of availa ­
ble details about the location of the cross­
hairs, such as address. The location of the
crossha irs can be used as a stopover, stored
in the directory or called
¢ page 166.
@ Repeat the last navigation message
If you select the map orientation
(I) and press
the control knob when the side menu is switched
on and the
20 map v iew is selected ¢ page 174,
the display switches from Dir. of travel to North
and vice versa. This setting is saved.
Online map view
Applies to: vehicles w ith navigation system and Audi connect
You can display the map with satellite images
using the online map view.
F ig . 186 Online map v iew
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Fig. 187 Map view w ith o nline Street View
Requirement: the requirements for Audi connect
services must be met
¢page 158.
.,.. Select the I NAVI button> Settings control but­
ton > Map display .
.,.. Select and confirm the provider for the online
map
v iew .
The online map view is based on data packets re­
ceived from the Internet in the form of satellite
i mages, which are then combined w ith the road­
ways from the Standard map view. There are two
gigabytes of memory space on the MMI hard
drive that can be used to temporari ly store the
map or navigation data that was received. This is
roughly the amount required for the map/naviga­
tion data from a 2,500 miles (4,000 km) route .
As long as the satell ite images loaded for route
guidance are sto red on the hard drive, you can
use them without having an active data connec­
tion.
Online Street View*
You can explore many places in the world
through the eyes of a pedestrian using on line
Street View . Online Street View is available when
the symbol
(D ¢ fig. 186 is displayed in the side
menu.
To activate the Online Street View, turn the con­
trol knob to a scale of less than 30 m .
The following functions are available:
-Exploring an area step-by-step: tap the MMI
touch control pad when the symbol is disp layed
@ ¢fig.187. ..,.

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" N .... 0 0 :c ' -Zooming in or out on the current view in four
stages:
turn the contro l knob to the left or to
the
right @.
-Turning the view to the left/right or tilting
up/down :
move your finger over the MMI touc h
contro l pad in the desired direction.
(D Tips
-Refer to the notes in the chapter About
Audi connect
¢ page 163.
- Stored data for the on lin e map view can be
deleted with
Factory settings ¢ page 207.
- The online map view is an Audi connect serv­
ice and is updated regularly when the func ­
tion is opened. The process may take several
seconds.
- When the on line map display is switched on
with the
3D map type, t he Infotainment dis­
play automatically switches to the
2D map
type when dr iv ing through tunnels.
- Content, scope and providers of availab le
Internet-based se rvices may vary.
- For safety reasons, the online Street View
funct ions can on ly be used when th e vehicle
i s stat ionary.
Additional settings
Storing a favorite or home address
Applies to : vehicles with navigation system
Favorites are stored automatically as a contact
in the directory .
.,. Select: I NAVI button> Route guidance control
button >
Favorites .
- Storing a favorite:
select Create favorite . Se­
lect and confirm a favorite with the displayed
functions.
- Storing a home address : select Home address .
Select and confirm a home address with the
displayed functions.
A home address can be stored for each cell phone
or SIM card that is paired with the
MMI as well as
for the public MMI directory . It is only visible
when the respective directory is active .
Addit ional functions include:
Navigation
- Call :
select and confirm a favorite or the home
address. Se lect and confirm
Call.
- Change:
se lect and confirm a favorite or the
home address. Select and confirm
Re-assign
home address/favorite.
- Showing on the map:
select and confirm a fa­
vorite/home address. Se lect and confirm
Show
destination on map.
- Delete :
select and confirm a favorite or the
home address. Se lect and confirm
Delete home
address/favorite .
Storing a destination in the directory
Applies to : vehicles wit h nav igation system and telep hone
Two addresses (private/business) can be as­
signed as destinations for each contact in the di­
rectory.
.. Select: I NAV ! button> Route guidance control
button >
enter a destination > Store in directo­
ry .
- Storing a destination as a new address card :
select New contact. Enter a name. Enter addi ­
tional data, if necessary. Select and confirm
Save contact .
- Assigning a destination to an existing address
card:
select and confi rm an address card. Select
and confirm
Save contact. If you already have
an address card for a destination, the old desti­
nation will be overwritten .
Add to favorites : to be able to access a destina­
t ion quickly, the destination can be displayed in
the list of favorites when the function is switched
on~ ¢ page 170 .
Stored destinations are identified on the map by
a b lue or red push pin (bus iness/private naviga­
tion destination) .
General settings
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
.. Select: INAV ! button> Settings control button .
Several criter ia are used to calculate route guid-
ance.
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Navigation
Route criteria
Auto rerouting (traffic):
when auto rerouting is
On, the route is automatically adjusted based on
TMC traffic information . If the MMI does not cal­
culate a detour even though you have se lected
dynamic route
On and a traffic jam was reported
on the calculated route, then the detour the sys­
tem calculated would take more time than the
time spent wa iting in the traffic jam.
Alternative routes : when the function is On, up
to three suggested routes and their criteria ap­
pear in the Infotainment d isplay in the s ide
menu . After chang ing to map view, the new route
that was calculated according to your criteria is
h ighlighted. You can select the poss ible routing
in the alternative routes by turning and press ing
t he control knob.
Route type: you can select a Short , Fast or Mixed
route.
Highway /Toll roads/Ferry: select the Avoid op­
tion you do not want the navigation system to in­
clude highways, toll roads or ferr ies when ca lcu­
lating
a route.
Time restricted roads : using the Avoid function
w ill exclude time restricted roads, such as pedes­
trian zones, from the route calcu lation. Whe n
Auto is selected, the MMI decides if the time re­
stricted roads should be included when calculat­
ing the route guidance based on the e ntries stor ­
ed in the navigation data.
Seasonal closing: using the Avoid function w ill
ex clud e seasona l closings, such as mountain
passes, from the route calculation . When
Auto is
selected, t he
MMI decides if the seasona l re ­
stricted roads should be included when calcu lat ­
ing the route guidance based on the entries stor ­
ed in the navigation data.
Map colors
Day /Night :
the map is displayed with a light/
dark background.
Auto : when t he lig hts switch on, the map colors
sw itch from day to night.
1> Only possible in the 2D map v iew
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Orientation
North 1
l: the map orientation is facing nort h.
Dir. of travel : the map orientation is in the direc­
t ion of travel. At a sca le of 62 miles (100 km),
t h e map is or iented to the north for easie r orien­
tation.
Auto: at a scale up to 3 m iles (5 km), the map
o rientation is in the direction of travel. At a scale
greate r than 3 miles (5 km), the map is or iented
to the north.
Map type
Destination :
the destination is marked with a
checke red flag. The map indicates the destina­
t ion and is oriented to the north.
2D: the current veh icle posit ion is displayed. The
map or ientation corresponds to the sett ing in the
Map orientation menu ~ page 174 .
3D: when th is function is switched on, the cur­
rent vehicle position is displayed in a three-di­
mens ional terrain map and the map or ientat ion
i s set automatically to the
Dir. of travel. At a
sca le of 100 km and larger, the map is oriented
to th e north . At a scale between 30
-100 meters,
the display will show three-dimensional city
models and landmarks will be shown at a scale of
30
-200 meters.
Overview : the entire route from the vehicle loca­
tion to the destination is d isp layed on the map.
The map scale depends on the length of the
route. The map is oriented to the north.
Map display
Online map view ~ page 172
Map content
Map contents such as traffic information, favor­
i tes or restaurants can be displayed
(~) or hid ­
den .
The functions in the
Map POis menu depend on
the map display that is selected.
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When t he f unction is switc hed On , the three up ­
coming turns and the calc ulated distance and ar ­
rival tim e are shown in th e Infota inm ent disp lay
dur ing route gu idanc e@
¢ pag e 171 , fig. 184 .
The cu rrent s treet t raveled, upcoming maneu ­
ve rs, traffic information or points of interes t on
the current ro ute are a lso displayed.
The next tu rn is d isp layed at the bottom of the
tab le.
Automatic zoom
On : the map scale is adapted automat ically de ­
pending on t he type of road being traveled on
(expressway, h ighway , other roads) so t hat you
a lways have an optimal overv iew of the road
a h ead . When there are upcom ing ma neuvers, t he
scale is automatically reduced to prov ide a better
detai led view.
Inter section : when ro ut e g uidance is active, t he
map temporarily zooms in to a detailed scale
when there are upcoming mane uvers so that you
can see the route better .
Off: the map sca le yo u have chosen is kept in­
stead.
Gas station message
When th is function is sw itched On , a message
appears when t he fue l gauge goes below the re­
serve mar king. Conf irming th is message displays
a list of gas stations in the area. When a gas s ta ­
tion is se lected, route g uidance from the c urrent
ve hicle position is calc ulated .
Speed limit display *l)
The max imum speed limits for expressways ,
hi ghways and ma in streets can be switched
On -/
Off if they are stored in the navig ation da ta .
Voice guidance
The vo ice gu idance prompts can be Complete or
Shortened . When Off is selected , no vo ice gu id­
a n ce is given.
l ) O nly applie s to vehicl es withou t ca mer a-b as ed speed li mit
d is pla y.
Na vigation
Nav igation prompts can be g iven by pressing the
~ button.
Voice guidance on during call
Nav igat ion p rompts can be sw itc hed on ~ or off
dur ing a phone call.
Deleting la st destinations
The destinations you have e ntered last are auto ­
matically stored . T hey ca n be deleted ind iv idually
o r all at once .
Presentation mode
The Demo mode helps you to effective ly plan and
display a route by showing map contents or route
criter ia . You ca n
Set starting point when you
would l ike to calculate a route start ing from a lo­
cat ion other than t he veh icle position. Start
D emo mode to sim ulate the route g uidance.
(D Tips
Fo r safety reasons, the route s imulation in
demo mode is deact ivated while dr iv in g.
Route settings
Applies to: ve hicles w ith navigation system
.,. Select: !NAV ! button> Rout e control butt on.
Route list
The route list is v is ible only when route gu idance
is active and conta ins i nformat ion regard ing the
r oute , the names of the streets a nd the length of
t h e ro ute sect ions. O n longer ro ute sect ions, ad­
di tional info rmat ion may be d isp layed such as
poss ib le i nte rchanges w hen driving on express ­
ways.
Avoid route from here
D ete rmining th e le ngth of the route to b e
avoided :
turn the contro l knob to t he left o r
r ig ht.
When route guida nce is active and the
Standard
map view( ¢ page 171) is switched on, the ca lcu­
lated ro ute is avo ided fo r the d istance you have
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Navigation
specified, if possible. The navigation system cal ­
culates an a lternative route.
The route to be avoided that you ha ve ente red
applies only to the current route and must be set
again, if needed.
The areas you have se lected to avoid w ill appear
with red and white shading on the map.
0) Tips
If the MMI does not calculate an alternative
route, that means there is none available.
Accessing traffic
information
Auto rerouting (traffic)
A pp lies to: ve hicles w ith navigation system an d Sirius (satel ­
li te radi o)
By receiving traffic information from the TMC or
satellite - depend ing on ava ilability -the MMI cal­
culates an optim ized route and the possible t ime
saved for the current route guidance. You can de­
cide yourse lf wh ich route you would like to use.
Traffic information (TMC)
App lies to: ve hicles w ith naviga tion system and Sirius (satel ­
li te ra dio)
TMC traffic reports can be shown in the Infotain ­
ment display using Sirius* (satellite radio).
Fig. 188 Access ing TMC traff ic informa tion
~ Se lect: IIN FOI button .
The last active Info menu is shown in the Info­
tainment display. To open the list with TMC traf­
fic information
c:tv fig. 188, press the I IN FO I but­
ton again in the
Info menu .
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Reception of traffic information is indicated by
the
TMC symbol in the status line:
TMC symbol Meaning
TMC stations are avai lable
Displayed and dynamic navigation is
switched
On c:tv page 17 4.
TMC stations are not availa-
Is gra yed o ut ble and dynamic navig ation
i s sw itched
On.
Not disp layed Auto
rerouting is switched
Off.
- Opening a detailed view of traffic information :
select and confirm the traffic information from
the list .
- Opening the next traffic information : select
and confirm
Display next report.
- Showing the selected traffic information on
the map :
select and confirm Show on map . The
shaded line shows the street and the length of
the traff ic jam .
-Displaying the next traffic information on the
map :
press the cont rol knob aga in.
- Having traffic information read out : press the
Read control button.
Traffic information display
@Colored warning symbols: traffic incidents on
your route are shown in the upper sect ion of the
li st and are sorted according to distance.
Warning symbols with.::->: avoided traffic inci­
dents.
@ Grayed out warning symbols: traffic incidents
that are not on your route. They are sorted ac ­
cording to road type (expressway, highway, other
road), country and name.
(D Tips
-Critical traffic information, s uch as warn ­
ings about wrong -way drivers, is automati­
cally disp layed. To hide the traffic informa­
t ion, press the
I BACK I button or the control
knob.
- TMC traffic reports are not available in Can­
ada. For more information, please contact
S ir ius Canada .

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mation system disp lay and can be selected
by turning the left thumbwheel.
Other settings
~ Select : IINFO I button> Settings control button .
Traffic report
Traffic informati on that refers to an active desti­
nation is given as a spoken announcement when
t he function is sw itched
On.
Troubleshooting
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
Problem Solution Navigation
Music volume during nav. prompts
T urn the On/Off knob to the rig ht or l eft to the
adjust the vol ume during traffic reports .
Favorites that were a lready stor -
The favorites in th e pub lic MMI directory are visible for a ll users in
ed are no longer displayed.
the vehicle.
If a cell phone is connected, both the favorites from the private
d irectory and the favorites stored as public are displayed.
If you want to make a favorite available for al l users, it must be
stored in the public MM I directory. A favorite in the pr ivate di rec-
tory must be marked as one of the
Shared contacts if you want it
to be ava ilable for a ll users .
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Radio
Radio
Accessing the radio
The radio supports the FM, AM and Sirius* (satel­
lite radio) bands. By means of an HD Radio re­
ceiver, you also receive radio stations on the FM
and AM band in digital format.
F ig. 1 89 FM stat ion lis t (H D Ra dio)
SIR IUS ~ ..
A
006 60s Hits Linking
(
007
70s Hits Linking ----~-- ---·
Linking _
008 80s Hits
009 ThePulse Linking
010 Bridge Linking
011 Radio 1 Linking
•
:fiv,cJ t• 3G,t1l l
F ig . 19 0
Sir iu s st ati on l ist
.,. Se lect: the I RADIO I button.
After se lecting the r ad io, the last menu th at was
open is displayed.
- Showing the station li st : p ress the I RADIO I
button aga in. The receivab le s tat ions are shown
o n a ra d io s ta tion lis t
c:> fig. 189 and can be se­
lected direct ly.
- Selecting a station : select and confirm a sta­
tion from the s tation list. FM/ A M stations that
can be received by digital radio are marked with
the HD
symbol @ c:> fig. 189 . If reception quali­
ty declines, the radio automat ica lly switches to
the analog FM/AM stat ion. Dig ital FM HD Rad io
stations may contain multiple additional sta­
tions* . The available additional stations* are
listed unde r the radio station . When you leave
the reception a rea, additional stations* that
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cannot be received are marked w ith a symbol
@ c:>fig.189 .
-Quick storing from the station list : select and
confirm a station from the station list. Press
and hold the control knob until
Store station
name
here appears in the presets list. Select
and confirm the des ired presets location.
- Select ing a stored station : press the Presets
control b utton . Select and conf irm a station
from the presets list.
- Select ing the frequen cy band : press the Band
control button. Select and conf irm the desired
band.
Or : press the !RADIO I button repeated ly
until the des ired frequency band appears in the
tit le line
c:> fig . 189 .
-Updating the station list : select and confirm
Update station list . The station lists in the FM
and Sir ius* bands are updated automatically . If
the last station that was play ing is no longer
avai lab le after the stat ion list is updated, sta­
t ion 18 4 is played au tomatically.
If there is a loss of radio signal (Sir ius*), t he fol­
lowing system informat ion may display in the
station list:
LINKING : the tuner is current ly not receiving a
sate llite
s ignal @<=:> fig. 190.
ANTENNA : the antenna is not ready. For addi­
tional information, contact an author iz ed Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Fac il ity .
The system information turns off when the radio
stations are rece ived again .
@ Tips
- HD Radio reception is not available in Cana­
da.
- Con tact the Sirius * prov ider if you wo uld like
to receive satellite p rogramm ing .
- T hat stations in the AM station list are s till
displayed after you leave t he reception area.
There is no longer any reception .
- B uildings, tunnels, bridges, open areas, oth ­
er veh icles or objects on the veh icle roof can
affect reception.
- Sate llite radio is not availab le in Alaska and
Hawaii.