CD player AUDI TT ROADSTER 2018 User Guide

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such as an MP3 player connected to
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Bluetooth audio player*
Wi-Fi audio player* .......... .
Online media*
and Internet radio*
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-Playing audio/video files: select a source in the
Media menu > category (such as artists > al­
bum
> track) .
-Moving one level up in the folder structure:
press the I BACK I button. Or: select and confirm
Folder up.
- Selecting the previous or next track/chapter
1): press the On/Off knob on the MMI control
panel briefly to the left
lt>t.
-Fast-forwarding and rewinding audio/video
files :
press and hold the On/Off knob on the
MMI control panel to the left lt>t for
a longer time.
-Pausing or resuming playback: press the On/
Off knob on the MMI control panel briefly.
@ Tips
-You can scroll through long lists quickly by
turning the control knob quickly. The scroll­
i ng speed depends on the number of list en­
tries.
-For safety reasons, the video image is only
displayed when the vehicle is stationary. On­ ly the sound from the v ideo plays while driv­
i ng .
Media center
Various categories for selecting audio/video*
files are available in the media center .
Fig. 143 Example: USB stick catego ries
1l Depe ndi ng o n th e DVD, t his may not be possible during
playba ck .
Media
Fi g. 144 Example: USB stick categories
... Press the I MEDIA! button. Press the left control
button until the sources overview is displayed.
Select and confirm the desired source.
(D Active source
The active source is highlighted . The active
source symbol
(D may change depending on the
connected device, the online media service* or
Internet radio*. The device name may be dis­
played (for example: myPhone). As an example, a
USB stick is shown
c:> fig. 143 connected to the
Audi music interface* .
Depending on the active source, you can select
audio/video fi les* from the follow ing categories
and add them to the playlist:
@ Favo rites
The Favorites category appears if at least one en­
try is stored in the favorites list. See
c:> page 165,
Favorites.
@ Artists
All available artists are displayed. Select and con­
firm an a rtist, an album and then a track .
@Albums
All availab le albums are displayed. Select and
confirm an album and then a track .
® Genres
All available genres are displayed. Select and
confirm a genre (such as
Pop ), an artist, an al ­
bum and then a song .
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Media
Supported media and file formats
Overview
The following audio/video files are supported by the DVD drive, the Jukebox*, the SO card reader and
the connection for USB storage devices:
Supported
medi a
File system
Metadat a
Format
File e xten-
s ion
Pla ylist s
C haracter is -
ti cs
Numbe r of
file s
(D Tips Audio files
Video files*
S D /S DH C/S DXC/MM C mem 1or y ca rds:
with a capacity up to 128 GB
DVD dri ve : audio CDs (up to 80 m in .) with CD text (artist, album, song)*, CD-ROMs with
a capacity up to 700 MB; DVD±R/RW; DVD v ideo; DVD aud io with audio tracks that a re
compatible with a DV D video player
Audi mu sic interface : mobi le devices ~page 160 such as iPods and MTP players, USB
storage devices in "USB Device Subclass 1 and
6" th at con form to USB 2.0: USB stic ks,
USB MP3 players (P lug-and -P lay cap.ab le), external USB flash drives and hard drives
Memory card s: exFAT, FAT, FAT32, NTFS
USB storage d evices: FAT, FAT32, NTFS
USB storage de vice partiti ons: 2 per USB connection
CD /DVD fil e sy stem s: 1S09660, Jo liet, UD F
Album co ver : GIF, JPG, PNG with max.
800x800 px . The album cover from the
medium or from Gracenote is displayed,
depending on availability .
MPEG Windows MPEG F
LAC
MPEG MPEG4 Windows Media Vid
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1/2 Media 2/4 1/2
AVC eo 9
Layer-3 Audio 9 (H.264)
and 10
.mp3 .wma .
m4a;
.flac .mpg; .mp4; .wmv;
. m4b;
.mpeg .m4v; .asf
. aac .mov;
. avi
.M3U; .PLS; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
up to maximum 320 kb it/s and 48 kHz up to maximum 2,000 kb it/s and
48 k Hz sampling frequencies sampling 720x576 px. at max imum 25 fps
frequen-
cy
DVD drive *: max. 1,000 files per medium
Jukebo x*: approximate ly 10 GB storage space; max. 3,000 files can be imported
USB storage de vices and memo ry card s: max. 10,000 files per medium; max. 1,000
fi les pe r playlist/ directory
showing the remain ing p lay time may differ
for MP3 files with variab le bit rate.
- The med ia drives do not support the W in­
dows Media Audio 9 Voice format . -
Special characters (s uch as those in ID3 tag
information) display differently depending
on the system language and cannot always
be guaran teed .
-
To comp ress MP3 f iles, a bit rate of at least
160 kb it/s is recommended. The display
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Media
-The manufactu rer of the stora ge device can
provide information about its "USB Device
Subclass" . -Some MTP p laye r fu nct ions are not s upport ­
ed, s uch as rating music tracks and video
playback.
CD drive
App lies to: ve hicles with a CD d rive
The following audio file properties are supported by the CD drive:
Audio files
Supported
Audio CDs (up to 80 min) with CD tex t (artist, a lbum, t rack) *, CD -ROMs with a capac i-
media ty of up to 700 MB
File system CD file system: IS09660, Joliet, UDF
Metadata Album cover : GIF, JPG, PNG wit h max. 800x800 px. The album cover from the medi -
um may be d isp layed, depend ing on avai lab ility.
Format M PE G 1/ 2 Windows Media A u- M PEG 2/4 FLAC
Layer -3 dio 9 and 10
File extension .mp3 .wma .m4a; .flac
. m4b;
. aac
Playlists .M3U; .PLS ; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
Characteristics up to maximum 3 20 kb it/s and 48 k Hz sampli ng freque ncies 48 k Hz sampling
frequency
Number of M aximum 1,000 files pe r med ium
files
(D Tips
-To comp ress MP3 files, a bit rate of at least
160 kb it/s is recommended. The display
showing the remaining p lay t ime may d iffer
fo r MP3 f iles w it h va riable bi t rate.
-Special cha racters (s uch as those in 1D3 tag
information) display differently depend ing
on the system language a nd cannot always
be guaranteed .
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
Audi music interface */Bluetooth au-
Read the ins truc tions in the chapter q page 160, Multimedia
dio player *: mobile dev ice is not sup-c onne ctions/ 9 page 157, Bluetooth audio player. You can
porte d. learn abo ut supporte d mo bile dev ices in the A udi da tabase fo r
mo bile dev ices a t www.audius a.com/blue tooth.
Audi music interface */AU X input: the Ad just the volume of the mobile device to approximate ly 70%
vol ume is too h igh/too low w hen of the max imum ou tp ut
9page 165, Input level.
sta rting playback th rough the AUX in-
pu t.
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Media Problem Solution
Audi music interface* :
the portable For many cell phones or mobile devices, playback is not possi-
device is not recognized as a source. ble when the battery level is too low (less than 5% of its ca-
pacity) . The mobile device w ill only be recognized as a media
source in the MMI after connecting if the battery charge level
is sufficient .
Audi music interface* : malfunctions
The Bluetooth audio player function is switched on . Switch
dur ing audio p layback throug h an this
funct ion off
i::> page 175 when you are not using the
iPod/ iPhone.
Bluetooth audio player.
AUX input :
there is stat ic when con- When connecting and disconnecting, the External audio play-
necting and disconnect ing the AUX er source is al ready selected . Before connecting or disconnect-
connection cable. ing
the mobi le device, either m ute the device (see
<=:>page 177) or switch to a different audio source (for exam -
ple
i::> page 149, Opening the radio) .
Bluetooth audio player* /Wi-Fi audio Only one interface should be act ive ly used at a time to ensu re
player *: audio playback interfe re nc e. problem -free playback.
Wi-Fi audio player* : audio playback Aud io playback interference can occur on some cell phones if
interference. the Internet connection in the ve hicle was no t established
through the SIM card reader* on the MMI control panel and
the
mobile data option on the cell phone is sw itched on . De-
activate the
mobile data option on your cell phone.
Jukebox* : tracks on the imported When importing playlists, all of the files themselves must be
playlist are grayed out. imported
.
Jukebox*: imported tracks cannot be If you cannot find imported tracks in the media center, they
played or found. may not be supported. Only copy supported files
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to the Jukebox .
Wi-Fi audio player *: multiple devices Close the Audi MMI connect app on the connected devices
are connected to the Wi-Fi hotspot. A (for example, smartphones) that are not being used as the
media pla ye r (suc h as a smartphone) Wi-Fi audio player*. Likewise , close the UPn P serve r apps or
appears as the media source and can- t he media permissions on the integ rated UPnP/DLNA server.
not be changed. Connect the desired device as a Wi-Fi audio player*
<=:> page 158.
Online media *: connection fa iled be- To establish a connection to the MMI, the MMI connection
tween the MMI and the
Audi MMI switch must be switched on in the Audi MMI connect app sta-
connect app. tus screen .
Bluetooth audio player *: interference Playback interference can occur when using the Bluetooth au-
with track d isplay and audio p layback. dio player if a music player app from a third party provider is
open . Audi recommends using the integrated media player on
your Bluetoo th device (such as a smartphone) .
Wi-Fi hotspot*: your Wi-Fi device is
Make sure the network optimization functions are switched
disconnected from the Wi-Fi hotspot. off in the Wi- Fi settings or in the network settings for your
Wi-Fi device. For additiona l information refer to the user
guide for your W i-F i dev ice.
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System settings
delete the programmed voice training with the
Reset individual speech training function .
Factory settings
The follo wing funct ions can be reset to the facto­
ry default settings :
-Sound settings
- Radio
- Media settings
- Jukebox*
- Directory*
- Telephone *
- Bluetooth and Wi-Fi*
- Navigation settings *
- Navigation and online memory *
- Voice recognition system*
- Message settings *
-Apps*
-Tool tips
-Audi connect *
You can select the desired functions individually
or all at once with the option
Select all entries .
Select and confirm Restore factory settings.
(D Tips
-Make sure that not only t he settings were
deleted but also the stored data, if appl ica­
ble.
- Please note that the
voice recognit ion sys­
tem* is not available in Cabriolets that do
not have a factory- insta lled safety belt mi­
crophone .
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Connection manager
Introduction
The connection manager gives you an overview
of your connected devices and their network sta ­
tus.
Settings Connection manager
I • Prima hone : M_Phone C,
t MyPhone ~
• Secondary phone : Not connected
• Data connect,on: Not connected
• MMI connect App: Not connected
• w,- F, aud ,o player: Not connected
Fig . 147 Co nnect ion manager
.,.. Select: !MENUI button> Settings > left control
button
> MMI settings > Connection manager.
.,.. Select and confirm a menu it em.
If a mobile device was already connected and you
select and co nfirm the corresponding menu item,
the device name and connect ion status are dis­
played under the menu item.
You can individually
Connect(~) or Disconnect
(0) a pa ired device.
Requirement:
- Th e vehicle m ust be stationary and the ignition
m ust be switched on .
- Th e Bluetooth settings will open on your mo­
bile device during the connection setup .
- Th e Bluetooth function and visibility of the MMI
c::> page 175 and mobile device must be switch­
ed on.
- Th e mobile device to be connected m ust not be
connected to any other B luetooth dev ice .
Primary phone
App lies to: vehicles wi th telepho ne
- Connect new device: search for and connect a
cell phone.
- List of devices already paired: select your cell
phone from the list of all the devices that are
already paired.

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Secondary phone
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
-Connect new device : search for and connec t a
c e ll phone.
- List of devices already paired : selec t your cell
p hone fro m the lis t of all the devices t hat are
al re ad y p aired.
Data connection
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
-Connect new device : search for and connec t a
mobile device (s uch as a smartp hone) .
-List of devices already paired : selec t your cell
p hone from the list of all the devices t hat are
al ready pa ired .
Or : insert a mini SI M card into
the S IM ca rd
reader* c> page 124.
({;D) Note
Always follow t he i nfo rmat ion foun d in c> (0) in
W i-F i hotspot on page 130 .
MMI connect app
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Requirement: the Audi MMI connect app m ust
be i nstalled and open on your mobile device.
- Connect new device : search for and connect a
mobile device (s uch as a smartp hone) .
-List of devices already paired : select your mo ­
b ile device from the list of a ll the devices that
are already paired.
Audio player
Applies to vehicles with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi audio player
Bluetooth player
Requirement: the Bl uetooth funct ion and v is ibi li­
ty must be sw itched on in the MMI
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and on the B luetoot h aud io player.
- Connect new device : press the control knob.
Se lect
Bluetooth audio player . Search fo r and
connect a mobile device .
-List of devices already paired : select a Bl ue­
tooth device from the list of a ll the devices that
are already paired.
System settings
Wi-Fi audio player
Re quiremen t: th e W i-Fi h otspo t on the M MI
c> page 1 29 an d the Wi -Fi on you r W i-Fi audio
player m ust be switched on .
-Connect new device : pres s t he co ntrol knob.
Se arch for and conne ct a Wi-Fi ca pabl e dev ice.
- Disconnect Wi-Fi audio player: deactivate t he
Wi-Fi on you r W i-Fi capa ble dev ice. The devi ce
w ill be au tom atic a lly removed from the lis t.
@ Note
Alway s follow the infor mation foun d in c> @ in
W i-F i ho tspo t on p age 130.
Directory
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Display contacts from a cell phone (or an addi­
tiona l cell phone).
Requirement: cell phones must not be connected
to the M MI t hro ugh the Blue too th remote SI M
ac cess profi le or throug h th e
Handsfree p ro file.
- Connect new device: search for and connect a
new ce ll phone .
-List of devices already paired : select yo ur cell
p ho ne from the list of all the cell phones that
are a lready paired .
Audi smartphone
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
-Con nect yo ur cell phone to the A udi music in ­
t erfa ce
c> p age 161 using a USB a dap ter
c> page 160, fig. 139 .
-Sele ct your cell p ho ne fro m th e list of cell
p hon es th at h ave alread y bee n connec ted.
Additional options
D epen ding o n the sele cte d fu nction, yo u can use
t h e right contro l button to access the avai la bl e
additional opt ions in t he connection mana ger.
Bluetooth settings
- Bluetooth:
selec t and co nfi rm a s etti ng for the
Bl uetoo th conne ct ion visib ility. Se lec t
Visible
for the MM I to be visib le to othe r devices . ..,.
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System settings
Select Invisible for t he MMI to not be v is ibl e to
othe r devices. Howeve r, it is still possib le to es ­
ta bli sh a B luetooth con nection with paired de ­
vices when the v is ibility is switched off . Se lect
Off to turn visibi lity off . Then a B luetooth con ­
nect io n is not possible .
-Bluetooth audio player : when this function is
switched on
g, t h e Blue tooth aud io player is
available as a so urce in t he
Media menu .
-Delete Bluetooth device : th e se lected cell
phone/mobile device is d isconnected from t he
MMI.
- Show Bluetooth profiles : you ca n Connect or
Disconnect the Handsfree profi le a nd the Di­
rectory /contacts *
separately.
- Bluetooth audio player : switch th is function on
g to be a ble to selec t the B luetoo th a udio p lay­
er as a source in t he M edia me nu.
-Bluetooth name : the MMI B luetoo th name (for
example ,,AUDI M MI 2017") is displayed and
can be changed .
W hen the function is switched on
g , the symbo l
@<=>page 102, fig . 110 appears in the Infotain ­
ment sys tem disp lay.
Online settings*
- Data connection settings :
see<=> page 130,
Configuring the data connection
- Data usage counter : th e amount of data pack ­
ets that a re sent and received throug h the MMI
is d isp layed. You can reset the data usage infor­
mation to zero using the
Reset data counter
opt ion.
- Network status : the mobile netwo rk p rovider
for data se rvice as well as the network status
are disp layed .
Wi-Fi settings*
See <=> page 129, Wi -Fi hotspot.
SIM PIN settings*
- Automatic PIN entry:
when this funct ion is
swi tched on
g , th e S IM PIN is automatically
saved in the MMI after it is entered for t he first
time. The SI M PIN for four d ifferent SIM ca rds
can be saved i n the MMI. With the function
switched off, the cur rently stored SI M PIN i s
dele ted from the MMI. When the a utomat ic
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P IN entry is swi tched on, the re a re no S IM P IN
prompts .
-Disable PIN query : when sw itche d on, there are
no SIM PIN queries . The a utomatic PIN entry is
not use d in this case .
-Change PIN : you can change the P IN on you r
SI M card . First ente r th e cur rent SI M PIN. T he
SI M PIN may on ly conta in digits 0 -9 . T he new
SI M PIN must be entered twice for security a nd
then it w ill be saved to the SI M card .
Apple CarPlay sound settings/ Android Auto
sound settings
App lies to : vehicles wit h Audi s m artph one interface
See<=> page 177.
About Apple CarPlay/ About Android Auto
App lies to : vehicles wi th Audi sma rtphone interface
Here you w ill find leg al inform ation reg arding
t h e use o f A pple Car Play o r And ro id Auto and in ­
fo rmat ion about devi ce -s p ecific data exc han ge.
Delete CarPlay device/Delete Android Auto
device
App lies to : vehicles wi th Audi s m artph one interface
Requirement: yo ur cell phone m ust not be con ­
necte d to the Au di music interface with a USB
adapter.
S e le ct :
Audi smartphone > a d evice from th e list
> righ t con trol button .
To re m ove your cell p ho ne from the list, se lect
a nd con firm
Delete CarPlay device or Delete An ­
droid Auto device .
© Tips
Some SIM cards do not allo w the SIM PIN
qu eri es to be sw itch ed off .
System update
.,. Selec t: !ME NUI butt on> Settings > left cont rol
bu tton >
System maintenance.
- System update :
slide the storage device with
t he upda te da ta into the a pprop ria te d rive
r=;, page 155. Selec t an d co nfirm t he drive>
Start update . The leng th of the p rocess de ­
pe nd s on the s ize of the up dat e.

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seat backrests; never place them between
these areas and you or any other person in
the vehicle.
- Never attach objects to the windshield
above the passenger front airbag, such as
accessory GPS navigation units or music
players. Such objects could cause serious in ­
jury in a collision, especially when the air­ bags inflate .
A WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, espe­
cially infants and small children, will receive
serious injuries and can even be killed by be­
ing too close to the airbag when it inflates.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
-
your vehicle is designed to turn off the front
passenger airbag if an infant or a small child
is on the front passenger seat, nobody can
absolutely guarantee that deployment un­
der these special conditions is impossible in
all conceivable situations that may happen
during the useful life of your vehicle.
- The Advanced Airbag System can deploy in accordance with the "low risk" option under
the U .S . Federal Standard if a child that is
heavier than the typical one-year old child is
on the front passenger seat and the other
conditions for airbag deployment are met.
- For its own safety, a child should always ride
properly restrained for its age and size.
Advanced front airbag system
Your vehicle is equipped with a front Advanced
Airbag System in compliance with United States
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
208, as well as Canada Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (CMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time
your vehicle was manufactured.
The front Advanced Airbag System supplements
the safety belts to provide additional protection
for the driv er's and front passenger's heads and
upper bodies in frontal crashes . The airbags in­
flate only in frontal impacts when the vehicle de­
celeration is high enough.
Airbag system
The front Advanced Airbag System for the front
seat occupants is not a substitute for your safety
belts. Rather, it is part of the overall occupant re­
straint system in your vehicle. Always remember
that the airb ag system can only help to protect
you, if you are sitting upright, wearing your safe­
ty belt and wearing it properly . This is why you
and your passengers must always be properly re­
strained, not just because the law requires you to
be.
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle has
been certified to meet the "low risk" require­
ments for 3 and 6 year-old children on the pas­
senger side and very small adults on the driver
side. The low risk deployment criteria are intend­
ed to help reduce the risk of injury through inter­
action with the front airbag that can occur, for
example, by being too close to the steering wheel
and instrument p anel when the airbag inflates.
In addition, the system has been certified to
comply with the "suppression" requirements of
the Safety Standard, to turn off the front airbag
for infants 12 months old and younger who are
res trained on the front passenger seat in child re­
straints that are listed in the Standard
~page 218, Child restraints and Advanced front
airbag system .
"Suppression" requires the front airbag on the
passenger side to be turned off if:
- a child up to about one year of age is restrained
on the front passenger seat in one of the rear­
facing or forward-facing infant restraints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208
with which the Advanced Airbag System in your
vehicle was certified . For a listing of the child
restraints that were used to certify your vehi­
cle's compliance with the US Safety Standard
~page 218,
- When a person is detected on the front passen­
ger seat that has an electrical capacitance that
is more than the total electrical capacitance of
a child that is about 1 year old restrained in one
of the rear-facing or forward-facing infant re­
straints (listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 with which the Advanced Airbag
System in your vehicle was certified), the front
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Airbag syste m
-Repairs to the front passenger seat must be
performed by qua lified and properly trained
workshop personnel.
- Never remove the front passenger or driver
seat from the vehicle.
- Never remove the upho lstery from the front
passenger seat.
- Never disassemble or remove parts from the
seat or disconnect wires from it.
- Never carry sharp objects in your pockets or
put them on the seat . The capacitive pas­
senger detection mat in the front passenger
seat will not function properly if it is punc­
tured.
- Never carry things on your lap or carry ob­
jects on the front passenger seat. Such ob­
jects can influence the capac itance regis­
tered by the capac itive passenger detection
system, so that incorrect information is p ro­
vided to the airbag control unit.
- Never store items under the front passenger
seat. Parts of the Advanced Airbag System
under the passenger sea t could be dam­
aged, preventing them and the airbag sys­
tem from working properly.
- Never place seat covers o r rep lacemen t up­
holstery that have not been spec ifically ap­
proved by Audi on the front seats.
- Seat covers can prevent the Advanced Air­
bag System from recogn izing child re ­
straints or occupants on the front passenge r
seat and prevent the side airbag in the seat
backrest from dep loying properly.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth­
erwise added to the front passenge r seat,
never install any ch ild restraint system on
this seat.
- Never use cush ions, pillows, blankets, or
similar items on the front passenger seat.
The add it iona l layers prevent the capacitive
passenger detection system from accurate ly
measuring the capac itance of the ch ild safe­
ty seat and/or the pe rson on the seat and
th us keep the Advanced Airbag System from
wor king p roperly.
- Never place o r use any electrical device
(s uch as a laptop, CD player, elect ronic
games dev ice, power inverter or seat heater
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for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket. Such
dev ices can influence the capac itance regis­
tered by the capacitive passenger detection
system, so that incorrect informat ion is pro­
vided to the airbag cont rol unit.
- If you must use a child restra int on the fron t
passenger seat and the child restraint man­
ufacturer's instructions requ ire the use of a
towel, foam c ushion or someth ing else to
proper ly posit ion the child res tra int, ma ke
certain that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
~ ; light comes on and stays on whenever
the child restraint is installed on the front
passenger seat.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light
does not come on and stay on, have the air­ bag system inspected by your Audi dealer.
A WARNING
If the front passenger seat gets wet, dry it im­
mediately .
-If liquid soaks into the front passenger seat,
this can keep the airbag system from work­
ing properly and may, for instance, deacti­
vate the passenger frontal airbag.
If this
happens, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~'
light will come on and s tay on together w ith
t he air bag indica to r li gh t
El in the instru­
ment cluster .
- If liqu id is pooled on the sea t, but has not
soaked in, th is may also keep the airbag sys­
tem from wor king p roper ly and cause the
passenger fronta l airbag to be enabled
(turned on), even though there is a properly
installed child restraint system on the seat.
Wet towels or other wet things on the seat
cushion can have the same effect . If the
front passenger fronta l airbag is turned on,
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~, light will
turn off.
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced Airbag System and the side
airbags supp lement the protection offered by the
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met, be sure to check the light regularly to make
certain that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF "1;
light stays on continuously whenever the ignition
is on. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF "1; light
does not appear on and does not stay on all the
time, stop as soon as it is safe to do so and
- reactivate the system by turning the ign ition
off for more than 4 seconds and then turning it
on again;
- remove and reinstall the child restraint. Make
sure that the child restraint is properly instal­ led and that the safety belt for the front pas­
senger seat has been correctly routed through
the child restraint as descr ibed in the child re­
straint manufacturer's i nstr uctions;
- make sure that the convertible locking retrac­
tor on the safety be lt for the front passenger
seat has bee n activated and that the safety belt
has been pulled tight.
- make sure that no electrical device (such as a
laptop, CD player, elect ronic games dev ice,
power inverter or seat heater for child seats) is
placed or used on the front passenger seat if
the device is connected to the 12 ·vo lt socket or
the cigarette lighter socket;
- make sure that no seat heater has been retro­
fitted or otherwise added to the front passen­
ger seat;
- make sure that nothing can interfere with the
safety belt buckles and that they are not ob­
structed;
- make sure that there are no wet objects (such
as a wet towel) and no water or other liquids on
the front passenger seat cush ion.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light still
does not come on ...
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF "1; light still
does not come on and does not stay on continu­
ously (when the ignition is sw itched on),
- take the child restraint off the front passenger
seat and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer immed iate ly.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light
should NOT come on ...
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light should
NOT come on when the ign ition is on and an
Airbag system
adult is sitting in a proper seating position on the
front passenger seat. If the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG
OFF ~; light comes on and stays on whi le
driv ing, under these c ircumstances, make sure
that:
- the adult on the front passenger seat is proper ­
ly seated on the center of the seat cushion w ith
his or her back up against the backrest and the
backrest is not reclined,
- the adult is not taking weight off the seat by holding on to the passenger assist handle
above the front passenger door or support ing
their weight on the armrest,
- the safety belt is being properly worn and that
there is not a lot of slack in the safety belt web­
b ing,
- there are no aftermarket seat covers or cush­
ions or other things (such as blankets) on the
front passenger seat that might cause the ca­
pacitive passenge r detection system to miscal­
culate e lectr ica l capacitance.
Important safety instructions on
monitoring the Advanced Airbag System
A WARNING
-
-If the status of the Advanced Airbag System
has changed while the vehicle is moving, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF "1; ON@ light
blinks for about 5 seconds to catch the driv­
er 's attention. If this happens, always stop
as soon as it is safe to do so and check the
steps described above .
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF "1; light
does not go off when an adult who is not
very small is sitting on the front passenger
seat after taking the steps described above,
have the airbag system inspected by your
author ized Audi dealer before transporting
anyone on the front passenger seat.
A WARNING
-
An air bag system that is not functioning prop­
erly cannot provide supplemental protection
in a fronta l crash.
- If the airbag indicator light <=> page 14
comes when the vehicle is being used, have
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