USB AUDI TT ROADSTER 2018 User Guide

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Playlist
Fig. 14 6 Example: p lay list
The track, art ist, album and album cover, if appli­
cable, will appear in the playlist.
Options
See r:!> page 165, Additional settings .
Favorites
You can store up to 50 entries for each source in
the favorites list.
Requirement: the playlist or media center must
be open .
-Select the des ired entry from the playl ist o r
med ia center.
- Select: right control button
> Store a s favorite.
Or :
press and hold the cont rol knob for several
seco nds.
When you store a track as a favorite, the assoc i­
ated album w ill appear in the favorites l ist as an
entry.
Requirement: at least one entry must be stored
in the favor ites list.
Displa ying the fa vorite s list : press the I MEDIA !
button. Press the left contro l button until the
sources
overview ¢ page 162 is displayed. Select
the source that conta ins the
categories
r:!> page 163 (for example, SD card) . Select the Fa­
vorit es
category.
Requirement: the favorites list must be dis­
p layed.
- Listening to a favorite : select and confirm a n
entry from the favorites lis t.
-Move favorite : select t he des ired entry from
the favo rit es list. Se lec t the r ight con trol b ut-
Media
ton > Mo ve fa vo ri te . Se lect and confirm the de­
sired presets location.
- Deleting a f avorit e: select the desired entry
from the favorites list. Se lect the right control
button
> Delete fa vorite > Delete this f avorite
or Delete all fa vorite s.
Additional settings
Options menu
Contex t-spec ific f unct ions and sett ings are avail ­
able depend ing o n the selected source.
.,. Press the r ight cont rol button .
Sound settings
See¢ page 177.
Input l evel
Requirement: a mobile device must be connected
to the AUX connection cab le or to a USB adapter
r:!> page 160, Multimedia connections.
T he vol ume of the mob ile dev ice is adapted to
the MMI. Audi recommen ds ad justing the vol ume
on the mobi le device to 70% of the maximum
vo lume output.
Bluetooth settings
See r:!> page 175.
Wi-Fi settings
See¢ page 129, Wi-Fi hotspot.
Connection manager
See ¢ page 17 4.
Additional track information
With the fu nction swit ched on@' and a playlist
open, va rious informat io n about the cur rent t rack
(s uch as artist, a lbum and a lb um cover*) as we ll
as the playing time and the remaining p laying
time are displayed .
Jukebox memory capacity*
Info rmation on the Ju kebox memo ry capac ity and
t h e n umber of sto red t racks in the Jukebox is dis-
played.
..,
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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
-
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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Audi smartphone interface
Setup
A ppl ies to : ve hicles w ith Audi smartpho ne inte rfa ce
You con connect your smortphone to the MMI us­
ing the Audi smortphone interface . Certain con­
tent on your smortphone is adopted to the Info­
tainment system display while driving and con
be operated through the
MMI control panel .
Requirement:
The vehicle must be stat ionary and the ignition
must be switched on .
iPhone generation 5 or h igher w ith Lightning
connector and iOS 7 .1.2 operating system or h igher.
O r:
Smartphone with Android Auto app and Android
5 .0 Loll ipop operating system or higher.
.,. Connec t your sma rtphone to the Audi music in ­
terface
¢ page 161 using a USB adapte r
¢page 160, fig. 139 .
.. Select and confirm A ctivate Apple CarPlay or
Acti vate And roid Auto now .
.. Follow the system instruct ions.
.. Pay attention to any additiona l system prompts
on your smartphone if applicable .
If you chose not to use Apple CarP lay or Android
Auto when connecting your smartphone for the
first time, you can start the Audi smartphone in ­
terface later on using the
Connection manager.
.,. Se lect : I MENU I button > Audi smartphone in-
terfa ce
> Change to connection manager .
.. Connect your sma rtphone to the A udi music in ­
terface
¢ page 161 using a USB adapter
¢ page 160, fig. 139 .
.. Select and confirm Audi smartphone in t he
Connection manager ¢ page 174. You can se­
l ect your smartphone in the list of devices that
are already paired
¢page 175.
.,. Follow the system instruct ions .
ll In prep arat io n at t he t im e of pr in tin g .
Aud i smartph one interfac e
@ Note
Always fo llow the information fo und in ¢ @ in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 130.
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-T he f unctions that can be used depend on
the fo llow ing factors, among others:
-the brand of your smartphone
-the vers io n of the ope rating system in
your smartphone
-the software ve rsion of the app used
-the USB adapter cab le an d correct connec -
tion
-your cell phone service provide r
-the customized se tt in g s on yo ur sm art-
phone
-O ne of t he factors above o r a com binat ion
o f any of them could cause you r sma rtphone
to be incompatib le wit h the Audi smart ­
phone interface. Compatibility cannot be
guaranteed for all types of smartphones.
For more informat ion and assistance, refe r
to the user guide and the man ufacturer of
your smartphone .
-If the connected smartphone has voice con­
trol, you can operate you r smartp hon e usi ng
t he ex ter nal voice recognition system*
¢page 110.
-T he menu language show n in t he MMI is
based on t he sett ings in you r smartp ho ne.
-The time d isplayed in the MMI is based o n
t he settings in yo ur smartphone .
-Several M MI functions a re not avai lab le
w hen Apple Car Play or Andro id A uto is ac­
t ive .
-You cannot co nnect any mob ile dev ices via
Bluetooth whe n an Apple CarPlay connec­
tion is act ive.
-Whe n the App le CarPlay connection is ac­
t ive,
Tag this song for iTunes*1
) is not ava il­
able
¢page 150 .
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Audi smartphone interface
Operating
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
Android Auto : to go back to the Android Auto
menu bar, push the control knob down.
Opening a menu Opening a menu item
Apple CarPlay: yo
u can go back to the Apple Car­
Play main menu regardless of the selected menu
item by pressing and holding the
I BACKI button. Se
lect and confirm a menu item us ing the MMI
control panel.
Troubleshooting
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
Problem Solution
Audi smartphone
Check the charge level of your smartphone battery.
interface cannot be Check the USB cab le and use a different one if necessary.
opened. Check if Android Auto or Apple CarPlay is available in your country.
Android Auto: check if the Android Auto app is installed on your smartphone.
Connecting the Check if you are using the correct USB adapter and if the USB adapter is connect-
smartphone to the ed correctly to your smartphone and the Audi music
interface ¢ page 160.
MMI failed. Apple CarPlay : check if Apple CarPlay is activated on your smartphone.
Android Auto: check in the Android Auto app if Android Auto permits new
veh icles .
T he smartphone is Check if you are using the correct USB adapter and
if the USB adapter is connect -
not automatically ed correctly to your smartphone and the Audi music
interface ¢ page 160.
detected. Check if the requirements needed to connect a smartphone have been met.
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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
c> page 175
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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AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 52
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .52
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
La unch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . .
69
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Steering wheel with shift paddles . . . . . . . . 67
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Automatic zoom (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Index
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 61
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Break-in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 2 7
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
New tires 251
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Bulb failure (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
93
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 18, 20
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S C
AUX input
Average fuel consumption ........... .. . . 161
21
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Battery Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Before driving .. ................ ... .. .
Better route (navigation) ........ .. .. .. .
Blended gasoline
179
147
229
Blower (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 52
Bluetooth Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Booster seats
Brake fluid 223
Checking the brake flu id leve l . . . . . . . . . .
241
Cable (USB adapter/AUX connector cable) 160
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 234
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Capacities Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . 183
Catalytic converter ... ................ . 233
CD drive (media drives) ............... . 156
Cell phone Pl
. · aying music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
also refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mechanically locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
295