Audi A3 S3 2016 Concert Radio System Manual

Operating Manual

Concert Radio System

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Foreword

Thank you for choosing the MMI Radio System - we value your trust in us.

With your new Audi, you are receiving a vehicle with a state-of-the art system that allows you the change the vehicle's settings and operate the electronic equipment from a central location using the MMI.

We recommend that you read this g1uide carefully so that you quickly get to

know all of the functions and possibilit ies that the MMI offers and are able to make full use of them while driving.

Please note that these instructions are a supplement to your vehicle Owner's Manual and should only be used in conjunction with your current vehicle Owner's Manual.

We hope you enjoy driving your Audi.

AUDIAG

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Table of contents

About this Operating Manual

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Controls at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Care information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Switching the MMI on and

Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Menus and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Multifunction steering wheel . . . 8

Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

off . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 Dialing a phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Accessing the directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Importing/exporting contacts . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Storing a new contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Storing in favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Radio funct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3S

Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Playing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . 12

Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Information about the command overviews 13

Global commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Media drives/connections . . . . . . . 15

Introd uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Playing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Accessing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Media functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Audi music interface . . .......... . . . . . .. 17

AUX Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Supported media and file formats. . . . . . . . 19

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

System settings .................. 21

Setting the clock time/date . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Adjusting the system volume . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Restarting the MMI (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Additional sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using the telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Connecting a cell phone with Bluetooth . . . 24

Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Selecting the telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Ab out thi s Op e rat ing Manual

This manual contains important information, tips, suggestions and warnings for using your ve-

hicle. Keep this manua l in your vehicle at all times. This

is especially important if you loan your vehicle to

others or sell it. Some sect ions in this manua l do not apply to all

vehicles. When this is the case, the beg inning of

the section indicates the "Applies to vehicles : with multifunction steering wheel" . Optiona l or vehicle-specific equipment is also identified with an aster isk"*".

The

illustration s in this manual are a guide .

validity, for example

{!) Tips

Text with this symbol contains additional useful information.

Some of the detai ls in your vehicle may differ from the illustration.

There is a this manual that lists all of the topics covered in the order that they appear. There is also an al-

phabetic al Index

directions, such as "left" , "right", "front" and

All "rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of travel.

Opt ional or vehicle-specific equipment.

.,,. The section cont inues on the next page .

¢ & Cross reference to a "WARNING" within a

section . If a page number is indicated, the

Table of Content s at the beginn ing of

at the end of this book.

WARNING is located outs ide of the section .

A WARNING

Text with this symbol conta ins information about safety and how to reduce the risk of serious personal injury or death.

Q) Note

Text with th is symbol conta ins information

about reducing the risk of damage to your vehicle .

@) For the sake of the environment

Text with th is symbol conta ins information on

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protecting t he environment .

O ve rv iew

Overview Controls at a glance

The Multi Media Interface, or MMI for short, combines various systems for communication* and entertainment in your Audi.

Fig. 1 MMI controls

You can operate the MMI using the MMI control panel or the multifunction steering wheel*

~ fig. 1:

(D Multifunction steering wheel 8

@ Driver information system . . . . . . 8

@ MMI Display

MMI display

® On/Off knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

® Buttons for opening menus . . . . . . 6

Q) MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

- This manual describes the equipment range specified for this model at the time of printing. Individual equipment options described may only be available at a later date or may only be offered in certain countries.

- On vehicles with right-hand drive steeri ng*,

the layout of the system components differs

somewhat from what is shown here

The symbols for the controls are t he same.

fig. 1.

Traffic safety

information

(D Tips

- Please note that this manual only describes MMI compo nents. You can find additional informat ion on operating your vehicle in

your vehicle Owner's Manual.

Audi recommends only performing certain functions, such as enter ing a destination, when the vehicle is stat ionary. Always be prepared to stop operating the MMI system in the interest of your safety and that of other road users. .,..

& WARNING

- Driving requires your complete and undivided attention . As the driver, you have com-

plete responsibility for safety in traffic. Only use the MMI when traffic condit ions permit and always in a way that allows you to main-

tain complete control over your vehicle .

- Adjust the volume of the audio system so that signals from outside the vehicle, such

as police and fire sirens, can be heard easily at all times.

- Obey all applicable laws regarding use of

Overview

telephones in vehicles.

Care information

For information on cleaning and caring for the In-

fotainment components, refer to the

and Protection

chapter of your vehicle Owner's

Manual.

Cleaning

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MMI control panel

Switching the MMI on and off

The MMI switches on and off automatically with the ignition. It can also be switched on or off

manually .

- Switching on manually : press the On/Off knob

® briefly ¢

button or one of the buttons used to open a menu @ .

When the system is switched on, the last menu that was selected is displayed and the last audio

page 4, fig. 1. Or: press the !MENUI

@ Tips

Volumes that are too high or too low are automatically adjusted to a set level when the

MMI is switched on.

Operating

You can easily access functions in the MMI using

an intuitive and standardized operating process.

source that was selected begins playing.

- Switching off manually : press and hold the

On/Off knob until the MMI switches off. MMI has been switched off manually, it does

not switch on again automatically the next time

the ignition is switched on.

The MMI can still be operated for approximately

ten minutes after switching the ignition off. If

you do not press any buttons or the control knob

on the MMI control panel within this time, the MMI switches off automatically .

If the

¢j) Tips

The MMI switches off automatically if the en-

gine is not running and the battery is low.

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Fig. 2 Operation

Adjusting the volume

You can set the volume of the selected audio

source to high, low or mute using the On/Off

knob.

You can change the volume of an audio source or

a system message when the sound is playing.

• Increasing or decreasing the volume: turn the

On/Off knob ® ¢ left .

• Muting or pausing: press the On/Off knob

briefly.

• Unmuting or resuming: press the On/Off knob

briefly.

Or: turn the On/Off knob to the left .

Or: turn the On/Off knob to the right.

page 4, fig. 1 to the right or

Selecting and confirming a function

• @ Selecting a function : turn the control knob

to the desired function.

• @ Confirming a selection: press the control

knob .

Calling up a function in a corner of the display

• Press the control button © that corresponds to that corner of the display. For example, the up-

per right control button corresponds to the upper right corner of the display .

Opening the main menu

• Press the I MENU I button (J) ¢ page 4, fig. 1. The MMI menu (such as Radio) is displayed.

MMI control panel

Opening a menu directly

• Press the button ® ¢ page 4, fig. 1 in the di-

rection of t he desired menu (such as

!RADIO I or

I MEDIAi).

Menus and symbols

Returning to functions at higher levels

• Press the I BACKI button (z).

Fig. 3 Menus and symbols

Symbol/Description Explanation

Selected text Selected function

Arrow down or up Additiona l functions when scroll ing forward/back

Mute Time Set time ¢ page 21

Bluetooth* Bluetooth is switched on ¢ page 32 Bluetooth* Bluetooth device connected

Signa l strength bars

Input field

The audio source is muted

r::!;> page 6

¢ page 16 or ¢ page 25

Cell phone network signal strength for a connected cell phone

¢page 25

Informat ion that can be changed using the letter/number speller

¢ page 27

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Selection list

Settings for the selected function that are accessed by pressing the

control knob Submenu with additional functions that are accessed by pressing

Arrow

the contro l knob

Title line Selected menu (such as Telephone)

Multifunction steering wheel

Multifunction steering

wheel

Operating

Applies to vehicles: with multifunctio n steering wheel

You can operate various MMI functions and the driver information system, change the volume, and turn the voice recognition system on and off with the multifunction steering wheel .

- Quick scrolling through lists: turn the left

thumbwhee l quickly.

- Displaying/exiting the submenu: press the

button ~ -

The following tabs are available, depending on vehicle equipment:

- 1. Tab: vehicle informat ion, assistance systems

- 2. Tab speed warn ing system

- 3. Tab: radio/media

- 4 . Tab: Telephone* ¢ page 9

@ Programmable steering wheel button

- Selecting a function: press the [II button.

l: indicator lights, driver messages ,

¢page 10

Fig. 4 Driver information system

- Changing a function: selec t the IMENU! button

> Car> Car systems* control button > Vehicle

settings

> Steering wheel button program.

@ Adjusting the volume

You can adjust the volume of an audio source or a system message (for example, from the voice recognition system) when the sound is playing.

- Increasing or decreasing the volume: turn the

right thumbwheel up or down .

- Muting or pausing: turn the right thumbwheel

down .

- Unmuting or resuming: turn the right thumb-

wheel up.

Or: press the right thumbwheel.

Fig. 5 Controls on the mult ifunction steering wheel

Requirement: the ignition and the MMI must be

switched on ¢

page 6.

The driver information system contains seve ral tabs @ that display various informat ion @ .

- Switching tabs: press the !<1 e>! button to the

left/rig ht.

- Selecting a function: turn the left thumbwheel

to the desired function .

- Confirming a selection: press the left thumb-

wheel.

@ Switching the voice recognition system on

or off

- Switching on:

the mult ifunction steering wheel. Say the desired command after the

- Switching off: press and hold the 51 button.

Or: say the command Cancel.

For more information about the voice recognition system, refer to ¢

The button ® does not have a function assigned to it.

press the 51 button briefly on

Beep.

page 12.

1l The second tab is only visible if at least one indicator light

or message is shown or if that system is switched on.

Multifunction steering wheel

Using the telephone

Overview

Applies to vehicles: with a mult ifunction steering wheel and

telepho ne

Fig. 6 Directory

Incoming call

Applies to vehicles: with a mu ltifunction steering whee l and telephone

Caller information : the name, phone number or Unknown appears in the driver information sys-

tem display depend ing on if the calle r has been stored in the directory and if the phone number has been t ransm itted.

-Acc epting a call : press the left th umbwheel

when t here is an incom ing call.

- Rejecting a call : se lect and conf irm Reject

when t here is an incoming call.

- Ending a phone call : select and confirm End

call.

Requirement: a cell phone must be connected to

the MMI

must be displayed¢

¢ page 25 and the telep hone tab

page 8 .

.. Select : t he lil but ton.

- Calling a conta ct in the directory : selec t Direc-

tory .

Select and confi rm a cont act .

- Calling a contact in the call list : se lect Recent

calls.

Select and confi rm a contact .

Directory contacts : the driver informat ion sys-

tem only displays directo ry contacts that have a

phone number stored.

If several phone numbers

are stored with a contact, t he list of stored num-

bers is disp layed first when the ent ry is se lected. For more informa tion abo ut t he displayed sym-

During a phone call

Applies to vehicles: with a mu ltifunction steering whee l and telephone

Requirement: the 3-way calling function must be switched on for some of the options listed

¢ page 32 and there must be a call in progress .

- Making an additional call: select Hold >

button > Directory or Recent calls > an entry in

the list.

- Accepting an incoming call when the re is an active call and a call on hold :

firm

Replace . The active call is replaced with

the incoming call .

Additional funct ions include:

select and con-

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bols , refe r to ¢

page 29.

Recent calls: the recent calls list contains all in-

com ing, outgoing and missed calls ¢

page 26,

fig. 22.

@ Tips

- The t ele phon e functions can only be contro lled wit h the mu ltifunction stee ring whee l if the te lepho ne equ ipment was installed

- The t ele phone and call options depend on the cell phone se rvice provider and t he cell

phone. You can obta in more information

from your cell phone service provide r.

at the factory .

Mute: if you select and confirm this funct ion, the

othe r person on the phone cannot hear you. You can hear the other person .

Holding or resuming a call: you can put your ex-

isting phone call on hold and res ume it.

Swap call: you can alter nate between two phone

calls at the same t ime. One of the calls will be on hold.

End call ends the act ive phone call. A call

t hat was placed on hold stays on hold and can be ta ken off hold with

Conference :

a party on hold and up to five active

Resume.

parties (depending on the netwo rk) can be added to a conference call. To make an add itiona l call, put all participants in the current conference call on hold using

Hold. By pressing the ~ button, .,..

Multifunction steering wheel

you can make an addit ional call from the directo -

ry or the recent calls list . ties off hold.

Resume ta kes all par-

@ Tips

The Call waiting func tion must be activated

in your cell phone and in the MMI to be alerted t o an incom ing call during an active call.

The call options depend on the cell phone and

service provider . You can obtain more information from you r cell phone service prov ider.

Listening to the radio

Applies to vehicles: with mu ltifunction steering wheel

Playing media

Applies to vehicles: with mult ifunct ion steering wheel

Requireme nt: a media drive mus t con tain audio files be displayed.

.. Playing an audio file : select and confirm a file . .. Pausing or resuming playback: press t he right

.. Restarting playback of an audio file: se lect the

.,. Moving one level up in the folder structure :

¢page 15 and the radio/media tab must

thum bwhee l. To resume playback, press the right thum bwheel again.

track that is currently playing, if necessary .

Press the left thumbwheel.

select and confirm Go up.

Fig. 7 Radio me nu

Requirement: the radio/media tab must be dis-

played

¢ fig. 7.

.. Selecting a station from the station list : select

and confirm a radio station .

.. Updating the station list

select and confirm

The following functions are also available when

you press th e ~ button:

- Select ing a source : se lect and confirm a source

such as Audi music interface*.

- Selecting a radio station using the source list :

select and confirm a freq uency band and then select a station from the stat ion list.

(D Tips

The med ia drives do not play files that are

protected by ORM and that are identified with

the symbo l ~-

Update station list

The following functions are available when you

press the ~ button:

- Selecting the frequency band: select and con-

firm a frequency band.

- Selecting a station from the presets list : se lect

and confirm tion .

Presets and the n selec t a radio sta-

- Accessing media using the source overview:

select and confirm an audio source .

l ) Applies to the AM freq uency band.

Voice recognition system

• Telephone

• Directory

• Radio

• Media

• Help

• Help Speech Dialogue System

• Help Telephone

• Help Radio

• Help Media

TELEPHONE

Enter number Dial number

Delete number

Call (XY)

• business

I correction

I private I land lint I mobile

• Call (XY)

• Enter number

• Redial

(XV)

• Line

• Previous I next page

• Cancel

• Call lost

• Redial

• Call mailbox

RADIO

• FM I AM I S!R!USXM

• Station "BBC Radio

• Ensemble (XY)

• Frequency (XY)

• Station list

• Traffic programme on

I Memory list

I off

MEDIA

• CD

• SD card

• Audi music interfact

• Bluetooth

• Tracks

Videos I Podcasts I Genres I Composers

• Folder up

I Artist I Albums I Playllsts I Audlobooks I

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Fig. 8 Command overview

Voice recognition system

Operating

Applies to vehicles: with voice recognition system

You con operate many Infotainment functions

conveniently by speaking.

Emphasize the words in the commands evenly and do not leave long pauses.

Do not speak a command when the voice recognition system is making an announcement.

Close the doors, the windows and the sunroof* to reduc e background noise. Make sure that passengers are not speaking when you are giving a voice command.

Do not direct the air vents toward the handsfree microphone, which is on the roof headliner near the front interior lights.

Only use the system from the driver's seat because the handsfree microphone is directed to-

Fig. 9 Talk button and right thumbwheel

Requirement: the ignition and the MMI must be

switched on call in progress and the parking system must not be active.

• Switching on: briefly press the 12!]

ton on the multifunction steering wheel* and

say the desired command after the

• Switching off:

Or: press one of the buttons to open a menu on

the MMI control panel @ ~

• Canceling: press the 12!] button and say a new

command.

Input assistance

page 6, there must be no phone

fig. 9 but-

Beep.

press and hold the 12!] button .

page 4, fig. 1.

Or: say the command Cancel.

ward that seat.

Additional settings

Additional settings, such as individual voice

training play

the main menu using the

based on your voice, the Command dis-

or the prompt volume, can be adjusted in

Setup control button

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.&_ WARNING

- Direct your full attention to driving. As the driver, you have complete responsibility for safety in traff ic. Only use the functions in such a way that you always maintain complete control over your vehicle in all traffic situations.

- Do not use the voice recognition system in

The system guides you through th e input with

visual and audio feedback.

- Visual input assistance: after turning on voice

recognition, a display with a selection of possible commands appears in the MMI display. The command display can be turned on or off in the main menu using the

ton.

- Audio input assistance: to have the possible

commands read, turn the voice recognition system on and say

For the system to understand you:

Speak clearly and distinctly at a normal volume .

Help.

Setup MMI control but-

emergencies because your voice may change

in stressful situations. It may take longer to dial the number or the system may not be able to dial it at all. Dial the emergency number manually .

@ Tips

- The dialog pauses when there is an incoming phone call and will continue if you ignore the call. The dialog ends if you answer

the call.

- You can select an item in the list using ei-

ther the voice recognition system or the

control knob.

Speak louder when driving faste r.

Voice recognition system

Information about the command overviews

Applies to vehicles: with voice recognition syste m

The following overviews describe the commands that can be used to operate the MMI using the

voice recognition system.

Alternative commands are separated using a

"I",

for example say: Telephone I (or) Directory I (or)

Radio.

Global commands

Applies to vehicles: with voice recognition syste m

You can always use the global commands, re-

Sequences of commands used to perform an action are identified with a">", for example say:

Station (XV) > (then) Line (XV).

The majority shown are main commands. This system also recognizes synonyms in certain cases. For example, for say

Call office number , Call number at work or

Call work .

Call business, you can also

gardless of the menu selected .

Function Say:

Opening a menu

Telephone I Directory I Radio I Media

Having the possible commands Help I Help speech dialog system I Help telephone I Help radio

read aloud I Help media

Telephone funct ions Call (XV), for example Call John Smith I Enter number I Redial I