Radio for Your Audi Rs Q8 SUV First Generation (2020-2026)

Radio  
Symbol Description  
The station provides information on  
its alternative internet station in the  
/background. Service following online  
must be switched on for this  
Radio  
General information  
Calling up the radio menu  
ðpage 284.  
The station is being received via the  
internet.  
The system is attempting to receive  
the station/podcast via the internet.  
The DAB station can no longer be re-  
ceived.  
Fig. 181 Upper display: DAB/FM station list  
Depending on the vehicle’s equipment, the radio  
may support the wavebands FM, AM and DAB  
(digital radio). You can use the HD Radio receiver*  
to receive radio stations from the FM/AM wave-  
bands digitally.  
Note  
The DAB* waveband is not available in all  
countries.  
The DAB* waveband also supports the trans-  
mission standard DAB+*, where available.  
Depending on the station list selected, the fol-  
lowing information may be displayed:  
Controlling the radio via the MMI  
1
Station list  
Applies to MMI: To select a waveband, select  
the following on the home screen: RADIO >  
Source > a category.  
Applies to MMI: To select a station, select the  
following on the home screen: RADIO > Source  
> a category > a station/podcast*.  
Shows the stations that can currently be se-  
lected. The station list is updated automati-  
cally.  
2
3
Station  
Information such as the station name is dis-  
played if available.  
To tune to a specific frequency, follow the in-  
structions on ðpage 281, Search function.  
Programme type  
The programme type of the station is dis-  
played if available. Depending on the coun-  
try, it may be necessary to switch on the op-  
tion to display Station genres ðpage 284.  
Controlling the radio via the multi-function  
steering wheel  
Important: Radio mode must have been started.  
4
Waveband  
On the instrument cluster, select the radio/  
Shows the current waveband of the station.  
media tab.  
In addition to the regular waveband symbols, the  
following information may be available depend-  
ing on the equipment in your vehicle:  
To switch between radio and media or another  
source, press the button.  
To select a station/source, scroll and press the  
left thumbwheel.  
Note  
Applies to multi-function steering wheel: It  
may be necessary to use the MMI to operate  
certain functions.  
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Radio  
Radio functions  
Overview  
Fig. 182 Upper display: Radio functions in playback view (left-side), sources (right-side)  
How to use  
Depending on the radio station/podcast* selec-  
ted and the vehicle’s equipment, the following  
options may be available:  
Applies to MMI: To open the playback view 1 ,  
select the following on the home screen: RA-  
DIO > Source > a category > a station/pod-  
cast*.  
Applies to MMI: To open the sources 2 , select  
the following on the home screen: RADIO >  
Source.  
Symbol/designation  
Description  
3
4
5
6
7
Source  
Waveband  
Favourite  
To go back one level.  
To display sources in the radio menu.  
Shows the current waveband of a station.  
To store as a favourite/delete a favourite.  
Settings ðpage 284  
Depending on availability, you can switch between various views by  
pressing the station logo. Swipe to the right/left with one finger to  
switch between Station logo, Cover art* (album covers) and Slide  
show* (e.g. studio photos, current photos of artists or album cov-  
ers, etc.). Also refer to ðpage 284, Additional online data.  
8
Station logo  
9
Search  
Refer to ðpage 281.  
Refer to ðpage 281.  
Refer to ðpage 281.  
10  
11  
Last stations  
Favourites  
To display stations from the FM waveband or the mixed DAB/FM  
station list.  
12  
FM or DAB/FM  
13  
14  
15  
Online  
AM  
Refer to ðpage 282.  
To display stations from the AM waveband.  
To call up options on the current station ðpage 283.  
280  
Radio  
Symbol/designation  
Description  
16  
17  
18  
/  
/  
To select the previous/next station.  
To mute/unmute the playback.  
To display the station list ðpage 279.  
If available, the station name and additional information as a sup-  
plement to the normal programme may be shown, for example. Al-  
so refer to ðpage 284, Additional online data.  
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Information area  
Calling up last stations  
CAUTION  
Applies to MMI: On the home screen, select RA-  
Please observe the information on Audi con-  
nect, particularly with regard to connection  
costs ð in General information on  
page 254.  
DIO > Source > Last stations.  
Listening to last stations  
Press on a station.  
Note  
Deleting last stations  
Please note that not all functions are availa-  
ble in all sources and for all touch displays.  
Select: > one or more stations or Select all >  
Delete > (Done).  
Search function  
Favourites  
You can use the intelligent search function to  
find station names, frequencies , programme  
types (e.g. news), podcasts* or online radio sta-  
You can store your favourite stations from any  
waveband in the favourites list.  
1)  
Calling up favourites via the MMI  
tions*.  
Applies to MMI: On the home screen, select RA-  
DIO > Source > Favourites > a favourite.  
Calling up the search function  
Applies to MMI: On the home screen, select RA-  
Storing favourites  
DIO > Source > Search.  
In the playback view, press 6 ðpage 280,  
Fig. 182.  
Entering search terms  
You can enter several search terms together in  
any order.  
Important: A list of radio stations must be dis-  
played ðpage 279, Fig. 181.  
The following information is available:  
Press and hold an entry from the list until the  
Options menu appears.  
Press Store as favourite.  
Symbol Description  
Result from the Last stations list  
Result from the Favourites list  
Result from a Station list  
Editing favourites  
To delete a favourite: Press on in the play-  
back view, or  
In the favourites list, select: > one or more  
e.g. Waveband of the station  
stations or Select all > Delete > (Done).  
Last stations  
Important: The favourites list must be displayed.  
You can listen to stations from all frequencies  
that you have previously listened to.  
To move a favourite: Press .  
1)  
This function is not available for DAB* waveband.  
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Radio  
Touch the symbol and move the entry to the  
desired position.  
Online radio  
General information  
Press Done.  
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect infotainment and on-  
line radio  
Radio text  
You can use the online radio function to listen to  
different radio stations/podcasts from the inter-  
net.  
Additional information on the programme (e.g.  
general text messages, artist, composer, track) is  
shown in the radio text.  
Important: The MMI must be connected to the in-  
ternet ðpage 254, Audi connect. In addition, a  
data plan is required in some countries  
ðpage 258.  
Important: The selected radio station must sup-  
port the radio text function.  
Calling up the radio text  
Calling up online radio via the MMI  
Applies to MMI: On the home screen, select RA-  
DIO > a waveband (e.g. FM) > a station > >  
Radio text.  
Applies to MMI: On the home screen, select RA-  
DIO > Source > Online.  
The following functions may be available depend-  
ing on the equipment installed in your vehicle:  
Functions such as the following are available:  
Last selected  
Displaying the most recent radio text entries  
The list of most recently played stations/  
podcasts will be displayed.  
Swipe down with one finger. Depending on the  
availability, the most recent radio text entries  
will be displayed.  
Top stations  
The most popular online radio stations will be  
displayed.  
Browsing through radio text entries  
Swipe up/down with one finger.  
CAUTION  
Calling up RadioText Plus information  
Please observe the information on Audi con-  
nect, particularly with regard to connection  
costs ð in General information on  
page 254.  
If a radio text entry is displayed in colour, the sta-  
tion has provided a telephone number or a navi-  
gation destination as RadioText Plus information.  
The following options are available:  
Note  
Setting the destination  
Depending on the internet connection and  
network load, online radio playback may be  
interrupted.  
Select: a navigation destination marked in col-  
our > Set as destination.  
It may not be possible to receive online ra-  
dio if your internet connection’s speed has  
been limited.  
Making a call  
Select: a telephone number marked in colour >  
Call.  
Whether online radio can be used depends  
on the availability of services provided by  
third parties.  
Note  
A call to a number given in radio text will be  
started immediately.  
The scope of the online radio services and  
the way that they are displayed in the vehi-  
cle may differ from the third party service.  
Please note that some online radio stations  
may not be available in certain countries.  
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Radio  
Audi only enables you to access online radio  
via the MMI and accepts no responsibility  
for the content of the services.  
Press and hold an entry from the list until the  
Options menu appears.  
Press on Favourite podcast.  
Listening to a podcast favourite  
Podcasts  
Important: The podcast favourites must be dis-  
played. At least one podcast favourite must have  
already been stored.  
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect infotainment and on-  
line radio  
Calling up podcasts via the MMI  
Select a podcast > a podcast episode.  
Applies to MMI: On the home screen, select RA-  
DIO > Source > Online > Podcasts.  
Browsing podcast favourites  
The following functions are available:  
Important: The podcast favourites must be dis-  
played. At least one podcast favourite must have  
already been stored.  
Listening to a podcast  
Select a podcast > a podcast episode.  
Press or .  
Displaying the online radio menu  
Displaying all podcast favourites  
Press .  
Important: The podcast favourites must be dis-  
played. At least one podcast favourite must have  
already been stored.  
Search  
Press .  
Press All.  
The following functions are available in the pod-  
cast playback view:  
Editing podcast favourites  
Displaying podcast episodes  
To delete a podcast favourite: Press in the  
playback view, or  
In the podcast favourites, select All > > one  
Press .  
Starting/stopping podcast playback  
or more podcasts or Select all > Delete >  
(Done).  
Press /.  
Important: The podcast favourites must be dis-  
played.  
Previous/next podcast  
Press /.  
To move a podcast favourite: Select All > .  
Touch the symbol and move the entry to the  
Adjusting the play position  
desired position.  
Press Done.  
Move the control slider to the desired position.  
Switching to radio  
Options and settings  
Press Source. The sources in the radio menu  
will be displayed.  
Options  
Podcast favourites  
Important: The playback view 1 must be dis-  
played ðpage 280, Fig. 182.  
You can store podcasts in the podcast favourites.  
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Press , or  
Important: The playback view for a podcast must  
be displayed.  
Important: A list of radio stations/podcasts*  
must be displayed ðpage 279, Fig. 181.  
Press .  
Press and hold an entry from the list until the  
Important: A list of podcasts must be displayed.  
Options menu appears.  
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Radio  
The following functions may be available depend-  
ing on the source selected:  
When the function is switched off, the system  
will not do this. The current station will be main-  
tained, and in some cases may no longer be re-  
ceived.  
Store as favourite ðpage 281.  
Radio text ðpage 282.  
Additional online data  
Favourite podcast ðpage 283, Podcast favour-  
ites.  
Important: The MMI must be connected to the in-  
ternet ðpage 254, Audi connect. In addition, a  
data plan is required in some countries  
ðpage 258.  
Store as a shortcut ðpage 31, Shortcuts  
Settings  
When this function is switched on, additional in-  
formation (e.g. album cover, artist, track) will be  
downloaded, if available.  
Applies to MMI: On the home screen, select RA-  
DIO > .  
The following settings may be available depend-  
ing on the country and on the equipment instal-  
led in your vehicle:  
Service following online  
Important: The MMI must be connected to the in-  
ternet ðpage 254, Audi connect. In addition, a  
data plan is required in some countries  
ðpage 258. A station must be providing infor-  
mation on its alternative internet station in the  
background and must be marked with the sym-  
bol or .  
HD Radio FM/HD Radio AM  
You can switch the reception of HD Radio on or  
off.  
Traffic announcements  
When this function is switched on, you can re-  
ceive traffic announcements from different wave-  
bands. If DAB traffic announcements are not  
available from the station currently set, they will  
be received from the FM waveband.  
The radio tuner can establish a data connection  
and switch to an alternative station on the inter-  
net (if available) if there is a loss of reception in  
the FM or DAB waveband. You may be able to re-  
ceive your local radio stations in all the regions of  
your country via the internet. This may lead to  
additional costs ð . The symbol denotes a  
station which is currently being received via the  
internet.  
DAB announcements  
When this function is switched on, you can re-  
ceive announcements such as news or weather  
information.  
Automatic/Off: Activates/deactivates the func-  
tion to switch automatically to an alternative  
station on the internet.  
Station genres  
You can switch the programme type display  
With request: Manual confirmation is required  
in order to switch to an alternative station on  
the internet.  
on/off (e.g. News).  
Disaster warning  
When this function is activated, alarm announce-  
ments are shown in the notification centre  
ðpage 30.  
Preferred online radio bit rate  
Depending on the radio station selected, you can  
set the bit rate for online radio ðpage 282 and  
for Service following online.  
Service following between related DAB  
stations  
To achieve the best possible playback sound qual-  
ity, press High. To reduce data consumption,  
press Low.  
When this function is switched on, the tuner at-  
tempts to find an alternative reception option  
when the reception quality becomes weaker.  
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Radio  
nouncements is switched on, playback is in-  
terrupted for announcements. You can can-  
cel an announcement while it is being  
played by briefly pressing the MMI control  
dial ðpage 36, Fig. 20.  
CAUTION  
Please observe the information on Audi con-  
nect, particularly with regard to connection  
costs ð in General information on  
page 254.  
There may be delays when the system is  
switching between regular wavebands and  
online radio automatically.  
Note  
If the function ðpage 284, Traffic an-  
nouncements or ðpage 284, DAB an-  
Troubleshooting  
Troubleshooting options are given below. They  
depend on the vehicle’s equipment.  
Subject  
Advice  
A station is no longer listed in the station Store the station as a favourite in advance and call it up  
list.  
via the favourites list ðpage 281.  
Online radio: No online radio playback.  
Check that a data plan has been purchased for the country  
in question and that it is available ðpage 258.  
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