Get Media mode Guide for Volkswagen Atlas SUV First Generation (2018-2023)

1. To save a live channel currently being played back or an on-demand show currently being played back as a preset, press and hold a preset bank.

Or: In the channel list or the list of on-demand shows, press and hold the preferred content and select a preset bank.

Listening proﬁle

The personalized listening proﬁle saves recommendations based on the program content currently being listened to and the latest listening history, and is regularly

updated.

The listening proﬁle can be set up in the Volkswagen user account and used with the SiriusXM app.

Setting up a listening proﬁle

1. In satellite radio mode: To create a new listening proﬁle, tap

Or: In satellite radio mode: Tap

Create new listening proﬁle.

Personalized SiriusXM recommendations

A collection of personalized SiriusXM recommendations is available for each listening proﬁle.

The personalized SiriusXM recommendations are regularly updated, based on what you're listening to.

Displaying personalized SiriusXM recommendations

1. Tap For You.

Listening history

For each listening proﬁle, a list of SiriusXM content recently listened to is displayed. This listening history can be displayed and reset at any time.

HD Radio

Refer to ⇒

and Safety instructions.

HD Radio is a digital radio station that can be received in the USA and Canada.

HD Radio Technology

Some AM and FM radio stations also transmit their content digitally via HD Radio Technology.

When the function is activated in settings in the AM or FM band and the current station supports HD Radio Technology, the

function key appears on the

Infotainment system display. The Infotainment system switches automatically between digital and analog reception depending on the reception quality. If the station

is currently received in analog mode, the function key is grayed out.

Some stations offer additional substations via HD Radio Technology (multicast programming). If this is the case, HD1 is displayed after the station frequency of the

main station. Substations are marked with HD2, HD3, etc.

Tuning the HD Radio substations

1. Tap

to cycle through the available substations.

Or: Select an additional station from the station list.

Or: to cycle through the additional stations individually, tap < or >.

The substation that is currently selected is displayed after the main station on the screen (for example ... HD3 for the second substation).

The available substations of the current stations are displayed on the station list.

Additional HD Radio Technology services

1. To select your chosen additional service, tap View.

HD Radio Emergency Alerts

The “HD Radio Emergency Alerts” function can be used to receive reports of unusual, potentially life-threatening events, such as natural disasters. These

notiﬁcations are played as pop-up notiﬁcations while the radio is on. This function is activated in the factory.

If you tap Remind me later when a notiﬁcation appears, the notiﬁcation will appear again about ten minutes later. If you tap Close, the notiﬁcation will be moved to th

Alert list. If the “HD Radio Emergency Alerts” function is deactivated, these notiﬁcations are moved directly to the Alert list and indicated by

status bar. The number on the symbol displays the number of notiﬁcations.

and a number in the

Activating or deactivating HD Radio Emergency Alerts

1. In radio mode, activate or deactivate

Radio Emergency notiﬁcations.

Opening the Alert list

Up to ﬁve notiﬁcations can be displayed in the Alert list.

1. Tap in radio mode.

Media mode

Introduction

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In media mode, you can play back media ﬁles from data carriers in the Infotainment system.

Depending on the vehicle equipment, the following data carriers can be used:

USB storage medium, e.g. USB ﬂash drive.

Bluetooth device, e.g. cell phone.

SD card.

Depending on the vehicle equipment, the following types of media ﬁles can be played:

Audio ﬁles, e.g. music.

Video ﬁles.

Streaming services

You can also use streaming services, depending on the vehicle equipment and in some countries ⇒ Online functions in media mode.

Opening the MEDIA main menu

1. Tap HOME

Or: tap MENU

Or: Tap MEDIA .

Or: Press MEDIA .

Opening the settings

1. Tap HOME

Or: Tap MENU

Or: Tap MEDIA

Or: Press MEDIA and tap

Restrictions and instructions for data carriers

Dirty, overheated or damaged data carriers are not to be used. Read and heed the information provided by the manufacturer.

Difference in quality between data carriers from different manufacturers can cause problems with media playback.

Wrong conﬁguration of data carriers can lead to the data carriers being unreadable.

The storage volume, condition (copy and delete processes), ﬁle system, folder structure and the amount of saved data can increase the time taken to read data

carriers.

Playlists only deﬁne the order of play and refer to the saved location of the media ﬁles within the folder structure. No media ﬁles are saved in playlists. To play a

playlist, the media ﬁles must be present in the data storage device memory location, to which the playlist refers.

Volkswagen is not responsible for damaged, altered or lost files on data carriers.

Functions and media symbols

Refer to ⇒

and Safety instructions.

Audio, media, connectivity

The available scope of functions and possible media formats depend on the vehicle equipment and are not available in all countries.

The symbols may look different depending on the Infotainment system.

Media playback and media control via Bluetooth.

Audio playback in these formats:

AAC.

APE.

ALAC.

FLAC.

MP2.

MP3.

MP4.

Vorbis.

OPUS.

WMA.

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WAV.

Video playback in these formats:

MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 (.mpg, .mpeg, .mkv, .avi).

ISO MPEG-4 ASP; Xvid (.mp4, .m4v, .mov, .mkv, .avi).

ISO MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (.mp4, .m4v, .mov, .mkv, .avi).

Windows Media Video 9 (.wmv, .asf, .mkv, .avi).

Cross-device playlists.

Cross-source media database:

Data from all media sources connected to the Infotainment system are stored in a media database.

Media streaming (online).

Media search.

Symbols for media sources

Select My media as a media source. Connected USB devices may be selected under My media.

Select a device connected via Bluetooth as a media

source.

Set up available streaming services.

Streaming services which have already been set up are represented by their own logos in the list of media sources.

General symbols for media operation

Start replay. Pause replay. Go to the previous track. Skip to the next track.

Repeats the current track.

Repeats all tracks.

Activate random

Display

playback.

Search current media source (list view).

Close list view.

Open settings.

Go back one folder level in the media source.

favorites list.

Symbols for categories and groups of media ﬁles

Music tracks. Videos. Playlists. Albums.

Artists.

Genres. Podcasts.

Audiobooks.

Video replay symbols

Replay video in full-screen mode.

Minimize replay.

Selecting and playing a media source

Refer to ⇒

and Safety instructions.

Selecting a media source

1. If you want playback from an external media source, connect the external media source.

2. Select the connected media source to be used for playback.

Playing audio and video ﬁles

A media source must be connected and selected before media ﬁles can be played back.

There are different ways to search for and play media ﬁles from an available media source.

Searching the folder structure

All media ﬁles from USB devices are ﬁltered by category (e.g. albums). This category view is always displayed In My Media. The classic folder structure of the

individual USB data carriers can also be found in the My Media menu.

1. Display the folder structure.

The folder structure of the selected media source is displayed. If My Media is selected, the categories (e.g. music) and connected media sources are displayed

2. Searching the folder structure for a desired track.

Or: to start the full-text search, tap

The input line is displayed.

3. Enter the name of the desired track.

The list of the found tracks updates automatically during input.

4. Tap the desired track.

When playback starts, if the selection is located in a folder on a media source, all of the media ﬁles located in the folder will be added for playback.

If a playlist is played back, all available tracks on the playlist will be added for playback.

5. Close the selection with

Selecting from favorites

You can save individual tracks, albums, artists and genres under favorites for playback.

1. Open Favorites.

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2. Tap on your favorites.

Depending on the selection, all tracks heard during the current playback will be added to favorites.

Saving favorites

Only media ﬁles that are saved in My Media in the music and video folders can be saved as favorites. You can save individual tracks, albums, artists and genres as

favorites.

1. Start playback of the desired track.

2. Open Favorites.

3. Tap the free favorite position.

Or: tap on an already occupied favorite position, and press and hold for approx. three seconds.

4. Select from the selection list:

Title.

Albums.

Artists.

Genres.

Playlists.

The selection is saved in the selected favorite position as a favorite. If the favorite position was already occupied, the previously saved favorite is overwritten.

The selection options in the selection list depend on the data attached to the media ﬁle. If a genre is not indicated for music ﬁles, the genre cannot be saved as a

favorite.

If a video ﬁle is currently being replayed, only this video can be saved as a favorite.

Setting up streaming services

Depending on the vehicle equipment and in some countries, you can use streaming services directly through the Infotainment system

⇒

Introduction. There

must be an internet connection to use streaming services ⇒

1. Select Media Streaming as the media source.

A list of available streaming services is displayed.

2. Select the desired streaming service.

Introduction.

Either an input ﬁeld for inputting the registration data is shown or a guide to registering with the provider is displayed.

3. Enter the login data for the desired user proﬁle and conﬁrm.

The streaming services will be added as a new function key in the list of media sources.

Depending on the country, you may need to log in to the streaming service again if you change your privacy settings, for example.

Entertainment playback via the Infotainment system

Refer to ⇒

and Safety instructions.

The Infotainment system can play music and videos.

Video mode

In video mode, the Infotainment system display can play a video from a data carrier ⇒ Selecting and playing a media source .

Depending on the vehicle equipment and in some countries, video from a streaming service can also be played back ⇒ Selecting and playing a media source .

The video sound is played back via the vehicle speakers.

A stable Internet connection is required for playback via a streaming service. There may be costs associated with your mobile network provider for doing so.

The video image is only displayed when the vehicle is stationary. The Infotainment system display will be switched off when the vehicle is moving. The video sound

will continue to be played.

In some countries, for road safety reasons, no video image is shown even when the vehicle is stationary.

Online functions in media mode

Refer to ⇒

and Safety instructions.

Depending on the vehicle equipment, the Infotainment system features online functions in media mode.

Online functions in media mode are not available in all countries and vehicle models.

Online functions in media mode include streaming services, for instance.

Prerequisites for using online functions in media mode:

The vehicle has VW Car-Net.

You have registered and you have an active VW Car-Net user account.

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Media mode for Your Volkswagen Atlas SUV First Generation (2018-2023)

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