Audi A4: General touch display operation
General information
Applies to: touch display
The center display is a touchscreen. Operation is
very similar to operating a smartphone.
Tips
Certain gestures are not available in every
menu.
Pressing
Applies to: touch display
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Fig. 8 Touch display: pressing
Selecting a function or button
- Press the desired function or button.
Pressing and holding
Applies to: touch display
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Fig. 9 Touch display: pressing and holding
Accessing options
For some items, you can access additional options
that are not directly visible.
- Press and hold an item until the associated options
are displayed.
Pressing and pulling
Applies to: touch display
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Fig. 10 Touch display: pressing and pulling
Moving an item
You can position some items at any location on
the screen.
- Press and hold an item, and then use your finger
to pull it to the desired location.
Pinching fingers together and pulling apart
Applies to: touch display
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Fig. 11 Touch display: pinching fingers together and pulling
them apart
Zooming in and out on an item
- To increase the size of an item, touch it with
two fingers and pull your fingers apart.
- To decrease the size of an item, touch it with
two fingers and pull your fingers together.
Rotating
Applies to: touch display
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Fig. 12 Touch display: rotating
Rotating the view or perspective
- Rotate the item using two fingers.
Dragging
Applies to: touch display
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Fig. 13 Touch display: (1) dragging with one finger, (2)
dragging with two fingers
Scrolling or browsing through menus/lists
- To scroll through menus and lists, swipe upward
or downward with one finger.
- To browse through menus and lists, swipe to
the right or left with one finger.
Tilting 3D displays
- Drag upward or downward with two fingers.
Dragging away from/toward the edge of the
screen
Applies to: touch display
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Fig. 14 Touch display: dragging away from the edge of the
screen
Opening hidden menus
The
symbol indicates that there
is a hidden
menu.
- Use your finger to drag inward from the upper
or lower edge of the screen, or
- Press the
button.
Closing hidden menus
- Press within the menu and drag it toward the
upper or lower edge of the screen.
Information about menu paths
This guide shows you at a glance the paths for
opening a desired menu and its settings and
functions.
Example of a path
- Applies to: MMI: Select on the home screen:
SETTINGS > General > Date & time.
Following the path
- First, determine in which display the path
should be entered. In this example, it is the
MMI display.
- To open the home screen, press
.
- If the SETTINGS button is not displayed, use
your finger to swipe to the left or right until it
appears.
- Press the SETTINGS button.
- If the General button is not displayed, swipe toward
the left or right with one finger until it appears.
- Press the General button.
- If the Date & time button is not displayed,
swipe upward or downward with one finger until it
appears.
- Press the Date & time button.
Tips
If a menu or symbol is in parentheses in the
path, for example, (General) or (
),
then it is
an optional menu item that does not need to
be used in every system.
SETTINGS
- Applies to MMI: Select on the home screen:
SETTINGS > Display & brightness > MMI.
Possible settings:
- Brightness
- Touchscreen feedback
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Fig. 15 MMI: center display
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Fig. 16 Center display: frequently used symbols in the status
bar
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