Audi bluetooth information

This is what you actually get from the BT prep... SAP will be available on the Q7.

Since February 2004, Bluetooth has been available in the A2, A3, A4 and TT car lines. Bluetooth also appeared in the new A6 from its launch in April 2004, and in the A8 from November 2004. This innovative hands-free unit is consequently available for all vehicles in the Audi range. The following fundamental hands-free functions are standardized thanks to the UHV:

- Transfer of audio data for hands-free operation
- Answering/rejecting/terminating incoming calls
- Starting/ending outgoing calls
- Handling calls waiting
- Transfer of phone status (calls, network status)

For the full-scale convenient operation that Audi customers were used to even before linking up their mobile phone via an adapter by means of an electrical interface, further functions need to be realized via Bluetooth:

- Transfer of phone books from the SIM card and from the phone memory
- Transfer of call lists with numbers dialed, calls missed and calls answered
- Transfer of network signal strength display, network operator name and roaming indicator

This is why the decision was taken to use additional commands, or attention commands, from the GSM specification. They are supported by a wide range of common business mobile phones from manufacturers such as Nokia, Siemens, SonyEricsson and Motorola that also have a modem interface for data transfer. However, many phones made in the Far East as well as smart phones and multimedia phones do not yet support these extended functions. These additional functions will probably be possible from the end of 2005.

Depending on the vehicle's equipment, the Audi mobile phone preparation has several operating options integrated ergonomically into the vehicle as a whole: on cars that do not have the Audi MMI (Multi Media Interface) the phone can be operated conveniently and ergonomically via the optional multifunction steering wheel and the display in the instrument cluster. There is in addition voice control with the following features: non-speaker-specific input of phone numbers, saving and retrieving of up to 50 speed dials (speaker-specific), and redialing.

The following languages are currently available for the voice control system: German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.

From June 2005, the convenient telephone operation familiar from the Audi MMI of the A6 and A8 will become available as a new feature of the A3 and A4 in conjunction with the optional "navigation system plus". The telephone functions will be integrated wirelessly into the operating logic of the Audi MMI. The main functions are dialing telephone numbers, accessing call lists such as "Dialed Numbers", "Missed Calls" and "Answered Calls", and accessing the phone books of the SIM card and mobile phone.

The UHV is a low-cost alternative to a significantly more expensive built-in phone with scarcely any difference in terms of convenience. The hands-free unit, however, offers the customer the major advantage that they can continue to use their compatible mobile phone. In order to connect up to the GSM vehicle aerial and therefore achieve optimum reception, it is always necessary to insert the phone in a mobile phone adapter set, even in the Bluetooth mode. This recharges the mobile phone's battery at the same time