Audi A3 Infotainment Telephone Using the telephone
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Important: A call must be in progress.
End call: You can end the call.
Send tone sequence: You can enter DTMF tones ("touch-tones") directly using the speller for numbers. These are then sent to the person you are speaking to.
Further call options: Press the right control button.
The following options may be available during a call depending on the mobile phone being used and the type of connection:
  • To answer a further call: If you are already talking on the phone when someone else calls, select Answer to place the current call on hold and to answer the incoming call. If you select Ignore, the incoming call will be declined.
  • To answer a further call when you are talking on the phone and have another call on hold: Select Replace. The current call will be replaced by the incoming call.
  • To mute an incoming call: Select and confirm Mute.
  • Further call: Select Find contact > Call list/Directory/Favourites > an entry from the list.
Switch microphone off: If you select and confirm this option, the caller will no longer be able to hear you; you will still be able to hear the caller. Select and confirm Switch microphone on to switch the microphone back on.
Hold/Resume: You can put a call on hold and retrieve it later from the hold queue. Select and confirm a call to resume it.
Transfer call to mobile phone*: Select and confirm Transfer call to mobile phone to transfer your current call from the MMI to your mobile phone.
Retrieve call*: Important: A call must be in progress. Select and confirm Retrieve call to transfer the current call back to the MMI from your mobile phone.
Switch: You can switch between two phone calls (one of them will be on hold at any given time). Select End call to end whichever call is active. The call on hold will remain in the hold queue and can be continued by pressing the right control button > Resume.

Conference: Up to five callers and one caller on hold can take part in a conference (depending on the mobile network service provider).

  • To add participants: Select the left control button > Call list/Directory/Favourites > an entry in the list.
  • Select the right control button:
  • Hold: To put all existing conference participants on hold.
  • Resume: To resume the conference with all participants.
  • Remove conference participant: You can remove a participant from the conference. The call with this participant will be ended.
  • Merge to conference: The contact you have called can be added to the conference.
Connection manager: Refer to link.
Telephone settings: Refer to link.
Note
  • If you are using the Handsfree profile, the option Call waiting must be activated on your mobile phone for you to be alerted to incoming calls during a conversation.
  • For further information, contact your mobile network service provider or refer to the operating instructions for your mobile phone.
  • The Bluetooth connection between the system and the mobile phone is automatically terminated when you leave the car. Depending on the mobile phone, telephone calls may be transferred automatically from the MMI to your mobile phone so that you can continue talking.
  • The display for the incoming call may remain visible for several seconds after the call is answered or ignored; this depends on the type of mobile phone you are using.