Does anyone know if the internet radio works with the cars data instead of my phone data? It doesn’t seem to work if my phone isn’t connected.
I haven’t gotten around the reading the manual yet. Please don’t kill me.
I've been trying to look into all of this and have come up with the following observation:
- I setup AudiConnect with dealer right after pairing phone via Bluetooth, as dealer was keen to show off how easy BT pairing was…
- this appears to have done something about creating an AudiConnect user account linked to the phone and using the phone's LTE/3G connection
- such a setup only seems to allow AudiConnect Online services, but not the Vehicle services and means that your phone has to be present & connected over BT in order for any online services to work. Some services like Internet Radio seem to have a dependancy on the embedded SIM however
I'm embarrassed almost to say that as a senior technical lead in a technology company, but having read the Audi published literature I'm not longer embarrassed, as its they who should be embarrassed by the lack of quality - anyway; after a LOT of reading and getting confused I got down to the core of the issue.
AudiConnect has three modes:
- use embedded SIM and AudiConnect PIN you can see in your myAudi portal
- use Bluetooth connected phone and mTan which is sent to you Over The Air (OTA)
- use second purchased SIM on separate data plan
- (I haven't tried this option so can't speak to how it would handle the user management end of this)
With each of these different methods you seem to have a linked AudiConnect User Account, and its those account details which get pulled into the MMI when you initially turn on the ignition.
Therefore, I've found that if you'd like to use features like the Internet Radio, MMI Connect app, any of the vehicle settings then you have to be using the embedded SIM and logging in to AudiConnect using the Connect PIN from myAudi portal. Annoyingly as my phone was initially setup I'm finding that the MMI is connecting to my phone initially, leaving me to have to login manually to the myAudi account where I have created destinations and other widgets. I've memorised my PIN, but its pretty annoying.
In order to resolve this I'm going to take a look at removing the phone's account. This has all come down to the fact that the dealer was keen to get the phone paired, which I appreciated, however as he didn't understand how AudiConnect worked its led to this confusion.
I'm perfectly aware that I am not necessarily speaking sense, and anyone with greater experience than me (not even had the car a week yet!) may well be able to correct my assertions herein, but this has been my observations so far.
Hope this helps
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