Audi Q7: General touch display operation
General information
Applies to: touch display
The touch display is controlled through the
touchscreen. Operation is very similar to operating
a smartphone.
All touch displays in the vehicle can be operated
with the gestures described in the following information.
Tips
Certain gestures are not available in every
menu.
Pressing
Applies to: touch display
Fig. 6 Touch display: pressing
Selecting a function or button
- Press the desired function or button.
Pressing and holding
Applies to: touch display
Fig. 7 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
Fig. 8 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
Fig. 9 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
Fig. 10 Touch display: rotating
Rotating the view or perspective
- Rotate the item using two fingers.
Dragging
Applies to: touch display
Fig. 11 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
Fig. 12 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. 13 MMI: upper/lower display
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Fig. 14 Upper display: common symbols in the status bar
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