Press ‘Phone Number’ to send your
text message to a phone number
(which is not listed with a contact
in your phone book/call history).
Use the dial pad to manually enter
the desired number. Once the
number is entered, press
Send.
SYNC will ask you to confirm. Press
Send.
Forwarding a text message
Note: Forwarding text messages via Bluetoothis a phone dependent
feature.
Note: This is a speed dependent feature and cannot be completed when
the vehicle is traveling at speeds over 3 mph (5 km/h).
1. Press the PHONE hard button on the navigation system.
2. Select the ‘Text Message’ tab on
the navigation system.
3. Select ‘Compose’.
4. Scroll using
/on the
navigation screen to select one of
SYNC’s 15 predefined text messages.
5. Press
Recipients. SYNC will
now allow you to choose to whom
you would like to send your text
message.
Note: Only one recipient per text
message is allowed.
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6. Press ‘Phone Book’ to access your
phone book contacts. Select the
desired contact and press
Send.
Note: For quicker browsing, SYNC will only make available the quick
sort buttons for the respective downloaded phone book contacts.
SYNC will ask you to confirm. Press
Send.
VOICE COMMANDS IN PHONE MODE
WARNING: Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle
control, accident and injury. Ford strongly recommends that
drivers use extreme caution when using any device that may take their
focus off the road. The drivers primary responsibility is the safe
operation of their vehicle. Only use cell phones and other devices not
essential to the driving task when it is safe to do so.
In phone mode, press
or VOICE on the steering wheel controls.
When prompted, you may say any of the following commands:
• Dial •Call
• Call
• Call
Call
Note: In the above possible commands, “< name>” is a dynamic listing in
that it could be any desired name from your phone book, call history,
etc.
Note: With the above commands, words i n ( ) are optional and do not
have to be spoken for the system to understand the command.
Note: If you are not in phone mode, press
or VOICE on the steering
wheel controls. When prompted, say, “Phone” and then any of the above
commands.
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In phone mode, you can say “Dial” to access any of the following
commands: •
• Delete (deletes one digit) •Clear (deletes all entered digits)
• Plus •Star
• Asterisk (*) •800 (eight hundred)
• 700 (seven hundred) •900 (nine hundred)
• 411 (four-one-one), 911
(nine-one-one), etc. •
# / (pound, slash)
In phone mode, you may say these commands at any time: • Phone •Voice settings
• Exit •Help
In voice settings mode, you may say:
• Phone candidate lists on •Phone candidate lists off
Phone candidate lists are a list of possible results from your voice
commands. These occur when SYNC has equal confidence of several
possible results from your voice command.
CONNECTING YOUR DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER TO SYNC
1. Ensure that the vehicle and navigation system are ON.
2. Plug the media device into the USB port and ensure that the device is
ON. (Refer to your vehicle’s Owner’s guidefor exact USB port location.)
3. Press the MEDIA hard button on the navigation system.
4. Select the ‘User Device’ tab.
5. Press ‘Source’ repeatedly until
USB appears.
6. Press ‘Music Library’.
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SYNC MEDIA SOURCES AND FEATURES
The ‘User Device’ tab provides you access and control over the SYNC
media sources: USB, BT AUDIO and LINE IN. Once you choose which
SYNC media source you would like to listen to, you can then use SYNC’s
many other features to make playing adjustments.
To access:
1. Ensure that your playing device is plugged into the USB port or
Auxiliary input jack (LINE IN) and your device is on.
Note: If you already have a device connected to the USB port, you
cannot access the LINE IN feature. Some digital media players require
both USB and LINE IN ports to stream data and music separately.
2. Press the MEDIA hard button on the navigation system.
3. Select the ‘Users Device’ tab on
the touchscreen.
4. Press ‘Source’ repeatedly to cycle
through the possible media sources
of USB, BT AUDIO and LINE IN.
You can also access the following
buttons:
• Music Library: Provides you
access to SYNC’s many media
features, such as: Play All, Play Artists, Play Albums, Play Tracks, Play
Playlists, and Explore the USB.
• Similar Music: In USB mode, select to have SYNC create a new
playlist of music similar to the currently playing track.
• Repeat: Select to repeat the current track in USB mode.
• Shuffle: Select to shuffle the current tracks in USB mode.
• Settings: Refer toAdvanced settings in theSYNC phone features
chapter for information on how to make adjustments to the prompts,
language, master reset, factory defaults, etc.
• Text: Press to view additional information, if available.
What’s playing?
At any time while a track is playing, SYNC will read the metadata tags of
the track to you (if populated). Simply press
or VOICE. A tone will
sound and SYNC will say “Main menu”. Say “USER DEVICE” and, when
prompted, ask “What’s playing?”
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If the connected device and media content is supported, SYNC will begin
indexing available media files. NO MEDIA will appear if there are no
readable media files for SYNC to play. If there are readable files,
INDEXING may appear. If Autoplay is ON, SYNC gives you the ability to
access media files randomly as they are indexed. If Autoplay is OFF,
indexed media is not available until the indexing process is complete.
After indexing is complete, INDEXED will appear.
Once indexing is complete, you may press
/to access the
previous/next track. You may also press
/to play/pause the
current track.
Note: SYNC is capable of indexing thousands of average size media files.
The time required to complete the indexing process is dependent upon
the size of the media content being indexed and the device itself.
If at any time the device is removed from the USB port, USB REMOVED
will appear.
STREAMING MUSIC FROM YOUR BLUETOOTH ENABLED PHONE
Note: This is a phone dependent feature. Refer to your phone’s user
guide for further information on how to stream Bluetoothaudio.
SYNC allows you to stream music from your Bluetoothenabled cellular
phone to play through SYNC. To access:
1. Ensure that the desired music is playing on your paired phone and
your phone is in Bluetoothaudio streaming mode.
2. Press the MEDIA hard button on the navigation system.
3. Select the ‘User Device’ tab on
the touchscreen.
4. Press SOURCE repeatedly to until
BT AUDIO appears in the line above
SOURCE.
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Accessing your BT Devices menu and features
The BT DEVICES menu allows you to connect, add and delete Bluetooth
devices from SYNC.
To access:
1. Press the MEDIA hard button on the navigation system.
2. Select the ‘User Device’ tab.
3. Select ‘BT Devices’.
4. Select from available options of:
• Connect: Select to connect a previously paired device to SYNC.
• Add: Select to add a device through Discovery and Discoverable
modes. Refer to Adding a new device in discovery or discoverable
mode in the following section.
• Delete: Select to delete a previously paired device.
• Advanced: Refer toAdvanced Settings in theSYNC phone features
chapter for information on how to make adjustments to advanced
settings.
Adding a new device in discovery or discoverable mode
1. Press the MEDIA hard button on
the navigation system.
2. Select the ‘User Device’ tab.
3. Select ‘Bluetooth Devices’.
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4. Select ‘Add’. If your device
supports discoverable mode, enter
the PIN given by SYNC. If your
device supports discovery mode,
press ‘Find Other Devices’.
5. Select the desired device.
6. SYNC will take you to the ‘New
Device’ menu. Enter the PIN given
by your device into SYNC via the
touch pad and press ‘Enter’.
VOICE COMMANDS WHEN USING THE USB PORT
WARNING: Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle
control, accident and injury. Ford strongly recommends that
drivers use extreme caution when using any device that may take their
focus off the road. The drivers primary responsibility is the safe
operation of their vehicle. Only use cell phones and other devices not
essential to the driving task when it is safe to do so.
When using the USB port, press
or VOICE on the steering wheel
controls. When prompted, say “User Device” and any of the following
commands:
• Play all •Play
• Pause •What’s playing?
• Similar music •Play next track
• Play previous track •Play next folder
2
• Shuffle •Play previous folder2
• Autoplay on •Autoplay off
• Repeat off •Repeat on
• Play album
1
• Play genre
• Play track
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In voice settings mode, pressor VOICE on the steering wheel
controls. When prompted, you may say the following commands:
• Media candidate lists on •Media candidate lists off
1Voice commands are not available until indexing is complete.
2Voice commands only available in folder mode. For more information,
refer to Exploring the USB device.
Note: In the above possible commands, “name”is a dynamic listing in
that it could be the name of any desired group, artist, etc.
Media candidate lists: Lists are a list of possible results from your
voice commands. These occur when SYNC has equal confidence of
several possible results from your voice command.
Autoplay: With this feature ON, SYNC will automatically begin to play
your music as it is being indexed. As the system is finishing indexing all
of your songs, you can listen to music. With this feature OFF, SYNC will
not begin to play any of your music until it has all been indexed.
Note: The larger the number of songs SYNC has to index, the longer
indexing will take.
Play Genre: You can play a specific genre (type) of music. SYNC will
read all the data from your indexed music and, if available, will begin to
play that type of music.
Note: You can only play genres of music which are present in the music
you have indexed to SYNC.
Similar music: You can tell SYNC to play music ‘similar’ to what you are
currently playing.
Phone candidate lists are a list of possible results from your voice
commands. These occur when SYNC has equal confidence of several
possible results from your voice command.
Voice commands while using Line in
While using the Line in feature (Auxiliary input jack), press
or
VOICE on the steering wheel controls. When prompted, you may say the
following commands:
• Exit •Line in
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