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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:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Ensure that the desired music is playing on your paired phone and
your phone is in Bluetoothaudio streaming mode.
2. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Scroll repeatedly until SELECT SRC (Select source) appears in the
radio display.
6. Press OK to confirm.
7. Scroll repeatedly until BT STEREO appears.
8. Press OK to confirm. The radio display will show the name of the
Bluetooth enabled cellular phone currently connected to SYNC. MEDIA
STREAM will appear in the radio display.
While the music is streaming through your audio system you can also use
the following functions (if supported by your device):
Press
SEEKto access the previous/next track.
Press
to play orto pause the currently playing song.
If your phone becomes disconnected from the system at any time,
the display will read BT DISCONNECTED.
Using Line in (auxiliary input jack) with SYNC
Your vehicle is equipped with an auxiliary input jack which allows you to
plug and play your portable music player over the vehicle speakers.
For exact location of your auxiliary input jack, refer to your vehicle’s
Owner’s guide.
To access:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
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2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
3. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
4. Scroll repeatedly until SELECT SRC (Select source) appears in the
radio display.
5. Press OK to confirm selection.
6. Scroll repeatedly until LINE IN appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm selection. Ensure that your device is plugged into
the auxiliary input jack and is playing. The radio display will confirm
LINE IN CHOSEN.
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.
Using the media settings in media menu
SYNC allows you to change the way you listen to your playing media.
Through the media settings menu, you can access Shuffle, Repeat and
Autoplay. To access these settings:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
3. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
4. Scroll repeatedly until MEDIA SETTINGS appears in the radio display.
5. Press OK to confirm selection and enter the MEDIA SETTINGS menu.
6. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through:
SHUFFLE: Allows you to shuffle available media files in the current
playlist.
Note: To shuffle all media tracks, you must first select PLAY ALL and
then select SHUFFLE.
REPEAT: Allows you to repeat any song.
AUTOPLAY: Allows you to listen to music which has already been
randomly indexed during the indexing process.
Note: You may also press
SEEKon your audio system to
advance to the previous/next track.
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•DELETE ALL
• RETURN
ADVANCED:
• PROMPTS
• LANGUAGES
• DEFAULTS
• MASTER RESET
• INSTALL APPLICATION
• RETURN
Refer to the following sections for further information.
Adding a Bluetooth media device which is in discovery mode
Note: This is a speed dependent feature. Your vehicle must be moving
less than 3 mph (5 km/h) to use this feature.
Note: If your phone supports streaming Bluetoothaudio and has already
been paired with SYNC as a phone, you do not have to go through the
pairing process again.
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
3. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
4. Scroll repeatedly until SYSTEM SETTINGS appears in the radio
display.
5. Press OK to confirm and enter the SYSTEM SETTINGS menu.
6. Scroll until BT DEVICE appears in the radio display. Press OK to
confirm and enter the BT DEVICE menu.
7. Scroll until ADD DEVICE appears in the radio display. Press OK to
confirm.
8. When FIND SYNC appears in the display, press OK. Follow the
instructions in your device’s user guide to put your phone into discovery
mode. A six digit PIN will appear in the radio display.
9. When prompted on your phone’s display, enter the six digit PIN in the
radio display.
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10. Once pairing is successful, the device name and then CONNECTING
and then CONNECTED will appear in the radio display.
You can now change SYNC sources to BT AUDIO and stream music from
your device.
Adding a Bluetooth media device which is in discoverable mode
Note: This is a speed dependent feature. Your vehicle must be moving
less than 3 mph (5 km/h) to use this feature.
Note: If your phone supports streaming Bluetoothaudio and has already
been paired with SYNC as a phone, you do not have to go through the
pairing process again.
Note: Use this process when your device generates the PIN instead of
SYNC.
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display followed by PLAY MENU.
3. Scroll repeatedly until SYSTEM SETTINGS appears in the radio
display.
4. Press OK to confirm and enter the SYSTEM SETTINGS menu.
5. Scroll until BT (BLUETOOTH) DEVICES appears in the display. Press
OK to confirm and enter the BT DEVICE menu.
6. Scroll until ADD DEVICE appears in the radio display. Press OK to
confirm.
7. When FIND SYNC appears in your radio display, scroll repeatedly until
FIND DEVICES appears. Press OK to confirm.
8. After the search for active BT DEVICE is complete, scroll to find the
desired device. Press OK to confirm.
9. Refer to your device’s user guide for instructions on how to put your
device into discoverable mode. When your media device gives you a PIN,
enter that PIN into SYNC using voice commands (or using the 0–9
memory presets on your audio system, if equipped), when prompted.
10. When you have entered your last digit via voice, say “Enter”.
11. When the process is complete, SYNC will display CONNECTED and
the name of the device will appear in the radio display.
You can now change SYNC sources to BT (BLUETOOTH) AUDIO and
stream music from your device.
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1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
3. Press OK to access PLAY MENU.
4. Scroll repeatedly until SYSTEM SETTINGS appears in the radio
display.
5. Press OK to confirm and enter the SYSTEM SETTINGS menu.
6. Scroll repeatedly until ADVANCED appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm and enter the ADVANCED menu.
8. Scroll repeatedly until MASTER RESET appears in the radio display
9. Press OK. SYNC will ask you to confirm the master reset.
10. Press OK to confirm. The radio display will read RESET DONE.
SYNC will take you back to the ADVANCED SETTINGS menu.
Installing new vehicle applications
You can download new software applications (if available) and then load
the desired applications onto SYNC through your USB port. Please refer
to www.SyncMyRide.com for further information.
USING SYNC’S PLAY MENU
The SYNC PLAY MENU allows you to play your music by playing all
selections, by artist listing, album listing, genre listing, playlists, tracks,
or by selecting similar music to what is currently playing. You can also
choose to ‘Explore USB’ which will allow you to explore supported digital
music files on your playing device.
WARNING: SYNC PLAY MENU manual control is a backup
interface to voice commands. Do not use SYNC PLAY MENU
manual control while driving.
Note: The PLAY MENU is only available for indexable media through the
USB port. This is not available for LINE IN and BT AUDIO.
SYNC is able to organize and sort your indexed media from your playing
device by metadata tags. Metadata tags are descriptive software
identifiers embedded in your media files which provide information about
the media file. SYNC supports the following metadata tags:
• Artist
• Album
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8. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all indexed tracks.
9. Press OK when the desired track appears in the radio display. The
track will begin to play and appear in the radio display.
Refer to Using the media settings in your media menu earlier in this
chapter for further information on making adjustments to your music
(i.e., Seek, Shuffle, Autoplay and Repeat).
Exploring the USB device
SYNC allows you to explore through all supported digital media on your
media device which is connected through the USB port.
Note: When searching through various folders, you will only be able to
view media content which is compatible with SYNC. You may have other
files saved with various extensions, power point presentations for
example, but they will not be visible.
To access:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Ensure that your playing device is plugged into the USB port and is ON.
2. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC USB appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK.
6. Once PLAY ALL appears in the display, scroll repeatedly until
EXPLORE USB appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK.
8. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all available folders on your media
device. An “F” will preceed folders and “T” will preceed tracks in the
radio display.
9. Press OK when the desired folder or track appears in the radio
display.
10. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all subfolders and/or tracks in the
selected folder.
Note: When you are playing USB SYNC MEDIA using the EXPLORE
USB feature, and you folders saved on your playing device, you are in
folder mode. In folder mode, you can say “Play next folder” or “Play
previous folder” to advance within your saved folders. You may also
press
FOLDER(if available on your audio system) to advance to
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ACCESSING SYNC MEDIA FEATURES THROUGH YOUR DVD
SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
WARNING: Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle
control, accident and injury. Ford strongly recommends that
drivers use extreme caution when using cell phones, even with voice
commands. The driver’s 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.
Rear seat passengers can listen to SYNC media sources (USB, BT
AUDIO, LINE IN) through the DVD system (if equipped).
To access:
1. Ensure that:
• The DVD and audio system are ON. See the Family Entertainment
System section in your Owner’s Guide for more information.
• Your digital media playing device is plugged into the USB port or
SYNC’s Auxiliary input jack (Line in), if desired.
Note: When accessing media through the USB port, ensure that the
media device is plugged into the USB port BEFORE pressing the
media button to select USB. If no device is plugged into the USB port,
USB will not appear as an available selection.
• Your Bluetooth enabled cellular phone from which you wish to stream
music is ON and is currently paired to SYNC as a BluetoothDevice.
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2. Ensure that your wireless
headphones are set to Channel A.
(Channel A can access any possible
media source: AM, FM1, FM2, SAT
(satellite radio, if equipped), CD,
DVD, AUX, SYNC (USB, BT AUDIO
and LINE IN). Channel B can only
access DVD and AUX sources.)
3. Press
A on the DVD system to
gain access to your possible media
selections.
4. Press MEDIA (on the DVD system or on the remote control)
repeatedly until SYNC appears on the DVD screen in the
A status
bar. (You cannot access SYNC through
B.) Either press ENTER or
wait until the system times out.
After choosing the SYNC media source, you can then choose from the
media settings (Shuffle, Repeat, Autoplay) as well as choosing from
these options: Play All music, Play Artists, Play Albums, Play Genres,
Play tracks, Explore the USB device, accessing/playing your Playlists.
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