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Cancel:Say to cancel the requested action.
Vehicle health report (if equipped):Say to request to run a vehicle
health report on your vehicle.
Commands for voice settings
In voice settings, you can customize the level of system interaction, help
and feedback. The system default settings include standard interaction as
well as candidate lists and confirmation prompts as all provide the most
guidance and feedback.
At any time, while in voice settings, you may say these commands
to adjust the voice settings:
•Interaction mode advanced•Interaction mode standard
•Confirmation prompts on•Confirmation prompts off
•Media candidate lists on•Media candidate lists off
•Phone candidate lists on•Phone candidate lists off
Interaction mode standard/advanced:Standard interaction mode
provides more detailed interaction and guidance while the advanced
mode has less audible interaction and more tone prompts.
Confirmation prompts on/off:Confirmation prompts are short
questions asked by the system when the system has not clearly heard or
understood your request.Note:Even with Confirmation prompts turned
OFF, you may be asked to confirm settings occasionally.
Phone/media candidate lists on/off: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.
For voice commands available in SYNCphone mode, refer toVoice
commands in phone modein the Phone chapter.
For voice commands available in SYNCmedia mode, refer toVoice
commands in media modein the Media chapter.
Voice recognition system overview
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SYSTEM CONTROLS
SYNCwill interact with your audio system, steering wheel controls, and
DVD system (if equipped).
QUICK REFERENCE CHART
The following chart is a quick summary of your radio and steering wheel
controls as well as their respective function(s).
Radio controlSteering wheel
controlFunction
PHONE
Press to activate SYNChands-free
calling or to answer an incoming call.
When in phone mode, press to send
a call, text message, to put a call on
hold and answer another call, or to
initiate a multi-party call.
Press and hold to end a call.
Press and hold to cancel a call to
emergency services when using the
911 Assist feature (if equipped).
Press and hold to exit phone mode
when not in an active call.
N/A VOICE
Press to activate Vo ice Recognition.
Press and hold to end an active
voice session.
Refer to theVoice recognition
system overviewchapter for further
information.
SEEK
/
TUNE knob
,
,
Press / turn to scroll through various
menus and selections.
OK OK Press to confirm your selection.
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Radio controlSteering wheel
controlFunction
MENU N/A Press while in an active call to
access SYNCactive call options.
Refer toActive call menu options
in theSYNCphone features
chapter.
Press MENU while in media to
access SYNCMEDIA MENU. Refer
to theSYNCmedia features
chapter for further information.
AUX N/A Press repeatedly to cycle through
available auxiliary sources. For
further information, refer toUsing
your media menuin theSYNC
media featureschapter.
TEXT N/A When the > indicator appears, press
to advance the text in the radio
display. Press repeatedly to view
additional phone contact information
or media information.
REV, REW,
N/A Press and hold to reverse within a
track.
FF, FWD,
N/A Press and hold to advance within a
track .
SHUFFLE (if
available)N/A Press and release to shuffle current
music content.
/
(Play/Pause)N/A Press to play / pause the currently
playing music.
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QUICK START — HOW TO GET GOING
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.
Pairing your phone through your system
Note:This is a speed dependent feature and will not work if your
vehicle is traveling at speeds greater than 3 mph (5 km/h).
The first thing you will need to do to get going is to pair your
Bluetoothenabled cellular phone with SYNC.
1. Press the PHONE hard button.
2. The screen will read NO PHONE
CONNECTED. Press the ‘Settings’
tab on the touchscreen.
3. Press ‘Add’.
4. IfBluetoothis on, SYNCwill
begin the pairing process between
yourBluetoothenabled phone or
device and SYNC.
Note:Please refer to your phone’s user guide for specific pairing
instructions.
5. SYNCwill give you a six digit Pass-key (PIN) that you will need to
enter into your phone or device when prompted.
When the pairing is complete, PAIRING SUCCESSFUL and thenDEVICE
NAMECONNECTED will appear on the screen.
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6. Press YES or NO when SYNCprompts you to set the phone as the
FAVORITE PHONE.
As a ‘favorite phone’, SYNCwill search for this phone upon each
connection cycle. If a phone is not set as a primary, it will still be stored
in the device listing to enable you to reconnect to it at any time.
7. If supported by yourBluetoothenabled cellular phone, SYNCwill
prompt you to download your phone book/call history. Press YES or NO.
Note:Selecting YES will tell SYNCto re-download the phone book and
call history information from yourBluetoothenabled cellular phone (if
supported) EVERY time your phone reconnects to SYNC. If you have
made any changes to your phone book/call history in SYNC, they will be
overwritten with the new download.
SYNCwill confirm when the phone book and call history are
downloaded.
Making a call using your system
Making a phone call using SYNCis easy.
Press PHONE and select from one of the following:
•Use the keypad on the ‘Phone’
tab to manually enter a phone
number and press SEND.
OR
•Select the ‘Phonebook’ tab (if the
desired number is saved in the
downloaded phone book
information).
•Use the quick sort buttons to
browse to the desired contact.
•Select the desired contact and
press
‘Dial’.
Note:This is a phone dependent feature.
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OR
•Select the ‘Call History’ tab (if the
desired number is saved in the
downloaded call history
information).
•Select the desired contact and
press
‘Dial’.
Note:This is a phone dependent feature.
Making a call using voice commands
1. Press
or VOICE. A tone will sound and the system will say “Main
menu”.
2. Say “Phone”.
3. When prompted, say, “Call or say “Dial”
and the desired number.
To erase the last spoken digit,say “Delete”.
To erase all spoken digits,say “Clear”.
4. Once the desired number/contact is on the screen, either say “Call” or
“Dial”. SYNCwill attempt to connect to the desired number.
Note:Once the call is placed, it will be logged into your outgoing call
history folder.
USING PHONE FEATURES WITH YOUR MOBILE MEDIA SYSTEM
While SYNChas a variety of features, many of them are dependent on
your phone’s functionality. To ensure that you have a compatible phone
or to check which features are compatible with SYNC, please check
your phone’s user guide and also visit www.SyncMyRide.com.
Hands-free calling is one of the main features of SYNC. SYNCworks in
conjunction with yourBluetoothenabled cellular phone and your system
to offer many options. To access:
1. Press the PHONE hard button.
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2. On the phone screen you can
choose from:
•SEND:Press to receive an
incoming call, make an outgoing
call, or to redial.
•END:Press to end or ignore a
call.
•PRIVACY MODE:Press to
activate privacy mode. During an
active phone call with SYNC, you can choose to transfer the call to
yourBluetoothenabled cellular phone for a private conversation.
Note:This is a phone dependent feature.
•HOLD CALL:Press to put an active call on hold to have a private
conversation within your vehicle cabin. Press again to take off hold.
Note:This is a phone dependent feature.
•JOIN CALLS:Press to join two active calls.
Note:This is a phone dependent feature.
•Digit entry:Press the numbers to manually enter a phone number to
call.
•Signal/battery strength and roaming status
Note:This is a phone dependent feature.
•
: Press to see additional numbers or information (if available).
•
: ThisBluetoothicon illuminates when aBluetoothenabled phone
is connected to SYNC.
SAVING A CONTACT OR A PHONE NUMBER AS A QUICK DIAL
After you have connected yourBluetoothenabled cellular phone and
downloaded your phone book/call history, SYNCallows you to save 10
frequently called numbers for quick access.
1. Press the PHONE hard button on the mobile media system.
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2. Select the ‘Phone Book’ or ‘Call
History’ tab.
3. Select the phone number or the
contact you wish to save to the
Quick Dial screen.
4. Press ‘Save’.
5. Select the Quick Dial location in
which you wish to store the contact.
6. Press ‘Set/Replace’ at the bottom
of the screen to save the contact’s
number to the chosen Quick Dial
location.
The system will confirm when the
number of the contact is
successfully stored.
USING THE PHONE BOOK FEATURE
Note:This is a speed dependent feature. The vehicle must be moving
less than 3 mph (5 km/h) to use this feature.
SYNCenables you to view the contacts downloaded from your
Bluetoothenabled cellular phone. To access:
1. Press the PHONE hard button.
2. Select the ‘Phonebook’ tab to
access the phone numbers of the
contacts downloaded from your
Bluetoothenabled cellular phone.
Note:SYNCwill categorize your
contacts alphabetically in the Quick
Sort buttons on the right of the
screen. The buttons will be
highlighted if there are contacts
stored in that category. Press the
highlighted category to access those listings.
For your safety, while you are driving, SYNClimits the number of
viewable contacts. However, all contacts are always available through
voice commands.
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