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PRINCIPLES OF GPS
Your system directs you based on information derived from global
positioning satellites, road maps stored on the hard disk drive, sensors in
your vehicle and the desired destination. The system compiles all
necessary information to guide you to your selected destination. Space
satellites determine the vehicle’s current location and transmit position
and time signals to your car. If the vehicle has been parked for a long
period of time, the navigation function may be temporarily unresponsive.
The navigation system will operate reliably again once GPS reception is
available for a few minutes.
LIMITED GPS RECEPTION
System performance may be adversely affected if GPS reception is
interrupted or interference occurs over a distance of several miles. The
following are possible causes for GPS reception being interrupted. If the
vehicle is:
•In multi-story parking garages
•In tunnels and under bridges
•Inside or in between buildings
•By forests or tree-lined avenues
•In heavy rain showers and thunderstorms
•In valleys and in mountainous regions
•Roads under cliffs
Ensure that you do not have any metal objects on the dashboard and
that if your windows are tinted, they use non-metal tinting instead of
metal oxide tinting. Both of these factors can also interrupt GPS
reception.
SYSTEM LIMITATIONS
Cold temperature start:When operating the system below 32° F
(0°C), the display screen requires a 2–3 minutes warm-up time to
achieve maximum brightness.
Other conditions:When calculating a route, the system doesn’t take
into consideration any of the following conditions:
•Traffic Conditions
•Weather Conditions
•Driving Habits
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2. Select the ‘Feedback settings’ tab on the touchscreen.
3. Press + to increase or — to decrease the voice volume levels.
How do I recover after accidental language re-set?
1. Press the MENU hard button on the navigation system.
2. Select the ‘Feedback settings’/Retour/Reaccion tab on the touchscreen.
3. Press the ‘English’/Anglais/Ingles button to reset language to English.
4. Press the ‘Spanish’/Espanol/Espanol button to reset language to
Spanish.
5. Press the ‘French’/Francais/Frances button to reset language to
French.
Or, you can also turn vehicle off to restart system. Then from the
DISCLAIMER screen, select the desired language before pressing ‘Agree’.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptoms Possible Cause Action
Focus Error System unable to play
reproduced disc.Contact your dealer.
Bad Disc Disc was inserted
upside down or the
system is unable to
read the information
in the disc.The mechanism will
automatically eject
disc.
Track Error The system is unable
to reproduce a corrupt
MP3 file.The system will skip
the corrupted track.
Invalid Disc Detected Dirty CD/DVD or
unsupported formatWipe the CD/DVD with
a dry, soft cloth from
the center to the outer
edge of the disc.
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PHONE DEPENDENT FEATURES
While SYNCsupports a variety of features, many are dependent upon
the functionality of your cell phone withBluetoothwireless technology.
At a minimum, most cellular phones withBluetoothwireless technology
support the following functions:
•Answering an incoming call
•Ending a call
•Using privacy mode
•Dial a number
•Redial
•Call waiting notification
•Caller ID
Other features, such as text messaging viaBluetooth, and automatic
phone book download are phone dependent features. To ensure that you
have a compatible cellular phone, refer to your phone’s user manual and
visit www.SyncMyRide.com.
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 navigation 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 on the navigation system.
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4. Scroll using/on the
navigation screen to cycle through
the following options:
•Bluetooth On/Off
•911 Assist™(if equipped)
•Vehicle Health Report(if equipped, U.S. only)
•Incoming Call Ringer
•Text Message Notification
•Automatic Download On/Off
•Modify Phonebook
•Provider
•Candidate Lists
•Factory Defaults
•Master Reset
•Install
•System Information
Turning Bluetooth on/off
TurningBluetoothOFF will turn off access to all features to all SYNC
Bluetoothrelated features (i.e., text messaging, hands-free calling,
Bluetoothmedia streaming). Any incoming text or phone messages will
go into their respective missed folders.
To access:
1. Press the PHONE hard button on the navigation system.
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WARNING:Do not wait for 911 Assist™ to initiate an
emergency call if you are capable yourself. Dial emergency
services immediately to avoid delayed response time, which could
increase the risk of serious injury or death after a crash. If you do not
hear 911 Assist™ within 5 seconds after the crash, the system or
phone may be damaged or non-functional.
The cell phone or 911 Assist™ hardware may become damaged in
a crash, the vehicle may lose battery power, or the cell phone may
be thrown from the vehicle, which could prevent operation.
Additionally, not all crashes deploy an airbag or activate the fuel
pump shut-off, which are the criteria to initiate 911 Assist™.
Airbags generally deploy in certain frontal, near frontal, side and rollover
crashes, and the deployment of any airbag is intended to act as a 911
Assist™ trigger if those events occur. For more information about airbag
deployment, see theSeating and Safety Restraintschapter of your
Owner Guide. The fuel pump shut-off, in certain vehicles, is intended to
act as a trigger for 911 Assist™ in rear-end crashes, in which airbags
generally do not deploy. To determine if your vehicle has this trigger,
check theRoadside Emergencychapter in your Owner’s Guide. If your
Owner Guide describes a “Fuel Pump Shut-off”, it will trigger 911
Assist™. If your Owner Guide describes a “Fuel Pump Shut-offSwitch”,
it will not trigger 911 Assist™.
WARNING:Always place cell phone in a secure location to
prevent it from becoming a projectile or becoming damaged in
the event of a collision. Failure to do so may cause serious injury or
damage the phone which could prevent 911 Assist™ from functioning
properly.
911 ASSIST™ PRIVACY NOTICE: Once 911 Assist™ is enabled
(set to ON) by you, 911 Assist™ may, through any paired and
connected cell phone, disclose to emergency services that the
vehicle has been in a crash involving the deployment of an airbag
or, in certain vehicles, the activation of the fuel pump shut-off.
Certain versions or updates to 911 Assist™ may also be capable
of electronically or verbally disclosing to 911 operators the
vehicle location, and/or other details about the vehicle or crash to
assist 911 operators to provide the most appropriate emergency
services. If you do not want to disclose this information, do not
enable (set to ON) the feature.
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WARNING:Unless 911 Assist™ is previously configured to ON
prior to a crash, 911 Assist™ will not dial for help during an
emergency, which could delay response time, increasing the risk of
serious injury or death after a crash.
The 911 Assist™ feature is initially set to OFF. The connected phone
must be set as the primary phone in order to change the setting. To
access the setting:
1. Press the PHONE hard button on the navigation system.
2. Select the ‘Settings’ tab on the
touchscreen
3. Press ‘Advanced’.
4. Select ‘911 Assist’.
5. Select the desired setting.
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4. Select ‘Txt Msg Notification’ and
turn the feature on or off.
Select ‘On’ to turn text message
notification on. With notifications
turned on, an audible tone sounds
during an incoming text message
and response options appear in the
display (i.e., view the message, have
the system read the message aloud,
dial the person sending the message
or cancel).
Select ‘Off’ to turn text notifications
off. With notifications turned off, you will not be notified by a tone and
the incoming text message will not appear on screen.
Selecting automatic downloading
If you choose, SYNCwill automatically download your phone book and
call history from your connectedBluetoothenabled cellular phone upon
every connection cycle. This automatic download will overwrite your
existing phone book and call history stored in SYNC.
To access:
1. Press the PHONE hard button on the navigation system.
2. Select the ‘Settings’ tab on the
touchscreen.
3. Select ‘Advanced’.
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4. Scroll using/on the
navigation screen and select ‘System
Information’.
This screen will show you SYNC’s
system information.
TEXT MESSAGING
Note:Downloading and sending text messages viaBluetoothare phone
dependent features.
Note:Certain features in text messaging are speed dependent and
cannot be completed when the vehicle is traveling at speeds over 3 mph
(5 km/h).
SYNCnot only enables you to send and receive text messages via
Bluetooth, but SYNCwill read them to you aloud and also translate
many popularly used text messaging acronyms such as “lol”. SYNCalso
allows you to respond with a list of predefined messages.
To access:
1. Press the PHONE hard button on the navigation system.
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