Introduction
3
Customizing your home screen 4
Setting the clock 6
Infotainment display 7
Help 9
Cleaning the touchscreen 10
Voice recognition system overview
12
Media features
16
AM/FM 16
HD Radio™ 18
SIRIUSsatellite radio 22
Accessing and using your USB port 30
Supported media file types 33
Streaming music from your phone 33
Phone features
37
Pairing your phone for the first time 37
Pairing other phones 40
Text messaging 40
SYNCServices and Apps
44
911 Assist™ 44
Vehicle health report 46
Traffic, Directions and Information 48
Settings
52
Wi-Fi 52
System settings 54
Display settings 54
Notifications 54
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3.Entertainment:Press this area to access music and media
features such as radio, CD, USB port, etc. These screens will appear with
a red tone. Refer to theMedia featureschapter in this supplement.
4.
Phone:Press this area to access SYNChands-free phone
features. These screens will appear with a yellow tone. Refer to the
Phone featureschapter in this supplement.
The corners will also display any active modes within those menus, such
as your phone being connected or the climate temperature.
Quick access buttons
In addition to accessing the corners, you can also press MENU,
orfor quick access to additional settings and features.
Press MENU to access:
•Clock•Display
•Sound•Vehicle
•Settings•Help
Press
to access:
•SYNC Services•SIRIUS Travel Link
•Notifications•Calendar
•SYNC Apps
Note:If the
icon appears with a yellow tone, refer toNotifications
in theSettingschapter.
Note:Some features are not available while the vehicle is moving.
Screen differences:Depending on your vehicle’s option package and
software, your screens may vary in appearance from the screens shown
in this supplement. Your features may also be limited depending on your
market. Please check with your authorized dealer for availability.
Customizing your home screen
Press
to access the home screen.
Introduction
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•You can interrupt the system at any time while it is speaking by
pressing
. The system will respond with a tone and allow you to
speak your command.
What can I say?
To access the available voice commands for the current session, do one
of the following:
•During a voice session, press the
icon at the bottom of the screen.
•Say “What Can I Say??” for an on screen listing of the possible voice
commands that are associated with your current voice session.
•Press
on the steering wheel controls and after the tone say “Help”
for an audible list of possible voice commands.
To access a list of available voice commands
•Press Menu > Help > Voice command list
OR
•Press
on the steering wheel controls and when prompted, say any
of the following (if available):
•List of Commands•Phone List of Commands
•Radio List of Commands•Climate Control List of
Commands
•Navigation List of Commands•Travel Link List of Commands
•Sirius Satellite List of Commands•Audio List of Commands
•USB List of Commands•SD Card List of Commands
•Bluetooth Audio List of
Commands•Browse List of Commands
Global voice commands
The following voice commands can be spoken at any time during a voice
session:
•Help•What Can I Say?
•Main Menu•Go Back
•Next•Previous
•Exit•List of Commands
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Browse voice commands
When listening to any type of audio, you can browse through other
devices without having to change to a different audio. For example, if
you are currently listening to the radio, you can browse all the artists
that are stored on your USB device. Press
on the steering wheel
controls and when prompted, you can say:
•Browse station list•Browse AM station list
•Browse FM station list•Browse SIRIUS channel guide
•Browse
•Browse CD track list•Browse USB
•Browse SD card•Browse Bluetooth audio
•Browse*
*Note:If you have said, “Browse”, you can then say any of the following
commands:
•AM station list•FM station list
•SIRIUS channel guide•CD track list
•
•SD card•Bluetooth audio
For a complete list of Browse voice commands, refer toVoice
commands for your USB and SD CardandVoice commands for
Bluetooth Audioin the following sections.
Radio voice commands
While listening to the radio, press
on the steering wheel controls.
When prompted, you may say any of the following commands:
•Radio On•Radio Off
•Set PTY•AM
•AM <530–1710>•AM Autoset
•FM•FM <87.9–107.9>
•FM1•FM2
•FM Autoset•FM Preset <#>
•FM <87.9–107.9>•Preset <#>
•AM Preset <#>•AM Autoset Preset <#>
•FM 1 Preset <#>•FM 2 Preset <#>
•FM Autoset Preset <#>•HD <#> (if available)
•Tune*•Browse**
Note:If you are not listening to the radio, press
and when
prompted, say, “Radio” and you can say any of the above commands.
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•Media Device Information:Displays descriptive information about
the device, if connected.
•Text Display:Allows you to choose how you would like the
information to display on screen.
To view song informationsuch as Title, Artist, File, Folder, Album,
and Genre, touch the on-screen album art. This will take you to another
screen where you can view this information.
You can also pressWhat’s Playingto hear how the system pronounces
the current band and song. This can be helpful when using voice
commands to ensure that the system correctly plays your request.
Voice commands for your SD card
For a complete listing of available voice commands, please refer toVoice
commands for USB and SD cardin the followingUSBsection.
SD logo is a trademark of SD-3C,
LLC.
USB
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 or feature that may
take their focus off the road. Your primary responsibility is the safe
operation of the vehicle. We recommend against the use of any
handheld device while driving and that you comply with all applicable
laws.
This feature allows you to plug in
media playing devices, memory
sticks, flash/thumb drives and also
charge devices if they support this
feature. Your USB ports are either
located in your center console or
behind a small access door in your
instrument panel.
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To access and play music from your USB:
1. Select the lower left corner of the touchscreen to access the media
screen.
2. Insert your flash/thumb drive into the USB slot and select the USB tab
once recognized. You can then select from the following options:
Repeat:Select to repeat the currently playing song/album.
Shuffle:Select to play music on the selected album or folder in random
order.
Browse:Select to browse the contents of the flash drive/thumb drive
connected to the USB port. This feature also allows you to search and
play by genre, artist, album, etc.
Similar Music:Select to choose music similar to that currently playing.
Options:
•Sound Settings:Select to adjust Bass, Treble, Midrange, Balance and
Fade, THX Deep note demo (if equipped), DSP (if equipped),
Occupancy mode (if equipped) and Speed compensated volume
settings.
•Media Player Settings:Select to access:
•Autoplay on/off:With this feature on, you can listen to music
which has already been randomly indexed during the indexing
process. With this feature off, the system will not begin to play any
of your music until all the media has been indexed and you make a
selection.
•Bluetooth Devices:Select to connect, disconnect, add or delete a
device. You can also set a device as your favorite so that the
system will automatically attempt to connect to that device at
every ignition cycle.
•Index Bluetooth Audio Devices on/off:Turn this feature on to
have the system automatically index aBluetoothaudio device, if
able.
•Gracenote Database Info:Allows you to view the version level of
the Gracenote Database.
•Gracenote Media Management on/off:When turned on, this
feature will pull in metadata information from the Gracenote
Database for your music files. This will override information from
your device. This feature defaults to off.
•Gracenote Cover Art on/off:When turned on, this feature will
pull in cover art from the Gracenote Database for your music files.
This will override any art from your device. This feature defaults to
off.
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•Media Device Information:Displays descriptive information about
the device, if connected.
•Text Display:Allows you to choose how you would like the
information to display on screen.
To view song informationsuch as Title, Artist, File, Folder, Album,
and Genre, touch the on-screen album art. This will take you to another
screen where you can view this information.
You can also pressWhat’s Playingto hear how the system pronounces
the current band and song. This can be helpful when using voice
commands to ensure that the system correctly plays your request.
Voice commands for your USB and SD card
While listening to a USB or SD card, press
on the steering wheel
controls. When prompted, you may say any of the following commands:
•Play Genre
•Play Artist
•Play Album
•Play Podcast
•Play Podcast Episode
•Play Video
•Play Video Playlist
•Play TV Show Episode
•Play•Pause
•Next•Previous
•Repeat One•Repeat All
•Repeat Off•Shuffle
•Shuffle Off•Play Similar Music
•Browse*
* If you have said you would like to Browse your USB or SD card, the
system will prompt you to specify what you would like to browse. When
prompted, you may say any of the following commands:
**Note:These commands are only available in USB mode and are device
dependent.
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•Genre
•All Songs•Playlist
•Current Playlist•All Playlists
•Artist
•Album
•Author
•Composer
•Audiobook
•Podcast
•Video
•Video Playlist
•TV Show
•All Movies•Video Podcast
•All Video Podcasts**•All Music Videos**
•Folder
**Note:These commands are only available in USB mode and are device
dependent.
Supported media players, formats and metadata information
SYNCis capable of hosting nearly any digital media player, including
iPod, Zune™, “Plays from device” players, and most USB drives.
Supported audio formats include MP3, WMA, WAV and AAC.
SYNCis also 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.
If your indexed media files contain no information embedded in these
metadata tags, SYNCmay classify the empty metadata tags as
UNKNOWN.
BLUETOOTH AUDIO
Your system allows you to stream audio over the vehicle speakers from
your connected,Bluetoothenabled cellular phone.
To access, press the lower left corner on the touchscreen. Then, select
theBTtab.
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