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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 streamingBluetoothaudio and has already
been paired with SYNCas 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.
10. Once pairing is successful, the device name and then CONNECTING
and then CONNECTED will appear in the radio display.
You can now change SYNCsources to BT AUDIO and stream music
from your device.
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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 streamingBluetoothaudio and has already
been paired with SYNCas 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 SYNCusing 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, SYNCwill display CONNECTED and
the name of the device will appear in the radio display.
You can now change SYNCsources to BT (BLUETOOTH) AUDIO and
stream music from your device.
Connecting a Bluetooth media device
To connect a previously pairedBluetoothdevice:
Note:To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
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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 BT DEVICE menu appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm the selection. This will take you into the BT
DEVICE menu.
8. Scroll repeatedly until CONNECT BT appears in the radio display.
9. Select the desired device and press OK to connect to the device.
Bluetooth on/off
To turn theBluetoothfeature on SYNCon/off:
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 repeatedly until BT (BLUETOOTH) DEVICES MENU appears in
the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm the selection. This will take you into the BT
DEVICE menu.
8. Scroll repeatedly until BT ON/OFF appears in the radio display.
9. When the desired selection appears in the display, press OK.
Note:Selecting BLUETOOTH (BT) OFF will disconnect allBluetooth
devices and deactivate allBluetoothfeatures.
Deleting a device
To delete a previously paired media device from SYNC:
Note:To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
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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 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 repeatedly until BT DEVICE appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm the selection. This will take you into the BT
DEVICE menu.
8. Scroll repeatedly until DELETE DEVICE appears in the radio display.
Press OK.
9. Scroll to select a previously paired device to delete and press OK to
confirm.
Deleting all devices
To delete all previously paired devices from SYNC:
Note:To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the 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 BT DEVICE appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm the selection. This will take you into the BT
DEVICE menu.
8. Scroll repeatedly until DELETE ALL appears in the radio display.
Press OK. The radio display will read ALL DELETED when complete.
Turning prompts on/off
Prompts from SYNCcan help guide you via questions, helpful hints or
ask you for a specific action. To turn prompts on/off:
Note:To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
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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 PROMPTS appears in the radio display.
9. Press OK to enter the PROMPTS menu.
10. Scroll to toggle between PROMPTS ON or PROMPTS OFF. (The
default setting is ON).
11. Press OK when the desired selection appears in the radio display.
SET ON or SET OFF will appear in the radio display as a confirmation.
SYNCwill then take you back to the ADVANCED menu.
Changing the SYNClanguage setting
SYNC allows you to select from three languages: English, French and
Spanish. Once selected, all of SYNC’s radio displays and prompts will be
in the selected language. To access the language menu:
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 repeatedly until ADVANCED appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm and enter the ADVANCED menu.
8. Scroll repeatedly until LANGUAGE appears in the radio display.
9. Press OK to enter the LANGUAGE menu.
10. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through ENGLISH, FRANCAIS and
ESPANOL.
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11. Press OK when the desired selection appears in the radio display. If
you have changed the language setting, the display will read UPDATING.
Once the change is complete, SYNCwill confirm the change audibly and
in the radio display. SYNCwill then take you back to the ADVANCED
menu.
Returning to the factory defaults
SYNCallows you to return to the factory defaults settings. This
selection will not erase your indexed information. If you wish to erase all
information, refer toPerforming a master reset.
Note:To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the 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 repeatedly until ADVANCED appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm and enter the ADVANCED menu.
8. Scroll repeatedly until DEFAULTS appears in the radio display.
9. Press OK. The display will read RESTORE?
10. Press OK to confirm. The display will read RESTORED. SYNCwill
take you back to the ADVANCED SETTINGS menu.
Performing a master reset
A master reset allows you to completely erase all information stored in
SYNC(all phone book, call history and text message information as well
as all paired devices) and return to the factory default settings.
Note:Once a mast reset has been completed, you must re-insert your
USB device to access the contents.
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 PLAY MENU.
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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. SYNCwill ask you to confirm the master reset.
10. Press OK to confirm. The radio display will read RESET DONE.
SYNCwill 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 SYNCthrough your USB port. Please refer
to www.SyncMyRide.com for further information.
USING SYNC’S PLAY MENU
The SYNCPLAY 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:SYNCPLAY MENU manual control is a backup
interface to voice commands. Do not use SYNCPLAY 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.
SYNCis 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. SYNCsupports the following metadata tags:
•Artist
•Album
•Genre
•Track
If your indexed media files contain no information embedded in these
metadata tags, SYNCwill automatically classify the empty metadata tags
as UNKNOWN.
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To access the SYNCPLAY MENU:
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 appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK. If there are no media files to access, the radio display will
read NO MEDIA.
6. In the SYNCPLAY MENU, scroll repeatedly to select from the
following options:
•PLAY ALL
•ARTISTS
•ALBUMS
•GENRES
•PLAYLISTS
•TRACKS
•EXPLORE USB
•SIMILAR MUSIC
•RETURN
Refer to the following sections for further explanation on these features.
Using the Play all feature
The PLAY ALL feature in SYNCwill play all indexed media (tracks)
from your playing device in flat file mode, one at a time in numerical
order. To use this feature:
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.
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