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WARNING
Driving while distracted can result inloss of vehicle control, collision andinjury. We strongly recommend thatyou use extreme caution when using anydevice that may take your focus off theroad. Your primary responsibility is the safeoperation of your vehicle. We recommendagainst the use of any handheld devicewhile driving, encourage the use ofvoice-operated systems when possibleand that you become aware of applicablecountry and local laws that may affect useof electronic devices while driving.
When using SYNC:
•Do not operate playing devices if thepower cords or cables are broken, splitor damaged. Carefully place cords andcables where they cannot be steppedon or interfere with the operation ofpedals, seats, compartments or safedriving abilities.
•Do not leave playing devices in yourvehicle during extreme conditions as itcould cause them damage. Refer toyour device's user guide for furtherinformation.
•Do not attempt to service or repair thesystem. See an authorised dealer.
Privacy Information
When a mobile phone is connected toSYNC, the system creates a profile withinyour vehicle that is linked to that mobilephone. This profile is created in order tooffer you more mobile features and tooperate more efficiently. Among otherthings, this profile may contain data aboutyour phone book, text messages (read andunread) and call history. Including thehistory of calls when your mobile phonewas not connected to the system. Inaddition, if you connect a media device,the system creates and retains an index ofsupported media content. The system alsorecords a short development log ofapproximately 10 minutes of all recentsystem activity. The log profile and othersystem data may be used to improve thesystem and help diagnose any problemsthat may occur.
The mobile phone profile, media deviceindex, and development log will remain inyour vehicle unless you delete it and aregenerally accessible only in your vehiclewhen the mobile phone or media player isconnected. If you no longer plan to use thesystem or your vehicle, we recommend youperform a master reset to erase all storedinformation.
System data cannot be accessed withoutspecial equipment and access to yourvehicle's SYNC module. We will not accessthe system data for any purpose other thanas described absent consent, a court order,or where required by law enforcement,other government authorities or other thirdparties acting with lawful authority. Otherparties may seek to access the informationindependently of us. For further privacyinformation, see the sections onemergency assistance.
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Provides less audible interaction and moretone prompts."Interaction Mode Advanced"
Provides more detailed interaction andguidance."Interaction Mode Standard"
The system defaults to the standard interaction mode.
Confirmation prompts are short questionsthe system asks when it is not sure of yourrequest or when there are multiple possibleresponses to your request. For example,the system may ask "Phone, is thatcorrect?".
Press the voice button to change theconfirmation prompts setting. Say "Voicesettings" when prompted, then any of thefollowing:
The SystemWhen You Say
Makes a best guess from the command.You may still occasionally be asked toconfirm settings."Confirmation Prompts Off"
Clarifies your voice command with a shortquestion."Confirmation Prompts On"
The system creates candidate lists whenit has the same confidence level of severaloptions based on your voice command.When turned on, you may be promptedwith as many as four possibilities forclarification.
For example say, "1" after the tone to callJohn Doe at home or "2" after the tone tocall Johnny Doe on mobile or "3" after thetone to call Jane Doe at home.
The same logic applies to media content.For example say: "1" after the tone to playJohn Doe or "2" after the tone to playJohnny Doe or "3" after the tone to playJane Doe.
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2. When Please begin pairing by appears in the display,search for SYNC on your device to start the pairingprocess. Refer to your mobile phone's user guide if neces-sary.3. When prompted on your mobile phone's display, enterthe six-digit PIN provided by SYNC in the radio display.The display indicates when the pairing is successful.4. Set phone name as the favorite mobile phone? Choosebetween Yes and No.5. Depending on the functionality of your mobile phone,you may be asked additional questions (i.e. if you wouldlike to download your phonebook). Press Yes or No toselect your responses.
Delete a paired mobile phone.DeletePress Delete and confirm with Yes when asked to deletethe selected device from SYNC. After deleting a mobilephone from the list, the mobile phone can only beconnected again by executing the pairing process.
Set a previously paired mobile phone as your primarymobile phone.Master
Press Master to select the desired mobile phone as theprimary mobile phone.SYNC attempts to connect with the primary mobile phoneevery time the ignition is switched on. When a mobilephone is selected as primary, it appears first in the list and
is marked with an asterisk*
Connect a previously paired bluetooth-enabled mobilephone. You can only have one device connected at a timeto use the mobile phone functionality. When anothermobile phone is connected, the previous mobile phonewill be disconnected for the telephone services. SYNCallows you to use different Bluetooth devices for themobile phone functionality and the BT Audio music play-back feature at the same time.
Conn.
Press Conn. to connect to the selected previously pairedmobile phone.
Disconnects the selected mobile phone. Press Discon.and confirm with Yes when asked. After disconnecting amobile phone, it can be connected again withoutperforming the full pairing process.
Discon.
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SERVICES
1.Press the MENU button to enter thesystem's menu.
2.Scroll until SYNC-Apps is selected,then press OK.
A list of available applications will beshown. Each application might have itsown specific settings.
SYNC Emergency Assistance
WARNINGS
For this feature to work, your mobilephone must be compatible withSYNC.
Always place your mobile phone ina secure location inside your vehicle.Failure to do so may cause seriousinjury to someone or damage the phonewhich could prevent emergency assistancefrom working correctly.
Unless the emergency assistancesetting is set to on prior to a collision,the system will not attempt to placean emergency call which could delay theresponse time, potentially increasing therisk of serious injury or death. Do not waitfor emergency assistance to make anemergency call if you can do it yourself.Dial emergency services immediately toavoid a delayed response time. If you donot hear emergency assistance within fiveseconds of the collision, the system ormobile phone may be damaged or nonfunctional.
Note:Before selecting this feature, youmust read the emergency assistance privacynotice later in this section for importantinformation.
Note:When you turn emergency assistanceon or off, that setting will apply for all pairedmobile phones. If you have turnedemergency assistance off and a previouslypaired phone connects when you switch theignition on, either a voice message plays, adisplay message or icon is shown or both.
Note:Every mobile phone operatesdifferently. While SYNC emergencyassistance works with most mobile phones,some mobile phones may experiencedifficulties using this feature.
Note:For important information regardingairbag deployment: See SupplementaryRestraints System (page 22).
In the event of a collision which deploysan airbag or activates the fuel cut-offswitch, the system may contactemergency services by dialling 112 (thewireless emergency number that works inmost European countries) through a pairedand connected mobile phone. For moreinformation about SYNC and emergencyassistance visit your regional Ford website.
Setting Emergency Assistance On:
1.Press the PHONE button to enter themobile Phone menu.
2.Scroll to emergency assistance.
3.Press OK to confirm and enter theemergency assistance menu.
4.Scroll through and highlight the On orOff selection.
5.Press OK to confirm the selection.
Display options:
•In case On was selected,Set Onappears in the display as confirmation.
•In case Off was selected a dialogueappears which allows you to set a voicereminder.
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Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
Some devices require you to change theUSB settings from mass storage to mediatransfer protocol class.
The file may becorrupted.The song may havecopyright protectionwhich does not allow itto play.
From the iPhone or iPod Touch music nowplaying screen, select the audio deviceairplay icon at the very bottom of youriPhone or iPod Touch screen.
This is a device limitation.When myiPhone or iPodTouch isconnected viathe USB andBluetooth Audioat the sametime, I some-times do nothear any sound.
To listen to the iPhone or iPod Touch viaBluetooth Audio, select SYNC.To listen to the iPhone or iPod Touch viaUSB, select Dock Connector.
Voice Command Issues
Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
Review the mobile phone voice commandsand the media voice commands at thebeginning of their respective sections.
You may be using thewrong voice commands.You may be speaking toosoon or at the wrongtime.
SYNC does notunderstandwhat I amsaying.Refer to the screen during an active voicesession, you will find a list of voicecommands there.The microphone for the system is either inyour rear view mirror or in the headliner justabove the windscreen.
Review the media voice commands at thebeginning of the media section.You may be using thewrong voice commands.SYNC does notunderstand thename of a songor artist.Say the song or artist exactly as they arelisted. If you say "Play Artist Prince" thesystem does not play music by Prince andthe Revolution or Prince and the NewPower Generation.
You may not be sayingthe name exactly as it issaved.The system may not bereading the name thesame way you are sayingit.Make sure you are saying the complete titlesuch as "California remix featuring JenniferNettles".
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Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
If the songs are saved in capital letters, youhave to spell them. LOLA requires you tosay "L-O-L-A".Do not use special characters in the title asthe system does not recognise them.
Review the mobile phone voice commandsat the beginning of the mobile phonesection.
You may be using thewrong voice commands.You may not be sayingthe name exactly as it issaved.
SYNC does notunderstand or iscalling thewrong contactwhen I want tomake a call.
Make sure you are saying the contactsexactly as they are listed. For example, if acontact is saved as Joe Wilson, say "CallJoe Wilson".Contacts in your phone-book may be very shortand similar, or they maycontain special charac-ters.
The system works better if you list fullnames such as "Joe Wilson" rather than"Joe".Your phonebookcontacts may be savedin capital letters.
Do not use special characters such as 123or ICE as the system does not recognisethem.If contacts are saved in capital letters, youhave to spell them. JAKE requires you tosay "Call J-A-K-E".You can also use the mobile phone andmedia candidate lists to get a list ofpossible candidates when the system didnot fully understand you. See Using VoiceRecognition (page 198).
The SYNC system applies the phoneticpronunciation rules of the selectedlanguage to the contact names stored onyour mobile phone.
Foreign names arespoken using thecurrently selectedlanguage for SYNC.
The SYNC voicecontrol systemis having troublerecognisingforeign namesstored in mymobile phonebook contactlist.
Helpful Hint: Select your contact manually(PHONE > Phonebook > contact name)and press the Hear It soft-key. SYNC willread the contact name to you, giving yousome idea of the pronunciation SYNC isexpecting.
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Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
The SYNC system applies the phoneticpronunciation rules of the selectedlanguage to the names stored on your USBmedia player or USB flash drive. The systemis able to make some exceptions for verypopular artist names (e.g. U2) such thatyou can always use the English pronunci-ation for these artists.
Foreign names arespoken using thecurrently selectedlanguage for SYNC.
The SYNC voicecontrol systemis having troublerecognisingforeign tracks,artists, albums,genres andplaylist namesfrom my USBmedia player orUSB flash drive.
The system uses a synthetically-generatedvoice rather than pre-recorded humanvoice.
The SYNC system usestext-to-speech voiceprompt technology.
Voice promptsare electronic-ally generated,and the pronun-ciation of somewords may notbe accurate formy language.
SYNC offers several new voice controlfeatures for a wide range of languages.Dialling a contact name directly from thephonebook without pre-recording (e.g.“callJohn Smith”) or selecting a track, artist,album, genre or playlist directly from yourUSB media player (e.g." play artistMadonna).
SYNC offers significant capability aboveand beyond the previous system such as.The focus of SYNC iscontrolling your mobiledevices and the contentstored on your devices.
My previousbluetooth voicecontrol systemallowed me tocontrol theradio, CD, andclimate controlsystems. Whycan I not controlthese systemswith SYNC?
Dialling a contact name directly from thephonebook without pre-recording (e.g.“callJohn Smith”) or selecting a track, artist,album, genre or playlist directly from yourUSB media player (e.g." play artistMadonna).
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COMPATIBILITY
WARNINGS
Your vehicle has been tested andcertified to legislations relating toelectromagnetic compatibility(72/245/EEC, UN ECE Regulation 10 orother applicable local requirements). It isyour responsibility to make sure that anyequipment you have fitted complies withapplicable local legislations. Have anyequipment fitted by an authorised dealer.
WARNINGS
The radio frequency transmitterequipment (e.g. mobile telephones,amateur radio transmitters etc.) mayonly be fitted to your vehicle if they keepto the parameters shown in the tablebelow. There are no special provisions orconditions for installations or use.
Do not mount any transceiver,microphones, speakers, or any otheritem in the deployment path of theairbag system.
Do not fasten antenna cables tooriginal vehicle wiring, fuel pipes andbrake pipes.
Keep antenna and power cables atleast 4 inches (10 centimetres) fromany electronic modules and airbags.
Antenna PositionsMaximum output power Watt (PeakRMS)Frequency BandMHz
3, 450 W1 – 30
1, 2, 350 W30 – 54
1, 2, 350 W68 – 87.5
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