2012 FORD B MAX USB port

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine GENERAL INFORMATION
SYNC is an in-vehicle communicationssystem that works with yourBluetooth-enabled mobile phone andportable media player. This allows you to:
•make and receive calls
•access and play music from yourportable music player
•use emergency assistance
•access phonebook contacts and musicusing voice commands
•stream music from your connectedmobile phone
•select pre-defined text messages
•use the advanced voice recognitionsystem
•charge your USB device (if your devicesupports this).
Make sure that you review your device'suser guide before using it with SYNC.
Support
For further support please contact anauthorised dealer. More information isavailable from the Ford website.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine USING VOICE RECOGNITION
This system helps you control manyfeatures using voice commands. Thisallows you to keep your hands on thewheel and focus on what is in front of you.
Helpful Hints
Make sure the interior of your vehicle is asquiet as possible. Wind noise from openwindows and road vibrations may preventthe system from correctly recognisingspoken commands.
Press the voice button and wait until thesystem voice announcement has finishedfollowed by a single beep before giving acommand. Any command spoken prior tothis does not register with the system.
Speak naturally, without long pausesbetween words.
You can interrupt the system at anytimewhile it is speaking by pressing the voiceicon. You can also cancel a voice sessionby pressing and holding the voice icon atany time.
Initiating a Voice Session
Press the voice button and waituntil the system voiceannouncement has finishedfollowed by a single beep. A list ofavailable commands will appear in thedisplay. Say any of the following:
If You Want ToSay
Stream audio from your mobile phone."Bluetooth Audio"
Cancel the requested action."Cancel"
Access the device connected to the auxiliary input jack."Line in"
Make calls."Phone"
Return to the main menu."SYNC"
Access the device connected to your USB port."USB"
Adjust the level of voice interaction and feedback."Voice settings"
Hear a list of voice commands available in the currentmode."Help"
System Interaction and Feedback
The system provides feedback throughaudible tones, prompts, questions andspoken confirmations depending on thesituation and the chosen level ofinteraction (voice settings). You cancustomise the voice recognition system toprovide more or less instruction andfeedback.
The default setting is to a higher level ofinteraction in order to help you learn to usethe system. You can change these settingsat any time.
Adjusting the Interaction Level
Press the voice button. Say"Voice settings" when prompted,then any of the following:
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine •After the delivery of the introductorymessage the voice line will open sothat you can speak hands-free with theemergency operator.
•When the line is connected, you mustbe prepared to provide your name,phone number and locationinformation immediately.
Note:While information is being providedto the emergency operator you will hear thefollowing or similar message "Please standby while important information is beingdelivered to the emergency operator." SYNCwill say “line open” or similar at the start ofhands-free communication.
Note:During an emergency assistance call,an emergency priority screen will bedisplayed in your vehicle which containsvehicle GPS coordinates when available.These coordinates match the informationprovided to the emergency operator in theintroductory message.
Note:The emergency operator may alsoreceive information from the mobile networksuch as mobile phone number, mobilephone location and mobile phone carriername independent from SYNC emergencyassistance.
Emergency assistance may not work if:
•Your mobile phone or emergencyassistance hardware has beendamaged in a collision.
•Your vehicle's battery or the SYNCsystem has no power.
•If your phone is thrown from yourvehicle during a collision.
•You do not have a valid and registeredSIM card with credit in your phone.
•You are in a European country or regionwhere the SYNC emergency assistancecall cannot be placed. See yourregional Ford website for details.
Important Information About the FordSYNC Emergency Assistance Feature
Emergency Assistance does not currentlycall emergency services in the followingmarkets: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia andHerzegovina, Macedonia, Netherlands,Ukraine, Moldova and Russia.
See your regional Ford website for latestdetails.
Emergency Assistance Privacy Notice
Once emergency assistance is set to on, itmay disclose to emergency services thatyour vehicle has been in a collisioninvolving the deployment of an airbag oractivation of the fuel cut-off switch. Thisfeature has the capability to disclose yourlocation information to the emergencyoperator or other details about your vehicleor collision to provide the most appropriateemergency services.
If you do not want to disclose thisinformation, do not turn the feature on.
USING SYNC® WITH YOUR
MEDIA PLAYER
You can access and play music from yourdigital music player over your vehicle'sspeaker system using the system's mediamenu or voice commands. You can alsosort and play your music by specificcategories such as artists, albums, etc.
SYNC is capable of hosting nearly anydigital media player including: iPod®,Zune™, Plays from device players, andmost USB drives. SYNC also supportsaudio formats such as MP3, WMA, WAVand ACC.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Connecting Your Digital MediaPlayer to the USB Port
Note:If your digital media player has apower switch, make sure that the device isturned on.
To Connect Using Voice Commands
1.Plug the device into your vehicle's USBport.
2.Press the voice button and whenprompted, say "USB".
3.You can now play music by saying anyof the appropriate voice commands.Refer to the media voice commands.
To Connect Using the System Menu
1.Plug the device into your vehicle's USBport.
2.Press the AUX button until initialisingappears in the top left corner of thedisplay.
3.Depending on how many digital mediafiles are on your connected device,Indexing USB may appear in thedisplay. When indexing is complete, thescreen returns to the Play menu.
Press Browse. Now you can scroll throughthe list:
•Play all.
•Playlists.
•Songs.
•Artists.
•Albums.
•Genres.
•Browse USB.
•Reset USB.
•Exit.
What's Playing?
At any time when a track is playing, youcan press the voice icon and ask thesystem "What's playing?" The systemreads the metadata tags (if populated) ofthe track being played.
Media Voice Commands
Press the voice button and whenprompted say "USB", and thenany of the following:
"USB"
"Pause"
"Repeat off""Play"
"Repeat on""Play album "1,2
"Search album "1,2"Play All"
"Search artist "1,2"Play artist "1,2
"Search genre "1"Play genre "1,2
"Search song "1"Play next folder"3
"Search track "1,2"Play next track"
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"Shuffle off""Play playlist "1,2
"Shuffle on""Play previous folder"3
"Similar music""Play previous track"
"What's playing?""Play song "1
"Play track "1,2
1 is a dynamic listing, meaning that it could be the name of any desired group,artist, song, etc.2 Voice commands which are not available until indexing is complete.3 Voice commands which are only available in folder mode.
Voice Command Guide
The system searches all the data from your indexed musicand if available, begins to play the chosen type of music.You can only play genres of music which are present inthe genre metadata tags that you have on your digitalmedia player.
"Search genre" or "Playgenre"
The system compiles a playlist and then plays similarmusic to what is currently playing from the USB port usingindexed metadata information.
"Similar music"
The system searches for a specific artist, track or albumfrom the music indexed through the USB port.Search or Play, "Artist","Track, or "Album"
The system is also capable of playingmusic from your mobile phone viaBluetooth.
To switch the Bluetooth audio on use theAUX or Source button or press the voicebutton and when prompted say "Bluetoothaudio", then any of the following:
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"Connections"
"Pause"
"Play"
"Play next track"
"Play previous track"
Media Menu Features
The media menu allows you to select howto play your music (by artist, genre, shuffle,repeat, etc.) and to find similar music orreset the index of your USB devices.
1.Press AUX to select USB playback andthen Options to enter the Mediamenu.
2.Scroll to cycle through:
You CanWhen You Select
Choose to shuffle or repeat your music. Once theseselections are turned on, they will remain on until switchedoff.
Shuffle playlist and Repeattrack
You can play similar types of music to the current playlistfrom the USB port. The system uses the metadatainformation of each song to compile a playlist. The systemthen creates a new list of similar songs and will then beginplaying. Each track must have the metadata tags popu-lated for this feature. With certain playing devices, if your
Similar music
metadata tags are not populated, the tracks will not beavailable in voice recognition, play menu or similar music.However, if you place these tracks onto your playing devicein mass storage device mode they are available in voicerecognition, Play menu browsing and Similar Music.Unknowns are placed into any unpopulated metadatatag.
Resets the USB index. After the new indexing is completeyou can choose what to play from the USB song library.Reset SYNC USB
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Accessing Your USB Song Library
This menu allows you to select and playyour media by artist, album, genre, playlist,track or even to browse what is on yourUSB device.
1.Make sure that your device is pluggedinto the USB port and is turned on.
2.Press AUX to select USB playback andthen Browse.
If there are no media files to access, thedisplay indicates there is no media. If thereare media files, you have the followingoptions to scroll through and select from:
You CanWhen You Select
Play all indexed media (tracks) from your playing deviceone at a time in numerical order.*
Play all
Press OK to select. The first track title appears in thedisplay.
Access your playlists (from formats such as . ASX, .M3U,. WPL or . MTP).*
Playlists
1. Press OK to select.2. Scroll to select the desired playlist, then press OK.
Search for and play a specific track which has beenindexed.*
Songs
1. Press OK to select.2. Scroll to select the desired track, then press OK.
Sort all indexed media by artist. Once selected, the systemlists and then plays all artists and tracks alphabetically.*
Artists
1. Press OK to select.2. Scroll to select the desired artist, then press OK.
Sort all indexed media by albums.*Albums
1. Press OK to select.2. Scroll to select the desired albums, then press OK.
Sort indexed music by genre (category) type.*Genres
1. Press OK to select.2. Scroll to select the desired genre, then press OK.
Browse all supported digital media on your media deviceconnected to the USB port. You can only view mediacontent which is compatible with SYNC, other files savedare not visible.
Browse USB
1. Press OK to select.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Phone Issues
Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
Because each mobile phone is differentrefer to the mobile phone's user’s guide forthe specific mobile phone being paired. Infact, there can be differences betweenmobile phones due to brand, model, serviceprovider and software version.
USB and Media Issues
Possible SolutionPossible CauseIssue
Try turning off the device, resetting thedevice, removing the device's battery, thentrying again.
Possible device malfunc-tion.I'm havingtroubleconnecting mydevice.Make sure you are using the manufacturer'scable.Make sure the USB cable is correctlyinserted into the device and your vehicle'sUSB port.Make sure that the device does not havean auto-install program or active securitysettings.
Make sure you are not leaving the device inyour vehicle during very hot or coldtemperatures.
This is a device limitation.SYNC does notrecognise mydevice when Istart my vehicle.
Make sure the device is connected to SYNCand that you have pressed play on yourdevice.
This is a mobile phone-dependent feature.The device is notconnected.
Bluetooth audiodoes notstream.
Make sure that all song details are popu-lated.Your music files may notcontain the correct artist,song title, album or genreinformation.
SYNC does notrecognise musicthat is on mydevice.
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