2013 FORD B MAX Eco

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Note:When you switch this feature on oroff, that setting applies for all paired cellphones. If you have turned this feature offand a previously paired phone connectswhen you switch on the ignition, either avoice message plays, a display message oricon is shown or both.
Note:Every cell phone operates differently.While this feature works with most cellphones, some cell phones may experiencedifficulties using this feature.
Note:Make sure you are familiar with theinformation about airbag deployment. SeeSupplementary Restraints System (page23).
If a crash deploys an airbag or triggers thefuel pump shut off, the system maycontact emergency services by dialing 112(the wireless emergency number thatworks in most European countries) througha paired and connected cell phone. Formore information about the system andEmergency Assistance, visit the regionalFord website.
Switching Emergency AssistanceOn and Off
1.Press the PHONE button to enter thecell phone menu.
2.Select the Emergency Assistanceoption and press OK.
3.Select the option you require and pressOK.
Display Options
If you switch on this feature, a confirmationmessage appears in the display.
If you switch off this feature, a dialogappears in the display, which allows youto set a voice reminder.
Off with voice reminder provides a displayand voice reminder when your cell phoneconnects and your vehicle starts.
Off without voice reminder provides adisplay reminder only without a voicereminder when your cell phone connects.
To make sure that Emergency Assistanceworks correctly:
•The system must have power and beworking correctly at the time of thecrash and during feature activation anduse.
•You must switch on the feature beforea crash.
•You must have a cell phone connectedto the system.
•In certain countries, it may benecessary to have a valid andregistered SIM card with credit in orderto place and maintain an emergencycall.
•A connected cell phone must have theability to make and maintain anoutgoing call at the time of the crash.
•A connected cell phone must haveadequate network coverage, batterypower and signal strength.
•Your vehicle must have battery power.
Note:This feature only works in a Europeancountry or region where SYNC EmergencyAssistance can call the local emergencyservices. Visit the regional Ford website fordetails.
In the Event of a Crash
Note:Not every crash deploys an airbag ortriggers the fuel pump shut off (which mayturn on Emergency Assistance). However,if Emergency Assistance is triggered thesystem tries to contact the emergencyservices. If a connected cell phone sustainsdamage or loses connection to the system,it searches for and tries to connect to anyavailable previously paired cell phone. Thesystem attempts to dial 112.
254B-MAX (CB2) Vehicles Built From: 25-06-2012, Vehicles Built Up To: 31-12-2013SYNC™

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•If you do not cancel the call and SYNCmakes a successful call, anintroductory message plays for theemergency operator. After thismessage, there is hands-freecommunication between your vehicle'soccupants and the operator.
•The system provides a short windowof time (approximately 10 seconds) tocancel the call. If you do not cancel thecall, the system attempts to dial 112.
•The system plays a message lettingyou know when it attempts to make anemergency call. You can cancel the callby selecting the relevant icon in thedisplay or by pressing the hang upbutton on your cell phone.
During a call:
•Emergency assistance uses yourvehicle GPS or cellular networkinformation when available todetermine the most appropriatelanguage to use. It alerts theemergency operator of the crash anddelivers the introductory message. Thismay include your vehicle GPScoordinates.
•The language the system uses tointeract with the occupants of yourvehicle may differ from the languageused to deliver information to theemergency operator.
•After the delivery of the introductorymessage the voice line opens so thatyou 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 the system providesinformation to the emergency operator, thesystem plays a message letting you knowit is sending important information. It thenlets you know when the line is open to starthands-free communication.
Note:During an Emergency Assistance call,an emergency priority screen appears whichcontains vehicle GPS coordinates whenavailable.
Note:It is possible that GPS locationinformation is not available at the time ofthe crash; in this case, EmergencyAssistance will still attempt to place anemergency call.
Note:It is possible that the emergencyservices will not receive the GPScoordinates; in this case, hands-freecommunication with an emergency operatoris available.
Note:The emergency operator may alsoreceive information from the cellularnetwork such as cell phone number, cellphone location and cell phone carrier nameindependent from SYNC EmergencyAssistance.
Emergency assistance may not work if:
•Your cell phone or EmergencyAssistance hardware sustains damagein the crash.
•The vehicle battery or the system hasno power.
•A crash ejects your cell phone fromyour vehicle.
•You do not have a valid and registeredSIM card with credit in your cell phone.
•You are in a European country or regionwhere the SYNC Emergency Assistancecannot place the call. Visit the regionalFord website for details.
255B-MAX (CB2) Vehicles Built From: 25-06-2012, Vehicles Built Up To: 31-12-2013SYNC™

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Choose to shuffle or repeat your music. Once you makeyour choice, it remains on until you switch it off.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 track to compile a playlist. The systemthen creates a new list of similar tracks and then beginsplaying. 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. Thesystem places Unknowns 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
Accessing Your USB Song Library
This menu allows you to select and playyour media files by artist, album, genre,playlist and track or even to browse whatis on your USB device.
1.Make sure you plug your device intoyour vehicle's USB port and switch iton.
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:
You canWhen you select
Play all indexed media files from your playing device one
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, and then press OK.
Search for and play a specific indexed track.*Songs
1. Press OK to select.
259B-MAX (CB2) Vehicles Built From: 25-06-2012, Vehicles Built Up To: 31-12-2013SYNC™

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Cell phone issues
Possible solutionPossible causeIssue
Refer to your device's manual about audioadjustments.
The audio controlsettings on your cellphone may be affectingSYNC performance.
A lot of back-ground noiseduring a phonecall.
Try switching off your cell phone, resettingit or removing the battery, then trying again.Possible cell phonemalfunction.
During a call, Ican hear theother personbut they cannothear me.
Make sure that the microphone for SYNCis not set to off.
Check your cell phone's compatibility.This is a cell phone-dependent feature.
SYNC is notable to down-load my phone-book.
Try switching off your cell phone, resettingit or removing the battery, then trying again.
Possible cell phonemalfunction.
Try pushing your phonebook contacts toSYNC by selecting the option to add.
You must switch on your cell phone andthe automatic phonebook downloadfeature on SYNC.
Try pushing your phonebook contacts toSYNC by selecting the option to add.
Limitations on your cellphone's capability.
The systemsays "Phone-book down-loaded" but mySYNC phone-book is empty oris missingcontacts.
If the missing contacts are stored on yourSIM card, try moving them to your cellphone's memory.
Remove any pictures or special ring tonesassociated with the missing contact.
You must switch on your cell phone andthe automatic phonebook downloadfeature on SYNC.
Check your cell phone's compatibility.This is a cell phone-dependent feature.I am havingtroubleconnecting mycell phone toSYNC.
Try switching off your cell phone, resettingit or removing the battery, then trying again.Possible cell phonemalfunction.
261B-MAX (CB2) Vehicles Built From: 25-06-2012, Vehicles Built Up To: 31-12-2013SYNC™

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Possible solutionPossible causeIssue
Try switching off the device, resetting it orremoving the battery, then trying again.
Possible device malfunc-tion.
I am havingtroubleconnecting mydevice.
Make sure you are using the manufacturer'scable.
Make sure correctly insert the USB cable tothe device and your vehicle's USB 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 notrecognize mydevice when Istart my vehicle.
Make sure you connect the device to SYNCand press play on your device.
This is a device-dependent feature.Bluetooth audiodoes notstream.The device is notconnected.
Make sure that all song details are popu-lated.
Your music files may notcontain the correct artist,song title, album or genreinformation.SYNC does notrecognize musicthat is on mydevice.
Try replacing the corrupt file with a newversion.The file may becorrupted.
Some devices require you to change theUSB settings from mass storage to mediatransfer protocol class.
The song may havecopyright protection thatdoes not allow it to 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 I connectmy iPhone oriPod Touchthrough theUSB andBluetooth Audioat the sametime, I some-times do nothear any sound.
To listen to the iPhone or iPod Touchthrough Bluetooth Audio, select SYNC.
To listen to the iPhone or iPod Touchthrough USB, select Dock Connector.
263B-MAX (CB2) Vehicles Built From: 25-06-2012, Vehicles Built Up To: 31-12-2013SYNC™

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Voice command issues
Possible solutionPossible causeIssue
Review the cell phone voice commandsand the media voice commands at thebeginning of their respective sections.You may be using thewrong voice commands.
SYNC does notunderstandwhat I amsaying.Refer to the audio display during an activevoice session to find a list of voicecommands there.
The microphone for the system is either inyour rear view mirror or in the headliner justabove the windshield.
You may be speaking toosoon or at the wrongtime.
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 the systemsaved it. 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 thesystem saved it.Make sure you are saying the complete titlesuch as "California remix featuring JenniferNettles".
If the song titles are in capital letters, youhave to spell them. LOLA requires you tosay "L-O-L-A".
Do not use special characters in the title,as the system does not recognize them.
The system may not bereading the name thesame way you are sayingit.
Review the cell phone voice commands atthe beginning of the cell phone section.
You may be using thewrong voice commands.
SYNC does notunderstand or iscalling thewrong contactwhen I want tomake a call.
You can also use the cell phone and mediasuggestion lists to get a list of possiblesuggestions when the system cannot fullyunderstand you. See Using Voice Recog-nition (page 240).
264B-MAX (CB2) Vehicles Built From: 25-06-2012, Vehicles Built Up To: 31-12-2013SYNC™

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Voice command issues
Possible solutionPossible causeIssue
Make sure you are saying the name exactlyas the system saved it. For example, if thecontact name is Joe Wilson, say "Call JoeWilson".You may not be sayingthe name exactly as thesystem saved it.The system works better if you list fullnames such as "Joe Wilson" rather than"Joe".
Do not use special characters such as 123or ICE as the system does not recognizethem.
Contacts in your phone-book may be very shortand similar or they maycontain special charac-ters.
If the contacts are in capital letters, youhave to spell them. JAKE requires you tosay "Call J-A-K-E".
Your phonebookcontacts may be incapital letters.
SYNC applies the phonetic pronunciationrules of the selected language to thecontact names stored on your cell phone.
You may be saying theforeign names using thecurrently selectedlanguage for SYNC.
The SYNC voicecontrol systemis having troublerecognizingforeign namesstored on mycell phone.
Helpful Hint: You can select your contactmanually. Press PHONE. Select the optionfor phonebook and then contact name.Press the soft-key option to hear it. SYNCwill read the contact name to you, givingyou some idea of the pronunciation it isexpecting.
SYNC applies the phonetic pronunciationrules of the selected language to the namesstored on your media player or USB flashdrive. It is able to make some exceptionsfor very popular artist names (for example,U2) such that you can always use theEnglish pronunciation for these artists.
You may be saying theforeign names using thecurrently selectedlanguage for SYNC.
The SYNC voicecontrol systemis having troublerecognizingforeign tracks,artists, albums,genres andplaylist namesfrom my mediaplayer or USBflash drive.
265B-MAX (CB2) Vehicles Built From: 25-06-2012, Vehicles Built Up To: 31-12-2013SYNC™

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Voice command issues
Possible solutionPossible causeIssue
SYNC uses a synthetically generated voicerather than pre-recorded human voice.
SYNC uses text-to-speech voice prompttechnology.
The systemgenerates voiceprompts andthe pronunci-ation of somewords may notbe accurate formy language.
SYNC offers several new voice controlfeatures for a wide range of languages.Dialing a contact name directly from thephonebook without pre-recording (forexample,“call John Smith”) or selecting atrack, artist, album, genre or playlist directlyfrom your media player (for example," playartist Madonna).
SYNC offers significant capability beyondthe previous system such as dialing acontact name directly from the phonebookwithout pre-recording (for example,“callJohn Smith”) or selecting a track, artist,album, genre or playlist directly from yourmedia player (for example, " play artistMadonna).
The focus of SYNC is tocontrol your mobiledevices and the contentstored on them.
My previousBluetooth voicecontrol systemallowed me tocontrol theradio, CD, andclimate controlsystems. Whycan I not controlthese systemswith SYNC?
266B-MAX (CB2) Vehicles Built From: 25-06-2012, Vehicles Built Up To: 31-12-2013SYNC™