SyN C®*
Getting Started with Your SYNC System
SYNC is a hands-free, voice recognition system used for entertainment,
information and communication. SYNC…Say the word.
B EF oRE YoU GEt St ARtED
1.
Set up your owner account at SyncMyRide.com (U.S.) or SyncMyRide.ca
(Canada). Register by following the on-screen instructions. After registering,
you can see what complementary services you are eligible for.
2. SYNC uses a wireless connection called Bluetooth® to communicate
with your phone. Turn Bluetooth mode on in your phone’s menu options.
This lets your phone find SYNC. For more details on setting up your
phone with SYNC, visit SyncMyRide.com (U.S.) or SyncMyRide.ca
(Canada), or your phone manufacturer’s website.
P AIRING YoUR PhoNE WIth SYNC
In order to use many of the features of
SYNC, you must first pair and connect
your phone with SYNC. To pair your
phone for the first time:
1. Make sure that your vehicle is in (P)
park and both your ignition and radio
are turned on.
2. Press the phone button
. When
the display indicates no phone is paired, press oK.
3. When Find SYNC appears in the display, press oK.
4. Put your phone into Bluetooth discovery mode. Refer to your phone’s user guide if necessary.
5. When prompted on your phone’s display, enter the six-digit PIN provided by SYNC in the radio display.
6. The display indicates when the pairing is successful. Note: The system may prompt you to:
•
Set your phone as the primary/favorite (the primary phone will receive
messages and voice mails).
• Download your phone book (this is required to use the full set of
voice commands).
• Turn on 911 Assist
®.
tIPS
• Make sure you accept SYNC’s request to access your phone.
• To pair subsequent phones, please refer to Pairing Subsequent Phones
in the SYN C chapter of your Owner’s Manual.
• If you are experiencing pairing problems, try performing a clean pairing\
by
deleting your device from SYNC and deleting the SYNC connection from
your phone, and then repeat the process.
COMMOn LY USED VOiCE COMMan DS SYnC…SaY THE WORD
Every time you want to give SYNC a voice command, you must first press
the voice button and when prompted, speak your voice command. For a list
of voice commands, say “What can I say?”.
APPLINK™
SYNC AppLink allows you voice
access to select mobile applications
that you already have or can download
to your Android™, BlackBerry
® or
iPhone®. Current apps available include
Pandora Internet Radio®, Stitcher
Smart Radio™, Open Beak (BlackBerry
exclusive), iHeartRadio, Slacker, NPR
News, SYNC Destinations and more
Note: AppLink is not available with
MyFord Touch systems.
Using SYNC AppLink
1. Create your app account and personalize your app settings, if required.\
2. Download the latest mobile app through your Smartphone’s marketplace.
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*if equipped 3. Turn on your ignition.
4. Pair the phone to a SYNC AppLink vehicle. If your phone is already paired
to the vehicle, it connects automatically when you enter.
5. If you’re an iPhone owner, you must also connect the Apple®-provided USB cable and start the application you want to use on your iPhone
to access the apps through SYNC. Android and BlackBerry connect
wirelessly using SYNC AppLink.
6. Now you’re ready to voice-access the app by pressing the voice butto\
n and saying “mobile apps” and then the name of the app you want.
For more information on SYNC, please visit the website or use the toll-free
number. See the inside front cover of this guide for details.
tIPS
• Make sure the interior of the vehicle is as quiet as possible.
• After pressing the voice button, wait until after the tone sounds and
“Listening” appears in your vehicle’s display before saying a command.
• Speak naturally, without long pauses between words.
• At any time, you can interrupt the system while it is speaking by pressi\
ng
the
voice button.
USING mY PhoNE WIth SYNC
Note: You can download your phone
book to make phone calls with voice
commands by name. Contacts listed
in all caps will require you to spell
them (i.e. JAKE will be J-A-K-E).
making a phone call: Use SYNC
to make a phone call to anyone in
your phone book by pressing the voice button
. When prompted, give a
voice command.
For example, you could say, “Call Jake Smith at home”. When the system
confirms the number, say “Dial” to initiate the call.
Note: You can also make phone calls by pressing the voice button
.
When prompted, give the voice command “Dial” and then verbally say \
the
phone number.
Answering incoming calls:
Whenever you have an incoming
call, you will be able to see the
name and number of the person
calling in your display. Press
the phone button to answer an
incoming call. You can hang up at
any time by pressing and holding
the phone button
.
USING SYNC to ACCESS DIGItAL mEDIA
SYNC has a media hub with
multiple inputs allowing you to
access personal media from
your digital devices. Plug in your
USB media devices such as
phones and MP3 players and
use SYNC to play all of your
favorite music.
Note: SYNC indexes all of your music. The more music that is stored on
your device, the longer it takes SYNC to index. You can then use voice
indexing to find a specific song, artist, playlist or genre when your media
device is hard-wired into the USB port. Voice indexing is not available when
connected through Bluetooth.
Using voice commands to play music:
1. Plug your media player into your USB port.
2. Press the voice button
. When prompted, say “USB” and then follow up
by saying a voice command.
3. You will hear the command repeated back to you and the selected item
will play.
