2013 FORD F150 park assist

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
®.
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• 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.
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• 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.

PHOn E
Voice-control your phone for hands-free calling
with your phone securely put away. With SYNC,
you won’t even need to know the phone number.
Just say the name of the person you want from
your contacts.
Your phone connects you with many other features
and SYNC Services:
• Connect to SYNC Services for traffic, directions,
business searches and information favorites.
• Connect to Operator Assist to help locate
a listing or destination.
• Call for a Vehicle Health Report.
• Automatically connects with a 911 Operator in
the event of an accident (system must be turned
on prior to event).
• Transfer calls seamlessly from SYNC to your
phone as you get in or out of your vehicle.
SE t UP YoUR
IN-CASE-o F-EmERGENCY C oNtAC tS
You can add contacts from your phone book for
simple one-touch access on the touch screen
after a 911 Assist
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Viga TiOn*
Get started with your navigation system by
pressing the upper-right, green corner.
The available, voice-activated navigation
system includes:
• SiriusXM Traffic
• SiriusXM Travel Link
• Global positioning system (GPS) technology
• 3-D mapping
• Turn-by-turn navigation
Refer to the MyFord Touch chapter of your
Owner’s Manual for complete details.
S Et A DEStINA tIoN
Set a destination through your touch screen by
using a street address, a city center, a place on the
map or a Point of Interest (POI). The easiest way,
however, is by voice.
1. Push the voice button
, then when prompted
say “Destination street address”.
2. The system will ask you to say the full address
and will display an example on-screen. 3.
You can then speak the address
naturally, such as: “One two three Main
Street, Anytown.”
While the vehicle is in park, you can
also use the touch screen to enter a
destination and narrow your choices by
city or street as you type.
You can choose from up to three
different types of routes:
• Fastest: Uses the fastest moving
roads possible.
• Shortest: Uses the shortest
distance possible.
• Eco (EcoRoute): Uses the
most fuel-efficient route.
SA vE A FAvoRItE
When you find a specific
address or a Point of Interest
(POI) that you’d like to store within the
system, you can save it to your Favorites.
Using the touch screen, press Save to
Favorites. When you want to view that
destination again, you can press Favorites
to retrieve your stored locations.
Note: Some features, such as Point of
Interest (POI) ratings and the ability to
type in a destination, are not available
while the vehicle is moving. For more
complete information, see the SYNC
chapter in your Owner’s Manual.
contacts on the 911 Assist screen by scrolling
through your menu choices and selecting the
following information:
• Touch Settings, then Phone and 911 assist.
• Touch Edit to add contacts from your
phone book.
W IRELESS AND INtERNE t
Your SYNC with MyFord Touch system has a Wi-Fi
feature that creates a wireless network within your
F-150 to use with a computer or other Internet-
compatible device. From the Settings menu, select
Wireless & internet, and then Wi-Fi Settings.
From there:
• Turn the Wi-Fi network feature on.
• Choose a wireless network.
• Turn the Gateway Mode on to make SYNC
an access point for a phone or computer.
• View and select or change your Gateway
settings. Press

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for more information.
Once the system is active, the local area network
within the vehicle lets all passengers connect to
the Internet. Refer to the SYN C chapter of your
Owner’s Manual for complete details.
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EF oRE YoU GEt St ARtED
• Pair your phone to SYNC before using MyFord
Touch (see the Getting Started with Your SYNC
System section for instructions).
• If you have the navigation
SD card, make sure that it is
inserted into the media port
or your navigation will not work.
hELPFUL hINtS
• After pressing the voice icon, wait until after
the tone sounds and Listening appears before
saying a command. Any command spoken prior
to this does not register with the system.
• Speak naturally, without long pauses
between words.
• At any time you can interrupt the system while it
is speaking by pressing the voice icon.
tIPS
• Change your map views from
Direction Headed, North Up or 3D.