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Instrument Panel
1 Power Tilt/Telescoping
Steering Column*
Your power tilt steering column has
a 4 -way rocker control which allows
you to adjust the steering wheel to
the desired position.
2 Adaptive Cruise Control* Allows you to set a ‘gap distance’
between yourself and the vehicle in
front of you during highway driving.
When your cruise control is active,
press GAP up or down to select the
gap distance. Refer to the Cruise
Control chapter of your Owner’s
Manual for more information.
Note: Driving aids do not replace the
need to watch where the vehicle is
moving and brake where necessar y.
Refer to your Owner’s Manual for safet y
information, more details and limitations.
3 Left Info Display Provides information about various
systems on your vehicle. Use the
lef t, 5 -way controls located on the
steering wheel to choose and confirm
settings and messages. Refer to the
Information Displays chapter in your
Owner’s Manual for more information.
4 Service Engine Soon Light Illuminates briefly when the ignition
is turned on. If it remains on or is
blinking af ter the engine is star ted, the
On- Board Diagnostics (OBD - II) system
has detected a malfunction. Drive in
a moderate fashion and contact your
authorized dealer as soon as possible.
5 Right Info Display Displays information about
Entertainment, Phone and Navigation.
Use the right, 5 -way controls located
on your steering wheel to scroll
through, highlight and make minor
adjustments within a selected menu.
Refer to the MyLincoln Touch
TM
chapter in your Owner’s Manual
for more information.
6 Steering Wheel Controls Press VO L+ to increase and VOL–
to decrease volume levels.
Press SEEK
/ to access the nex t /
previous radio station preset, CD track
or preset satellite radio channel*.
Press to access voice recognition*.
Press to access SYNC®
phone features*.
7 Push Button Start Allows you to star t your vehicle by
pressing the ENGINE START/STOP
button while fully pressing down on the
brake pedal. Press the button again to
turn the engine off.
Note: Your intelligent access key
must be inside the vehicle for keyless
star ting to work.
8 Hazard Control
9 Audio Volume and Fan Speed
Swipe Controls
Swipe the touch-sensitive slide bars
with your finger to adjust audio volume
or fan speed.
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SYNC is a hands-free, voice recognition system used for
entertainment, information and communication.
SYNC. Say the Word.
Use the four-corner, four-color touchscreen to explore and
interact with your vehicle. The touchscreen works the same way
as traditional controls, knobs and buttons do. Press the various
corners on your touchscreen to personalize the many features and
settings of your vehicle all in one place. The system provides easy
interaction with your cellular phone, multimedia entertainment,
climate controls and navigation system*.
General Tips
Press the home icon at
any time to return to your
home screen.
For additional suppor t, refer
to your Owner’s Manual ,
visit the website or call the
toll-free number. See the
inside front cover of this
guide for details.
Before You Get Started
If you have the navigation
SD card, make sure that it is
inser ted into the media por t or
your navigation will not work.
The touchscreen is sensitive,
so make sure you press the
desired icon accurately
and firmly.
Create Your Owner Account
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.
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 complimentary services
you are eligible for.
Why You Need a SYNC
Owner Account
A SYNC owner account is
required for Vehicle Health
Report activation and the
abilit y to view your repor ts
online. You’ll also be able to
take advantage of all the SYNC
Ser vices and personalization
features, such as saving your
favorites and points of interest
(POI). You’ll receive the latest
sof tware updates that add
new places, directions and
information, and if you have questions, you’ll get free
customer suppor t. Visit the
website or call the toll-free
number for more information.
See the inside front cover
of this guide for details.
Pairing Your Phone with SYNCIn 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.
M ake sure that your vehicle is in
P (Park) and both your ignition
and radio are switched on.
2. Touch Add Phone in the upper
lef t corner of the touchscreen.
3. Make sure that Bluetooth is
set to on and your cellular
phone is in the proper mode. 4.
When Find SYNC appears
on the display, follow the
directions on the screen.
When SYNC finds your phone,
it will display a six-digit PIN.
Add the PIN into your phone.
5. The display will indicate 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 voicemail).
Download your phone book
(this is required to use the full
set of voice commands).
Turn on 911 Assist®.
Tips Make sure you accept
the request from SYNC
to access your phone.
To pair subsequent phones,
please refer to Pairing
Subsequent Phones in
the SYNC chapter of your
Owner’s Manual .
Phone
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 Ser vices*:
Connect to SYNC Ser vices
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 (the
feature must be turned on
prior to an incident).
Transfer calls seamlessly
from SYNC to phone as you
get in or out of your vehicle.
Using Your Phone with SYNC
Note:
You must download your
phone book to make phone calls
with voice commands by name.
Making a Phone Call
Use SYNC to make a phone call
to anyone in your phone book by
pressing the voice button
and when prompted, say a
voice command.
Note: You can also make
phone calls by pressing
the voice button
. When
prompted, give the voice
command “Dial”, then verbally
say the phone number.
SYNC® with MyLincoln TouchTM
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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 the
phone button
.
Do Not Disturb Mode
This feature blocks incoming
calls and tex t messages and
saves them for later. You still
have access to outgoing calls
when this feature is active. Say
the voice command “Do not
disturb on” to enable and “Do
not disturb off ” to disable.
Navigation*
Get star ted with your
navigation system by pressing
the upper-right, green corner.
The available, voice-activated
navigation system includes:
SiriusXM TrafficTM
SiriusXM Travel LinkTM
GPS (Global Positioning
System) technology
3- D mapping
Turn-by-turn navigation
Some features require
activation. Refer to the
MyLincoln Touch chapter
of your Owner’s Manual for
complete details.
Set a Destination
Set a destination through your
touchscreen by using a street
address, a intersection, a point
of interest (POI) or a place on the
map. The easiest way, however,
is by voice. 1.
Push the voice button
. 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” .
You can also use the
touchscreen to enter a
destination and narrow your
choices by cit y or street as
you t ype. You can choose from up to
three different t ypes of routes:
Fastest: Uses the fastest
moving roads possible.
Shortest : Uses the
shortest distance possible.
Eco (EcoRoute): Uses the
most fuel-efficient route
Tips Save your favorite
locations by touching
“Save to Favorites” .
Change your map views
from Direction Headed,
Nor th Up or 3D.
Climate
SYNC with MyLincoln
Touch controls the temperature,
air flow direction, fan speed, and
activates other climate features
like heated/ventilated front
seats for you and your
front-seat passenger.
To use voice commands to
operate the climate controls, say
a voice command like “Climate
temperature 72 degrees” and
MyLincoln Touch will make
that adjustment.
Set Your MyTemp
Touch the lower-right,
blue Climate corner on
the touchscreen.
Set your exact, desired
temperature using the ( +) or
( – ) to adjust the setting.
Press and hold the M yTe m p
button until the background
color goes solid.
Entertainment
No matter how you store
your music, SYNC makes it yours
to enjoy when you are behind the
wheel. Just press the lower-lef t,
red corner of the touchscreen.
From here, you can easily go
between AM/FM, Sirius, and
other media sources.
Set your Radio Presets
Touch the Enter tainment
corner on the touchscreen.
To u c h FM .
To u c h Direct Tune .
Enter the desired station and
touch Enter .
To u c h Presets and then touch
and hold one of the memor y
preset buttons to save it. The
station will mute and then
sound will return when the
station is saved.
Bring in Your Own Music
Gain access to any audio source
by voice and even control how
each operates, like changing
radio stations, CD tracks or music
on one of the following devices:
USB
Bluetooth® streaming
SD card
A/V in
For additional suppor t, refer
to your Owner’s Manual , visit
the website or call the toll-free
number. See the inside front
cover of this guide for details.
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.
Using Voice Commands to
Play Music
1. Plug your media player into
your USB por t.
2. Press the voice button
.
When prompted, say “USB” ,
then follow-up by saying a
voice command.
3. You will hear the command
repeated back to you and the
selected item will play.
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