2016 LINCOLN MKX Display settings

To make adjustments using the touchscreen, select:
Action and Description
Menu Item
Press the settings icon.
Settings
Navigation
Then select from the following:
Turn breadcrumbs on and off.
Map Preferences
Have the system display your turn list top to bottom or bottom to top.
Turn the Parking POI notification on and off.
Select shortest route, fastest route or ecological route as your preferred route. This route will be
displayed first.
Route Preferences
Always use preferred route. If set to yes, the system will only calculate a single route. This speeds
up your destination entry process.
Select a low, medium or high cost for the calculated ecological route. This may incur a time penalty.
Have the system avoid freeways.
Have the system avoid toll roads.
Have the system avoid ferries or car trains.
Have the system use HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) lanes.
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Action and Description
Menu Item
Have the system display where there may be reduced visibility.
Have the system turn on your radio for traffic announcements.
Enter specific areas that would like to avoid on planned navigation routes.
Avoid Areas
Phone To make adjustments using the touchscreen, select:
Action and Description
Menu Item
Press the settings icon.
Settings
Phone
Then select from the following:
Connect, disconnect, add or delete a device, as well as save it as a favorite.
Bluetooth Devices
Turn Bluetooth on and off.
Bluetooth
Have all calls go directly to your voice mail and not ring inside your v\
ehicle. With this feature
turned on, text message notifications are also suppressed and do not rin\
g inside your vehicle.
Do Not Disturb
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Action and Description
Menu Item
Gateway (Access Point) Devices List
Allows you to view recent connections to your Wi-Fi system.
Instead of using Wi-Fi, your system can also use a USB mobile broadband \
connection to access
the internet. (You must switch on your mobile broadband device on your personal computer\
before
connecting it to the system.) This screen allows you to set up what is \
your typical area for your
USB mobile broadband connection. (USB mobile broadband settings may not\
display if the device
is already on.) You can select the following:
USB Mobile Broadband
Country
Carrier
Phone Number
User Name
Password
Shows you the currently paired devices as well as giving you your typica\
l Bluetooth options to
connect, disconnect, set as favorite, delete and add device. Bluetooth is a registered trademark
of the Bluetooth SIG.
Bluetooth Settings
Choose your connection methods and change them as needed. You can select to change order
and have the system either always attempt to connect using a USB, mobile\
broadband, or using
Wi-Fi.
Prioritize Connection Methods
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Action and Description
Menu Item
Treble
Set Balance and Fade
DSP
Occupancy Mode
Speed Compensated Volume
This allows you to select a category of music you would like to search for. You can then choose to either
seek or scan for the stations playing that category.
Set PTY for Seek / Scan
This allows you to view the information broadcast by FM stations.
RDS Text Display
AST (Autostore) allows you to have the system automatically store the si\
x strongest stations in your current
location.
AST
This feature is available when HD Radio is on, and allows you to tag a song to download later. When you
select On, TAG appears on-screen when HD Radio is active. You can touch TAG to save the information
of the song that is playing. When you plug in your portable music player\
, the information transfers, if
supported by your device. When you are connected to iTunes, the tags appear to remind you of the songs
you would like to download. See HD Radio information later in this chapter.
TAG Button
Note: Your vehicle may not have all these sound settings.
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Sound
You can adjust the settings for:
Action and Description
Menu Item
Bass
Sound Settings
Midrange
Treble
Set Balance and Fade
DSP
EQ Mode
Speed Compensated Volume
Allows you to select more settings, which is under Media Player. See Settings (page 403).
Media Player Settings
Displays software and firmware information about the currently connected\
media device.
Device Information
Indexes your device when you connect it for the first time and each time the \
content changes (for example
adding or removing tracks) to make sure you have the latest voice commands available for all media on
the device.
Update Media Index
Note: Your vehicle may not have all these sound settings.
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To pair a subsequent cell phone, select:
Action and Description
Menu Item
Phone
Settings
Bluetooth Devices
Add Device Follow the on-screen instructions.
Find SYNC
Make sure that Bluetooth is set to On and that your cell phone is in the correct mode. See your
cell phone ’s manual if necessary.
Select
SYNC and a six-digit PIN appears on your device.
If you are prompted to enter a PIN on your device, it does not support Secure Simple Pairing. To
pair, enter the PIN displayed on the touchscreen. Skip the next step.
When prompted on your cell phone ’s display, confirm that the PIN provided by SYNC matches
the PIN displayed on your cell phone.
The display indicates when the pairing is successful.
SYNC may prompt you with more cell phone options. For more information on\
your cell phone's
capability, see your cell phone's manual and visit the website.
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Action and Description
Menu Item
Privacy
Join Calls
End
Select to call stored contacts.
Quick Dial
Touch this button to access and call any contacts in your previously down\
loaded phonebook. The
system places the entries in alphabetical categories summarized at the t\
op of the screen
Phonebook
To turn on contact picture settings, if your device supports this feature\
, select:
Phone
Settings
Manage Phonebook
Display Photos from Phonebook
Certain smartphones may support transferring street addresses when liste\
d with phonebook contact
information. If your cell phone supports this feature, you can select and use these addresses as
destinations and save them as favorites.
Note: This is a cell phone-dependent feature. If your cell phone does not support downloading call
history using Bluetooth, SYNC keeps track of calls made with the SYNC system.
Call History
After you connect your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone to SYNC, you can access any previously
dialed, received or missed calls. You can also choose to save these to:
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Action and Description
Menu Item
Quick Dial
Favorites
Send text messages using the touchscreen. See Text Messaging later in this section.
Messaging
Touch this button to access various phone settings, for example turning B\
luetooth on and off,
managing your phonebook and more. See
Phone Settings later in this section
Settings
Text Messaging
Note: Downloading and sending text
messages using Bluetooth are cell
phone-dependent features.
Note: Certain features in text messaging are
speed-dependent and not available when
your vehicle is traveling at speeds over
3 mph (5 km/h)
.
Note: SYNC does not download read text
messages from your cell phone.
You can send and receive text messages
using Bluetooth, read them aloud and
translate text messaging acronyms, for
example LOL. Touch the top left corner of the display,
then select: Message
Phone
Messaging
Then any of the following:
Listen (speaker icon)
Dial Message
Send Text
View
Delete
Composing a Text Message
Note: This is a speed-dependent feature. It
is unavailable when your vehicle is traveling
at speeds over
3 mph (5 km/h).
Note: Downloading and sending text
messages using Bluetooth are cell
phone-dependent features.
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