2021 FORD TRANSIT Owners Manual

Possible Cause and Resolution
Symptom
–You might not be saying the name exactly as it appears
on your device.
•Say the first and last name of the contact exactly
as it appears on your device. The system applies
phonetic pronunciation rules of the selected
language to the names of contacts in the phone-
book on your device. Select the name of the
contact on the touchscreen and use the Hear it
option to get an idea of how the system expects
you to pronounce it.
The system does not under-
stand certain names of
contacts in the phonebook
on my device.
–Device limitation.
•The system uses text-to-speech technology and
uses a synthetically generated voice rather than
pre-recorded human voice.
The system voice prompts
and the pronunciation of
some words do not seem to
be very accurate.
USB and Bluetooth® Audio Possible Cause and Resolution
Symptom
I cannot connect my device. –Device malfunction.
•Disconnect your device. Switch your device off and
on to reset it and try again.
– Cable connection issue.
•Correctly connect the cable to your device and the
vehicle USB port.
– Incompatible cable.
•Use the cable recommended by the manufacturer
of your device.
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Possible Cause and Resolution
Symptom
–Incorrect device settings.
•Make sure that your device does not have an auto-
install program or active security settings.
• Check that your device is not set only to charge.
– Device lock screen enabled.
•Unlock your device before connecting it.
The system does not recog-
nize my device. –
Device limitation.
•Do not leave your device in your vehicle during very
hot or very cold weather conditions.
– Cable connection issue.
•Correctly connect the cable to your device and the
vehicle USB port.
– Incompatible cable.
•Use the cable recommended by the manufacturer
of your device.
The system does not under-
stand the name of a track or
artist. –
Device limitation. Bluetooth® does not support voice
commands.
• Connect your device to a USB port.
• If you have an iOS device, press and hold the voice
control button on the steering wheel to use Siri to
play specific tracks.
I cannot stream audio from
my
Bluetooth® device. –
Incompatible device.
•Check the compatibility of your device on our
website.
– Device not connected.
•Pair your device. See
Phone (page 418).
– Media player not running.
•Start the media player on your device.
The system does not recog-
nize the music on my device. –
Missing or incorrect audio file metadata, for example
artist, song title, album or genre.
•Repair the files on your device.
– Corrupt files.
•Repair the files on your device.
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Possible Cause and Resolution
Symptom
–Copyright-protected files.
•Use a device that contains files that are not copy-
right protected.
– Unsupported file format.
•Repair or convert the files to a supported format.
See Entertainment (page 408).
– Device indexing required.
•Re-index your device. See
Settings (page 427).
– Device lock screen enabled.
•Unlock your device before connecting it.
Sometimes I cannot hear a
track playing on my device. –
Device malfunction.
•Disconnect your device. Switch your device off and
on to reset it and try again.
When I disconnect my iOS
device the audio volume is
set to maximum. –
Device limitation.
•Turn the volume down on your device.
If the system does not play the tracks on your USB device
in the correct order, the following information could help:
The system does not play
the tracks on my USB drive
in the correct order.
–If you are selecting USB as the audio source when the
system is still indexing, SYNC plays tracks sorted
alphabetically by file name in the root directory.
– If you are selecting USB as the audio source after the
system has finished indexing, SYNC plays all tracks
sorted alphabetically by the title in the ID3 tag
regardless of where they are located. SYNC uses the
file name if the title in the ID3 tag does not exist.
– If you are selecting the option to play all tracks from
the browsing menu, SYNC plays all tracks sorted
alphabetically by the title in the ID3 tag regardless of
where they are located. SYNC uses the file name if the
title in the ID3 tag does not exist.
– If you are selecting a track when using the explore
device option, SYNC plays tracks sorted alphabetically
by file name in the folder you have selected. SYNC
then plays all tracks in any subfolders in the folder you
have selected.
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Phone
Possible Cause and Resolution
Symptom
During a call, I can hear
excessive background noise. –
Incorrect cell phone settings.
•Check and adjust the audio settings on your cell
phone. Refer to your cell phone's user manual.
– Cell phone malfunction.
•Switch your cell phone on and off, and vehicle
Bluetooth® on and off and try again.
– Cell phone microphone muted.
•Unmute your cell phone microphone.
During a call, I can hear the
other person but they
cannot hear me.
During a call, I cannot hear
the other person and they
cannot hear me.
–
System restart required.
•Switch the ignition off and open the door. Close
the door and lock the vehicle. Wait until the
touchscreen is off and any illuminated USB ports
are not illuminated. Unlock the vehicle, switch the
ignition on and try again.
I cannot download a phone-
book. –
Incompatible cell phone.
•Check the compatibility of your cell phone on our
website.
– Incorrect cell phone settings.
•Allow the system to retrieve contacts from your
cell phone. Refer to your cell phone's user manual.
– Incorrect system settings.
•Switch automatic phonebook download on. See
Settings
(page 427).
– Cell phone malfunction.
•Switch your cell phone off and on to reset it and
try again.
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Possible Cause and Resolution
Symptom
–Incorrect cell phone settings.
•Allow the system to retrieve contacts from your
cell phone. Refer to your cell phone's user manual.
• Check the location of the missing contacts on your
cell phone. If they are stored on the SIM card, move
them to the cell phone memory.
– Incorrect system settings.
•Switch automatic phonebook download on. See
Settings (page 427).
A message displays
suggesting that my phone-
book has downloaded but it
is empty or it has missing
contacts.
–Incompatible cell phone.
•Check the compatibility of your cell phone on our
website.
– Cell phone malfunction.
•Switch your cell phone off and on to reset it and
try again.
• Install the latest cell phone firmware.
• Delete your device from the system and delete
SYNC from your device and try again.
• Switch automatic phonebook download off. See
Settings
(page 427).
I cannot connect my cell
phone.
Text messaging does not
work.
–
You might not have switched on text message notific-
ations.
•Switch text message notifications on.
See Phone
(page 418).
– Incompatible cell phone.
•Check the compatibility of your cell phone on our
website.
– Cell phone malfunction.
•Switch your cell phone off and on to reset it and
try again.
– Device message sharing is not enabled.
•Check the permissions on your device to ensure
text message sharing is enabled.
– Incompatible cell phone.
•Check the compatibility of your cell phone on our
website.
I cannot hear text messages.
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Navigation (If Equipped)
Possible Cause and Resolution
Symptom
I cannot enter a street name
when I am abroad. –
Incorrect entry method.
•Enter the street name with the country.
The system does not recog-
nize coordinates. –
Using the wrong coordinates format.
•Use the format ##. #####, ##. ##### (for N/S ,
E/W). Add a minus before coordinates if the
direction is West and keep a positive value if the
direction is East, for example 12.5412 means East
and -12.5412 means West.
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Apps
Possible Cause and Resolution
Symptom
The system cannot find any
apps. –
Incompatible device.
•You need an Android device with OS 4.3 or higher
or an iOS device with iOS 8.0 or higher. Pair and
connect your Android device to find compatible
apps. Connect your iOS device to a USB port or
pair and connect using Bluetooth®.
I have a compatible device
and it is correctly connected
but the system still cannot
find any apps. –
Compatible apps are not installed on your device.
•Download and install the latest version of the app.
– Compatible apps are not running on your device.
•Start the apps to allow the system to find them
and make sure you sign in to any apps if required.
– Incorrect app settings.
•Check and adjust the app settings on your device
and allow SYNC to access the app if required.
I have a compatible device,
it is correctly connected and
my apps are running but the
system still cannot find any
apps. –
Apps failed to fully close.
•Restart the apps and try again.
• If you have an Android device with apps that have
an exit or quit option, use this and then restart the
apps. Alternatively, use the force stop option in the
settings menu on your device.
• If you have an iOS device with iOS 8.0 or higher,
tap the home button on your device twice and then
swipe the app upward to close it.
I have an Android device
that is correctly connected,
I have restarted my apps
and they are running but the
system still cannot find
them. –
An issue on some older versions of the Android oper-
ating system could result in apps not being found.
•Switch
Bluetooth® off and on again to force the
system to reconnect to your device.
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Possible Cause and Resolution
Symptom
I have an iOS device that is
correctly connected, I have
restarted my apps and they
are running but the system
still cannot find them. –
Cable connection issue.
•Disconnect the cable from your device, wait for a
moment and then connect it again to force the
system to reconnect to your device.
I have an Android device
running a media app which
the system has found but I
cannot hear the sound or
the sound is very quiet. –
Device volume is low.
•Turn the volume up on your device.
I have an Android device
running a number of
compatible apps but the
system cannot find all of
them. –
Device limitation. If you have more apps running on
your device than the number of available Bluetooth®
links, the system cannot find all of them.
•Close some of the apps to allow the system to find
those that you want to use.
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