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Playing similar music
SYNCallows you to play music similar to what is currently playing from
the USB port. The system will use the metadata information of each song
to compile a playlist for you. To access:
Note:To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Ensure that your playing device is plugged into the USB port and is
ON.
2. Ensure that you are listening to an indexed track.
3. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC USB appears.
4. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the display.
5. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
6. Press OK.
7. Once PLAY ALL appears in the radio display, scroll repeatedly until
SIMILAR appears in the radio display.
8. Press OK. The system will create a new list of similar songs and begin
playing.
Note:Your metadata tags must be populated in order for the SIMILAR
MUSIC feature to include each TRACKS.
Note:With certain playing devices, if your metadata tags (Artist, Album,
Track, Genre) are not populated, the tracks won’t be available in voice
recognition, the PLAY MENU or SIMILAR MUSIC. However, if you place
these tracks with unpopulated metadata tags onto your playing device in
“Mass Storage Device mode”, these tracks will be available in voice
recognition, PLAY MENU browsing or SIMILAR MUSIC. UNKNOWN will
be placed into any unpopulated metadata tag.
Refer toUsing the media settings in your media menuearlier in this
chapter for further information on making adjustments to your music
(i.e., Seek, Shuffle, Autoplay and Repeat).
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Voice command issues
Issue Possible
Cause(s)Possible Solution(s)
SYNC does not
understand or is
calling the wrong
contact when I
want to make a
call.•You may be
using the wrong
voice commands.
•You may not be
saying the name
exactly as it is
saved.
•Contacts in
your phonebook
may be very short
and similar, or
they may contain
special
characters.
•Your
phonebook
contacts may be
saved in CAPS.•Review the phone voice
commands at the beginning of
the phone chapter.
•Ensure that you are saying
the contacts exactly as they are
listed. For example, if a contact
is saved as Joe Wilson, say, “Call
Joe Wilson”.
•The system does better if you
list full names such as “Joe
Wilson” rather than “Joe”.
•Don’t use special characters
such as 123 or ICE as the
system will not recognize them.
•If contacts are saved in CAPS,
you will have to spell them. JAY
will require you to say, “ Call
J-A-Y”.
Helpful Hints
•Ensure that the interior of the vehicle is as quiet as possible. Wind
noise from open windows and road vibrations may prevent the system
from correctly recognizing spoken voice commands.
•Ensure that you are speaking naturally and without any large pauses
between words.
•After you press VOICE or
to begin a voice session, wait until the
prompt sounds andListeningappears in the display. Anything spoken
prior to this will not register with the system.
•You can, at any time, interrupt the system while it is speaking by
pressing VOICE or
during an active voice session. The system will
respond with a listening prompt and allow you to speak a command.
•For a list of available voice commands, you can press VOICE or
and say, “Help” after the tone. The system will audibly list voice
commands available in your current mode.
Troubleshooting
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Autoplay:With Autoplay turned ON, SYNCallows you to listen to
music which has already been randomly indexed during the indexing
process. With Autoplay turned off, the chosen music will not begin to
play until all of the music has been indexed by SYNC. Depending on the
size of the material, this may take a few minutes.
Bluetooth enabled cellular phone:Any cellular phone which has the
Bluetoothwireless technology which will enable the phone to connect
with SYNCand exchange information wirelessly.
Digital media player / USB Device:This is a generic term used to
signify any of the following media devices: iPod, Zune™, “Plays from
device” players, and most USB drives (thumb drives, flash drives, PEN
drives, etc.)
Discoverable mode:A mode which allows otherBluetoothenabled
devices to find yourBluetoothenabled device.
Discovery mode:A mode which allows yourBluetoothenabled device
to search for other ‘discoverable’Bluetoothenabled devices.
In-band ringing:This is a phone dependent feature. If yourBluetooth
enabled cellular phone supports this feature, SYNCcan play your ring
tone during incoming calls.
Indexing:A process in which SYNCbuilds a voice recognition grammar
for the media content of your digital media player. While indexing,
SYNCwill play already indexed media if Autoplay is on. However, voice
recognition is not available for the media until the indexing process is
complete.
Metadata:Descriptive tags embedded in your digital media which
provide SYNCwith information such as ARTIST, ALBUM, GENRE and
TRACK.
Pairing:To use yourBluetoothenabled cellular phone with SYNC, you
must go through a pairing (bonding) process. “Pairing” is a special
process used when two devices connect for the first time. The pairing
process is used to generate a link key that is used for authentication
purposes during subsequentBluetoothconnections between the two
devices.
PIN (Personal Identification number):This six digit number
(sometimes referred to as a passkey) will be shown in the radio display
during the pairing process with yourBluetoothenabled device. You do
not need to write down this number as it will only be used for that
specific pairing procedure.
Glossary
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Pairing your phone .....................39
Performing a master reset ...44, 59
Phone dependent features ...........6
Phone redial ................................21
Phone settings ............................26
Phone status ...............................26
Play menu ....................................56
Playing a specific track ..............65
Playing similar music ..................67
Privacy information ......................5
Putting a call on/off hold ...........19
Q
Quick reference chart ................11
R
Returning to factory
defaults ..................................43, 59
S
Safety information ........................5
Selecting and playing specific
albums .........................................63
Selecting and playing specific
artists ...........................................62
Selecting different genres ..........63
Selecting different media
sources .........................................49
Sending new text messages .......24
Setting a phone as primary .......40
Setting a ring tone ......................27
Streaming music from your
phone ...........................................50SYNCcustomer support ...........77
SYNCvoice recognition
feature ...........................................6
System settings ...........................38
T
Text messaging ...........................23
Traffic, Directions and
Information ..................................30
Turning Bluetooth on/off ............41
Turning prompts on/off ........42, 57
U
Using privacy mode ....................18
Using SYNC’s play menu ..........60
Using the Auxiliary input jack
(Line in) ......................................51
Using the media settings ............52
Using the play all feature ...........61
Using the quick dial feature ......17
Using voice commands with
SYNC............................................9
Using your media menu .............48
V
Vehicle health report ..................36
Voice commands in media
mode ............................................46
Voice commands in phone
mode ............................................13
W
What is SYNC? ............................4
What’s playing? ...........................48
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