FORD ESCAPE 2014 3.G Owners Manual

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To run a report by voice
command, press the voice
button on the steering wheel
and, when prompted, say "Vehicle health
report".
Vehicle Health Report Privacy Notice
When you create a Vehicle Health Report,
Ford Motor Company may collect your
cellular phone number (to process your
report request) and diagnostic information
about your vehicle. Certain versions or
updates to Vehicle Health Report may also
collect more vehicle information. Ford may
use your vehicle information it collects for
any purpose. If you do not want to discloseyour cellular phone number or vehicle
information, do not run the feature or set
up your Vehicle Health Report profile at
www.SYNCMyRide.com. See
www.SYNCMyRide.com (Vehicle Health
Report Terms and Conditions, and Privacy
Statement) for more information.
CLIMATE
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Press the lower right corner on
the touchscreen to access your
climate control features.
Depending on your vehicle line and option
package, your climate screen may look
different from the screen shown here.
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Power: Touch to switch the system off and on. Outside air cannot enter your
vehicle when you switch off the system. A
Passenger settings: Touch + or – to adjust the temperature. B
Fan speed: Touch + or - to adjust fan speed. C
DUAL: Touch to switch on the passenger temperature control. D
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Recirculated air: Touch to turn the recirculated air on or off which may reduce
the amount of time needed to cool down the interior and help reduce odors
from reaching the interior. Recirculated air also engages automatically when
MAX A/C or MAX defrost is selected and may be engaged manually in any
airflow mode except defrost. It may also turn off in all airflow modes except
MAX A/C and MAX defrost to reduce fog potential. E
MAX A/C: Touch to cool your vehicle with recirculated air. Touch again for
normal A/C operation. MAX A/C distributes air through instrument panel vents
and may help reduce odors from entering your vehicle. MAX A/C is more
economical and efficient than normal A/C mode. F
A/C: Touch to turn the air conditioning on or off. Use A/C with recirculated air
to improve cooling performance and efficiency. A/C engages automatically in
MAX A/C, defrost and footwell/defrost. G
AUTO: Touch to engage automatic operation, then set the temperature using
the temperature control. The system automatically controls fan speed, airflow
distribution, A/C on or off and the use of fresh or recirculated air. H
Manual airflow distribution controls:Footwell and Defrost: Distributes
air through the windshield defroster vents, demister vents, floor vents and rear
seat floor vents, and provides outside air to reduce window fogging.Panel:
Distributes air through the instrument panel vents.Panel and Floor: Distributes
air through the instrument panel vents, demister vents, floor vents and rear seat
floor vents.Floor: Distributes air through the demister vents, floor vents and I
rear seat floor vents.Defrost: Touch to clear the windshield of fog and thin ice.
Touch again to return to the previous airflow selection. When on, defrost provides
outside air to reduce window fogging and distributes air through the windshield
defroster vents and demister vents.MAX Defrost: Distributes outside air
through the windshield air vents and automatically switches the air conditioning
on. The fan is set to the highest speed and the temperature to HI. When the air
distribution is set in this position, you are unable to select recirculated air or
manually adjust the fan speed and temperature control.
Driver settings: Touch + or – adjust the temperature. J
Climate Control Voice Commands
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Press the voice button on the
steering wheel controls. When
prompted, say any of the
following commands:
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Climate Control Commands
"Climate automatic"
"Climate off"
"Climate on"
"Climate temperature <15.5-29.5> degrees"
"Climate temperature <60-85> degrees"
"Help"
There are additional climate control
commands but in order to access them,
you have to say "Climate" first. When the
system is ready to listen, you may say any
of the following commands:
"CLIMATE"
"Off" "A/C off"
"On" "A/C on"
"Panel floor on" "Automatic"
"Panel on" "Defrost off"
"Panel off" "Defrost on"
"Recirc off" "Dual off"
"Recirc on" "Floor on"
"Temperature"
*"Fan decrease"
"Temperature <15.5-29.5> degrees" "Fan increase"
"Temperature <60-85> degrees" "Floor off"
"Temperature decrease" "Floor windshield panel on"
"Temperature high" "MAX A/C off"
"Temperature increase" "MAX A/C on"
"Temperature low" "Max defrost off"
"Windshield floor on" "Max defrost on"
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"CLIMATE"
"Windshield panel on" "Max fan"
"Help" "Min fan"
* If you say "Temperature", you can then say any of the commands in the following chart.
"TEMPERATURE"
"<15.5-29.5> degrees"
"<60-85> degrees"
"High"
"Low"
"Help"
NAVIGATION (IF EQUIPPED)
Note:The navigation SD card must be in
the SD card slot to operate the navigation
system. If you need a replacement SD card,
see an authorized dealer.
Note:The SD card slot is spring-loaded. To
remove the SD card, just push the card in
and release it. Do not attempt to pull the
card out to remove it; this could cause
damage.
Your navigation system is comprised of
two main features, destination mode and
map mode.
To set a destination, press the green corner
of your touchscreen, then the Dest button
when it appears. See Setting a
destination later in this chapter.
To view the navigation map and your
vehicle's current location, touch the green
bar in the upper right hand corner of the
touchscreen, or, press Dest, then Map. See
Map mode later in this chapter.
Setting a Destination
Press the green corner of your touchscreen,
then the Dest button when it appears.
Choose any of the following:
Destination
My Home
Favorites
Previous Destinations
Point of Interest
Emergency
Street Address
Intersection
City Center
Map
Edit Route Cancel Route
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1. Enter the necessary information into
the highlighted text fields (in any
order). For address destination entry,
the Go! button appears once you enter
all the necessary information. Pressing
the Go! button makes the address
location appear on the map. If you
choose Previous Destination, the last
20 destinations you have selected
appear.
2. Select Set as Dest to make this your
destination. You can also choose to set
this as a waypoint (have the system
route to this point on the way to your
current destination) or save it as a
favorite. The system considers any
Avoid Areas selections in its route
calculation.
3. Choose from up to three different types
of routes, and then select Start Route.
• Fastest: Uses the fastest moving roads
possible.
• Shortest: Uses the shortest distance
possible.
• Eco Route: Uses the most fuel-efficient
route.
You can cancel the route or have the
system demo the route for you. Select
Route Prefs to set route preferences like
avoiding freeways, tollroads, ferries and
car trains as well as to use or not use
high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
(High-occupancy vehicle lanes are also
known as carpool or diamond lanes.
People who ride in buses, vanpools or
carpools use these lanes.)
Note:If your vehicle is on a recognized road
and you do not press the Start Route
button, the system defaults to the Fastest
Route option and begins guidance.During route guidance, you can press the
talking bubble icon that appears in the
upper right navigation corner (green bar)
if you want the system to repeat route
guidance information. When the system
repeats the last guidance instruction, it
updates the distance to the next guidance
instruction, since it detects when the
vehicle is moving.
Point of Interest (POI) Categories
Main categories
Food/Drink & Dining
Travel & Transportation
Financial
Emergency
Community
Health & Medicine
Automotive
Shopping
Entertainment & Arts
Recreation & Sports
Government
Domestic Services
Subcategories
Restaurant
Golf
Parking
Home & Garden
Personal Care Services
Auto Dealership
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Subcategories
Govt Office
Public Transit
Education
To expand these listings, press the + in
front of the listing.
The system also allows you to sort
alphabetically, by distance or by cityseekr
listings (if available).
cityseekr
Note:cityseekr point of interest (POI)
information is limited to approximately 912
cities (881 in the United States, 20 in
Canada and 11 in Mexico).
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provides more information about certain
points of interest such as restaurants,
hotels and attractions.
When you have selected a point of interest,
the location and information appear, such
as address and phone number. If cityseekr
lists the point of interest, more information
is available, such as a brief description,
check-in and checkout times or restaurant
hours.
Press More Information for a longer
review, a list of services and facilities, the
average room or meal price as well as the
website. This screen displays the point of
interest icon such as:
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Hotel
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Coffeehouse
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Food & Drink
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Nightlife
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Attraction
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This icon appears when your
selection exists in multiple
categories within the system.
When you are viewing more information
for hotels, cityseekr also tells you if the
hotel has certain services and facilities
using icons, such as:
• Restaurant
• Business center
• Handicap facilities
• Laundry
• Refrigerator
• 24 hour room service
• Fitness center
• Internet access
• Pool
• Wi-fi.
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For restaurants, cityseekr can provide
information such as star rating, average
cost, review, handicap access, hours of
operation, and website address.
For hotels, cityseekr can provide
information such as star rating, price
category, review, check-in and checkout
times, hotel service icons and website
address.
Setting Your Navigation
Preferences
Select settings for the system to take into
account when planning your route.
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Press the Settings icon >
Settings > Navigation.
Map Preferences
Breadcrumbs
Display your vehicle’s previously traveled
route with white dots. Turn this feature ON
or OFF.
Turn List Format
Have the system display your turn list To p
to Bottom or Bottom to Top.
Parking POI Notification
Set the automatic parking point of interest
notification. Turn this feature ON or OFF.
When parking point of interest notification
is on, the icons display on the map when
you get close to your destination. This may
not be very useful in dense areas, and may
clutter the map when other points of
interest display.Route Preferences
Preferred Route
Choose to have the system display the
Shortest, Fastest or most Ecological route
first. If you set Always Use Preferred
Route to Ye s, the system uses the
selected route type to calculate only one
route to the desired destination.
Always Use Preferred Route
Bypass route selection in destination
programming. The system only calculates
one route based on preferred route setting.
Eco Time Penalty
Select a low, medium or high cost for the
calculated Eco Route. The higher the
setting, the longer the time allotment is for
the route.
Avoid
These features allow you to choose to
have the system avoid freeways, toll roads,
ferries and car trains when planning your
route. Turn these features ON or OFF.
Use HOV Lanes
Have the system use high-occupancy
vehicle lanes, if available, when planning
your route.
Navigation Preferences
Guidance Prompts
Have the system use Voice & Tones or
Tone Only on your programmed route.
Auto - Fill State/Province
Have the system automatically fill in the
state and province based on the
information already entered into the
system. Turn this feature ON or OFF.
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Traffic Preferences
Avoid Traffic Problems
Choose how you want the system to
handle traffic problems along your route.
•Automatic: Have the system reroute
you to avoid traffic incidents that
develop and impact the current route.
The system does not provide a traffic
alert notification.
•Manual: Have the system always
provide a traffic alert notification for
traffic incidents along the planned
route. You have a choice to accept or
ignore the notification before making
the route deviation.
Traffic Alert Notification
Have the system display traffic alert
notifications.
Other traffic alert features allows you to
turn on certain, or all, traffic icons on the
map such as road work, incident, accidents
and closed roads. Scroll down to view all
the different types of alerts. Turn these
features ON or OFF.
Avoid Areas
Choose areas which you want the system
to avoid when calculating a route for you.
Press Add to program an entry. Once you
make a selection, the system tries to avoid
the area(s) if possible for all routes. To
delete a selection, choose the listing on
the screen. When the screen changes to
Avoid Areas Edit, you can press Delete
at the bottom right of the screen.
Map Mode
Press the green bar in the upper right area
of the touchscreen to view map mode. Map
mode shows advanced viewing comprised
of both 2D city maps as well as 3D
landmarks (when available).2D city maps show detailed outlines of
buildings, visible land use and land
elements and detailed railway
infrastructure for the most essential cities
around the globe. These maps also contain
features, such as town blocks, building
footprints, and railways.
3D landmarks appear as clear, visible
objects that are typically recognizable and
have a certain tourist value. The 3D
landmarks appear in 3D map mode only.
Coverage varies, and improves with
updated map releases.
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Change the appearance of the map display
by repeatedly pressing the arrow button in
the upper left corner of the screen. It
toggles between three different map
modes: Heading up, North up, and 3D.
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Heading up (2D map) always
shows the direction of forward
travel to be upward on the screen.
This view is available for map
scales up to 2.5 miles (4 kilometers). The
system remembers this setting for larger
map scales, but shows the map in North
up only. If the scale returns below this level,
the system restores Heading up.
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North up (2D map) always shows
the northern direction to be
upward on the screen.
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3D map mode provides an
elevated perspective of the map.
This viewing angle can be adjusted
and the map can be rotated 180
degrees by touching the map twice, and
then dragging your finger along the shaded
bar with arrows at the bottom of the map.
View switches between full map, street
list and exit view in route guidance.
Menu displays a pop-up box that allows
direct access to navigation settings,
View/Edit Route, SIRIUS Travel Link,
Guidance Mute and Cancel Route.
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Re-center the map by pressing
this icon whenever you scroll the
map away from your vehicle’s
current location.
Auto Zoom
Press the green bar to access map mode,
then select the + or - zoom button to bring
up the zoom level and Auto buttons on the
touchscreen. When you press Auto, Auto
Zoom turns on and Auto displays in the
bottom left corner of the screen in the map
scale. The map zoom level then
synchronizes with vehicle speed. The
slower your vehicle is traveling, the farther
in the map zooms in; the faster your vehicle
is traveling, the farther the map zooms out.
To turn the feature off, just press the + or
- button again.
In 3D mode, rotate the map view by
swiping your finger across the shaded bar
with the arrows.
Map Icons
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Vehicle mark shows the current
location of your vehicle. It stays
in the center of the map display,
except when in scroll mode.
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Scroll cursor allows you to scroll
the map; the fixed icon is in the
center of the screen. The map
position closest to the cursor is in
a window on the top center part of the
screen.
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Address book entry default
icon(s) indicates the location on
the map of an address book entry.
This is the default symbol shown
after the entry has been stored to the
Address Book by any method other than
the map. You can select from any of the
22 icons available. You can use each icon
more than once.
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Home indicates the location on
the map currently stored as the
home position. You can only save
one address from the Address
Book as your Home entry. You cannot
change this icon.
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POI (Point Of Interest) icons
indicate locations of any point of
interest categories you choose to
display on the map. You can
choose to display three point of interest
categories on the map at one time.
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Starting point indicates the
starting point of a planned route.
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Waypoint indicates the location
of a waypoint on the map. The
number inside the circle is different
for each waypoint and represents
the position of the waypoint in the route
list.
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Destination symbol indicates the
ending point of a planned route.
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Next maneuver point indicates
the location of the next turn on the
planned route.
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No GPS symbol indicates that
insufficient GPS satellite signals
are available for accurate map
positioning. This icon may display
under normal operation in an area with
poor GPS access.
Quick-touch Buttons
When in map mode, touch anywhere on
the map display to access the following
options:
Set as Dest
Touch this button to select a scrolled
location on the map as your destination.
You may scroll the map by pressing your
index finger on the map display. When you
reach the desired location, simply let go
and then touch Set as Dest.
Set as Waypoint
Touch this button to set the current
location as a waypoint.
Save to Favorites
Touch this button to save the current
location to your favorites.
POI Icons
Touch this button to select icons to display
on the map. You can select up to three
icons to display on the map at the same
time. Turn these ON or OFF.
Cancel Route
Touch this button to cancel the active
route.
View/Edit Route
Access these features when a route is
active:
• View Route
• Edit Destination/Waypoints• Edit Turn List
• Detour
• Edit Route Preferences
• Edit Traffic Preferences
• Cancel Route.
Nokia is the digital map provider for the
navigation application. If you find map data
errors, you may report them directly to
Nokia by going to
http://mapreporter.navteq.com. Nokia
evaluates all reported map errors and
responds with the result of their
investigation by e-mail.
Navigation Map Updates
Annual navigation map updates are
available for purchase through your
dealership, by calling 1-800-NAVMAPS (in
Mexico, call 01-800-557-5539) or going
to www.navigation.com/ford. You need to
specify the make and model of your vehicle
to determine if there is an update available.
Navigation Voice Commands
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When in navigation mode, press
the voice button on the steering
wheel controls. After the tone,
say any of the following commands:
Navigation system voice commands
"Cancel next waypoint" 1
"Cancel route"1
"Destination"2
"Destination <nametag>"
"Destination <POI category>"
"Destination favorites"
"Destination home"
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