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Note:The larger the number of songs the system has to index, the
longer indexing will take. Indexing times can vary from device to device.
Search/Play Genre: You can search for and play a specific genre (type)
of music. SYNC will search all the data from your indexed music and, if
available, will begin to play that type of music.
Note: You can only play genres of music which are present in the
GENRE metadata tags that you have on your digital media player.
Similar music: You can tell the system to play music ‘similar’ to what
you are currently playing from the USB port. SYNC will use the metadata
information of each indexed song to compile a playlist for you.
Search/play artist/track/album: You can search for a specific
artist/track or album from the music SYNC has indexed through the USB
port.
Refine: This allows you to ‘refine’ your previous commands. For
example, if you told SYNC to search and play all music by a certain
artist, you could then tell SYNC to “refine album” and choose a specific
album from the list to view. If you then select ‘Play’, the system will only
play music from that specific album.
Voice commands while using Line in
While using the Line in feature (Auxiliary input jack), you may
speak the following commands:
• SYNC •Line in
• Bluetooth Audio •Cancel
• Phone •Voice settings
Voice commands when in Bluetooth audio mode
When in Bluetooth audio mode, you may use the following
commands: • Play all •Play
• Pause •What’s playing?
• Connections •Play next track
• Play previous track
Note: Please refer to your device’s user guide to see if these commands
are supported for Bluetoothaudio.
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At any time, you may say these commands:• SYNC •USB
• Help •Bluetooth Audio
• Line in •Phone
• Voice settings •Read message
• Cancel
Connecting a digital media player to SYNC via the USB port
Note: If your digital media player has an ON/OFF switch, ensure that
the device is ON.
1. Plug the device into the vehicle’s USB port.
2. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC USB appears in the radio display.
3. Depending on how many digital media files are on your connected
device, INDEXING may appear in the radio display until indexing is
complete. You will then be taken to the PLAY MENU. Press OK.
4. Press
/to cycle through selections of: Play All, Albums, Genres,
Playlists, Tracks, Explore USB, Similar Music and Return.
5. When the desired PLAY MENU selection appears in the radio display,
press OK to build your desired music selection.
What’s playing?
At any time while a track is playing, you can press
or VOICE and say,
“What’s playing?”. SYNC will read the metadata tags of the playing track
to you (if populated).
USING YOUR MEDIA MENU
SELECT SRC (SOURCE) will allow you to select from various possible
SYNC media sources, such as: USB, BT STEREO or LINE IN (Auxiliary
Input jack).
To access the SELECT SRC (SOURCE) within the Media section of
SYNC:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU to enter the MEDIA MENU.
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Note:Since your USB port allows you to charge your device (if
supported by your device), SYNC will not automatically change media
modes when something is initially plugged into the USB port. To access
the USB port through your SYNC system:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Ensure that the desired device is plugged into the USB port and is
turned ON.
2. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
4. Scroll repeatedly until SELECT SRC (Select source) appears in the
radio display.
5. Press OK to confirm and enter the SELECT SRC (Select source).
6. Scroll repeatedly until SYNC USB appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm. The radio display will read USB CHOSEN.
If the connected device and media content is supported, SYNC will begin
indexing available media files. NO MEDIA will appear in the radio display
if there are no readable media files for SYNC to play. If there are
readable media files, INDEXING may appear in the radio display. If
Autoplay is ON, SYNC gives you the ability to access media files
randomly as they are indexed. If Autoplay is OFF, indexed media is not
available until the indexing process is complete. After indexing is
complete, the radio display will read INDEXED and SYNC will take you
to the PLAY MENU.
Note: The time required to complete the indexing process is dependent
upon the size of the media content being indexed.
Note: SYNC is capable of indexing thousands of average size media files.
SYNC will notify you once maximum indexing file size is reached.
If your playing device becomes disconnected from the USB port at
any time, the display will read USB REMOVED.
Streaming music from your Bluetooth enabled phone
Note: This is a phone dependent feature. Refer to your phone’s user
guide for further information on how to stream Bluetoothaudio.
SYNC allows you to stream music from your Bluetoothenabled cellular
phone to play through SYNC.
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Note:To scroll, pressSEEKor/.
1. Ensure that the desired music is playing on your paired phone and
your phone is in Bluetoothaudio streaming mode.
2. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Scroll repeatedly until SELECT SRC (Select source) appears in the
radio display.
6. Press OK to confirm.
7. Scroll repeatedly until BT STEREO appears.
8. Press OK to confirm. The radio display will show the name of the
Bluetooth enabled cellular phone currently connected to SYNC. MEDIA
STREAM will appear in the radio display.
While the music is streaming through your audio system you can also use
the following functions (if supported by your device):
Press
SEEKto access the previous/next track.
Press
to play orto pause the currently playing song.
If your phone becomes disconnected from the system at any time,
the display will read BT DISCONNECTED.
Using Line in (auxiliary input jack) with SYNC
Your vehicle is equipped with an auxiliary input jack which allows you to
plug and play your portable music player over the vehicle speakers.
For exact location of your auxiliary input jack, refer to your vehicle’s
Owner’s guide.
To access:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
3. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
4. Scroll repeatedly until SELECT SRC (Select source) appears in the
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5. Press OK to confirm selection.
6. Scroll repeatedly until LINE IN appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm selection. Ensure that your device is plugged into
the auxiliary input jack and is playing. The radio display will confirm
LINE IN CHOSEN.
Note:If you already have a device connected to the USB port, you
cannot access the LINE IN feature. Some digital media players require
both USB and LINE IN ports to stream data and music separately.
Using the media settings in media menu
SYNC allows you to change the way you listen to your playing media.
Through the media settings menu, you can access Shuffle, Repeat and
Autoplay. To access these settings:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
3. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
4. Scroll repeatedly until MEDIA SETTINGS appears in the radio display.
5. Press OK to confirm selection and enter the MEDIA SETTINGS menu.
6. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through:
SHUFFLE: Allows you to shuffle available media files in the current
playlist.
Note: To shuffle all media tracks, you must first select PLAY ALL and
then select SHUFFLE.
REPEAT: Allows you to repeat any song.
AUTOPLAY: Allows you to listen to music which has already been
randomly indexed during the indexing process.
Note: You may also press
SEEKon your audio system to
advance to the previous/next track.
Note: Depending on the amount of files on your device, SYNC may take
awhile to index all the metadata information.
7. When the desired selection appears in the radio display, press OK.
Note: Once turned on, these menu selections will remain on until they
are turned off. Some digital media players require both USB and LINE IN
ports to stream data and music separately.
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•MASTER RESET
• INSTALL APPLICATIONS
• RETURN
Refer to the following sections for further information.
Adding a Bluetooth media device which is in discovery mode
Note: This is a speed dependent feature. Your vehicle must be moving
less than 3 mph (4.82 km/h) to use this feature.
Note: If your phone supports streaming Bluetoothaudio and has already
been paired with SYNC as a phone, you do not have to go through the
pairing process again.
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
3. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
4.
Scroll repeatedly until SYSTEM SETTINGS appears in the radio display.
5. Press OK to confirm and enter the SYSTEM SETTINGS menu.
6. Scroll until BT (BLUETOOTH) DEVICES appears in the radio display.
Press OK to confirm and enter the BT DEVICES menu.
7. Scroll until ADD DEVICE appears in the radio display. Press OK to
confirm.
8. When FIND SYNC appears in the display, press OK. Follow the
instructions in your device’s user guide to put your phone into discovery
mode. A six digit PIN will appear in the radio display.
9. When prompted on your phone’s display, enter the six digit PIN in the
radio display.
10. Once pairing is successful, the device name and then CONNECTING
and then CONNECTED will appear in the radio display.
You can now change SYNC sources to BT (BLUETOOTH) AUDIO and
stream music from your device.
Adding a Bluetooth media device which is in discoverable mode
Note: This is a speed dependent feature. Your vehicle must be moving
less than 3 mph (4.82 km/h) to use this feature.
Note: If your phone supports streaming Bluetoothaudio and has already
been paired with SYNC as a phone, you do not have to go through the
pairing process again.
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Note:To scroll, pressSEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display followed by PLAY MENU.
3.
Scroll repeatedly until SYSTEM SETTINGS appears in the radio display.
4. Press OK to confirm and enter the SYSTEM SETTINGS menu.
5. Scroll until BT (BLUETOOTH) DEVICES appears in the display. Press
OK to confirm and enter the BT DEVICES menu.
6. Scroll until ADD DEVICE appears in the radio display. Press OK to
confirm.
7. When FIND SYNC appears in your radio display, scroll repeatedly until
FIND DEVICES appears. Press OK to confirm.
8. After the search for active BT DEVICES is complete, scroll to find the
desired device. Press OK to confirm.
9. Refer to your device’s user guide for instructions on how to put your
device into discoverable mode. When your media device gives you a PIN,
enter that PIN into SYNC using voice commands (or using the 0–9
memory presets on your audio system, if equipped), when prompted.
10. When you have entered your last digit via voice, say “Enter”.
11. When the process is complete, SYNC will display CONNECTED and
the name of the device will appear in the radio display.
You can now change SYNC sources to BT (BLUETOOTH) AUDIO and
stream music from your device.
Connecting a Bluetooth media device
To connect a previously paired Bluetoothdevice:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
2.
Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio display.
3. Press OK to access PLAY MENU.
4.
Scroll repeatedly until SYSTEM SETTINGS appears in the radio display.
5. Press OK to confirm and enter the SYSTEM SETTINGS menu.
6. Scroll repeatedly until BT DEVICES menu appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to confirm the selection. This will take you into the BT
DEVICES menu.
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USING SYNC’S PLAY MENU
The SYNC PLAY MENU allows you to play your music by playing all
selections, by artist listing, album listing, genre listing, playlists, tracks,
or by selecting similar music to what is currently playing. You can also
choose to ‘Explore USB’ which will allow you to explore supported digital
music files on your playing device.
Note:The PLAY MENU is only available for indexable media through the
USB port. This is not available for LINE IN and BT AUDIO.
SYNC is able to organize and sort your indexed media from your playing
device by metadata tags. Metadata tags are descriptive software
identifiers embedded in your media files which provide information about
the media file. SYNC supports the following metadata tags:
• Artist
• Album
• Genre
• Track
If your indexed media files contain no information embedded in these
metadata tags, SYNC will automatically classify the empty metadata tags
as UNKNOWN.
To access the SYNC PLAY MENU:
Note: To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Ensure that your playing device is plugged into the USB port and is
ON.
2. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK. If there are no media files to access, the radio display will
read NO MEDIA.
6. In the SYNC PLAY MENU, scroll repeatedly to select from the
following options:
• PLAY ALL
• ARTISTS
• ALBUMS
• GENRES
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10. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all subfolders and/or tracks in the
selected folder.
Note:When you are playing USB SYNC MEDIA using the EXPLORE
USB feature, and you folders saved on your playing device, you are in
folder mode. In folder mode, you can say “Play next folder” or “Play
previous folder” to advance within your saved folders. You may also
press
FOLDER(if available on your audio system) to advance to
the previous/next folder. Press OK to select a folder and scroll repeatedly
through all subfolders and/or tracks in the selected folder.
Note: PLAY ALL will appear in every subfolder, giving you quick access
to play all tracks in the particular folder.
Refer to Using the media settings in your media menu earlier in this
chapter for further information on making adjustments to your music
(i.e., Seek, Shuffle, Autoplay and Repeat).
Playing similar music
SYNC allows 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 TRACK.
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
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ACCESSING SYNC MEDIA FEATURES THROUGH YOUR DVD
SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
Rear seat passengers can listen to SYNC media sources (USB, BT
AUDIO, LINE IN) through the DVD system (if equipped).
To access:
1. Ensure that:
•The DVD and audio system are ON.
• Your digital media playing device is plugged into the USB port or
SYNC’s Auxiliary input jack (Line in), if desired.
• Your Bluetooth enabled cellular phone from which you wish to stream
music is ON and is currently paired to SYNC as a BluetoothDevice.
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