ECO mode LINCOLN MKT 2011 SYNC Supplement Manual

Introduction
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What is SYNC?3
SYNCvoice recognition feature 5
Voice recognition system overview
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Using voice commands with SYNC7
SYNCsystem controls
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Quick reference chart 9
SYNCphone features (if equipped)
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Quickstart - How to get going 10
Pairing your phone through your navigation system 10
Making a call 11
SYNCphone features 13
Saving a contact or phone number as a Quick Dial 14
Accessing your phone book 14
Call history 15
System settings 16
Adding (pairing) a phone 16
Connecting a phone 17
Deleting a phone 17
Advanced settings 18
Turning Bluetooth on/off 19
911 assist™ 20
Vehicle health report 24
Setting a ring tone 28
Message notification 29
Automatically download your phone book 30
Modifying your phone book and call history 31
Turning prompts on/off 33
Returning to factory defaults 34
Performing a master reset 35
Installing new vehicle applications 36
Accessing SYNCsystem information 36
Text messaging with your navigation system 37
Forwarding a text message 41
Voice commands in phone mode 42
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SYNCmedia features (if equipped)
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Connecting your digital media player to SYNC44
SYNCmedia features 45
What’s playing? 46
Supported player, media formats and metadata information 46
Accessing and using your USB port 47
Streaming music from your phone 48
Using the Auxiliary input jack (Line in) 48
Using the play all feature 50
Selecting and playing specific artists 50
Selecting and playing specific albums 51
Selecting different genres 52
Accessing your playlists 52
Playing a specific track 53
Exploring the USB device 54
Accessing BT devices 54
Adding a new device in discovery or discoverable mode 55
Voice commands in media mode 56
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Index
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SAFETY INFORMATION
WARNING:Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle
control, accident and injury. Ford strongly recommends that
drivers use extreme caution when using any device that may take their
focus off the road. Your primary responsibility is the safe operation of
the vehicle. We recommend against the use of any handheld device
while driving and that you comply with all applicable laws.
•Do not attempt to service or repair SYNC. See your authorized
dealer.
•Do not operate playing devices if the power cords and/or cables are
broken, split or damaged. Carefully place cords and/or cables where
they will not be stepped on or interfere with the operation of pedals,
seats and/or compartments, or safe driving abilities.
•Do not leave playing devices in the vehicle in extreme conditions as it
could cause damage to your device. Refer to your device’s user guide
for further information.
•For your safety, some SYNCfunctions are speed dependent and
cannot be performed when the vehicle is traveling at speeds greater
than 3 mph (5 km/h).
•Ensure that you review your device’s user guide before using with
SYNC.
PHONE DEPENDENT FEATURES
While SYNCsupports a variety of features, many are dependent upon
the functionality of your cell phone withBluetoothwireless technology.
At a minimum, most cellular phones withBluetoothwireless technology
support the following functions:
•Answering an incoming call
•Ending a call
•Using privacy mode
•Dial a number
•Redial
•Call waiting notification
•Caller ID
Other features, such as text messaging viaBluetooth, and automatic
phone book download are phone dependent features. To ensure that you
have a compatible cellular phone, refer to your phone’s user manual and
visit www.SyncMyRide.com.
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SYNCVOICE RECOGNITION FEATURE
SYNCis equipped with an advanced interactive Voice Recognition (VR)
system. This system allows you to perform many operations by
“speaking” certain commands to the system. The system will respond
with a series of audible tones, prompts, questions and spoken
confirmations depending on the situation and the chosen level of
dialogue interaction.
Feedback through audible tones
Your VR system will respond through various audible tones. You may
hear a tone at the following times:
•When you press VOICE or
on your steering wheel controls.
•When you access the help feature.
•When the VR system does not understand your request
•When a VR session is completed successfully
•When a VR session is ended unsuccessfully
•When a speed dependent feature has been accessed
•When a new device is connected
SYNChas five different audible tones that will play depending on the
circumstance.
•Initial: Sounds when you are entering a new mode.
•Positive: Sounds for a positive recognition or a successful VR session
completion.
•Negative: Sounds for a negative recognition, an unsuccessful VR
session, or when a speed dependent feature has been accessed.
•Listening: Sounds when the system is ready to listen for a command.
•Help: Sounds when you ask for ’Help’.
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USING VOICE COMMANDS WITH SYNC
There is a push to talk button on your steering wheel controls labeled
either VOICE or
. Press to activate Voice Recognition. You will hear a
tone and LISTENING will appear in the radio display signaling that the
system is ready to accept your command. Speak the command clearly to
ensure that the system is able to recognize and perform the desired
function.
For the best voice recognition performance:
•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.
•After pressing VOICE or
, wait until the tone sounds and
LISTENING appears in the radio display before speaking a command.
Any command spoken prior to this will not register with the system.
•At any time, you can interrupt the system while it is speaking by
pressing VOICE or
. The system will respond with a listening tone
and allow you to speak a command.
•Speak naturally without large pauses in between words.
At any time, you may say these commands:
•USB•Line in
•Bluetooth Audio•Voice settings
•Phone•Vehicle health report (if
equipped, U.S. only)
•Cancel•Help
USB:Say to access the device connected to the USB port.
Bluetooth audio:Say to access/use streaming music from your cellular
phone enabled withBluetoothwireless technology.
Line in:Say to access the device plugged into your auxiliary input jack.
Phone:Say to access hands-free phone mode.
Voice settings:Say to access the voice settings menu. Refer to
Commands for voice settingsin the following section.
Help:Say at any time for options in a specific mode. SYNC will list
various options for you audibly. The ‘help’ request is always available.
Cancel:Say to cancel the requested action.
Vehicle health report (if equipped):Say to request to run a vehicle
health report on your vehicle.
Voice recognition system overview
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Commands for voice settings
In voice settings, you can customize the level of system interaction, help
and feedback. The system default settings include standard interaction as
well as candidate lists and confirmation prompts as all provide the most
guidance and feedback.
At any time, while in voice settings, you may say these commands
to adjust the voice settings:
•Interaction mode advanced•Interaction mode standard
•Confirmation prompts on•Confirmation prompts off
•Media candidate lists on•Media candidate lists off
•Phone candidate lists on•Phone candidate lists off
Interaction mode standard/advanced:Standard interaction mode
provides more detailed interaction and guidance while the advanced
mode has less audible interaction and more tone prompts.
Confirmation prompts on/off:Confirmation prompts are short
questions asked by the system when the system has not clearly heard or
understood your request.Note:Even with Confirmation prompts turned
OFF, you may be asked to confirm settings occasionally.
Phone/media candidate lists on/off:Candidate lists are a list of
possible results from your voice commands. These occur when SYNC
has equal confidence of several possible results from your voice
command.
For voice commands available in SYNCphone mode, refer toVoice
commands in phone modein the Phone chapter.
For voice commands available in SYNCmedia mode, refer toVoice
commands in media modein the Media chapter.
Voice recognition system overview
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SYSTEM CONTROLS
SYNCwill interact with your audio system, steering wheel controls, and
DVD system (if equipped).
QUICK REFERENCE CHART
The following chart is a quick summary of some radio and steering wheel
controls as well as their respective function(s).
Radio controlSteering wheel
controlFunction
PHONE
P ress to activate SYNChands-free
calling or to answer an incoming call.
When in phone mode, press to send
a call, text message, to put a call on
hold and answer another call, or to
initiate a multi-party call.
Press and hold to end a call.
Press and hold to cancel a call to
emergency services when using the
911 Assist feature (if equipped).
Press and hold to exit phone mode
when not in an active call.
N/A VOICE
Press to activate Vo ice Recognition.
Press and hold to end an active
voice session.
Refer to theVoice recognition
system overviewchapter for further
information.
SEEK,Press to access the next/previous
station or track.
SHUFFLE N/A Press and release to shuffle current
music content.
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6. Press ‘Phone Book’ to access your
phone book contacts. Select the
desired contact and press
Send.
Note:For quicker browsing, SYNCwill only make available the quick
sort buttons for the respective downloaded phone book contacts.
SYNCwill ask you to confirm. Press
Send.
VOICE COMMANDS IN PHONE MODE
WARNING:Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle
control, accident and injury. Ford strongly recommends that
drivers use extreme caution when using any device or feature that may
take their focus off the road. Your primary responsibility is the safe
operation of the vehicle. We recommend against the use of any
handheld device while driving and that you comply with all applicable
laws.
In phone mode, press
or VOICE on the steering wheel controls.
When prompted, you may say any of the following commands:
•Dial•Call
•Call at home•Call on mobile OR cell
•Call at work OR Call
in office•Call on other
Note:In the above possible commands, “” is a dynamic listing in
that it could be any desired name from your phone book, call history,
etc.
Note:With the above commands, words in()areoptional and do not
have to be spoken for the system to understand the command.
Note:If you are not in phone mode, press
or VOICE on the steering
wheel controls. When prompted, say, “Phone” and then any of the above
commands.
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VOICE COMMANDS WHEN USING THE USB PORT
WARNING:Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle
control, accident and injury. Ford strongly recommends that
drivers use extreme caution when using any device or feature that may
take their focus off the road. Your primary responsibility is the safe
operation of the vehicle. We recommend against the use of any
handheld device while driving and that you comply with all applicable
laws.
When using the USB port, press
or VOICE on the steering wheel
controls. When prompted, say “User Device” and any of the following
commands:
•Play all•Play
•Pause•What’s playing?
•Similar music•Play next track
•Play previous track•Play next folder
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•Shuffle on•Shuffle off
•Play previous folder2•Autoplay on
•Autoplay off•Repeat on
•Repeat off•Play album
•Play genre
1•Play playlist 1
•Play track 1•Play artist 1
•Voice settings
In voice settings mode, press
or VOICE on the steering wheel
controls. When prompted, you may say the following commands:
•Media candidate lists on•Media candidate lists off
1Voice commands are not available until indexing is complete.
2Voice commands only available in folder mode. For more information,
refer toExploring the USB device.
Note:In the above possible commands,“name”is a dynamic listing in
that it could be the name of any desired group, artist, etc.
Media candidate lists:These are a list of possible results from your
voice commands. These occur when SYNC has equal confidence of
several possible results from your voice command.
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Streaming music from your
phone ...........................................48
Supported player, media
formats and metadata
information ..................................46
SYNCmedia features ...............45
SYNCphone features ...............13
SYNCvoice recognition
feature ...........................................5
System settings ...........................16
T
Text messaging with your
navigation system .......................37
Turning Bluetooth on/off ............19
Turning prompts on/off ..............33
U
USB port ......................................47Using the Auxiliary input jack
(Line in)
......................................48
Using the play all feature
...........50
Using voice commands with
SYNC
............................................7
V
Vehicle health report
..................24
Voice commands in media
mode
............................................56
Voice commands in phone
mode
............................................42
W
What is SYNC?
............................3
What’s playing?
...........................46
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