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1. Ensure that your playing device is plugged into the USB port and is
ON.
2. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC USB appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK. The system will begin to play all the indexed media
alphabetically. The first track title will appear in the radio display.
Refer toUsing the media settings in your media menuearlier in this
chapter for further information on making adjustments to your playing
music (i.e., Seek, Shuffle, Autoplay and Repeat).
Selecting and playing specific artists
SYNCallows you to sort all indexed media by artists. Once selected, the
system will list and then play all artists and tracks alphabetically. If you
have fewer than 255 indexed artists, SYNCwill list them alphabetically
in flat file mode. If there are more than 255 indexed artists, SYNCwill
organize them into quick select alphabetical categories (i.e.,
AAAAA-MMMMM and MMMMN-ZZZZZ). The number of categories will
depend on the number of indexed artists.
To access:
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 USB appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK.
6. Scroll repeatedly until ARTISTS appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK. You can now select from playing ALL ARTISTS, or from any
indexed artist.
8. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all indexed artists.
9. Press OK when the desired artist appears in the radio display. You can
play all tracks by that artist by selecting PLAY ALL or scroll to see
specific albums. If there are multiple albums by the same artist indexed,
SYNCwill ask you to select from the various indexed albums by that
artist.
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10. Press OK to confirm and begin to play the first track of the selected
album.
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).
Selecting and playing specific albums
SYNCallows you view and play indexed media by ALBUMS. If you have
fewer than 255 indexed albums, SYNCwill list them alphabetically in
flat file mode. If there are more than 255 indexed albums, SYNCwill
organize them into quick select alphabetical categories (i.e.,
AAAAA-MMMMM and MMMMN-ZZZZZ). The number of categories will
depend on the number of indexed albums.
To access:
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 USB appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK.
6. Scroll repeatedly until PLAY ALL appears in the display. Press OK.
7. Scroll repeatedly to until ALBUMS appears in the radio display.
8. Press OK to enter the album menu and select from playing ALL
ALBUMS or from any individual indexed album.
9. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all indexed albums.
10. Press OK when the desired album appears in the display.
11. Press OK to confirm and begin to play the first track of the selected
album.
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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Selecting from different genres
SYNCallows you to sort indexed music by genre (category) type.
SYNCwill automatically categorize your indexed music according to the
available genres. If you have fewer than 255 indexed genres, SYNCwill
list them alphabetically in flat file mode. If there are more than
255 indexed genres, SYNCwill organize them into quick select
alphabetical categories (i.e., AAAAA-MMMMM and MMMMN-ZZZZZ). The
number of categories will depend on the number of indexed genres.
To access:
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 USB appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the display.
4. Press OK to access PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK.
6. Once PLAY ALL appears in the radio display, scroll repeatedly until
GENRES appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to enter the list of indexed genres.
8. Press OK when the desired genre appears in the radio display. SYNC
will then take you to the ALBUMS menu.
9. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all indexed albums.
10. Press OK to confirm and begin to play the first track.
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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Accessing your playlists
SYNCsupports playing many playlist formats (such as .ASX, .M3U,
.WPL, .MTP). Please refer to www.SyncMyRide.com for more
information.
If you have fewer than 255 indexed playlists, SYNCwill list them
alphabetically in flat file mode. If there are more than 255 indexed
playlists, SYNCwill organize them into quick select alphabetical
categories (i.e., AAAAA-MMMMM and MMMMN-ZZZZZ). The number of
categories will depend on the number of indexed playlists.
To access:
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 USB appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the display.
4. Press OK to access PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK.
6. Once PLAY ALL appears in the radio display, scroll repeatedly until
PLAYLISTS appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to enter the PLAYLISTS menu.
8. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all indexed playlists.
9. Press OK when the desired playlist appears in the radio display.
Refer toUsing the media settings in your media menuearlier in this
chapter for further information on making adjustments to your playing
music (i.e., Seek, Shuffle, Autoplay and Repeat).
Playing a specific track
SYNCwill allows you to search for and play a specific track which has
been indexed. If you have fewer than 255 indexed tracks, SYNCwill list
them alphabetically in flat file mode. If there are more than 255 indexed
tracks, SYNCwill organize them into quick select alphabetical
categories (i.e., AAAAA-MMMMM and MMMMN-ZZZZZ). The number of
categories will depend on the number of indexed tracks.
To access:
Note:To scroll, press
SEEKor/.
1. Ensure that your playing device is plugged into the USB port and is
ON.
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2. Press AUX repeatedly until SYNC USB appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the radio
display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK.
6. Once PLAY ALL appears in the radio display, scroll repeatedly until
TRACKS appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK to enter the TRACKS menu.
8. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all indexed tracks.
9. Press OK when the desired track appears in the radio display. The
track will begin to play and appear in the radio display.
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).
Exploring the USB device
SYNCallows you to explore through all supported digital media on your
media device which is connected through the USB port.
Note:When searching through various folders, you will only be able to
view media content which is compatible with SYNC. You may have
other files saved with various extensions, power point presentations for
example, but they will not be visible.
To access:
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 USB appears.
3. Press MENU. MEDIA MENU will momentarily appear in the display.
4. Press OK to access the PLAY MENU.
5. Press OK.
6. Once PLAY ALL appears in the display, scroll repeatedly until
EXPLORE USB appears in the radio display.
7. Press OK.
8. Scroll repeatedly to cycle through all available folders on your media
device. An “F” will precede folders and “T” will precede tracks in the
radio display.
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9. Press OK when the desired folder or track appears in the radio
display.
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 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).
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.
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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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ACCESSING SYNCMEDIA FEATURES THROUGH YOUR REAR
OVERHEAD MOUNTED DVD SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
WARNING:Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle
control, accident and injury. Ford strongly recommends that
drivers use extreme caution when using cell phones, even with voice
commands. The driver’s primary responsibility is the safe operation of
their vehicle. Only use cell phones and other devices not essential to
the driving task when it is safe to do so.
Rear seat passengers can listen to SYNCmedia sources (USB, BT
AUDIO, LINE IN) through the DVD system (if equipped).
To access:
1. Ensure that:
•The DVD and audio system are ON. See the Family Entertainment
System section in your Owner’s Guide for more information.
•Your digital media playing device is plugged into the USB port or
SYNC’s Auxiliary input jack (Line in), if desired.
Note:When accessing media through the USB port, ensure that the
media device is plugged into the USB port BEFORE pressing the
media button to select USB. If no device is plugged into the USB port,
USB will not appear as an available selection.
•YourBluetoothenabled cellular phone from which you wish to stream
music is ON and is currently paired to SYNCas aBluetoothDevice.
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2. Ensure that your wireless
headphones are set to Channel A.
(Channel A can access any possible
media source: AM, FM1, FM2, SAT
(satellite radio, if equipped), CD,
DVD, AUX, SYNC (USB, BT AUDIO
and LINE IN). Channel B can only
access DVD and AUX sources.)
3. Press
A on the DVD system to
gain access to your possible media
selections.
4. Press MEDIA (on the DVD system or on the remote control)
repeatedly until SYNC appears on the DVD screen in the
A status
bar. (You cannot access SYNC through
B.) Either press ENTER or
wait until the system times out.
After choosing the SYNCmedia source, you can then choose from the
media settings (Shuffle, Repeat, Autoplay) as well as choosing from
these options: Play All music, Play Artists, Play Albums, Play Genres,
Play tracks, Explore the USB device, accessing/playing your Playlists.
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You can use the following remote
controls to help make SYNCmenu
selections:
•Use the cursor controls
(
///) to make menu
selections.
Note:For some menus,
/
cursor controls are active and for
others,
/cursor controls
are active
•Press ENTER to confirm a
selection.
•Press
/to
reverse/advance to the next track.
Note:Once SYNC USB is chosen, SYNCwill begin indexing your media
information. Depending on how much supported media content there is,
this process may take a few minutes. You can, however, choose to
activate the Autoplay feature which will begin playing the first song as
soon as possible so that you will not have to wait until all of the music is
indexed prior to playing.
Media menu
Once you have chosen a SYNCmedia source from which to play, a
media screen similar to the one shown below will be displayed. From this
screen, you can then make selections through the Media Menu.
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