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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’.
Confirmation prompts
Confirmation prompts are short questions asked by the system when the
system has not clearly understood your request or when there are many
possible responses to your request. For example, if you have
Confirmation prompts ON, the system may say, “Phone, is that correct?”.
The system will then listen for a “Yes” or “No” confirmation from you. If
you say “Yes”, the system will proceed. If you say “No”, the system will
ask you to say the command again. If you have Confirmation prompts
OFF, the system will simply make a best guess as to what you requested.
Introduction
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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•SYNC
•Bluetooth Audio•Line in
•Phone•Voice settings
•Cancel•Vehicle health report (if
equipped, U.S. only)
•Help•Services (if equipped, U.S. only)
USB:Say to access the device connected to the USB port.
SYNC:Say to return to the main menu.
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.
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 your radio and steering wheel
controls as well as their respective function(s).
Radio controlSteering wheel
controlFunction
PHONE
Press 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
/
TUNE knob
,
,
Press / turn to scroll through various
menus and selections.
OK OK Press to confirm your selection.
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Radio controlSteering wheel
controlFunction
MENU N/A Press while in an active call to
access SYNCactive call options.
Refer toActive call menu options
in theSYNCphone features
chapter.
Press MENU while in media to
access SYNCMEDIA MENU. Refer
to theSYNCmedia features
chapter for further information.
AUX N/A Press repeatedly to cycle through
available auxiliary sources. For
further information, refer toUsing
your media menuin theSYNC
media featureschapter.
TEXT N/A When the > indicator appears, press
to advance the text in the radio
display. Press repeatedly to view
additional phone contact information
or media information.
REV, REW,
N/A Press and hold to reverse within a
track.
FF, FWD,
N/A Press and hold to advance within a
track .
SHUFFLE (if
available)N/A Press and release to shuffle current
music content.
/
(Play/Pause)N/A Press to play / pause the currently
playing music.
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At any time, you may say these commands:
•SYNC•USB
•Line in•Bluetooth Audio
•Phone•Voice settings
•Cancel•Vehicle health report (if
equipped, U.S. only)
•Help•Services (if equipped, U.S. only)
Voice commands when using Traffic, Directions & Information
services (if equipped, U.S. only)
When connected to services, you may say any of the following
commands:
•Services•Help
•Go back•Repeat
Available services (and voice commands) include:
•Traffic•Directions
•Business search•Sports
•News•Weather
•Favorites
For a complete list of services, say, “What are my choices” when in the
services menu.
When directions are downloaded and route guidance is active, press
or VOICE on your steering wheel controls and you may say any of the
following voice commands:
•Next turn•Route status
•Route summary•Cancel route
•Update route•Voice guidance ON
•Voice guidance OFF
MAKING A CALL
Making a hands-free phone call using SYNCis easy.
1. Press
or VOICE.
2. When prompted, say, “Call ” or say the desired number and
then say “Dial”.
SYNCphone features
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In the event of a crash involving the deployment of an airbag or the
activation of the fuel pump shut-off, in certain vehicles, SYNCis
designed to assist occupants in attempting to contact emergency services
by dialing 911 through the occupant’s paired and connectedBluetooth
enabled cellular phone. In the event that a connected cellular phone is
damaged or loses connection to SYNC, SYNCwill search for and
connect to any available, previously paired cell phone and attempt to
place the call to 911. Before initiating the call, SYNCprovides a short
window of time (approximately 10 seconds) that allows the driver or
passenger to decide whether to cancel the call by pressing and
holding
or PHONE on the steering wheel controls or on the audio
system. Before initiating the 911 call for the occupants, SYNCwill say
the following or a similar message:
“SYNCwill attempt to call 911. If you wish to cancel the call, press and
hold the phone button.”
If the call is not cancelled and a successful call is made, a pre-recorded
message will be played for the 911 operator and then the occupant(s) in
the vehicle will be able to communicate with the 911 operator.
Note:Failure to cancel the call as described above will result in SYNC
dialing 911.
Note:When you are connected to the 911 operator, be prepared to
provide your name, phone number and location immediately, because not
all 911 systems are capable of receiving this information electronically.
The following steps are required for the 911 Assist™ feature to perform
properly:
•SYNCis on and functioning properly at the time of the incident and
throughout feature activation and use.
•SYNC911 Assist™ feature is set to ON prior to the incident.
•ABluetoothenabled cellular phone is paired and connected to SYNC.
•A connectedBluetoothenabled cellular phone has the ability to make
an outgoing call at the time of the incident (i.e, has adequate network
coverage and signal strength).
•The vehicle is located in the U.S. or Canada or in a territory in which
911 is the emergency number.
WARNING:Unless 911 Assist™ is previously configured to ON
prior to a crash, 911 Assist™ will not dial for help during an
emergency, which could delay response time, increasing the risk of
serious injury or death after a crash.
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