Friday, December 9, 2011

My new Ford Fusion and Microsoft Sync

I own a Ford Fusion hybrid which has the Microsoft Sync entertainment management system, with speech recognition. There are 20+ commands and learning them while driving can be quite a challenge. Here is what I have learned so far..




  1. There are 3 attached devices:
    1. Phone
    2. Bluetooth Audio (through the same phone in our case)
    3. USB link to Ipod
  2. Voice commands to these switch to these devices:
    1. PHONE
    2. BLUETOOTH AUDIO
    3. USB
    4. LINE IN or USER DEVICE is the super set for all 3.
  3. Simple Voice commands are
    1. PLAY
    2. PAUSE
    3. NEXT TRACK
    4. PREVIOUS TRACK
    5. SHUFFLE
    6. PLAY ALL: use when
                                                              i.      Player gets stuck in one song or set of songs.
                                                            ii.      While starting up and on PLAY says “current selection cannot be played”.
                                                          iii.      Sadly works only with USB link. ”PLAY ALL” Won’t with Bluetooth link.
    1. AUTOPLAY ON: Theoretically, should resume play from wherever the song stopped. If it doesn’t work, use PLAY ALL to start over
    2. USB if system went looking for another device i.e. Bluetooth
    3. Big round button on top right: PLAY/PAUSE, same as 3.a, 3.b
  1. Phone
    1. Answering a call – phone key on steering.
    2. .Rejecting or Disconnecting a call – hold phone key down.


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