Ford Taurus (2018 year). Manual — part 100

Function

Button

Audio books

Composers

This button allows you to choose a specific
letter to view within the category you are
browsing.

A-Z Jump

If available, this allows you to browse the
folders and files on your USB device.

Explore Device

USB Ports

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The USB ports are in the center console or
behind a small access door in the
instrument panel.

This feature allows you to plug in USB
media devices, memory sticks, flash drives
or thumb drives, and charge devices if they
support this feature.

Select this option to play audio from your
USB device.

Apps

The system supports the use of certain
audio apps such as iHeartRadio through a
USB or bluetooth-enabled device.

Each app gives you different on-screen
options depending on the app's content.
See Apps (page 420).

Supported Media Players, Formats
and Metadata Information

The system is capable of hosting nearly
any digital media player, including iPod,
iPhone, and most USB drives.

Supported audio formats include MP3,
WMA, WAV, AAC, and FLAC.

Supported audio file extensions include
MP3, WMA, WAV, M4A, M4B, AAC, and
FLAC.

Supported USB file systems include: FAT,
exFAT, and NTFS.

SYNC 3 is also able to organize the media
from your USB device by metadata tags.
Metadata tags, which are descriptive
software identifiers embedded in the
media files, provide information about the
file.

If your indexed media files contain no
information embedded in these metadata
tags, SYNC 3 may classify the empty
metadata tags as unknown.

SYNC 3 is capable of indexing up to
50,000 songs per USB device, for up to 10
devices.

CLIMATE

Climate is optional for your vehicle.

Touch the climate button on the
touchscreen to access your climate control
features. Depending on your vehicle line
and option package, your climate screen
may look different from one of the screens

shown below. Your screen may not contain
all of the features shown.

Note:

You can switch temperature units

between Fahrenheit and Celsius. See
Settings (page 423).

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Description

Item

Callout

Touch up or down to adjust the temperature.

Left-hand front
seat temper-
ature:

A

Touch the heated steering wheel icon to switch the
heated steering wheel on and off (if equipped).

Heated steering
wheel:

B

A pop up appears on the screen to display the defrost
options.

Defrost

C

Description

Item

Callout

Touch the button to maximize defrosting.
Outside air flows through the windshield
vents, the fan automatically adjusts to the
highest speed and the temperature dial
returns to the full heat position. You can
use this setting to defog or clear a thin
covering of ice from the windshield. The
heated rear window also automatically
turns on when you select MAX Defrost.
Touch this button again to return to the
previous airflow selection.

MAX
Defrost:

Touch to clear the windshield of fog and
thin ice. Touch again to return to the
previous airflow selection. When on,
defrost provides outside air to reduce
window fogging and distributes air through
the windshield defroster vents and
demister vents.

Defrost

Note:

To prevent window fogging, you

cannot select recirculated air when Defrost
is on.

Touch the button to switch on automatic operation.
Select the desired temperature using the temperature
control. The system adjusts fan speed, air distribution,
air conditioning operation, and selects outside air or
recirculated air to heat or cool the vehicle in order to
maintain the desired temperature.

AUTO

D

Touch the button to switch the system on and off.
Switching off the climate control system prevents
outside air from entering the vehicle.

Power

E

This button lights up when the passenger controls are
active. To switch the dual zone operation off and link
the passenger temperature to the driver temperature,
touch the DUAL button to switch it off.

DUAL

F

Touch up or down to adjust the temperature.

Right-hand front
seat temper-
ature

G

Touch up or down to increase or decrease the volume
of air circulated in your vehicle.

Fan speed

H

Description

Item

Callout

A popup appears on the screen to display the air
conditioning options.

A/C

I

Touch to cool your vehicle with recircu-
lated air. Touch again for normal A/C
operation. MAX A/C distributes air through
instrument panel vents and may help
reduce odors from entering your vehicle.
MAX A/C is more economical and efficient
than normal A/C mode.

MAX A/C

Touch to switch the air conditioning on or
off. Use A/C with recirculated air to
improve cooling performance and effi-
ciency. A/C engages automatically in MAX
A/C, defrost and footwell/defrost

A/C

Touch to switch the recirculated air on or
off which may reduce the amount of time
needed to cool down the interior and help
reduce odors from reaching the interior.
Recirculated air also engages automatic-
ally when you select MAX A/C. You can
engage this manually in any airflow mode
except defrost. It may also turn off in all
airflow modes except MAX A/C to reduce
fog potential.

Recircu-
lated air:

Select these controls individually, together, or with
Defrost to direct the air flow to the area you desire.

Manual airflow
distribution
controls

J

Distributes air through the instrument panel vents.

Panel

Distributes air through the demister vents, floor vents
and rear seat floor vents.

Floor