Ford Taurus (2018 year). Manual — part 86

Action and Description

Message

Press the OK button then select one of the following and press the
OK

button again to confirm.

MSG NTFY ON

MSG NTFY OFF

Modify the contents of your phone book (such as add, delete, down-
load). Press OK to select and scroll between:

MODIFY
PHONEBOOK

Press the OK button to add more contacts from your
phonebook. Push the desired contact(s) on your cell
phone. See your cell phone's manual on how to push

contacts.

ADD
CONTACTS

Press OK to delete the current phone book and call

history. When Delete Phonebook appears, press OK

to confirm. SYNC takes you back to the Phone

Settings menu.

DELETE
PHONEBOOK

Press OK to select and press OK again when Confirm

Download? appears.

DOWNLOAD
PHONEBOOK

Automatically download your phone book each time your phone
connects to SYNC. Press OK to select.

AUTODOWN-
LOAD

When this message appears, press OK to have your

phonebook automatically downloaded each time.

AUTO ON?

Select Off to NOT download your phonebook every

time your phone connects to SYNC. Your phonebook,
call history and text messages can only be accessed

when your specific phone is connected to SYNC. *

When enabled, SYNC speaks the contact name that is displayed on
the screen during phonebook browsing.

SPEAK NAMES

Exit the current menu.

RETURN

* Downloading times are cell phone-dependent and quantity-dependent. When Auto
Download is on, it automatically deletes any changes, additions or deletions saved since
your last download.

System Settings

This menu provides access to your
Bluetooth Devices and Advanced menu
features. Use the arrow buttons to scroll
through the menu options.

Bluetooth Devices

The Bluetooth Devices menu allows you
to add, connect and delete devices, set a
cell phone as primary as well as turn your
Bluetooth feature on and off.

Press the Phone button to enter the Phone Menu, then scroll to:

Action and Description

Message

Press the OK button.

SYS SETTINGS

Press the OK button.

BT DEVICES

Select one of the following:

See Using SYNC™ With Your Phone (page 337).

1

ADD DEVICE

Connect a previously paired Bluetooth-enabled phone.

2

CONNECT BT

Press OK to select and view a list of previously paired phones.
Scroll until the desired device is chosen, then press OK to
connect the phone.

Set a previously paired phone as your primary phone.

3

SET PRIMARY?

Press OK to select and scroll to select the desired phone.
Press OK to confirm.

Turn the Bluetooth feature on and off.

4

BT ON/OFF

Press OK and scroll to toggle between On and Off. When the
desired selection is chosen, press OK.
Setting Bluetooth to off disconnects all Bluetooth devices
and turns off all Bluetooth features.

Delete a paired cell phone.

DEL DEVICE

Press the OK button and scroll to select the device. Press OK
to confirm.

Delete all previously paired phones (and all information
originally saved with those phones).

DELETE ALL

Press OK to select.

Exit the current menu.

RETURN

1

This is a speed-dependent feature. It is only available when your vehicle is traveling at

3 mph (5 km/h) or less.

2

You can only connect one device at a time. When another cell phone is connected, the

previous one is disconnected.

3

SYNC attempts to connect with the primary phone at every ignition cycle. When a phone

is selected as primary, it appears first in the list and is marked with an asterisk (*).

4

Turning Bluetooth off disconnects all Bluetooth devices and deactivates all Bluetooth

features.

Advanced

The Advanced menu allows you to access

and set prompts, languages, defaults,
perform a master reset, install an
application and view system information.

To access the advanced menu, press the phone button to enter the Phone Menu,
the scroll to:

Action and Description

Message

Press OK.

SYS SETTINGS

Press OK.

ADVANCED

Select one of the following:

Get help from SYNC by using questions, helpful hints or asking you for
a specific action. To turn these prompts on or off:

PROMPTS

1.

Press the OK button to select and scroll to select between On and
Off.

2. Press the OK button when the desired selection appears in the

display. SYNC returns you to the Advanced menu.

1.

Press OK to select and then scroll through the languages. Choose
between English, Français and Español. Once selected, all of the
radio displays and prompts are in the selected language.

2. Press OK when the desired selection appears in the display. If you

change the language setting, the display indicates that the system
is updating. When complete, SYNC returns you to the Advanced
menu.

LANGUAGES

Return to the factory default settings. This selection does not erase
your indexed information, for example phonebook, call history, text
messages or paired devices.

DEFAULTS

Press the OK button to select and then press OK again when the
following message appears in the display.

RESTORE?

Completely erase all information stored on SYNC, for example
phonebook, call history, text messages and paired devices, and return
the system to the factory default settings.

MASTER
RESET

Press OK to select. The display indicates when complete. SYNC returns
you to the Advanced menu.

Press OK to select.

SYNC REBOOT

Action and Description

Message

Press OK to select. You only need to press

the OK button once. SYNC will be unre-

sponsive for 2-4 minutes while it is

rebooting. Wait 2-4 minutes before

attempting to execute a SYNC command

CONFIRM REBOOT?

Install applications you have downloaded.

INSTALL APP

Press the OK button and scroll to select. Press the OK button to
confirm.

Access the Auto Version number as well as the FDN number.

SYSTEM INFO

Press the OK button to select.

Exit the current menu.

RETURN

SYNC™ APPLICATIONS AND
SERVICES

(If Equipped)

In order for the following features to work,
your cell phone must be compatible with
SYNC. To check your phone's
compatibility, visit www.SYNCMyRide.com,
www.SYNCMyRide.ca or
www.syncmaroute.ca.
•

911 Assist: Can alert 911 in the event of
an emergency.

911 Assist

(If Equipped)

WARNINGS

Unless the 911 Assist setting is set on
before a crash, the system will not
dial for help which could delay

response time, potentially increasing the
risk of serious injury or death after a crash.

WARNINGS

Do not wait for 911 Assist to make an
emergency call if you can do it
yourself. Dial emergency services

immediately to avoid delayed response
time which could increase the risk of
serious injury or death after a crash. If you
do not hear 911 Assist within five seconds
of the crash, the system or phone may be
damaged or non-functional.

Always place your phone in a secure
location in your vehicle so it does not
become a projectile or get damaged

in a crash. Failure to do so may cause
serious injury to someone or damage the
phone which could prevent 911 Assist from
working properly.

Note:

The SYNC 911 Assist feature must be

set on before the incident.

Note:

Before setting this feature on, make

sure that you read the 911 Assist Privacy
Notice later in this section for important
information.