Ford Five Hundred (2007 year). Manual — part 5

2. Phone/mute: Press to mute the
playing media. Press again to return
to the playing media.

3. Menu: Press to toggle through
the following modes:

Setting the clock: Press MENU until SELECT HOUR or SELECT MINS

is displayed. Press

/

/

SEEK

to adjust the hours/minutes.

Press MENU again to disengage clock mode.

If your vehicle is equipped with an in-dash clock, refer to “Setting the
clock” in the Driver Controls chapter.

CATEGORY (Satellite Radio if equipped): Press MENU until the
currently active category appears in the display (CATEGORY MODE). In
CATEGORY MODE, press

/

to scroll through the list of available

SIRIUS channel Categories (Pop, Rock, News, etc.) Press

SEEK

or SCAN to select the category. After a category is selected, press SEEK
to search for that specific category of channels only (i.e. ROCK). To
select a different category, press MENU until the category appears in the
display. Press

/

to select a different category. You may also select

CATEGORY ALL to seek all available SIRIUS categories and channels.
Satellite radio is available only with a valid SIRIUS subscription.
Check with your authorized dealer for availability.

Autoset: Allows you to set the strongest local radio stations without
losing your original manually set preset stations for AM/FM1/FM2 .

Use

/

/

SEEK

to turn on/off.

When the six strongest stations are filled, the station stored in preset 1
will begin playing. If there are less than six strong stations, the system
will store the last one in the remaining presets.

Bass: Press to adjust the bass setting. Use

/

/

SEEK

.

Treble: Press to adjust the treble setting. Use

/

/

SEEK

.

Balance: Press to adjust the audio between the left and right speakers.

Use

/

/

SEEK

.

Fade: Press to adjust the audio between the front and rear speakers.

Use

/

/

SEEK

.

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Occupancy mode: (Available on Audiophile radios only):

Use

/

/

SEEK

select and optimize sound for ALL SEATS,

DRIVERS SEAT or REAR SEATS.

Speed sensitive volume: Radio volume automatically changes slightly
with vehicle speed to compensate for road and wind noise.

Use

/

/

SEEK

to adjust. Recommended level is 1–3. Level 0

turns the feature off and level 7 is the maximum setting.

Track/Folder Mode: Available only on MP3 discs in CD mode. In Track
Mode, pressing

SEEK

will scroll through all tracks on the disc.

In Folder mode, pressing

SEEK

will scroll only through tracks

within the selected folder.

Compression: Available only in CD mode, brings soft and loud CD
passages together for a more consistent listening level.

Repeat: Available only in CD mode. Press to repeat the current CD
track.

RDS (Available on Audiophile radios only): Allows you to search
RDS-equipped stations for a certain category of music format: Classic,
Country, Info, Jazz/RB, Religious, Rock, Soft, Top 40. RDS (only available
in FM mode) must be activated to access Find and Show functions.
To activate, press and hold MENU until RDS (ON/OFF) appears in the
display. Press MENU repeatedly to scroll through Find, Show and RDS.

Use

/

/

SEEK

to toggle RDS ON/OFF. When RDS is Off, you

will not be able to access Find and Show functions.

Find: Allows you to search RDS-equipped stations for the desired music
category. Use

/

to find the desired program type, then use

SEEK

or SCAN to begin the search.

Show: Allows you to display the name of the radio station or program

type. Use

/

/

SEEK

to show type, name or none.

4. Aux: Press to toggle between
FES/DVD and AUX modes. If no
auxiliary sources are available, NO
AUX AUDIO will be displayed. To return to radio mode, press AM/FM.
If equipped with Satellite Radio, press AUX to cycle through SAT1, SAT2
and SAT3 modes.
Satellite radio is available only with a valid SIRIUS subscription.
Check with your authorized dealer for availability.

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5. Seek: In radio mode, press

to

access the next strong station.

In CD mode, press

to access the

next CD track.

In Satellite Radio mode (if equipped), press SEEK

to seek to the

next channel. If a specific category is selected, (Jazz, Rock, News, etc.),
SEEK

to seek to the next channel in the selected category. Press

and hold SEEK

to fast seek through the next channels.

In TEXT MODE, press SEEK

to view the additional display text.

In CATEGORY MODE, press SEEK

to select a category.

Satellite radio is available only with a valid SIRIUS subscription.
Check with your authorized dealer for availability.

6. Text: In CD mode, press and
release to display track title, artist
name, and disc title and file name
(if available).

In Satellite radio mode (if equipped), press and release to enter TEXT
MODE and display the current song title. While in TEXT MODE, press
again to scroll through the current song title, artist, channel category and
the SIRIUS long channel name.
In TEXT MODE, sometimes the display requires additional text to be
displayed. When the “>” indicator is active, press SEEK

to view the

additional display text. When the “<” indicator is active, press

SEEK

to view the previous display text.

7. Shuffle: Press to play the tracks
in random order.

8. FOLDER: Press to access next
folder on MP3 discs, if folders are
available.

9. FOLDER: press to access the
previous folder on MP3 discs, if
folders are available.

10. Fast forward: Press to
manually advance in a CD track.

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11. Rewind: Press to manually
reverse in a CD track.

12. Memory presets: To set a
station: Select frequency band
AM/FM; tune to a station, press and
hold a preset button until sound returns and PRESET SAVED appears in
the display. You can save up to 18 stations, six in AM, six in FM1 and
FM2.

In Satellite Radio mode (if equipped), there are 18 available presets, six
each for SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3. To save satellite channels in your
memory presets, tune to the desired channel then press and hold a
preset control until sound returns.
Satellite radio is available only with a valid SIRIUS subscription.
Check with your authorized dealer for availability.

13. Scan: Press for a brief sampling
of radio stations or CD tracks. Press
again to stop.
In Satellite Radio mode (if equipped), press and hold to hear a brief
sampling of the next channels. Press again to stop.

14. Seek: In radio mode, press
to access the previous strong
station.

15. AM/FM: Press to select AM/FM
frequency band.

16. ON/OFF/Volume: Press to turn
ON/OFF. Turn to increase/decrease
volume.
If the volume is set above a certain
level and the ignition is turned off,
the volume will come back on at a
“nominal” listening level when the ignition switch is turned back on.

17. CD: Press to enter CD mode. If
a CD is already loaded into the
system, CD play will begin where it
ended last.

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