2008 Ford Focus Quick Reference Guide 2nd Printing

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8S4J 19G217 CA

This Quick Reference Guide is

not intended to replace your

vehicle Owner’s Guide which

contains more detailed

information concerning the

features of your vehicle, as

well as important safety

warnings designed to help

reduce the risk of injury to you

and your occupants. Please

read your entire Owner’s Guide

carefully as you begin learning

about your new vehicle and

refer to the appropriate

chapters when questions arise.

Ford Motor Company

Customer Relationship Center

P.O. Box 6248

Dearborn, MI 48121

1-800-392-3673 (FORD)

(TDD for the hearing impaired:

1-800-232-5952)

October 2007

Second Printing

Quick Reference Guide

Focus

Litho in U.S.A.

USB PORT (if equipped)

Your vehicle may be

equipped with a USB port inside your

center console. This feature allows you to

plug in media playing devices, memory

sticks, and to charge devices. For further

information on this feature, refer to your

SYNC supplement.

AUXILIARY INPUT JACK

The auxiliary input jack

provides a way to connect your portable

music player to the in-vehicle audio system

and allows the audio from a portable music

player to be played through the vehicle

speakers with high fidelity. Press AUX on

the vehicle radio repeatedly until LINE IN

appears in the display.

AUXILIARY POWER POINT (12VDC)

The

auxiliary power points are located on the

instrument panel. Do not use the power

points for operating the cigarette lighter

element (if equipped). To prevent the fuse

from being blown, do not use the power

point(s) over the vehicle capacity of

12 VDC/180W.

MOON ROOF (if equipped)

The moon roof has an

automatic, one-touch, express opening and

closing feature. To open or close the moon

roof, press and release the rear or front

portion of the moon roof control. To stop

motion at any time during the

one-touch operation, press the control a

second time.

TILT STEERING

To adjust the steering wheel,

pull the lever down to unlock the steering

column, then move the steering wheel up

or down until you find the desired position.

While holding the steering wheel in place,

pull the lever up to its original position to

lock the steering column.

SECURILOCK

TM

PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM

SecuriLock

TM

passive anti-theft system

is an engine immobilization system. This

system is designed to help prevent the

engine from being started unless a coded

key programmed to your vehicle is used.

The use of the wrong type of coded key

may lead to a “no-start” condition.

REAR SEATS

One or both rear seatbacks can

be folded down to provide additional cargo

space. To lower the seatback(s) from inside

the vehicle, pull the strap located on the

outboard side of the seatback to release it,

and then fold seatback down. When raising

the seatback(s), make sure you hear the

seat latch into place.

HEATED SEATS (if equipped)

The heated seats

switch is located on the instrument panel.

To operate the heated seats, push the

control to activate. Push again to

deactivate. The heated seats will activate

when the ignition is in the RUN position

and the engine is running. The system

automatically shuts off after 10 minutes.

HEADLAMP/FOG LAMP CONTROL

Turn the

headlamp control clockwise to the first

position to turn on the parking lamps,

instrument panel lamps, license plate

lamps and the tail lamps. Continue to

turn the headlamp control to the second

position to turn on the headlamps. The

fog lamps (if equipped) can be turned on

when the headlamp control is in the

or

position and the high beams are not

turned on. Pull the headlamp control

towards you to turn the fog lamps on.

The fog lamp indicator

light on the

headlamp control will illuminate.

POWER MIRRORS (if equipped)

Rotate the

control clockwise to adjust the right mirror

or counterclockwise to adjust the left

mirror. Move the control in the direction

you wish to tilt the mirror. Return to the

center position to lock the mirrors in place.

If your vehicle has both rear defroster and

heated mirrors, the mirrors are heated

automatically to remove ice, mist and fog

when the rear window defrost is activated.

AMBIENT LIGHTING (if equipped)

The

ambient lighting control switch

is

located on the instrument panel. Pressing

this switch will illuminate 4 footwells and

3 cupholders with a choice of 7 colors.

To activate, press and release the control

switch to cycle through the 7 color choices

and off. The lights come on to the last

color choice whenever the headlamps/

parklamps are turned on through the

headlamp switch.

REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (if equipped)

This

feature allows you to lock or unlock the

vehicle’s doors without a key. It also allows

you to activate a personal alarm, arm or

disarm an anti-theft system (if equipped)

or open the luggage compartment.

CAR FINDER

Press

twice within three

seconds. The horn will chirp and the turn

lamps will flash. It is recommended that

this method be used to locate your vehicle,

rather than using the panic alarm.

SMART LOCKS

This feature helps to prevent

you from locking yourself out of the vehicle

if your key is still in the ignition.

When you open one of the front doors and

you lock the vehicle with the power door

lock control, all the doors will lock, then all

doors will automatically unlock reminding

you that your key is still in the ignition.

All information contained in

this Quick Reference Guide

was accurate at the time of

duplication. We reserve the

right to change features,

operation and/or functionality

of any vehicle specification at

any time. Your Ford dealer is

the best source for the most

current information.

For detailed operating

and safety information, please

consult your Owner’s Guide.

1

LOAD

Press LOAD and a memory preset

to load a specific slot. Press and hold to

autoload up to six CDs. Not operational on

single CD system.

2

ON/OFF/VOL (Volume)

Press to turn on or

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.

3

DIRECT

Press to access a desired radio

station, track, MP3 folder or SIRIUS

satellite channel (if equipped).

4

(Phone)

If your vehicle is equipped

with SYNC, press to access SYNC PHONE

features. For further information, please

refer to the SYNC supplement. If your

vehicle is not equipped with SYNC, the

display will read NO PHONE.

5

SCAN

In radio mode, press for a brief

sampling of all strong radio stations. In CD/

MP3 mode, press for a brief sampling of

all tracks on the current disc or folder.

In satellite radio mode (if equipped), press

SCAN for a brief sampling of all available

SIRIUS satellite channels.

6

CAT (Category)/FOLD (Folder)

In radio

mode, press

to select from various

music categories. In MP3 mode, press

FOLD and then press

to access the

previous/next folder. In satellite radio mode

(if equipped), press to toggle between

turning the most recently selected satellite

radio category on or off.

7

AM/FM

Press repeatedly to select an AM/

FM1/FM2 frequency band.

8

MEMORY PRESETS

To set a station, select a

frequency band AM/FM1/FM2; tune to a

station, then press and hold a preset

button until sound returns. You can store

up to 30 stations, ten in AM, ten in FM1

and ten in FM2. In CD/MP3 mode, press to

select tracks or desired folders. In satellite

radio mode (if equipped), there are 30

available presets, 10 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.

9

SEEK/TRACK

Press to access the previous

or next strong station, CD track, previous/

next channel (if equipped with satellite

radio), previous/additional display text

or category.

10

CD

Press to enter CD/MP3 mode. If a

disc is already loaded into the system, a

CD/MP3 will begin where it ended last. If

no CD is loaded, NO DISC will appear

in the display.

11

AUX

Press to access LINE IN

(auxiliary audio mode) and SYNC

(if equipped).

12

SIRIUS (Satellite Radio, if equipped)

Press to access satellite radio mode (if

equipped). Press repeatedly to cycle

through SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3 modes.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio is a subscription

based satellite radio service that

broadcasts music, sports, news and

entertainment programming. For more

information on extended subscription

terms, contact SIRIUS at 1-888-539-7474.

Satellite radio is available only with a valid

SIRIUS radio subscription. Check with your

authorized dealer for availability.

13

TEXT

Press this button repeatedly to view

Album (AL), Folder (FL), Song (SO) and

Artist (AR) in the MP3 mode, if available.

Press and release to display the artist and

song title in satellite mode (if equipped).

When the < / > indicator is active while in

TEXT mode, there is additional text to be

displayed. Press TEXT, then

to view

the additional text.

14

MENU

Press MENU when satellite radio

mode is active to access SATELLITE

RADIO MENU (if equipped). Press OK to

enter into the satellite radio menu. Press

/

to cycle through the following

options: CATEGORY, SAVE SONG, DELETE

SONG, DELETE ALL SONGS, ENABLE

ALERTS/DISABLE ALERTS.

15

SOUND

Press repeatedly to cycle through

the following features: BASS, TREBLE,

BALANCE, FADE, SPEED COMPENSATED

VOLUME, ALL SEATS (Occupancy mode,

if equipped).

16

CLOCK

To set the time, press CLOCK.

The display will read SET TIME. Use the

memory preset numbers to enter in the

desired time, hours and minutes.

17

TUNE/OK

Turn the knob to go up or down

the frequency band. In CD/DVD mode (if

equipped), press this control to play or

pause the current CD/DVD.

OK

Your vehicle may be equipped with

special phone and media features which

will require you to confirm commands by

pressing OK. For further information, refer

to the SYNC supplement.

18

EJECT

Press this button and a memory

preset to eject a CD from a specific slot.

Press and hold to auto eject all CDs

present in the system.

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