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SYNC ®* The system may prompt you to: • Set your phone as the primary or favorite (the primary phone receives messages and voicemail). USING YOUR PHONE WITH SYNC Note: You can download your phone book to make phone calls with voice commands by name. MAKING A PHONE CALL 10 - 11 GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR SYNC SYSTEM • Download your phone book (required to use the full set of voice commands). • Switch on 911 Assist ®. TIPS SYNC is a hands-free, voice recognition system used for entertainment, information and communication. SYNC. SAY THE WORD. BEFORE YOU GET STARTED 1.  Set up your owner account at SyncMyRide.com (U.S.) or SyncMyRide.ca (Canada). Register by following the on-screen instructions. After registering, you can see what services you may be eligible for. 2.  SYNC uses a wireless connection called Bluetooth® to communicate with your phone. Switch Bluetooth mode on in your phone's menu options. This lets your phone find SYNC. For more details on setting up your phone with SYNC, visit SyncMyRide.com (U.S.) or SyncMyRide.ca (Canada), or your phone manufacturer's website. PAIRING YOUR PHONE WITH SYNC In order to use many of the features of SYNC, you must first pair and connect your phone with SYNC. To pair your phone for the first time: 1. Make sure that your vehicle is in park (P) and you switch on your ignition and radio. 2. Press the phone button . When the display indicates that the system does not have a paired phone, press OK. 3. When Find SYNC appears in the display, press OK. 4. Put your phone into Bluetooth discovery mode. See your device's manual, if necessary. 5. When prompted on your phone's display, enter the six-digit PIN provided by SYNC in the radio display. 6. The display indicates when the pairing is successful. *if equipped Use SYNC to make a phone call to anyone in your phone book by pressing the voice . When prompted, give a voice command. button For example, you could say "Call Jake Smith at home". When the system confirms the number, say "Dial" to initiate the call. . When Note: You can also make phone calls by pressing the voice button prompted, give the voice command "Dial" and then verbally say the phone number. ANSWERING INCOMING CALLS • Make sure you accept the request from SYNC to access your phone. • To pair subsequent phones, please refer to Pairing Subsequent Phones in the SYNC chapter of your Owner's Manual. • If you experience pairing problems, try performing a clean pairing by deleting your device from SYNC and deleting the SYNC connection from your phone, and then repeat the process. WHY DO YOU NEED A SYNC OWNER ACCOUNT? A SYNC owner account is a requirement if you want to take advantage of the many personalization features, such as saving your favorites. Receive the latest software updates that add new places, directions and information; and if you have questions, you also receive free customer support. For more information, refer to your Owner's Manual, visit the website or call the toll-free number. See the inside front cover of this guide for details. Whenever you have an incoming call, you will be able to see the name and number of the person calling in your display. Press the phone button to answer an incoming call. You can hang up at any time by pressing and holding the phone button . USING SYNC TO ACCESS DIGITAL MEDIA SYNC has a media hub with multiple inputs allowing you to access personal media from your digital devices. Plug in your USB media devices such as phones and MP3 players and use SYNC to play all of your favorite music. Note: SYNC indexes all of your music. The more music that is stored on your device, the longer it takes SYNC to index. You can then use voice indexing to find a specific song, artist, playlist or genre when using the USB port to hard-wire your media device. When using a Bluetooth connection, voice indexing is not available.

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The system may prompt you to:
Set your phone as the primary or favorite (the primary phone receives
messages and voicemail).
Download your phone book (required to use the full set of voice commands).
Switch on 911 Assist
®
.
TIPS
Make sure you accept the request from SYNC to access your phone.
To pair subsequent phones, please refer to Pairing Subsequent Phones in the
SYNC
chapter of your
Owner’s Manual
.
If you experience pairing problems, try performing a clean pairing by deleting
your device from SYNC and deleting the SYNC connection from your phone,
and then repeat the process.
WHY DO YOU NEED A SYNC OWNER ACCOUNT?
A SYNC owner account is a requirement if you want to take advantage of the
many personalization features, such as saving your favorites. Receive the latest
soFware updates that add new places, directions and information; and if you
have questions, you also receive free customer support. ±or more information,
refer to your
Owner’s Manual
, visit the website or call the toll-free number. See
the inside front cover of this guide for details.
GETTING STARTED WITH
YOUR SYNC SYSTEM
SYNC is a hands-free, voice recognition system used for entertainment, information
and communication. SYNC. SAY THE WORD.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
1.
Set up your owner account at
SyncMyRide.com
(U.S.) or
SyncMyRide.ca
(Canada).
Register by following the on-screen instructions. AFer registering, you can see what
services you may be eligible for.
2.
SYNC uses a wireless connection called
Bluetooth
®
to communicate with your
phone. Switch
Bluetooth
mode on in your phone’s menu options. This lets your
phone ²nd SYNC. ±or more details on setting up your phone with SYNC, visit
SyncMyRide.com
(U.S.) or
SyncMyRide.ca
(Canada), or your phone
manufacturer’s website.
PAIRING YOUR PHONE WITH SYNC
In order to use many of the features of SYNC, you must ²rst pair and connect your
phone with SYNC. To pair your phone for the ²rst time:
1.
Make sure that your vehicle is in park (P) and you switch on your ignition and radio.
2.
Press the phone button
. When the display indicates that the system does not
have a paired phone, press
OK
.
3.
When
±ind SYNC
appears in the display, press
OK
.
4.
Put your phone into
Bluetooth
discovery mode. See your device’s manual,
if necessary.
5.
When prompted on your phone’s display, enter the six-digit PIN provided by SYNC in
the radio display.
6.
The display indicates when the pairing is successful.
USING YOUR PHONE WITH SYNC
Note:
You can download your phone book to make phone calls with voice commands
by name.
MAKING A PHONE CALL
Use SYNC to make a phone call to anyone in your phone book by pressing the voice
button
. When prompted, give a voice command.
±or example, you could say
“Call Jake Smith at home”.
When the system con²rms the
number, say
“Dial”
to initiate the call.
Note:
You can also make phone calls by pressing the voice button
. When
prompted, give the voice command “Dial” and then verbally say the phone number.
ANSWERING INCOMING CALLS
Whenever you have an incoming call, you will be able to see the name and number of
the person calling in your display. Press the phone button to answer an incoming call.
You can hang up at any time by pressing and holding the phone button
.
USING SYNC TO ACCESS DIGITAL MEDIA
SYNC has a media hub with multiple inputs allowing you to access personal media from
your digital devices. Plug in your USB media devices such as phones and MP3 players
and use SYNC to play all of your favorite music.
Note:
SYNC indexes all of your music. The more music that is stored on your device, the
longer it takes SYNC to index. You can then use voice indexing to ³nd a speci³c song,
artist, playlist or genre when using the USB port to hard-wire your media device. When
using a
Bluetooth
connection, voice indexing is not available.
SYNC
®
*
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*if equipped