Ford Taurus (2018 year). Manual - part 96

Home screen display

Tile

Item

Displays the current setting of the heated or climate
controlled driver seat.

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Driver
Heated and
Climate
Controlled
Seats

D

This icon does not display if your vehicle has hard button
controls for heated and climate controlled seats.
If your vehicle is not equipped with navigation, this option
displays under the audio information.

This map displays your current location or current route in
real time.

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Navigation

E

When you have navigation active, you also see the next
turn and the length of time and distance to your destination.
If your vehicle does not have navigation, this space contains
the audio information.

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 If equipped.

You can touch any of the feature displays
to access that feature.

Anytime you select the home button, the
system returns you to this screen.

USING VOICE RECOGNITION

The SYNC 3 system allows you to use voice
commands, to control features like audio
and climate controls. By using voice
commands, you can keep your hands on
the wheel and your eyes on the road.

You can access each feature controlled by
SYNC 3 through a variety of commands.

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To activate the SYNC 3 voice
commands push the voice
button on the steering wheel and

wait for the prompt.

___ is a dynamic listing, meaning that it can
be the name of anything, such as artist, the
name of contact or number. The context
and the description of the command tell
you what to say for this dynamic option.

There are some commands that work for
every feature, these commands are:

Action and Description

Voice Command

Brings you to the main menu.

Main Menu

Returns you to the previous screen.

Go back

Ends the voice session.

Cancel

Gives you a list of possible voice commands.

List of Commands

You can name any feature and the system gives a list of
commands available for the feature. For example, you could
say:

___ List of Commands

Phone List of Commands

Action and Description

Voice Command

Navigation List of Commands

You can use this command to view the next page of options on
any screen where multiple pages of choices are given.

Next Page

You can use this command to view the previous page of options
on any screen where multiple pages of choices are given.

Previous Page

Gives you available commands you can use on the current
screen.

Help

Included here are some of the most
popular commands for each SYNC 3
feature.

Audio Voice Commands

___ is a dynamic listing, meaning that for
audio voice commands it can be the name
of a Sirius channel or a channel number, a
radio frequency number, or the name of an
artist, album, song or a genre.

To control the media features, press the voice button and when prompted, say:

Description

Voice command

You can say the Sirius channel name or number
such as "Sirius channel 16".

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Sirius Channel ___

You can also turn to a Sirius channel by saying the channel's name, such as "The Pulse".

Allows you to tune to a specific FM or AM
frequency such as "FM 88.7" or "AM 1580".

AM ___

FM ___

Allows you to tune to a specific HD frequency
such as “FM 88.7 HD 1”.

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FM ___ HD ___

Allows you to listen to music on your Bluetooth-
connected device.

Bluetooth Audio

Allows you to listen to music on your USB
connected device.

USB

For USB audio only, you can say the name of an
artist, album, song or a genre to listen to that
selection. Your system must finish indexing
before this option is available. For example, you
could say "Play artist, The Beatles" or "Play song,
Penny Lane".

Play Genre ___

Play Playlist ___

Play Artist ___

Play Album ___

Play Podcast ___

Description

Voice command

Play Song ___

Play Audiobook ___

For USB audio only, you can say the name of an
artist, album, or a genre to browse by that selec-
tion. Your system must finish indexing before this
option is available. For example you can say
"Browse The Beatles" or "Browse folk".

Browse ___

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This option may not be available in all markets or may require a subscription.

Climate Voice Commands

You can control the temperature of the
vehicle using voice commands.

___ is a dynamic listing, meaning that for
climate voice commands it can be the
desired degrees for the temperature
setting.

To adjust the temperature, say:

Description

Voice command

Adjust the temperature between 60–85°F

(15.5–29.5°C).

Climate Set Temperature ___

Phone Voice Commands

Pairing a Phone

You can use voice commands to connect
your Bluetooth enabled phone to the
system.

To pair your phone, press the voice button and when prompted, say:

Description

Voice command

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the pairing

process.  See Settings (page 423).

Pair Phone

Making Calls

___ is a dynamic listing, meaning that for
phone voice commands it can be the name
of the contact you wish to call or the digits
you want to dial.

Press the voice button and say a command similar to the following:

Description

Voice command

Allows you to call a specific contact from your phonebook
such as "Call Jenny".

Call ___

Allows you to call a specific contact from your phonebook
at a specific location such as "Call Jenny at Home".

Call ___ at ___

Allows you to dial a specific number such as “Dial 867-5309”.

Dial ___

Please make sure that you are saying the
contact name exactly as it appears in your
contact list.

Once you have provided the digits of the phone number, you can say the following
commands:

Description

Voice Command

If the full number was not entered with the first command, you
can continue saying the number.

<0-9>

Tells SYNC 3 to make the phone call.

Dial

Tells SYNC 3 to erase the last block of digits stated.

Delete

Tells SYNC 3 to erase the entire number.

Clear

Text Message Voice Commands

To access text message options, press the voice button and say:

Description

Voice command

Listen to Message

You can say the number of the message you
would like to hear.

Listen to text message ___

Reply to Message