Ford Taurus (2018 year). Manual - part 105

Action and Description

Menu Item

Touch these buttons to identify traffic incidents on your route,
near your vehicle’s current location or near any of your favorite
places, if programmed.

Traffic on Route

Traffic Nearby

Touch this button to view fuel prices at stations close to your
vehicle’s location or on an active navigation route.

Fuel Prices

Touch this button to view nearby movie theaters and their
show times, if available.

Movie Listings

Touch this button to view the nearby weather, current weather,
or the five-day forecast for the chosen area.

Weather

Select to see the weather map,
which can show storms, radar
information, charts and winds.

Map

Select to choose from a listing of
weather locations.

Area

Touch this button to view scores and schedules from a variety
of sports. You can also save up to 10 favorite teams for easier
access. The score automatically refreshes when a game is in
progress.

Sports Info

Touch this button to view ski conditions for a specific area.

Ski Conditions

SETTINGS

Under this menu, you can access and
adjust the settings for many of the system
features. To access additional settings,
swipe the screen left or right.

Sound

Pressing this button allows you to adjust
the following:

Sound Settings

Returns Treble, Midrange, and Bass sound settings to factory levels.

Reset All

Adjusts the high frequency level.

Treble

Adjusts the middle frequency level.

Midrange

Adjusts the low frequency level.

Bass

Adjusts the sound ratio from side to side or front to back.

Balance / Fade

Sound Settings

Adjusts the amount the audio system volume increases with speed,
or turns the feature off.

Speed
Compensated
Vol.

Optimizes the sound based on the location of the listeners.

Occupancy Mode

Stereo

Sound Settings

Surround

Your vehicle might not have all of these features.

Media Player

This button is available when a media
device such as a Bluetooth Stereo or USB
device is the active audio source. Pressing
the button allows you to access the
following options for active devices only.

Action and Description

Menu Item

For some USB devices, SYNC 3 can adjust the playback speed of
podcasts. When a podcast is playing, you can choose:

Podcast Speed

Faster

Normal

Slower

For some USB devices, SYNC 3 can adjust the playback speed of
audiobooks. When an audiobook is playing, you can choose:

Audiobook Speed

Faster

Normal

Slower

Cover art displays from your device’s music
files. If no cover art for the files exists on the
device, then the Gracenote Database provides
cover art.

Media Player

Cover Art Priority

The Gracenote Database supplied cover art is
used for your music files. This overrides any
cover art from your device.

Gracenote®

Switches on and off Gracenote® to provide metadata information
such as genre, artist, album.

Gracenote®
Management

Action and Description

Menu Item

This allows you to view the version level of the Gracenote Database.

Gracenote® Data-
base Info

This allows you to view the manufacturer and model number of your
media device.

Device Informa-
tion

Erase the stored in media information in order to re-index.

Update Media
Index

Clock

To adjust the time, select the up and down
arrows on either side of the screen. The
arrows on the left adjust the hour and
arrows on the right adjust the minute. You
can then select AM or PM.

You can adjust the following features:

Action and Description

Menu Item

Select how time displays.

Clock Format

When active, the clock adjusts to time zone changes.

Auto Time Zone
Update

This feature is only available in vehicles with navigation.

When selected, the vehicle clock resets to GPS satellite time.

Reset Clock to
GPS Time

The system automatically saves any
updates you make to the settings.

Bluetooth

Pressing this button allows you to access
the following:

Action

Menu Item

Turning Bluetooth off disconnects all devices and does not permit
new connections.

Bluetooth

You must activate Bluetooth to pair a
Bluetooth-enabled device.

The processes of pairing a Bluetooth
device is the same as pairing a phone. See
Pairing a Device

 in Phone settings for how

to pair a device and the available options.

Phone

Pair your Bluetooth-enabled phone with
the system before using the functions in
hands-free mode.

Switch on Bluetooth on your device to
begin pairing. See your phone’s manual if
necessary.

To add a phone, select:

Menu Item

Add Phone

1.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

2. A prompt alerts you to search for the

system on your phone.

3. Select your vehicle's make and model

as it displays on your phone.

4. Confirm that the six-digit number

appearing on your phone matches the
six-digit number on the touchscreen.

5. The touchscreen indicates when the

pairing is successful.

6. Your phone may prompt you to give

the system permission to access
information. To check your phone’s
compatibility, see your phone’s manual
or visit the website.

Alternatively, to add a phone, select:

Menu Item

Add Phone

Then select:

Discover Other Bluetooth Devices

1.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

2. Select your phone's name when it

appears on the touchscreen.

3. Confirm that the six-digit number

appearing on your phone matches the
six-digit number on the touchscreen.

4. The touchscreen indicates when the

pairing is successful.

5. Your phone may prompt you to give

the system permission to access
information. To check your phone’s
compatibility, see your phone’s manual
or visit the website.

Other features, such as text messaging
using Bluetooth and automatic phonebook
download, are phone-dependent features.

To check your phone’s compatibility,
see your phone’s manual or visit the
website:

Website

owner.ford.com

www.syncmyride.ca

www.syncmaroute.ca

Once you have paired a device you can
adjust the following options.

Action and Description

Menu Item

View Devices

You can then select:

You can add a Bluetooth-enabled device by following the steps in
the previous table.

Add a Bluetooth
Device

You can select a phone by touching the name of the phone on the screen. You then
have the following options:

Depending on the status of the device, you can select either of these
options to interact with the selected device.

Connect