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SYNC® and SYNC® with Touch®

SYNC® is all about staying in touch, staying entertained, staying informed and staying reassured. All with simple voice commands27. Never miss a phone call with hands-free calling. Have incoming text messages read aloud to you. Browse and play whatever you want to hear from your audio library with simple voice commands. With SYNC Services®129, you can get audible turn-by-turn directions, personalized news, stocks, and sports scores. And get the peace of mind that comes with 911 Assist®, which can call for help if you’re in an accident in which the airbag deploys28.

And now with available SYNC® with MyFord Touch®, you can personalize your driving experience from entertainment to climate with simple voice commands, intuitive touch screen controls or customizable cluster screens controlled by steering wheel-mounted buttons.

SYNC helps you keep your eyes on the road and connected to your world.

Voice recognition makes it easy to use. Just tell it to make calls hands-free, find and play your favorite music, get directions and give them to you turn-by-turn. That’s just for starters.

Hands-Free Calling

You never have to miss a call just because you’re behind the wheel. If your phone rings, you can answer with the push of a button, and you can make a call with the sound of your voice.

Voice-control your phone

You never have to miss a call just because you’re behind the wheel. If your phone rings, you can answer with the push of a button, and you can make a call with the sound of your voice. Simply say the name of any person in your phone book or say the number. In fact, you don’t have to touch your phone to place a call on hold, browse your phone book or view your call log.

Automatic phone book download

Calling anyone is as easy as saying his or her name. SYNC® automatically downloads the names and numbers programmed in your compatible phone to save you time and trouble. Use a voice command, or you can scroll through your phone book using a button on the steering wheel.

Uninterrupted connections

If you’re in the middle of a call when you get into your vehicle, there’s no need to hang up and call the person back. SYNC® can instantly connect to your phone the moment you start your car to keep the conversation going smoothly. When you stop the car and get out, just pick up your phone and continue the conversation.

Advanced calling features

By seamlessly integrating with your mobile phone, SYNC® lets you enjoy many of your phone’s features without taking your hands off the wheel. SYNC® conveniently shows caller ID, call waiting, conference calling, a caller log, contact list and a signal-strength icon on your radio display screen.

Ringtone support

You put in time and effort finding exactly the right ringtone. So it’s good news that SYNC® can recognize your ringtone on supported phones92 and play it when a call comes in. If you’ve selected unique ringtones to identify individual callers, SYNC® can automatically play those too.

Phone book photo transfer

It’s nice to see a friendly face when you’re out there on the road, isn’t it? SYNC® with MyFord Touch® will download photos from your phone book to display on your car’s eight-inch screen when you receive a call, you place a call or you browse your directory.

Entertainment

It’s never been easier to control what you listen to. Just plug in your compatible digital music player, USB drive or SD card and SYNC® does the rest. Browse your music collection by genre, album, artist, playlist or song title using voice commands. “Play Genre: Rock,” “Play [Artist]” or “Play Track: [Song Title]” are just a few of the simple commands. You can even let SYNC® put together a playlist of the music you’re in the mood for with the “Play similar” command. Plus, SYNC® indexes your podcast and audiobook library just like your music.

No need to twist a knob or wait out commercial breaks to find the station you want. Opt for SYNC® with MyFord Touch®, and you can simply use voice commands to find the station or program you want on AM/FM radio or on SiriusXM.

Bluetooth® audio streaming

Say “Bluetooth® audio” and you can listen to whatever’s on your phone wirelessly, even Pandora® internet radio95. SYNC® can stream your music collection to your vehicle’s sound system. Play audiobooks to entertain you or the kids and listen to podcasts on your daily commute. It’s all available to you whenever you want it. And with SYNC® AppLink™, you can even control Pandora® internet radio with voice commands.

HD Radio™ with song tagging

You don’t have to worry about trying to remember the name of that great song you just heard. Available SYNC® with MyFord Touch® HD Radio™ with iTunes® Tagging lets you tag a song you like, transfer the info to your iPod® and purchase the song directly from the iTunes® store at a later time.

With available SiriusXM Satellite Radio, you can simply press the “Alert” button and it will save the song or band name and alert you whenever it is playing on a SiriusXM channel.

Audio/video input jacks

The media hub97 offers RCA jacks to accommodate just about any video player including camcorders, video games and video iPod. Just plug in and play.

SD card/USB flash drive

Bring just about any device along for the ride and listen to it over your sound system. SYNC® has the ports you need to play music from an SD card or USB flash drive, making your music library that much more versatile. The SYNC® with MyFord Touch® media hub includes two USB ports, an SD card slot and even RCA connectors.97 Just plug and play.

SiriusXM Satellite Radio with Replay

It’s like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Imagine just about every kind of music – commercial-free. Plus, sports, news, comedy, talk and entertainment. More than 130 channels in all. And with SYNC® with MyFord Touch®, if you hear a song you like so much you wish you could hear it again right away, go ahead and get an encore by simply saying “Replay.”

MP3 player charging

While you’re listening to your favorite entertainment, SYNC® will help keep it from stopping as it charges your device.

Integrated hard drive for music and photo storage

With 10GB of storage, SYNC® with the available hard drive-based Navigation System has more than enough room for all your needs including up to 2,400 songs.

Grace Note Media Management

Grace Note97 constantly updates its database of artists, album art and tracks, creating a consistent, comprehensive, easy-to-search musical catalog. We’ve integrated a version of it into SYNC® with MyFord Touch®. With Grace Note enabled, you’ll enhance the consistency of your music searches.