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09-19-2013, 08:05 PM
#51
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: MO
Posts: 3,235
The phone isn't the problem. SYNC is. My SYNC randomly decides to start up in AM radio mode every so often. The phone certainly can't do that. And when it comes to BlueTooth pairing, I had my iPhone paired with a crappy aftermarket BlueTooth setup in another car for YEARS and never had to reboot the phone to make it work.
A fast way to get the phone back when it doesn't connect automatically is to just press the phone button on the wheel/dash. It will link right up.
09-21-2013, 08:35 AM
#52
Resident Ginger
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Cali
Posts: 4,624
The phone isn't the problem. SYNC is. My SYNC randomly decides to start up in AM radio mode every so often. The phone certainly can't do that. And when it comes to BlueTooth pairing, I had my iPhone paired with a crappy aftermarket BlueTooth setup in another car for YEARS and never had to reboot the phone to make it work.
Matthew
09-21-2013, 10:06 AM
#53
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Oldham County, Kentucky
Posts: 540
Hello dcarlinf1,
A soft reset to your iPhone should improve your Bluetooth connection with SYNC. Hold the POWER button and the HOME button simultaneously on your iPhone until the Apple logo appears. You may find it easier to switch to USB by pressing the VOICE COMMAND button on the steering wheel and saying USB instead of going through the menu options.
Kim
A soft reset to your iPhone should improve your Bluetooth connection with SYNC. Hold the POWER button and the HOME button simultaneously on your iPhone until the Apple logo appears. You may find it easier to switch to USB by pressing the VOICE COMMAND button on the steering wheel and saying USB instead of going through the menu options.
Kim
09-21-2013, 10:22 AM
#54
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,792
09-21-2013, 01:09 PM
#55
Ive been having trouble getting my bluetooth audio to work lately too.. It will say bluetooth is connected but the sound wont play through the car, or the phone (when bluetooth is connected), but it says its playing on my phone. This bluetooth needs to be worked on. Having to deal with the trouble that it won't read my usb, and that it only wants to play radio and no other device from time to time is pathetic. I'm taking my car in for a service in a few months. Would ford be able to fix this problem or no?
09-22-2013, 07:50 AM
#57
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: NW AR
Posts: 705
The phone isn't the problem. SYNC is. My SYNC randomly decides to start up in AM radio mode every so often. The phone certainly can't do that. And when it comes to BlueTooth pairing, I had my iPhone paired with a crappy aftermarket BlueTooth setup in another car for YEARS and never had to reboot the phone to make it work.
09-22-2013, 04:43 PM
#58
The AM/FM radio part is just a default of the radio system if Sync can not pick up a USB, Bluetooth, or Line-In Audio channel. If you were to get in the car one day, and leave it on Line-In and not use it, it defaults to AM/FM the next time you start the car. If you never dialed your AM/FM, then I think AM 600 is the default if the radio's memory is ever reset.
To clear it up, its default "falling" process is Bluetooth/USB -> Line-In -> AM/FM for each time the car is started and no audio is picked up.
To clear it up, its default "falling" process is Bluetooth/USB -> Line-In -> AM/FM for each time the car is started and no audio is picked up.
09-23-2013, 06:10 AM
#59
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Indiana
Posts: 18
Hello Matthew,
You may have the option of downloading the update from home, which will save you a trip to the dealership. You can check by logging in here: www.Support.Ford.com Make sure the 2012 Focus is selected.
When you press the VOICE COMMAND button and say MOBILE APPS, what happens? Which Android phone are you using to connect to AppLink?
Kim
You may have the option of downloading the update from home, which will save you a trip to the dealership. You can check by logging in here: www.Support.Ford.com Make sure the 2012 Focus is selected.
When you press the VOICE COMMAND button and say MOBILE APPS, what happens? Which Android phone are you using to connect to AppLink?
Kim
09-23-2013, 07:47 AM
#60
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NV
Posts: 74
Having designed electronics for 20 years, not remembering the operating mode is a grade school level error. For you car guys, it's about as stupid as not putting the lug nuts the wheels. Very amateurish engineering error. Clearly the capability to remember things is in the system, it remembers the radio presets, but out of sheer laziness they forgot to remember mode. Even if it does power up in USB, it remembers not only the song I was listening to, but the exact spot in the song I was at. But it can't remember that it was in USB mode? How stupid can you get? Software engineers are the laziest bunch of morons on the planet.