Using Sync With Your Media Player - Ford 2017 EXPLORER Owner's Manual

There are three possible statuses:
Menu Item
Update Needed
Up-To-Date
Updating...
Update settings
Menu Item
Request Update
Disable Updates
USING SYNC
MEDIA PLAYER
You can access and play music from your
digital music player over your vehicle's
speaker system using the system's media
menu or voice commands. You can also
sort and play your music by specific
categories, such as artist and album.
Note: The system is capable of indexing up
to 15,000 songs.
SYNC is capable of hosting nearly any
digital media player including: iPod, Zune,
plays from device players, and most USB
drives. SYNC also supports audio formats,
such as MP3, WMA, WAV and ACC.
Explorer (TUB) Canada/United States of America, enUSA, Edition date: 03/2016, First Printing
SYNC
WITH YOUR
(If Equipped)
Action and Description
The system has detected a new app
requiring authorization or a general
permissions update is required.
No update is required.
The system is trying to receive an update.
Action and Description
Select this option from the settings menu
to manually preform a needed update.
Select this option from the settings menu
to disable automatic updates.
Doing so also disables the use of Mobile
Apps on SYNC.
Confirm that the USB device has been
formatted correctly and has the following
specifications:
• USB 2.0.
• File format must be FAT16/32.
The format of the audio files on the USB
device must be:
• MP3.
• Non DRM protected WMA.
• WAV.
• AAC.
Connecting Your Digital Media
Player to the USB Port
Note: If your digital media player has a
power switch, make sure you switch it on
before plugging it in.
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