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was reading through the owners manual and was wondering why I couldn't get a couple of things to work. First is the compass (N S E W you know), I did what it told me to to make it come up and nothing. Second, I tried to find my number on my radio and couldn't get it to come up. Trying to see if I could get the 6months serius free. Maybe I can't get these with my base model 5.0 or maybe i'm doing something wrong.
Base model is pretty boring lol
DirtyD
11-18-2013, 08:09 PM
Since you don't have sync, I don't think you have the option of the number on the radio, or whatever it is you're after.
As for the compass, I would think that would me standard on every single trim level
garner
11-19-2013, 01:51 AM
Satellite radio is only on the premium trim level sadly :(
Not sure about the compass
Satellite radio is only on the premium trim level sadly :(
Not sure about the compass
Then why even give me the damn button?!?!?!?!?! Ford just teasing me
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 12:50 PM
Now that I've had it awhile, I can't imagine being without the Sync now. I love being able to stream Amazon/Pandora and play all the music on a USB stick through the port.
Hell i'd be happy just being able to control my ipod with my steering wheel controls instead of having to grab my ipod every time I want to change songs lol
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 12:59 PM
Oh damn, forgot about that. Having no steering controls would suck! I rarely ever touch the radio at all cuz I'm so used to it on the steering wheel!
Dominic Toretto
11-19-2013, 01:08 PM
I love being able to stream Amazon/Pandora and play all the music on a USB stick through the port.
This. I installed an aftermarket CD player in my old Corvette with a USB port and was so happy to be done with loads of CDs cluttering the interior. Playing music from USB FTMFW! Oddly enough my phone again became unsynced from the radio. I don't even care, the car and the phone go through break ups apparently. Wonder when they will get back together.
-Alex
Oh damn, forgot about that. Having no steering controls would suck! I rarely ever touch the radio at all cuz I'm so used to it on the steering wheel!
I have control buttons on the wheel, just not as many as you. I can control the radio and cd player but that's about it. Just wish I could plug the iPod in and use the skip button on the wheel.
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 01:45 PM
Now that I've had it awhile, I can't imagine being without the Sync now. I love being able to stream Amazon/Pandora and play all the music on a USB stick through the port.
+1 sucks looking at 14's now because I don't want a base
Now that I've had it awhile, I can't imagine being without the Sync now. I love being able to stream Amazon/Pandora and play all the music on a USB stick through the port.
OH!! I don't even have a usb port! This topic is just depressing
You know, this whole "while in the car" situation is the whole reason I went to the dealership wanting a Focus ST. I wanted all the bells and whistles. I'm happy with my mustang, it would just be nice having all the creature comforts *sigh*
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 02:04 PM
OH!! I don't even have a usb port! This topic is just depressing
You don't have one in your center console...?
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 02:05 PM
+1 sucks looking at 14's now because I don't want a base
Why upgrade to a 14? It's not really much of an upgrade at all from your current car.
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 02:11 PM
Why upgrade to a 14? It's not really much of an upgrade at all from your current car.
It doesn't look like I am going to. Just saying
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 02:14 PM
You know, this whole "while in the car" situation is the whole reason I went to the dealership wanting a Focus ST. I wanted all the bells and whistles. I'm happy with my mustang, it would just be nice having all the creature comforts *sigh*
The grass is always greener...
Really, it comes down to getting what you want. Yeah, at first buying a more expensive car would have stung, but it wouldn't leave wanting more later like you are now.
It's a balance of getting what you need, what you want and what is reasonable.
JDBishopArts
11-19-2013, 02:21 PM
401a problems bah.
JDMLOL
11-19-2013, 02:24 PM
Then why even give me the damn button?!?!?!?!?! Ford just teasing me
Cheaper to put the same radio in every car and just add the modules than producing two completely different units.
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 02:51 PM
Cheaper to put the same radio in every car and just add the modules than producing two completely different units.
America!
DirtyD
11-19-2013, 02:55 PM
You don't have one in your center console...?
Only on SYNC equipped cars (301a+)
You don't have one in your center console...?
Noooooope!
Thought I did but then before I put all my "junk" in the console, I checked for it so I could charge my phone and it wasn't there. It was in the ST where I remember seeing it lol
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 03:23 PM
Damn what year was your car built? I'd get a $99 Alpine unit with bluetooth...Just saying.
Or if you really wanna go big you could get a Nav installed with everything including Sync
The grass is always greener...
Really, it comes down to getting what you want. Yeah, at first buying a more expensive car would have stung, but it wouldn't leave wanting more later like you are now.
It's a balance of getting what you need, what you want and what is reasonable.
I just like bitching at times. This is one of those subjects. Hey, it's better than having to use a cassette adapter to use my ipod lol
It was get a new vehicle NOW or wait until around my bday (feb) cause the front end in my Ranger was going out and I didn't feel like fixing that shit. Didn't even think I could afford a brand new car haha
Damn what year was your car built? I'd get a $99 Alpine unit with bluetooth...Just saying.
Or if you really wanna go big you could get a Nav installed with everything including Sync
Car is brand fucking new lol
Just a base model is all.
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 03:30 PM
Car is brand fucking new lol
Just a base model is all.
Damn you should have got a premium v6:baby:
Damn you should have got a premium v6:baby:
Shut your face!!
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 03:47 PM
Damn you should have got a premium v6:baby:
LMAO! Win.
It's good thing I can't hear Bert's bitchin over my badass tunes from my USB and streaming Pandora...
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 03:48 PM
LMAO! Win.
It's good thing I can't hear Bert's bitchin over my badass tunes from my USB and streaming Pandora...
"Sync please say a command"
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 03:49 PM
Shut your face!!
Man, I thought you were one of those DFWM ballers. Next time pony up the cash for a car that wasn't equipped for a woman.:slap:
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 03:49 PM
LMAO! Win.
It's good thing I can't hear Bert's bitchin over my badass tunes from my USB and streaming Pandora...
:whip: TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL:angry94:
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 03:51 PM
"Sync please say a command"
That's where they fucked up the Sync system. They should have put a hot chick's voice on there instead of that robotic elementary school teacher sounding bitch. Her voice gets on my damn nerves. Of all places I don't want to hear an annoying woman's voice it's in my car. That's the reason I'm in it in the first place, to get away from it! lol
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 03:53 PM
"mmm sync...Gimme a command babyyy"
LMAO! Win.
It's good thing I can't hear Bert's bitchin over my badass tunes from my USB and streaming Pandora...
No, you can't hear me cause my voice travels over your head. That's a short joke!!!!!
That's where they fucked up the Sync system. They should have put a hot chick's voice on there instead of that robotic elementary school teacher sounding bitch. Her voice gets on my damn nerves. Of all places I don't want to hear an annoying woman's voice it's in my car. That's the reason I'm in it in the first place, to get away from it! lol
GOOD!!!!!! I hope it drives you fucking insane!!
:D
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 04:14 PM
GOOD!!!!!! I hope it drives you fucking insane!!
:D
It's only for a few seconds. I just push the button on my steering column and like a good woman she gets me what I want. After that I can focus on my driving around some turns listening to good commercial free music of my choice in a hands free manner absent of CDs flopping around in the console or my phone sliding off the seat or having to listen to my base model bicycle wheels/tires squeal like a school girl. :yucky:
It's only for a few seconds. I just push the button on my steering column and like a good woman she gets me what I want. After that I can focus on my driving around some turns listening to good commercial free music of my choice in a hands free manner absent of CDs flopping around in the console or my phone sliding off the seat or having to listen to my base model bicycle wheels/tires squeal like a school girl. :yucky:
But only in dry perfect weather
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 04:18 PM
But only in dry perfect weather
You sunnuvabitch..
kdanner
11-19-2013, 04:26 PM
Too bad you can't change the voice. I put R Lee Ermey in my Garmin.
"in 500 damn feet, make a right turn maggot".
"the gunny got you here, you're not as fucked up as I thought you were, it's on your right numbnuts".
"you are hopelessly lost maggot".
GunsUp
11-19-2013, 04:28 PM
But only in dry perfect weather
Ferris! He never drives it, he just rubs it with a diaper!
Ferris! He never drives it, he just rubs it with a diaper!
Two Fridays ago when it started to sprinkle i'm surprised he didn't start panicking
Grandpa
11-19-2013, 06:22 PM
Ferris! He never drives it, he just rubs it with a diaper!
+internet points for quoting one of the best movies ever. Can't hate on ya for that one. lol
Two Fridays ago when it started to sprinkle i'm surprised he didn't start panicking
Goes to show you asshats don't know what you are talking about. I drive it and it's not THAT pampered. lol
Dominic Toretto
11-20-2013, 08:56 AM
Fuck Sync. Stupid ass system randomly unsyncs my phone. Then trying to sync it back and it can't fund my phone but, I can sync my phone to other systems.
-Alex
46Tbird
11-20-2013, 09:39 AM
Enjoy your base GT, Bert. All the guys with fancy interiors paid more and still bitch about the quality of materials and Ford's flaky crapass Sync.
Besides, if you really want all the interior upgrade parts, there are plenty of cars in wrecking yards to get them from. Just skip the Sync stuff and get aftermarket stereo components that look better and work better for less.
Dominic Toretto
11-20-2013, 10:05 AM
Enjoy your base GT, Bert. All the guys with fancy interiors paid more and still bitch about the quality of materials and Ford's flaky crapass Sync.
Besides, if you really want all the interior upgrade parts, there are plenty of cars in wrecking yards to get them from. Just skip the Sync stuff and get aftermarket stereo components that look better and work better for less.
Haha, that's right! Fuck me for expecting Ford's electronics to work lol. How are we paying extra, if we paid what the car costs? Did I pay more than someone did for less car? Sure, but I did not pay extra for my car. I didn't tip my salesperson lol.
-Alex
Grandpa
11-20-2013, 10:29 AM
Enjoy your base GT, Bert. All the guys with fancy interiors paid more and still bitch about the quality of materials and Ford's flaky crapass Sync.
Besides, if you really want all the interior upgrade parts, there are plenty of cars in wrecking yards to get them from. Just skip the Sync stuff and get aftermarket stereo components that look better and work better for less.
I haven't had a single problem with my interior or Sync system. Keep in mind how many cars are out there with the Sync system that are not having issues. It's only natural you hear the people who have issues complaining the loudest.
Also, I bet you 95% of car owners don't care for their leather interiors properly conditioning them like they should and also drag their asses across the seats instead of lifting like they should.
DirtyD
11-20-2013, 10:36 AM
Sometimes when my windows are down, or there is heavy background noise, with the windows up, the location of the SYNC microphone really doesn't help SYNC to hear me. So I end up screaming "Fuck you!" and she goes away.
Dominic Toretto
11-20-2013, 11:13 AM
Speaking of electronics failing, my auto up for the driver's side window just stopped working. That's pretty cool.
-Alex
Enjoy your base GT, Bert. All the guys with fancy interiors paid more and still bitch about the quality of materials and Ford's flaky crapass Sync.
Besides, if you really want all the interior upgrade parts, there are plenty of cars in wrecking yards to get them from. Just skip the Sync stuff and get aftermarket stereo components that look better and work better for less.
Oh i'm enjoying it. I love my car. Just every now and then I wish I had the upgraded options. I just tell myself it's like having an LX instead of a GT :D
I haven't had a single problem with my interior or Sync system. Keep in mind how many cars are out there with the Sync system that are not having issues. It's only natural you hear the people who have issues complaining the loudest.
Also, I bet you 95% of car owners don't care for their leather interiors properly conditioning them like they should and also drag their asses across the seats instead of lifting like they should.
From what I hear, you have to actually drive your car to find problems with it
Grandpa
11-20-2013, 11:44 AM
From what I hear, you have to actually drive your car to find problems with it
Huh? It's hard to hear you over my bad ass tunes and you being so far behind from your car being so much slower...
Dominic Toretto
11-20-2013, 11:52 AM
Oh i'm enjoying it. I love my car. Just every now and then I wish I had the upgraded options. I just tell myself it's like having an LX instead of a GT :D
Nothing at all wrong with that. Only things from the Premium I really wanted was the added gauges, which I later found out are useless and the leather seats. I had never used a phone paired to a car radio before but, the salesperson hooked it up for me so after it failed, then I cared. I'll just go back to the old way of not using a phone while on the road. Having it synced does make it very easy to drive while talking though. I prefer music or exhaust note anyway.
-Alex
Huh? It's hard to hear you over my bad ass tunes and you being so far behind from your car being so much slower...
so much slower huh? We can find out exactly how much slower :D
You'll probably have to jump up to get my attention though
Grandpa
11-20-2013, 12:22 PM
so much slower huh? We can find out exactly how much slower :D
You'll probably have to jump up to get my attention though
Bring it, Opie. :signs6:
GunsUp
11-20-2013, 01:16 PM
Sometimes when my windows are down, or there is heavy background noise, with the windows up, the location of the SYNC microphone really doesn't help SYNC to hear me. So I end up screaming "Fuck you!" and she goes away.
I thought you had a base with Brembos?
GunsUp
11-20-2013, 01:16 PM
Bring it, Opie. :signs6:
Get yo hands offa him! I get Steve first
BlueBolt
11-20-2013, 01:42 PM
I have very little issues with my sync in my 11. My accent throws it off sometimes and it calls the wrong person but can't really put that on the software. My southeast Texas draw is to blame.
Get yo hands offa him! I get Steve first
LOL
We could tag team him? :happy160:
Grandpa
11-20-2013, 02:47 PM
LOL
We could tag team him? :happy160:
Suddenly I feel violated..
GunsUp
11-20-2013, 03:00 PM
Suddenly I feel violated..
:snoopfacepalm:
46Tbird
11-20-2013, 03:24 PM
Haha, that's right! Fuck me for expecting Ford's electronics to work lol. How are we paying extra, if we paid what the car costs? Did I pay more than someone did for less car? Sure, but I did not pay extra for my car. I didn't tip my salesperson lol.
-Alex
Extra, as in the ~$4k extra cost of the premium versus base cars.
I haven't had a single problem with my interior or Sync system. Keep in mind how many cars are out there with the Sync system that are not having issues. It's only natural you hear the people who have issues complaining the loudest.
Also, I bet you 95% of car owners don't care for their leather interiors properly conditioning them like they should and also drag their asses across the seats instead of lifting like they should.
True. But I've heard a lot of complaints about the Ford Sync system, across most of the models it's offered in. And this is from people that don't really bitch about the rest of the car. lol
Dominic Toretto
11-20-2013, 03:30 PM
Extra, as in the ~$4k extra cost of the premium versus base cars.
Don't hate on my leather seats, gauge color options, chrome trim and thumpin Shaker sounds son!
-Alex
Suddenly I feel violated..
not yet
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