Hi, Guest
06-25-2011, 12:33 AM
What SYNC can do for you depends on what software version you have installed in your car (In addition to any limitations that your cellphone provider may have)
In its most basic form SYNC allows you to use a compatible Bluetooth equipped phone hands free, which is important given the new laws in Ontario regarding the use of hand held devices by the driver (IE: *NO* while the car is in motion)
Depending on the capabilities of your phone you may also be able to play music from the phone through your car's stereo via Bluetooth. If your car has a USB port, you may also be able to connect a USB stick or USB HDD with mp3's on it. The advantage of this versus the Bluetooth connection is that you can search your music by artist, track name, genre etc. Bluetooth control is very basic, being limited to Play, Pause, Next Track, Random On/Off.
As to reading text messages to you and composing them, I don't think that is available on SYNC equipped Canadian vehicles, mainly because the carriers up here seem reluctant to support it (In fact you'll notice a marked difference in what capabilities are advertised as being available on US ads vs. Canadian ads for SYNC)
Visit Ford's Sync My Ride website, enter your car's VIN and it will tell you what capabilities that your car has and what software version your car can be upgraded to.
NefCanuck
In its most basic form SYNC allows you to use a compatible Bluetooth equipped phone hands free, which is important given the new laws in Ontario regarding the use of hand held devices by the driver (IE: *NO* while the car is in motion)
Depending on the capabilities of your phone you may also be able to play music from the phone through your car's stereo via Bluetooth. If your car has a USB port, you may also be able to connect a USB stick or USB HDD with mp3's on it. The advantage of this versus the Bluetooth connection is that you can search your music by artist, track name, genre etc. Bluetooth control is very basic, being limited to Play, Pause, Next Track, Random On/Off.
As to reading text messages to you and composing them, I don't think that is available on SYNC equipped Canadian vehicles, mainly because the carriers up here seem reluctant to support it (In fact you'll notice a marked difference in what capabilities are advertised as being available on US ads vs. Canadian ads for SYNC)
Visit Ford's Sync My Ride website, enter your car's VIN and it will tell you what capabilities that your car has and what software version your car can be upgraded to.
NefCanuck