Jan 30, 2015, 12:33 PM
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Issue: Cannot default the My Ford Sync system (without Navigation) to Bluetooth audio
Some users are having an issue with when they turn the ignition on their My Ford Sync system reverts to Line-In even though they were using Bluetooth audio when they turn their vehicle off. They would like to have the system revert back to Bluetooth audio instead of having to go through the menus to be able to get to Bluetooth audio or use the voice commands. A Ford customer service representative FordIVTteam actually joined in the conversation and gave the reason why Ford made this change (as it would previously revert to Bluetooth) and the best method to get back to the source they wanted.
Read the full discussion below.
Some users are having an issue with when they turn the ignition on their My Ford Sync system reverts to Line-In even though they were using Bluetooth audio when they turn their vehicle off. They would like to have the system revert back to Bluetooth audio instead of having to go through the menus to be able to get to Bluetooth audio or use the voice commands. A Ford customer service representative FordIVTteam actually joined in the conversation and gave the reason why Ford made this change (as it would previously revert to Bluetooth) and the best method to get back to the source they wanted.
Read the full discussion below.
Can Sync default to Bluetooth Audio?
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Since I keep all my music on an ipod and not my phone, I would even be happy if SYNC simply detected a USB device being plugged in and automatically switched over to that. I'm likely going to relocate the USB/AUX panel to the center console to solve the problem (where it should have been in the first place anyways), but still, just seems like a simple function that should have been there from the beginning.
I just wish I could get Bluetooth to automatically reconnect and my Sync to connect and stop playing my music through a phone call. Like wtf is that!?
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From: Rockwall/Wichita Falls Texas
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How hard would it be to program sync to default to the last setting it was on when the truck was turned off? Wouldn't that make everybody happy? I put a 200 dollar head unit in the Tacoma I used to have and it could handle that just fine.
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According to the reps I've spoken too, it does! I tried explaining that turning the truck on and it saying 'line in' when I had it on Bluetooth isn't the same as having it on FM and it being on FM again when I turn it on. I couldn't see them, but from the silence I can only assume they looked like a cow staring at a new gate.
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According to the reps I've spoken too, it does! I tried explaining that turning the truck on and it saying 'line in' when I had it on Bluetooth isn't the same as having it on FM and it being on FM again when I turn it on. I couldn't see them, but from the silence I can only assume they looked like a cow staring at a new gate.