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Old 03-24-2010, 05:10 PM
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Here's a tip - read the manual (start at page 1).















Or read the table of contents...

Adjusting the voice prompt volume 35
Voice recognition tutorial 36
Tutorial voice commands 37
Voice name tags 37

User profiles 37
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You can program SYNC to recognize two different user profiles. I found it on page 37 of my Navigation SYNC manual. Once I programed the system to "recognize" my voice I no longer get false commands.
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If you're having problems with it dialing wrong phone numbers, an easy fix is to go through your phone and add last names to your contacts. This should solve most of the problems.
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Another work around to the "Mike" and "Megan" problem is to use last names in the address book. I do that because my Blackberry has them already since it's for work and I never have a problem dialing the wrong person.
See, there is an echo in here.
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Shotgun, which manual is this, I looked in my Sync manual and dont see any of those options, i am particulaly interested in the voice prompt volume!

Is this for 09 or 10, in Sync or Ford manual??
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It's in the NAV supplement.
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As I suspected there are different levels of Sync!

I don not have the NAV!

I have the single cd stereo with Sync and I dont have any of the above features available to me in my system.

Thanks for your assistance, I thought I was going crazy after I saw your post! I had read all my manuals front to back and couldnt find anything about the voice prompt volume which I want because mine seems really low going down the road! I have to hit the button then turn the volume up to hear the voice prompts! I called Microsoft and they said to do a master reset which really didnt do anything other than cause more work because I had to Pair my phone and index My music again! lol
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Ahhh. I understand.

If you have the Nav, there are actually two voice recognition systems - one for the Nav and one for Sync.
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Makes complete sense now! lol Voice prompt volume is for the turn by turn on the NAV!

Ok brain fart complete!
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Originally Posted by Justi
Another work around to the "Mike" and "Megan" problem is to use last names in the address book. I do that because my Blackberry has them already since it's for work and I never have a problem dialing the wrong person.

The verbal Sync help actually suggests using both first and last names.
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I thought I'd read it somewhere in the manaul so that makes sense. I did it by default because I already had the last names but I know I don't have issues.

Artists and songs (tracks) is another story. Single named artists are a nightmare sometimes but I've learned that if you sound them out versus saying them the right way it helps. Akon can be a real killer. My wife wanted to hear an Akon song and I almost went batty.

Another great tip if you don't use it already is push the sync button twice. That takes you right to the "ding" and lets you avoid hearing the spoken "USB2, please say a command" or "Sync, Please say a command". Real time saver that makes Sync more user friendly IMHO.
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Originally Posted by Justi
I thought I'd read it somewhere in the manaul so that makes sense. I did it by default because I already had the last names but I know I don't have issues.

Artists and songs (tracks) is another story. Single named artists are a nightmare sometimes but I've learned that if you sound them out versus saying them the right way it helps. Akon can be a real killer. My wife wanted to hear an Akon song and I almost went batty.

While the song is playing, ask sync/Samantha, "What's playing?" She will respond with her interpretation of the artist and song title.

Another great tip if you don't use it already is push the sync button twice. That takes you right to the "ding" and lets you avoid hearing the spoken "USB2, please say a command" or "Sync, Please say a command". Real time saver that makes Sync more user friendly IMHO.
Or you can change the Confirmation Prompt setting:

Confirmation prompts are short questions asked by the system when the
system has not clearly understood your request or when there are many
possible responses to your request. For example, if you have
Confirmation prompts ON, the system may say, “Phone, is that correct?”.
The system will then listen for a “Yes” or “No” confirmation from you. If
you say “Yes”, the system will proceed. If you say “No”, the system will
ask you to say the command again. If you have Confirmation prompts
OFF, the system will simply make a best guess as to what you requested.
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Thanks for all the input guys! very helpful, I diidnt know there was a supplement for the Nav!


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