HTC Tattoo & Ford SYNC
Pairing an HTC Tattoo (Android 1.6) to Ford SYNC v3.2
Please note that I have not yet made/received a call or managed to play music yet! I could not get my phone to pair at the dealer (with the usual comment that this was VERY unusual) and the following is instructions provided from sync@ford.com.
A lot of smartphones take a special way of pairing called reverse pairing. Here are the steps to pairing a phone with reverse pairing.
Procedure for standard radio (no Navigation)
Do a master reset (may not be necessary if you've only tried to pair your phone).
[To scroll, press SEEK or the Up/Down arrows.]
- Press the Press OK. to enter the PHONE MENU.
- Scroll repeatedly until SYSTEM SETTINGS appears in the radio display.
- Press OK to enter the SYSTEM SETTINGS MENU.
- Scroll repeatedly until ADVANCED appears in the radio display. Press OK.
- Scroll repeatedly until MASTER RESET appears in the radio display. Press OK.
- SYNC will ask you to confirm the reset. Press OK to confirm.
Reverse pairing - Standard radio
- Press the phone button to access the phone menu
- Scroll to Add Device and press OK
- It will say 'Find SYNC' and begin giving instructions.
Do not follow the instructions - scroll up or to the left
until it displays 'Find Devices'
- Set your phone set to discoverable mode before proceding.
- Press OK and SYNC will find your phone.
- Select your phone from the list of nearby devices and press OK.
- SYNC will ask for a PIN.
- Say a PIN clearly, such as, "zero zero zero zero".
SYNC will repeat it back to you after you finish.
- Press OK.
- Your phone will now ask for a PIN number, enter the PIN.
- Press OK or enter on your phone, the phone and SYNC will attempt to make the connection.
- Look for a message indicating pairing has succeeded.
If you are slow, it will time out and you will have to start over.
- This is just the start, but now you can use voice commands to do more things. Note: Many people have lost their phone connection after downloading their phone books. (See forums below.)
Reverse pairing - Navigation radio
- Press the phone button to access the phone menu
- Select Settings
- Select Add (Discoverable Mode must be set to ON in your phone)
- Select Find Other Devices
- Select your phone from the list of devices SYNC finds
- You will be prompted to enter a PIN on the keypad on your screen - try 0000 or 1234 as a PIN
- Your phone will ask for a PIN number, enter the same one you entered on your vehicle
- After pressing OK or enter on your phone, they will attempt to make the connection
I hesitate to include this, but if you have tried all the instructions to get your phone paired and connected and still have failed, contact Ford Sync 800-392-3673 (option 1 + option 3) Mon-Sat 8:30am - 8 EST. And you should always search the forums below first to see if someone has a solution. Of course you can also book an appointment with your Ford dealer under your warranty.
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