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Will the iPod® be charged via USB?
Yes, it will be charged when the radio is switched on. Charging is done as it would be done via a PCs USB-Port. We recognized that some iPods® with a completely empty battery are not chargeable via USB anymore.
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Why does the iPod® not go to sleep when I switch off ignition?
There is still some activity in the car electronics (e.g. to control engine temperature). After up to 15 minutes the iPod® display will be switched off and it will go to sleep.
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How can the audio-files on an iPod® be browsed?
Browsing the iPod® using the radio/nav works similar to browsing on the iPod® itself, i.e. sorting by Genre/Artist/Album.
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Is the iPod Shuffle® supported?
The iPod Shuffle® can only be used as an external data volume (like a USB mass storage device). The size of the external volume needs to be adjusted via iTunes®. Please refer to the iPod Shuffle® owner’s handbook.
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How can the audio-files on a device be browsed when connected via Bluetooth?
On a device connected via Bluetooth it is not possible to browse the files using the car-radio/nav. Current Bluetooth-technology does not support this functionality.
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I cannot hear my iPod® although I can browse it. What is wrong?
It might be possible that the iPod® is not connected correctly. There are two different possibilities to connect the iPod®:
a) With the Y-cable offered by your Ford-Dealer: Connect the one end of the cable to the dock-connector on the bottom of the iPod® and the other two ends with the USB-port and the line-in of the car.
Advantage: There is a standard audio-output-level delivered at the bottom-connector, which offers optimal sound.
b) With standard cables two connections have to be made: Connect the dock-connector on the bottom of the iPod® with the USB-port of the car for controlling the iPod® (standard iPod®-USB-cable) and connect the headphone-jack of the iPod® with the line-in of the car for the audio-signal (3.5 mm stereo-jack, from any electronic-store).
If only one cable is connected you can either control the iPod® and will not hear anything or you cannot control the iPod® using the car-radio/nav (but then using the iPods® own control).
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My iPod® does not shuffle, what is wrong?
When iPod® is the active source and shuffle is switched on a new internal shuffled playlist of the current selection will be created.
Like the iPod® the car display shows the position of the currently played title in this playlist. It will start by 1 and increase one by one. This might lead to the impression that the iPod® does not play shuffled although it actually does.
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Is the iPhone® (including iPhone 3G®) supported?
Apple does not officially support the connectivity of the iPhone® to your car, however our tests show that it works. When connecting the iPhone® to the car, this accessory is not made to work with iPhone® may display. Ignore this. Select NO if prompted to turn on Airplane Mode.
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How can the audio-files on a device be browsed when connected via USB?
It is possible to browse the complete file system of a USB device by folder in the same way the Windows-Explorer folder structure works. There are the following restrictions:
- Max. 5000 folders per device
- Max. 1000 items per folder
- Maximum of 8 hierarchy levels
- The files are not sorted by metadata (ID3-tags) like Genre/Artist/Album. If connected devices do this on their own, the sorting is not reflected on the radio/nav. (This exception does not apply to the iPod®.)
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Can the audio-files on a mobile phone be browsed when connected via USB?
This depends on how the files are stored on the mobile phone and which USB-class is implemented in the phone. If the phone behaves like a Mass Storage Device (e.g. like a USB-stick) it can be browsed like a normal USB-stick. If the phone presents e.g. internal memory and a memory-card through USB the behaviour is entirely dependent on the phone make and model.
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