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WP8.1 and Ford Sync in 2008 Edge Limited


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I bought this vehicle used for my wife and I am very impressed.

 

I don't think there have been any updates to the SYNC software so it is still running 1.0, however... from what I have read, that is not much of an issue.

 

Here's my problem. The ringer defaults to gawd awful SYNC default which will wake the dead! This was not always the case. When I first paired my phone to SYNC, the ringer on my phone was what SYNC used. Somewhere along the line, I got an update for the WP software and it may have been circumstantial or coincidence, but I think it was after that my ringer went to that funky loud ringer. Which is odd since you would have had to select the ringer setting in SYNC and not the phone.

 

I have tried all three ringer options in SYNC plus the forth option for SYNC to default to my phones ringer. The funky ringer values will work although none are acceptable and the forth doesn't do anything. I even used the ringer off function which produced nothing as in "off".

 

So using my phones default ringer flat doesn't work when it once did.

 

I have removed the phone and re-paired it via BT. I have reset the entire system to factory. I have removed ALL BT devices.

 

 

I have searched this board and the SYNC board and I haven't seen a post specific to this or I may have missed the post. Any suggestions is appreciated!

 

Rick

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...dunno if it helps, but 2013 rings with default tone, no matter what phone I pair it with (either WP8 running on Lumia 925 or IOS on my wife's IPhone 5)

Info to have for sure but the dang thing worked for a couple of months right after I bought the car. Then something weird happend? I guess I'd like to know if other phones that are paired if they set the ring tone to the phones, does it work or not?

 

Everything lse is good but this.

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I bought this vehicle used for my wife and I am very impressed.

 

 

I don't think there have been any updates to the SYNC software so it is still running 1.0, however... from what I have read, that is not much of an issue.

 

 

Here's my problem. The ringer defaults to gawd awful SYNC default which will wake the dead! This was not always the case. When I first paired my phone to SYNC, the ringer on my phone was what SYNC used. Somewhere along the line, I got an update for the WP software and it may have been circumstantial or coincidence, but I think it was after that my ringer went to that funky loud ringer. Which is odd since you would have had to select the ringer setting in SYNC and not the phone.

 

 

I have tried all three ringer options in SYNC plus the forth option for SYNC to default to my phones ringer. The funky ringer values will work although none are acceptable and the forth doesn't do anything. I even used the ringer off function which produced nothing as in "off".

 

 

So using my phones default ringer flat doesn't work when it once did.

 

 

I have removed the phone and re-paired it via BT. I have reset the entire system to factory. I have removed ALL BT devices.

 

 

I have searched this board and the SYNC board and I haven't seen a post specific to this or I may have missed the post. Any suggestions is appreciated!

 

Rick

 

Hi Rick,

 

I'm pretty certain there should be a software update available for your vehicle if it's only running v1.0. If your vehicle is registered at support.ford.com, the update may still be available for download and self-installation. If the website does not display any updates, your dealership would need to assist you with applying the latest version of software.

 

Which kind of phone do you have? The default-to-phone-ringer setting is a phone-dependent feature and does not work with all mobile devices. There's a chance this may change along with your software version, but it's also possible your phone just doesn't support that functionality..

 

Antonio

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ACCORDING TO THE UPDATE SITE, 2009 IS AT V1.1 and that's a dealer update. there is, however, a program you can run on your pc that you then put on a stick that can lower the volume on the radio for ringtones and custom ringtones as well as two other apps.

It's been a while since I have been to the site but I thought the only update was the v1.1, please let me know where I can access the earlier update and I'll give it a try.

 

Great info and THANKS!!!

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Hello

I am new to this so please bear with me

I just bought a 2008 Edge with Nav and sat. I looked at doing the update but it's telling me it's a dealer install... But yet the Dealer told me it's easier and cheaper to do it myself But I can not find where to download the update HELP !!!! Like I said new to this

Thanks Brad

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