Hybrid dude Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Apologies if the instructions are in the owner's manual but I couldn't find it.On an SE model, is there a way to disable a phone call going through the sound system, in other words, make it private, either before or during a call? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adair Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 I read somewhere that you can activate SYNC and say *switch to Phone* but I haven't tried it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrelld Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) Edited February 1, 2013 by darrelld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid dude Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Thanks for the info.I forgot to specify that I want to make an 'incoming' call private after viewing the caller ID. In other words, be able to answer it on my cell phone before it gets routed through the vehicle speaker system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkraider Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 What kind of phone? On the iPhone you can change the input device for the call from Sync to iPhone. It's an icon like the mute icon, once the call is active. In my other cars if I answered the call with hands free it went to the hands free, if I answered with the phone it went to the phone. I haven't tried much in the c-max yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid dude Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 A vintage LG flip phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotPotato Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I have accidentally put my iPhone in Private mode using the steering wheel controls...but not yet deliberately. :-) pomtrey and roninsd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelnLa Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I have an iPhone. Anyone get the car to read your text messages? I tried with the loaner and I couldn't get it to work. Not sure if it's a setting I am missing or if it's just not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrelld Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I have an iPhone. Anyone get the car to read your text messages? I tried with the loaner and I couldn't get it to work. Not sure if it's a setting I am missing or if it's just not possible. Its not possible in this version of Sync, when v3.5.1 is released iPhone text reading will be supported for inbound texts only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelnLa Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Thanks so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWBarrett Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 You're not missing much - with my Android phone (but not with my wife's for some reason), it will read incoming texts, but it's usually just about unintelligible.It also won't display the text of the message on the screen while you're driving, causing people to take their eyes off the road even more to pick up the phone and look at it.Maybe the next MFT update will support Applink and I can have a phone-app read the messages using its text-to-speech which is much better than Sync's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxWally Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I have the opposite problem. It will read my wife's text message (samsung G3) but not mine (Droid Razr, original) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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