Synch 3 Volume Issue Between NAV and Sirus

[jrc50]

I am having trouble independently controlling the sound volume on my 2017 Limited when I am in a destination cycle with the NAV and playing the satellite radio at the same time. The radio seems to overpower the NAV voice and I cannot control them independently (want NAV louder, over the music). Also I am having a problem going from sound delete on the screen to sound on when in NAV, anybody have any recs here? The online Ford tutorial is useless, the screen content has changed since they did the tutorial!

 

[cullinan18]

You should be able to adjust the Nav volume when the voice is talking. When the voice isn't giving directions, you'll only be able to adjust the radio/satellite volume.

 

[chuck s]

The mute Nav sound icon makes no sense to me. Wrong color. But once tapped the voice ceases.

Volume control only affects Nav when she's talking. Seems she's talking all the time so it's fairly easy to control.

Sirus is just radio. I forget how the phone volume works.

-- Chuck

 

[jrc50]

Thanks guys! That makes sense that you can only set the NAV volume when she is talking! However I suppose to have independent control between that and Sirus, you have to have the Sirus shut off completely, then turn it on when after you have turned up the volume on the NAV? Does that setting hold when you turn the vehicle off and restart or do you have to go though the whole cycle again?
Seems odd Ford would make it so cumbersome and not have some sort of on screen separate slider type settings like they have for other features on Synch 3

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

@jrc50 I think you are overthinking it. When you have both the navigation on and Sirius on, you control the radio volume like normal when hearing the radio. The moment the Nav system starts talking, it over rides the radio volume and if you are turning the radio volume up or down, and the NAV starts talking it switches to controlling the NAV volume. If you want to raise the Nav volume wait until she talks and then turn it up to a comfortable level - I believe the system lowers the volume on the radio but not by much. Once you have the volume set where you want it for the Navigation. The system will remember your settings for the next time that you use it.

Does that make sense?

This might help too: https://owner.ford.com/how-tos/sync...nt.html?year=2017&model=Expedition&sync=sync3

 

[Michael Shepherd]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but this was the closest I could find with a forum search. Sort of related, when a mobile phone (Android S6) is connected to Sync3, how does one control the volume for alerts like an incoming text message? On our truck, the volume for test message alerts appears to be turned up to the max and with the Sony surround, that is pretty damn loud such that the first time we got a text message, the wife about jumped out of the truck!

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but this was the closest I could find with a forum search. Sort of related, when a mobile phone (Android S6) is connected to Sync3, how does one control the volume for alerts like an incoming text message? On our truck, the volume for test message alerts appears to be turned up to the max and with the Sony surround, that is pretty damn loud such that the first time we got a text message, the wife about jumped out of the truck!

You have to adjust the volume while the voice for that device is active. While navigation is speaking you can adjust that volume, while Siri or whomever Android uses is speaking you can adjust that volume while the radio is playing, you adjust that volume. Does that make sense?

 

[Michael Shepherd]

Thanks Andy, makes perfect sense. The issue is that Sync does not play a voice, only a really loud chime tone, which in retrospect is what my phone plays when the message arrives. I guess I need to change the settings in the phone to play a longer tone or voice.

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Thanks Andy, makes perfect sense. The issue is that Sync does not play a voice, only a really loud chime tone, which in retrospect is what my phone plays when the message arrives. I guess I need to change the settings in the phone to play a longer tone or voice.

Have someone send you a text message and then have sync read it. That should give you time to adjust the volume, or you can call someone hands free and adjust the volume to your liking while they are talking.