topic Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth in Apple

Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:19:10 GMT

Hello,

Was wondering if anyone has a Ford Fiesta 14 plate that has an Iphone 6 or 6+ since I'm wondering if the issue with the bluetooth connecting to the SYNC radio has been fixed or not. Does the connection drop out when someone is trying to call you and you try to pick up through the button on the steering wheel? Or does it not call when you want to use the SYNC options.

Only asking because I'm interested in getting an Iphone 6 however I'm really not interested if I can't use the bluetooth options with my Ford SYNC since my Andriod does the perfect job right now.

Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:28:38 GMT

You might be best to ask the Ford dealership as they should have a list of compatible devices

Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

MI5 — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:45:50 GMT

They will say it is compatible but that list won't mention the dropout bug....
Stick to Android - at least it works

Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:01:12 GMT

I know that iphone 6's are compatible with Fords. The issue is the fact that Bluetooth use to work with previous Iphones with the SYNC/Bluetooth radios in cars for calls/texts but ever since they came out with the 6 there was a massive issue with the actual connection to cars as they changed the way the Bluetooth was done on the new Iphones.

Going to the dealer will do nothing as they know/I know it works. Both Apple and Ford themselves aren't owning up to the fact a lot of people are having issues with the Bluetooth calling/text incomes on cars. Then again, you have people who say there's nothing wrong with their phone.

I'm just wondering how many people have had issues with this as I'm super interested in getting a new iPhone but I don't want to get one just to have issues with the fact it would drop my calls or something while driving.

Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

PhoneChanger — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:17:22 GMT

I have a 14 plate Ford Fiesta with SYNC and I have no problems with my iPhone 6. Works fine, no dropped calls (other than where O2 has no coverage), call transfer between the SYNC system and my phone with the press of the button on the radio system).

Text reading works too, the only missing feature is the ability to reply to texts from the SYNC system

Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 20:53:09 GMT

I have just swapped from a Samsung Galaxy to iPhone 6 as I was fed up with all the issues I had with making calls. Today I discovered my iPhone 6 is not working properly with Ford sync. It plays music ok although some tracks are very quiet but when I make a hands free call I can talk to the caller for a few seconds then they can't hear me, they sound like they are sat next to me but suddenly they can't hear a word from me. I then have to pick up my phone and switch to the phones loudspeaker to continue the call or not make calls!!!!!!apart from this I love the phone but if I can't make hands free calls then what's the point???? I've phoned my local ford garage who just said book it in and we will have a look. Any ideas???

Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

MI5 — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:22:56 GMT

Make sure your cars software is updated by the garage, but other than that there have been a few issues reported with iPhones and Ford Sync - Apple are supposed to be addressing it so maybe something coming in iOS9 ?

Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

Cleoriff — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:34:21 GMT

No such problems with either Samsung (S3 and Note 3) with my Ford Kuga...

Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

PhoneChanger — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:41:28 GMT

@Anonymous which version of Sync do you have (might be better to know which car you have) as there are currently 2 versions in the UK market, Sync 1, and Sync 2. Sync 2 is the touch screen version which controls A/C etc also

Re: Iphone 6 Working with Ford's SYNC Bluetooth

Mark_1980 — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:28:51 GMT

@PhoneChanger wrote:
@Anonymous which version of Sync do you have (might be better to know which car you have) as there are currently 2 versions in the UK market, Sync 1, and Sync 2. Sync 2 is the touch screen version which controls A/C etc also

If it's a '14 plate Fiesta then it'll be SYNC 1.