On the surface, it’s a black eye: The 2010 MyFord Touch touchscreen enhancement to Ford Sync was hard to use. Ford interface designers ignored user feedback, common sense, or both. Now, suitably chastened, Ford is releasing a patch to MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch that unclutters the interface, enlarges the fonts, and improves map screens. Because it’s just a software patch, there’s no need for a radio head unit replacement or even a trip to the dealer. Just plug in the 8GB USB key and you’ve got MyFord Touch 2.0 in your car. Ford with a straight face calls it a “performance upgrade.”
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- Feb 02, 2015 I have been wanting to get into this system since the day I got my truck. All ford has succeeded in doing is piss me off with 'updates' that didn't amount to much. I would be happy if they would at least allow applink on the touch systems, as that would at.
- Jan 16, 2013 Well, now you can add the car to the list of technologies that get software updates. Select Ford owners, who have SYNC with MyFord Touch, can now update their system just by going to www.SYNCMyRide.com. Simply download the update to a thumb-drive, plug it into your Ford’s USB port, and presto—your MyFord Touch system updates.
Ford sync free download - Ford Racing 3, Ford Racing demo, Atomic Clock Sync, and many more programs. Entertainment Software Educational Software Games Internet Software Developer Tools. Ford Motor Company periodically releases SYNC ® software updates to deliver the most advanced technology. Updates are tailored to your SYNC with MyFord Touch ® system, and will vary based on your system’s current software level.
MyFord Touch puts access to key information in four quadrants of an 8-inch touchscreen: phone, navigation, entertainment, and climate control. Tap the corner tab to access that function. Most of the information can be activated through Ford Sync’s voice controls, if you know the correct words. Users found the interface too daunting and Consumer Reports chimed in with reviews that dinged Ford. Ford took a tumble in J.D. Power Initial Quality Survey rankings. The same holds for the similar MyLincoln Touch interface. Our 2010 Lincoln MKX review noted problems such as too-small fonts; Ford’s lame response was that the font size met industry standards. Privately, one Ford executive who didn’t work directly on the project said, “We brought MyFord Touch out too soon.”
Over the last couple weeks, Ford held a series of background and then public press briefings that started off talking about all the enhancements coming for MyFord Touch: the making-a-good-product-even-better razzle-dazzle. About 10 minutes into the pitch Ford dropped the happy talk and started using “fixes” in addition to “enhancements.” The fonts get bigger and the four corner tabs (phone, navi, entertainment, climate control) only have one line of info. The clock is now by itself in a tab at the top and the font is larger. In the first version of MyFord Touch, when you weren’t in the navigation mode (pictured above), Ford put a next-turn arrow on the navigation tab, but it was so small as to be unseen by anyone without 20/20 vision. Now it’s a larger arrow. If an entertainment button has multiple choices (FM presets 1, 2 and 3), there are now three very small (Ford may get feedback on this) “LEDs” indicating which preset you’ve chosen. AM and FM radio are now separate buttons. Many buttons are bigger. Earlier Ford fixed Sync so you could say “iPod” rather than the numbing phrase “user device.”
Ford also switched to Navteq maps for its SD card-based navigation software. In the past, Navteq data had the reputation as the gold standard and priced accordingly. Ford now says all map software has improved and Navteq is now “competitive” on cost. Intersection views are improved and close-up turn views include approximations of large buildings and other landmarks. The new map data is why the quarter-million owners will be getting (early 2012) a USB stick that’s 8GB. There aren’t that many fixes in the rest of MyFord Touch.
Ford might still have a problem with the capacitive touch sliders on its Lincoln models with MyLincoln Touch. Rather than old-fashioned volume knobs that everyone already knows how to use, MyLincoln Touch opted for sliders low in the center stack. Swipe your finger across the strip, it lights up, and the volume or fan goes up. If you’ve used an iPod or iPhone music player, you’ve used a fingertip slider. Press it right in the middle and you get 50% volume or fan speed. Problem is, what demos so well in the showroom can be a horror show on the highway it the roads aren’t glass-smooth (see Dumb and Dumber? Lincoln’s Capacitive Touch Volume, Fan Sliders). Your finger bounces around and you don’t get the volume you want.
Ford says it has widened the landing area for your fingers. The real solution may be to ditch cool for useful and return to big, grippy rotary knobs. For now, Ford says it hasn’t gotten a lot of negative user feedback. This on the same week the former Penn State assistant says he only showered with the boys.
In the short term, Ford messed up and the 8GB upgrade key is Ford’s make-good. The new version of the map software alone typically costs $150-$200. But more importantly, Ford Sync and MyFord Touch are the wave of the future. Sync and MyFord Touch are embedded software that can be quickly revised (a year is quick in automotive timeframes). Ford gives users two upgrade options to improve MyFord Touch: do-it-yourself via the USB key or let the dealer do it. Ford passed on the third option, an over-the-air update via cellphone. That would work if Ford had in-car telematics data modems but a) this would be a huge download and b) the Ford Sync telematics connection is the owner’s cellphone. Imagine the owner reaction to the carrier surcharge if they don’t have an unlimited data plan.
Others are following Ford’s lead with the Sync/MyFord Touch concept, most recently Cadillac with CUE (Cadillac User Experience) starting with the new Cadillac XTS and Toyota with Entune. Chevrolet trailblazer 2002 2009 repair service manual free download full.
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For more, watch the charming lady in the video below explain the MyFord Touch “performance upgrade.”
Allow customers with MyFord Touch to upgrade to Sync 3
Ford has already explained that the Ford Sync 3 system is a new experience comprising both new hardware and software, as such vehicles with MyFord Touch cannot be upgraded to it and it will only be available in new vehicles. However, the screen size is identical (8 inches) and there are already people who have retrofitted the vehicle in older vehicles (specifically a 2013 Taurus) and have explained that it is a 'drop in' replacement with no wiring changes or dashboard modifications. Ford permitted owners of certain 2009 basic stereos who bought cars that did not ship with the Sync 1.0 system to implement it. This was a dealer part, still on the Ford Accessory part today. This ensured drivers could add capabilities to their car that were not originally there. Ford should offer the Sync 3 system as an upgrade to users of MyFord Touch. Since it is new hardware that has an associated cost, it should be offered as a purchasable part for dealer install, like the Sync Accessory kit was, so Ford owners can enjoy the newer Sync system with improved functionality. Sync 3 was created based on heavy amounts of critical feedback of the MFT system in performance, stability, and missing features. Ford should not force current owners to buy an entirely new vehicle to upgrade one part of it.
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