Scenario
You have set up your iPhone to work with Ford Sync over via Bluetooth, and you can make/receive calls fine.
However, to use Siri over Bluetooth, you have to physically hold down the Home button of your iPhone; you cannot do this using the Ford Sync voice control paddle on the steering wheel.
Solution
- Activate the Voice Control paddle on your steering wheel.
- Say “Dial Mobile Name”.
- After a short while, you will hear the “Siri beep”, and it seems you have to be quite quick to say something, else Siri will cancel itself.
- You can give Siri any normal command and it will work over Bluetooth fine. (I have found the volume is quieter than normal for some reason).
I can’t find any mention of this feature anywhere online, so I can only assume it is unsupported. Still, it works, so it’s a great workaround until something better comes along 🙂
Some other useful links:
- http://www.mactalk.com.au/31/104774-list-siri-commands.html
- http://www.asianefficiency.com/technology/productivity-tips-for-siri/
- http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20125492-285/five-hidden-tricks-for-making-the-most-of-siri/
- http://www.ford.com/technology/sync/sync-commands/
- http://www.fordmanuals.org/page-2637.html