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Old Aug 3, 2013 | 07:49 PM
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2012 Sync issue

I have a 2012 Escape with Sync. When I get a phone call, the person calling can hear himself talking, like an echo.
Anyone know of a cure for this?
 
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 09:06 AM
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Speaker phones sometimes cause this type of sound reflection.
Iwonder if your buddy was also using the speaker-phone on his end.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by fredo181
I have a 2012 Escape with Sync. When I get a phone call, the person calling can hear himself talking, like an echo.
Anyone know of a cure for this?
Hi, fredo181 -

I'd like to look into this further - does this happen with every call you receive?

Jaclyn
 
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 04:47 PM
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Sync Echo on phone calls

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I'd like to look into this further - does this happen with every call you receive?

Jaclyn
This happens when I call my wife, the Escape is her car. Sometimes it does not echo at all, but most of the time it does. Can you be of any help? Thankyou
 
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Old Aug 6, 2013 | 07:13 AM
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Are you calling from a digital voice land line, Comcast, WOW! or U-verse? I've noticed that on my home phone which is VOIP or voice over IP address. It might be the particular handset used also.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2013 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by fredo181
This happens when I call my wife, the Escape is her car. Sometimes it does not echo at all, but most of the time it does. Can you be of any help? Thankyou
It could be an issue with the phone she's using if it's not happening on any other calls, fredo181.

Your dealership can perform a microphone test, but before going that route, I'd try a master reset. It will restore your settings to factory defaults, but it's worth a shot.

SYNC:

How to Perform a Master Reset | SYNC & SYNC with MyFord | Ford.com

SYNC with Voice-Activated Navigation:

How to Perform a Master Reset | SYNC with Voice-Activated Navigation | Ford.com

Jaclyn
 
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Old Aug 6, 2013 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by FordIVTteam
It could be an issue with the phone she's using if it's not happening on any other calls, fredo181.

Your dealership can perform a microphone test, but before going that route, I'd try a master reset. It will restore your settings to factory defaults, but it's worth a shot.

SYNC:

How to Perform a Master Reset | SYNC & SYNC with MyFord | Ford.com

SYNC with Voice-Activated Navigation:

How to Perform a Master Reset | SYNC with Voice-Activated Navigation | Ford.com

Jaclyn
I took the car to a local Ford dealer and they did an Sync update V3.2.5
they update is for this echo issue. It seemed to help, but I am still having the same issue. It doesn't matter which phone is used. My wife has tried 2 different phones and it still does the same thing. I am not sure what to do now?
 
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by fredo181
I took the car to a local Ford dealer and they did an Sync update V3.2.5
they update is for this echo issue. It seemed to help, but I am still having the same issue. It doesn't matter which phone is used. My wife has tried 2 different phones and it still does the same thing. I am not sure what to do now?
Did you try the reset, fredo181? If it didn't help, I suggest having your dealership investigate further.

Jaclyn
 
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 03:51 PM
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Did you try the reset, fredo181? If it didn't help, I suggest having your dealership investigate further.

Jaclyn
I haven't tried the reset yet. If I do this will I lose the update the Ford dealer just put in?
 
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Originally Posted by fredo181
I haven't tried the reset yet. If I do this will I lose the update the Ford dealer just put in?
Once a software update is installed, you cannot revert back to old software so you're safe to perform the reset.

Let me know what happens.

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Old Aug 9, 2013 | 07:16 AM
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he's not alone with this issue. our 2013 is the same way a echo on the phone. all tests have been done, thanks to the 1.6 fire recall it's been reflashed 2 times, one was for the dash and sync not working properly after the fire reflash.

I was a german brand dealer mechanic for 45 years and even saw this in these high end brands computer echo. ever listen to a goggle video chat? echo from feed back.
 
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