Thanks for the expansion.
I have to say I'm really disappointed. All of the tech reviews I read about sync lead me to believe that all of these voice commands were available over bluetooth. So I have to plug on and mount the phone every time? Not cool.
Even so, I had it connected and all my albums showed up but it wouldn't let me say play artist. Instead it said say one for queen, say two for billy idol, say three for...
That can't possibly be the way it works, can it?
You'll learn to hate that lady... If she's asking you questions like "say one for..." it means she didn't understand what you said.
Bluetooth voice commands for music only work for some phones - they don't work at all for iPhone for instance.
try saying: "what's playing" every once in a while to learn how the sync lady pronounces things
Eventually you'll learn how the lady pronounces things and then everything gets really easy.
For instance, if I want to call "Bros Tacos" (a local mexican restaurant) I have to say "Call Bra's Take-Ohs"
I also hate having to connect my phone to the usb cable to get full functionality - this is why I either use my iPod which I keep connected, or use a USB thumb drive (you should have one either from your delivery, or pre-order) and stick some music on there.
And most important, if you want to get the most out of it, install a harddrive in your car!
Some people on the escape site have found an extra mini-usb port hidden in their dash (not sure if anyone has looked for where it is in the fiesta yet - but it's going to be wherever the sync guts are) and have used it to install a 100 gig external harddrive (gotta find one that doesn't require power). When you connect to the mini-usb, you ask sync to play "USB 2". Every once in a while, disconnect the drive and fill it up with any recent music you've gotten
The entire guts of the sync system only costs about $20, close to 90% of that is the voice recognition chip which, if you ask me, isn't that great but as I've said, you'll get use to it.
edit: i was looking over the sync website and can't find any bluetook information for controlling music via voice commands. my guess is that this will only work via applink - another thing that isn't yet available for iphone (hoping it will come in a sync upgrade at a later date). this reminds me - make sure you hang onto the usb thumb drive that comes with your car /or/ preorder so that you can upgrade your sync whenever one is released. the upgrade process is pretty painless, but it requires the car to be running for around 20 minutes.