UK Customers

[Smuddell]

Very helpful response from @Wonky_Donkey here: https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/uk-customers.588/post-212139

It's the distance indicator, which you can turn off.

Brilliant, thank you! Do you think that is what the dong-dong is for? If it's an alert it needs to tell me what it's alerting me to!!! I don't see any messages on either screen. I'll see if I still get it after turning distance indicator off!

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[SteveUk]

Seat belt warning?

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

Brilliant, thank you! Do you think that is what the dong-dong is for? If it's an alert it needs to tell me what it's alerting me to!!! I don't see any messages on either screen. I'll see if I still get it after turning distance indicator off!

Ahhh - the eternal mystery of the “bong bong“ noise ?

I used to get them all the time, on startup, while driving - just random double “bong bong” with no apparent clues as to what they were.

One day I noticed that a teeeeny tiny drop down alert just peeked down for a fraction of a second from the top of the Sync4 screen. It was alerting me that there was no traffic issues on my route between my home address and my home address (random I know!)

It turns out this is the Predicted Destinations assistant that learns your driving patterns. For example every Friday evening you go to Tesco’s, every Saturday afternoon you drive to a nearby village to visit your mother, and every 3rd Sunday of the month you drive out to that dogging…. ahem …you catch my drift.

Ford describe it as:

These are not routes you put in the Nav system, these are just your driving habits. What it’s trying to do is be helpful and tell you if there are any known traffic issues on your normal predicted drive for that time and day. When the alert pops up for 2 nanoseconds, it goes “bong bong” twice.

So how do you stop it? You tell it to stop suggesting driving routes and traffic conditions.

Go to maps and click on the Tools icon and then Settings:

Navigate down to “Notifications” and switch off “Predicted Destination Alert”

…. and the “Bong-Bong, Bong-Bong” on startup will be no more

The Notifications section in the Nav menus is Bong-Bong central - so I recommend you review and turn off some of the other notifications like I have if you want a quieter ride

 

[SashaLondon]

Very helpful response from @Wonky_Donkey here: https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/uk-customers.588/post-212139

It's the distance indicator, which you can turn off.

I can’t turn it off.

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

I can’t turn it off.

Sasha - your car seems to have a mind of it’s own. You sure you didn’t name it HAL or something?

Joking aside I think there are variants of SYNC4 for RWD/AWD differences, and for Tech+ / Non Tech+ models (Extended battery)

Looks like they have been a bit over agressive on tidying up the AWD SR software options and have deleted the option to turn that off - even though the distance indicator shouldn’t be on your model in the first place (at least I don’t think it should)

Pray for an OTA that will actually install itself and fix these bugs for you.

 

[ProximusAl]

Well it’s 05:15 in the UK, and I’m awake.

it’s handover day, and I just can’t sleep.

Might as well get up.

 

[fozzydabear]

I’ve felt real envy reading about failed OTAa and bong-bongs while my delivery status remains stubornly fixed at VITR. Then today when I checked at 5am (who’s excited?) I see the magic letters VAFD!!!
Come on Bristol Street Motors bring Edison to it’s forever loving home.

 

[ProximusAl]

I’ve felt real envy reading about failed OTAa and bong-bongs while my delivery status remains stubornly fixed at VITR. Then today when I checked at 5am (who’s excited?) I see the magic letters VAFD!!!
Come on Bristol Street Motors bring Edison to it’s forever loving home.

Given that those status are 2 days old, I’d say it’s been at the dealers since Thursday ?

 

[TonyA]

Given that those status are 2 days old, I’d say it’s been at the dealers since Thursday ?

Mine MME gets delivered to me on the 11th on the back of a low loader, I will be so glad to hand back the hire car, good luck today Al

 

[ProximusAl]

I finally have her….

 

[fozzydabear]

She is beautiful. My son (sad boy that he is) said it just needs two blue stripes and it would be a Shelby.
Really envious now!

 

[David-HC]

Ahhh - the eternal mystery of the “bong bong“ noise ?

I used to get them all the time, on startup, while driving - just random double “bong bong” with no apparent clues as to what they were.

One day I noticed that a teeeeny tiny drop down alert just peeked down for a fraction of a second from the top of the Sync4 screen. It was alerting me that there was no traffic issues on my route between my home address and my home address (random I know!)

It turns out this is the Predicted Destinations assistant that learns your driving patterns. For example every Friday evening you go to Tesco’s, every Saturday afternoon you drive to a nearby village to visit your mother, and every 3rd Sunday of the month you drive out to that dogging…. ahem …you catch my drift.

Ford describe it as:

These are not routes you put in the Nav system, these are just your driving habits. What it’s trying to do is be helpful and tell you if there are any known traffic issues on your normal predicted drive for that time and day. When the alert pops up for 2 nanoseconds, it goes “bong bong” twice.

So how do you stop it? You tell it to stop suggesting driving routes and traffic conditions.

Go to maps and click on the Tools icon and then Settings:

Navigate down to “Notifications” and switch off “Predicted Destination Alert”

…. and the “Bong-Bong, Bong-Bong” on startup will be no more

The Notifications section in the Nav menus is Bong-Bong central - so I recommend you review and turn off some of the other notifications like I have if you want a quieter ride

Hiya @Wonky_Donkey

I really think you should apply for Mastermind - specialist subject, The Mustang Mach-E ??

Worth a try ?

Cheers
David

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

Hiya @Wonky_Donkey

I really think you should apply for Mastermind - specialist subject, The Mustang Mach-E ??

Can’t even remember my own name half the time so I really don’t know how I manage to remember all this Mach-E stuff ?

 

[Coopz]

Just picked up my mach e yesterday but it came with two of the smaller old style of keys so doesnt fit the key holder. Did anyone else have the same issue?

 

[ProximusAl]

So having just picked up my MME, I have a couple of questions for the experienced.

1. As small as it is, if I turn off the touchscreen beep in settings, it always turns back on after a restart. can anyone else confirm they have this?

2. This one is annoying. I only use CarPlay (wireless) and Siri’s voice is too quiet, so I adjust the volume whilst Siri is speaking and get it nice and loud. Next time I use Siri, she’s quiet again. I have to adjust the volume every time I use it?

3. No updates available for me either. Says up to date and all WiFi etc connected.

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