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Hello, I recently bought a 2018 transit connect and have while I can connect my phone to the stereo via Bluetooth it loses connection almost straight away. I think it is a basic model and so doesn't have the sync 3 that I have read about. I have attached a picture of the radio. There is nothing in the settings of the radio to perform a factory reset, so I decided to pop the fuse out and put it back in, hoping that would reset it. This didn't work, much to my disappointment after doing battle trying to get to the fuse box hidden behind the glove box (why it needs to be in such an awkward place I don't know). Sorry I'm rambling. If anyone has any tips on getting the bluetooth working I would very much appreciate it. I wouldn't mind so much, but there isn't even somewhere I can plug an aux cable in.

Ok so here is a good 1st world problem that's twisting my knickers - I have the "fancy" radio in a 2020 TC from work love this vehicle, want to steal it etc. I always use a bluetooth headset, specifically the trucker / telephone operator kind - the kind that goes over one ear, over your head, and has a boom mike when driving because honestly I find them to provide the clearest calls. Having the single ear coverage also helps overcome the lovely sound of our less than polished highways out hear. Never had a real problem with this arrangement until sync 3 came into my life. This particular radio sadistically wants to handle my calls. It is relentless. It is trying to get me killed. I would just un-pair the iPhone from the sync monster *but* I also use the iPhone to send streaming radio and podcasts there. So I need a way to tell sync monster 3 to back off and only use the iPhone as a media player and not as a phone. I've already tinkered with the accessibility / audio routing settings on the iPhone but that hasn't solved the problem. Does anyone know a trick for this? Also who in their right mind - what AUTO designer - thought touch screens were anything other than a homicidal act? Seriously. Drivers need to feel, not ever ever look. thanks for the bandwidth - keeping the fingers crossed for an easy fix.

In my 2016 van I have only had success with getting Sync to connect to my iPhone. It does not seem capable of connecting a late generation iPod Nano with Bluetooth. Docs only mention phone connectivity. Anyone else had any luck with connecting anything other than a phone?