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rellyrooly

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about wallpaper on MFT. I will be taking delivery of my Sport next week so I don't have anything to look at yet, but I saw there is a way to put wallpapers on. How do we go about doing that? Also, I did hear that there is a way to play DVDS on it as well. Is that possible?
 



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wallpaper is easy - just go into the settings and choose the wallpaper file you want from a USB drive that you copied pics onto.

I have not tried the DVD playing yet. I guess it is only in Park so I have no use for it. My 3 kids each have Nexus 7 tablets and can watch movies on those.
 






Hey Relly

If your referring to playing DVD's on the MFT system I can confirm that is not possible. The slot on the front is a CD ONLY laser. No DVD will play in that.

The rational is that DVD's are a media on the way out......just look at the closing of Blockbusters. Video now is downloaded so MFT is set up to except video through USB or the Audio/Video Hub red/white/yellow RCA plugs.

There is also no connection between MFT and the OEM headrest DVD system.
 






Hey Relly

If your referring to playing DVD's on the MFT system I can confirm that is not possible. The slot on the front is a CD ONLY laser. No DVD will play in that.

The rational is that DVD's are a media on the way out......just look at the closing of Blockbusters. Video now is downloaded so MFT is set up to except video through USB or the Audio/Video Hub red/white/yellow RCA plugs.

There is also no connection between MFT and the OEM headrest DVD system.

What format does video need to be in for MFT to play over USB?
 






about wallpaper on MFT. I will be taking delivery of my Sport next week so I don't have anything to look at yet, but I saw there is a way to put wallpapers on. How do we go about doing that? Also, I did hear that there is a way to play DVDS on it as well. Is that possible?

Hi, rellyrooly!

Sgt1411 is correct, DVDs cannot be played on MyFord Touch. Here's an exert from the Owner's Manual on wallpaper (page 534, 4th printing):

Uploading Photos for Your Home Screen Wallpaper
Note: You cannot load photos directly from your camera. You must
access the photos either from your USB mass storage device or from an
SD card.

Note: Photographs with extremely large dimensions (i.e., 2048 x 1536)
may not be compatible and appear as a blank (black) image on the display.
Your system allows you to upload and view up to 32 photos.
To access, press the Settings icon > Display > Edit Wallpaper, and
then follow the system prompts to upload your photographs.

Only the photograph(s), which meets the following conditions, display:

• Compatible file formats are as follows: .jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp.
• Each file must be 1.5 MB or less.
• Recommended dimensions: 800 x 384.
https://owner.ford.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Owner/Page/OwnerGuidePage

What format does video need to be in for MFT to play over USB?

Hey, Bryceb!

Videos can only be viewed with a device connected to the A/V ports while your vehicle is in park. Here are the instructions from the Owner's Manual (page 512, 4th printing):

Your A/V inputs allow you to connect an auxiliary audio/video source (such as a gaming systems or a personal camcorder) by connecting RCA cords (not included) to these input jacks. The jacks are yellow, red and white and are located either behind a small access door on the instrument panel or in your center console.

You can also use the A/V inputs as an auxiliary input jack to play music
from your portable music player over your vehicle’s speakers. Plug in
your 1/8 inch (3.5 millimeter) RCA adapter into the two left A/V input
jacks (red and white).

Press the lower left corner of the touchscreen, and then select A/V In.
To use the auxiliary input jack feature, make sure that your portable
music player is designed for use with headphones and that it is fully
charged. You also need an audio extension cable with stereo male
1/8th-inch (3.5 millimeter) connectors at one end and a RCA jack at the
other.

1. Switch off the engine, radio and portable music player. Set the
parking brake and put the transmission in position P.
2. Attach one end of the audio extension cable to the headphone output
of your player and the other end into the adapter in one of the two
left A/V input jacks (white or red) inside the center console.
3. Press the lower left corner on the touchscreen. Select either a tuned
FM station or a CD (if there is a CD already loaded into the system).
4. Adjust the volume as desired.
5. Turn the portable music player on and adjust the volume to 1⁄2 the
maximum.
6. Press the lower left corner on the touchscreen. Select the A/V In tab.
(You should hear audio from your portable music player although it
may be low.)
7. Adjust the sound on your portable music player until it reaches the
level of the FM station or CD by switching back and forth between
the controls.
In order to playback video from your iPod® or iPhone® (if compatible),
you must have a special combination USB/RCA composite video cable
(which you can buy from Apple®). When the cable is connected to your
iPod® or iPhone®, plug the other end into both the RCA jacks and the
USB port.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Rebecca
 






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