wvvike Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 2020 ford escape. USB plays but volume subtly goes up and down. Radio does not I also assume there are no steering wheel controls to change tracks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) On 2/26/2020 at 8:19 AM, wvvike said: 2020 ford escape. USB plays but volume subtly goes up and down. Radio does not I also assume there are no steering wheel controls to change tracks? Hi wvvike. Can't explain why you are having the volume issue. Have it looked at and corrected under warranty. Concerning the steering wheel controls: On my 2018 Lincoln MKZ, you use the steering wheel audio volume control to switch "tracks" forward and backwards. EDIT - Sorry, Brain Cloud there. Not the volume control. To change tracks ahead or previous, my MKZ uses the same Seek Next and Seek Previous buttons used to change radio/Sirius radio stations and channels. Those same controls are used to answer/hangup the phone, as mwjones mentioned below. Hopefully your Escape is similar. Your Owners Manual also explains these controls, along with many more features you are probably not familiar with yet. Good luck with your new Escape. Edited February 27, 2020 by bbf2530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwjones Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 15 hours ago, wvvike said: 2020 ford escape. USB plays but volume subtly goes up and down. Radio does not I also assume there are no steering wheel controls to change tracks? I can't look at my 2020 Escape Titanium at the moment because its in the shop, but on the Steering Wheel, right hand controls you should have buttons for Answering and Hanging up the phone. They also serve as Next/Previous track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetjq Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 23 hours ago, wvvike said: 2020 ford escape. USB plays but volume subtly goes up and down. Radio does not I also assume there are no steering wheel controls to change tracks? Looking at your owner's manual (online) there are 100 mentions of the word "volume." Some are related to the heating/cooling system but many are in the radio controls section. Without much detail there's also mention of "Automatic Volume". I didn't dig deeply enough to see if there's a Sync setting for that in your Escape. In my '16 Edge the automatic volume (increases/decreases sound system volume based on speed and background noise) can be set to low/medium/high sensitivity in the vehicle settings area of the main screen. About skipping tracks, it appears there are several steering wheel control configurations. One has arrows indicating skip forward or back while others don't appear to offer the option (which is very odd). Take a look at page 79 of your manual for more detail and, just for grins, try voice control to skip tracks. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcohenusa Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 As far as the subtle volume changes, could it be the speed sensitive volume that you are experiencing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzicman61 Posted February 29, 2020 Report Share Posted February 29, 2020 On 2/27/2020 at 3:17 PM, alcohenusa said: As far as the subtle volume changes, could it be the speed sensitive volume that you are experiencing? Good suggestion. But that also effects the radio which the original poster said was not effected. Although maybe it actually is but just more noticeable on USB music? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvvike Posted March 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 Figured it out. Buttons do not change tracks but changes in between radio modes. Volume stabilized by turning off speed volume control. I think it was malfunctioning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRV Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 Those buttons do change tracks when I am playing music in CarPlay. So I would have thought they would work with the USB but have not tried that yet. I guess I am old school. In my old Escape (Original SYNC), I could import a CD into Jukebox. I miss that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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