Everything connects automatically.Īs far as upgrading the stereo in a Ford F-150, the best way might involve a custom installer. Now, Apple CarPlay lets me do everything hands-free and use apps like Google Maps, Amazon Music, and Spotify without even having to take my phone out of my pocket. Combined with the flagship AVIC-W8500NEX AV receiver, I not only dramatically increased the sound quality of the system, I added features as well.īefore, I was able to use Ford Sync2 and Bluetooth to make and receive calls. Now, we upgraded all of the speakers to Pioneer. I had added a Kicker subwoofer which gave me a lot more bass. The audio system sounded remarkably decent for an almost-OEM rig. Continuing up to the front of the vehicle, it then connected into the AV harness for the Pioneer head unit. A bunch of sound deadener ordered from Amazon.Next, they carefully ran the camera wiring alongside the chassis underneath the truck and into the cable trough. Stealth sub and block off plates for the door panels ordered from SGS.
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I'm already well over $3k into this project and didn't even order speakers yet.
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Mobridge even shipped my order a few hours after calling me so I'm pretty excited to have this amp soon. So now I'm considering buying those MTI A-pillars since I'll have a whole channel just for the A pillars. They said they'd include wire for the A Pillar tweeters because they are wired into the head unit so I'd need to wire them into the amp. I even have a personal cell number for the rep that handled my order. They called me to ask about what factory system I had and emailed me all the manuals and the wiring diagrams for the truck. I'm impressed with their customer service already. I've never heard of Mobridge but it sounds promising and saves me from buying a zen A2B, DSP, and amp. I also ordered a Mobridge amp that replaces the B&O has a built in DSP and takes the factory A2B signal. I ordered the plug and play version that comes with a kicker amp. To say the least - I'll have to make compromises and add complication just to use this crap they call an interface and software. I don't truly need the OBDII reader, but using CarPlay and Apple Maps gives me no information about charging, Plus you can't resize the Apple map on the screen to zoom out and look ahead. I can do some things to make life easier, but I shouldn't have to compromise to do so. You can't select any USB music with the truck moving with is absurd. No matter what I did giving a voice command, it would not change to a different antist or album and stay on the USB music. Most of the same music is on the phone in mp3's. If I used voice command to try and change music on the USB drive, it would switch to my phone bluetooth music every time. I have Car Play turned off because I want my phone wifi to be connected to a wifi OBDII reader. This is just the beginning.įrom there - I also want to upgrade the stereo, so I've ripped 60 or so CD's to FLAC and have those plugged in to one of the front USB plugs on an SSD drive.
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Trying to use the Ford Navigation, I tried about 10 times to get it to understand an address (did this 3 different times) and it never once found an address. In 4 years of Tesla ownership I can count on one hand the number of times it didn't understand and map an address. Our lives have become complex with devices and my short 400 mile Thanksgiving trip was frustrating.įirst is the navigation.
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The sad part is the horrible software in the Lightning.