Sounds like the dealer was attempting to honor your request (though misguided). You wanted Bluetooth. So, possibly, the dealer used the non-hybrid Nav system in an attempt to allow you Bluetooth too.

 

The very few times I have seen another FEH/MMH on the highway, I was left wondering why they even bought one.

I saw a red FEH on the entrance ramp. So, I moved over to allow him lots of room to do a nice slow acceleration. Nope. He must have floor it. As I watch him up a head, I would say that he drives in what I call "binary mode"; either the gas pedal to smashed to the floor or the brake pedal is smashed to the floor. He would speed up to the car a head of him as fast as he could, and when he reach them, slam his brakes on. After swing into another lane, he would repeat the maneuver. He did that, over and over again, until I lost sight of him.

 

The 08 NAV hardware is by Panasonic. It is used other Ford products and on other vehicle makes. I expect there is a program disk for each make & model. I know it is used on the Lincoln Navigator because I have that manual instead of the Escape Hybrid manual.

My dealer installed NAV has the correct program loaded, so I have the hybrid screen. You may have the correct Panasonic unit with the wrong program loaded. You can run diagnostics on the unit. Hold down the 3 and 6 buttons for about 10 seconds. The list of diagnostics will appear. One selection reads back the hardware model number and the program number. My info is:

Audio System Software Version: 4-10-10-2006
Nav System Software Version: 2.030000
FES Product Software Product ID: ----
SPARS Product Software Product ID: 37-0-0-8-1
RCS Product Software Product ID: ----
DSP Product Software Product ID: ----

My NAV is also dealer installed, so I am anxious to hear if factory installs have the same version numbers.

You can also run On Demand from the diagnostics screen. THis runs a test of the connected features. It will displa error codes if it finds something not working.

Another selection displays the config for your vehicle. It will show the features enabled for your vehicle. It shows the other possible features disabled.

The 7 speaker system uses coaxial speakers (tweeter/mid range combo) for the front door speakers and a woofer in the righ rear. The woofer is an assembly that includes the woofer and amplifier all contained in one package. To change from the 6 cd radio to the Ayudiophile system, the dealer should put coaxial speakers in the front doors, and add the woofer/amp assembly in the back.

Some of your problems my be inccorrect wiring, and some may be incorrect configuration. I hope my installation was a plug in, and I hope they did not invade (splice) any wiring on yours.

 

Well that was a interesting screen. I wonder if there is also a secret screen like that where one could change some of those settings. Like it said that back up aid was disabled. as if to say that one could put in a back up camera and then enable that function. Also I wonder if in that screen one could also disable the not being able to make address changes etc while moving.

 

I expect Panasonic has a setup program disk, but I don't know how to get one. They sell auto NAV systems in the UK. Some of the info there may help. I noticed they have an on line feature there whenre you can change the opening display to the picture of your choosing. I wonder if that woud work on our NAV systems.

Can you post the version numbers from your screen? I want to know if my dealer installed vbersions are the same as the factory installed versions.

 

Hmmmmmm I always thought the HUMMERS came rated in GPM...

 

heres mine:

Nav radio part number: 8L8T-18K931-AE
audio/system software version: 4-10-10-2006
nav soft version: 3.000000
FES software product ID: -------
SDARS software product ID: 37-0-0-8-1
RSC software product ID: --------
DSP software product ID: --------

 

Thaks for this information. I am asking the dealer to update the NAV software to version 3.0 and to provide me wiht the 5P maps (8L8T-18K931-AE. I will post their reply!

 

Does anyone know if the 2008 Navigation radio can be installed in an '06 FEH w/o navigation? I'm assuming that the new system uses a different wiring harness/ setup than the Visteon system (which my '06 doesn't have anyway!), and may have software differences as well.

Just curious to know if anyone has researched this, and what would be involved.

Thanks!

 

If you check out the later models, the dash design is totally different. I would expect no interoperability. Ford also has changed the system programming each model year. Even if you could make it work, I'm sure by the time you did you probably would wish you bought a much cheaper aftermarket GPS and be done with it.