Wish it were simpler, sucks they make it to much of a PITA to chg.
Clif

 

I think if you are a DIY'er and like to tinker, and have prior experience with installing car stereos, I don't see any reason why you could NOT put a Ford Navi into a FEH that didn't come with one.

It may take more time, and you may even need some extra help or harness from the Dealer, but if you've got the time and patience, I'm 99% sure it would work.

They only build ONE car off the assembly line.
Pretty sure you'll have all the wires in place.
Doing a quick search, most of the wires are the same, the harness ( plugs ) are not. So if you like to cut and splice, it is ( probably ) possible.

Only thing is, it seems you can get MPG on the little green message center OR the Navi radio ( much better anyhow ) but not both at the same time.

How bad do you want it?

 

I love to tinker but have too many other projects going right now. Maybe a future project.....
Clif

 

System should be here by tomorrow, but I found a couple of interesting things.

1) You can upload your own points of interest. I.E. Speed traps, etc Because this system uses Garmin, there are a bunch of sites that have them already in the proper format.

2) The stock old stock nav system is virtually worthless... It only fetched $300 on ebay

 

LOL, I'm surprised it was worth that much as it is virtually worthless to most people......

~John

 

Bump for new pics in first post...

 

Mikesus!

That is sweet! did you upgrade the speakers as well? How do you like the XM satelite? how's the XM radio? Let me know! I want this!

I hear y'all on the hybrid screen functions you will be losing on this, but a SC would give you the pertinent info needed.

 

Nice, Mike, really nice. So in getting this new head unit did you give up displays of hybrid motor function, fuel economy, etc.? No way to interface / access those functions with new head unit is there?

 

Left the stock speakers and they don't sound too bad... The Headunit has built in cross overs so I eliminated bass from the front 4 and it cleaned up quite a bit. The factory sub is pretty decent also...

As to the displays, lost all of em. For what I gained I don't miss em. I did buy a scan gauge for mpg, and that works for me.

The XM antenna has not come in yet, so can't tell you how it works, it was out of stock, but it is going to be interesting, it is used thru the Garmin side of the unit, so the XM displays are set up under Nav. The nice part about that is that the weather and traffic stuff shows on the Nav maps.

 

Now, if some one manages to come up with an acp monitor that shows all that stuff that outputs a video signal, I would be able to... As long as I give up the playstation input