HOW TO: Add MyFord Touch/Sync 3 to base model S550

[HextallS550]

I have a mft harness in my base car that i now have a sync 3 using the same harness

If you're going MFT to Sync 3 you change nothing but if you're going base to MFT I have to add the wiring for the console media module which takes more time than Sync 3 harness.

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[HextallS550]

What a pain in the ass

Was able to get started on a few today

 

[RedfireV8]

^Woot woot!

 

[Spart]

Question: My voice commands are working normally, and it *seems* like the TTS is working properly. But when I'm listening to (say) an MP3 track and I press the "Hear It" button, the radio goes silent for a beat but nothing happens, no TTS. In my buddy's cars with factory Sync 3 it works as you'd expect, the lady with the robot voice tries to sound out the name of the song your listening to. Tested with the same thumb drive even.

Is this something goofy in my as-built, or is it a result of having a base ACM? I'm wondering if it seems like the TTS is working properly because it partially isn't true TTS. For example, older (and maybe current) Garmin units are this way too with the U.S. language - most all of the words were actually pre-recorded and there wasn't a way to change what was being said. But if you switched to UK English, suddenly everything was TTS and you could change all of it. I.E., instead of "recalculating" when you took a wrong turn, I reprogrammed both of mine to say "god dammit, not this shit again."

 

[HextallS550]

Isn't there a communication wire that some ACMs need for voice commands or something?

 

[Spart]

Isn't there a communication wire that some ACMs need for voice commands or something?

Voice commands work. TTS to read the name of the current track doesn't.

 

[zackmd1]

Voice commands work. TTS to read the name of the current track doesn't.

Most likely a product of the As Built data changes to the ACM. The ACM might not be communicating the name properly to the APIM.

 

[Spart]

So you're saying base vs. premium ACM shouldn't matter?

 

[zackmd1]

So you're saying base vs. premium ACM shouldn't matter?

Base vs premium hardware does not matter in terms of wiring.

Its likely that the premium ACM communicated differently with the APIM then a programmed base ACM does. That is likely what is causing your issue. The problem is that a premium ACM cannot be swapped in without the corresponding amplifier and sound system.

 

[Spart]

So which module actually performs the TTS? And when you're playing MP3's from a thumb drive, that drive is directly plugged into the APIM. Is the APIM decoding the MP3? Is it the audio streamed digitally to the ACM which does the DAC? This stuff is all a mystery to me still.

 

[zackmd1]

So which module actually performs the TTS? And when you're playing MP3's from a thumb drive, that drive is directly plugged into the APIM. Is the APIM decoding the MP3? Is it the audio streamed digitally to the ACM which does the DAC? This stuff is all a mystery to me still.

The APIM is reading the file and sending the info to the ACM. You can think of the APIM as a computer more or less and the ACM as the sound card. The computer is reading the file and sending the audio info to the ACM to be distributed to the speakers. I think the issue is the exact same issue that you have if you do not reprogram the base ACM to accept the new sync voice. The APIM is reading the song name and sending that voice to the ACM but the ACM is not distributing that to the two front speakers like it should be doing.

 

[Spart]

What line is responsible for that?

And again so we're clear, the TTS *seems* to work when you use voice commands to set the temperature for instance. But I'm not certain what you hear there isn't canned psuedo TTS like what I described with the Garmin above.

Do you still have a base ACM? Have you tried the "hear it" button to have the title of a track read to you?

 

[zackmd1]

[ame]

Mine works

I believe it would be the first line of the ABD data in the ACM

 

[gsxr1300]

Does anyone have a touch screen from MFT with Nav they want to sell?

 

[soldier989]

This non-nav unit is for sale at a good price. From what I've read, you can enable NAV through forscan. www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78350

Also, there's a NAV MFT unit for sale in the marketplace. They're looking for $400.

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