Possibly Upgrading Infotainment From 4" Base To 8" SYNC 3 w/Nav, etc

[m2016v6]

It does not end. The ACM, or as I like to call it, the CD player, is held in by 4 7mm screws. I proceed to unscrew.

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[m2016v6]

This is the cavity where the ACM resides. Note the 3 cables. They were all fairly easy to disconnect, which is good, since they were hard to get to. The ACM doesn't move too much until these are disconnected. The cable on the right is connected to the AM/FM antenna. I have no idea what the other 2 do.

It's pretty ugly in there.

 

[m2016v6]

The front of the removed ACM. Kind of gross. There was a leaf in there.

The rear of the ACM. Note the inputs.

 

[m2016v6]

A further interlude on the console USB hub follows. The wiring was a bit confusing until I remembered this post:

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/sync-3-swap-its-all-in-here.82973/

Then it was not confusing. Black goes to the APIM, gray goes to the bezel. Boom!

 

[m2016v6]

Black and gray old fashioned mini USB male plugs. And the power supply.

 

[m2016v6]

For educational purposes, a view with everything plugged into the hub. The power supply is part of the conversion wiring harness. Harnesses very, so.

 

[m2016v6]

The USB cables are genuine Ford parts. Accept no substitute.

 

[m2016v6]

It is now time to run the USB media hub cables from the dash hole through the console to the console glove box.

 

[m2016v6]

This seems promising.

 

[m2016v6]

Do excuse the double photo post there.

 

[m2016v6]

There is no one right way to do this. There are a million ways to do it wrong. This took some experimentation.

 

[m2016v6]

Disco!

 

[m2016v6]

Welp, I cracked the 8 inch screen. I am going to weep shamelessly for a bit. I have ordered a replacement screen, and will continue this misadventure when it arrives. As a lame bonus, I will record for posterity how to remove a screen from the Sync module (APIM) and attach another screen. It will probably take a week or so for the screen to arrive.

I am going to go throw up for a while, perhaps until I am done hating myself.

 

[Ferrcad]

While you have the dash apart and time awaiting new screen you might as well get a digital dash conversion kit. Highly recommended as a second update and not much more to take apart to upgrade... Also, what's a little more Forscan programming...

 

[m2016v6]

You must be an agent of the devil. Please do not tempt me further.

The digital dash would be super cool.

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