and they can handle the 100w (300w peak) but I wanted the "window delamination" amp option.
I'd already replaced the factory speaker.
#2013 f150 stereo upgrade retain steering wheel controls install
oh, 1200 watt sealed subwoofer box that you've been dying to install in your Edge. What you get is 6 channels of 100w sound to the factory location AND two channels of real honest to goodness low level outputs for say. What iData did was to work with Kenwood and iData takes the CANBUS computer signals that normally to the Sony amp in the back passenger side of the Edge (2013) and tell it what to sound like and how loud, and send to instead to the Kenwood AMP that was specifically designed to be a DSP that only works with the iData products. Since my ears are shot, I want to feel the music via SPL. You were stuck with the high 2 low level converted which did nothing for the neutering of the sound envelope that Ford/Sony did to protect they factory speakers and the children's ears. I used the iData Maestro HRN-AR-FO2 T-harness, iDatalink Maestro AR Universal Amplifier Replacement Interface, Kenwood Excelon XR600-6DSP Advanced Integration Amplifier.įor those who don't know, what happens with this gear is that until last year (2017) There was no way to get the "control signals" from the stock system to tell a 3rd party amp what to do. I just did a sound system buff with the iData Maestro RA which a keep the "head unit" (which is not really a head unit) but replace the anemic stock Sony amp and DSP. I can tell you from the other way around. It would be absolutely thrilling to me if anyone could say they replaced the Ford MFT screen with anything else, and/or used one of these dash kits, and/or used an iDatalink Maestro on a 2011 Edge. I'm also not sure that there's actually enough depth at the bottom (where the factory HVAC controls are) for a DIN stereo. There are plenty of Mustang owners claiming to be happy with Scosche dash kits, and that reputation is the only thing giving me a shred of confidence about this. You have to relocate the HVAC controls, which either means a radical DIY hack or using a Scosche (halfway decent, but long discontinued) or Metra (flimsy and ugly but widely available) dash kit. That means that modifying the bezel and sticking a radio in there isn't an option. There isn't enough space behind the factory MFT screen for a Double-DIN unit in the upper section. Note to anyone who is also considering this. One success report would go a long way toward boosting my confidence. Pioneer AVIC-2300NEX (Selected for compatability with iDatalink, the particulars of the head unit are the least of the problems here)ĭisappointing that I can't find a report of anyone in the world successfully upgrading a 2011 Edge with an aftermarket radio.
These are discontinued, but I've got one on the way. OK, almost a year later and I haven't driven the car out to the desert and walked away and I haven't driven it off a cliff.īefore I pursue either of those solutions, I'm going to try this: