ProAktion

You are correct. No SiriusXM with the Maestro. Its either one or the other.

McLov1n

Oy! Good by sync haha. I will take just the steering wheel controls and SiriusXM instead haha.

jdvass

So I will took my truck back to the stereo dealer and had them remove the maestro. Got the sirius tuner and everything hooked up without the maestro. Much better to have sirius and the dnx9990 pretty much does everything the sync does anyway. I take back what I said about recommending the maestro. It's a great concept but they blew it on the execution in my opinion.

12V Guy

The Maestro solution provides direct access to the Sync sources and Phone GUI (using the SW button or source buttons on the radio screen), complete display of all meta data, phone books, call logs and direct controls/buttons in the radio. To do this we require a serial connection which we get from the aftermarket sat radio port.

Maestro enables you to have seamless interaction with sync and use the nice GUI screens within the aftermarket radio, but, we tie up the serial port to do it. However, there are also lots of Ford vehicles where the OEM sat tuner is external to the radio. In these vehicles it is retained and works perfectly. The F-150 just isn't one of them. However, certain years of Edge, Explorer, Expedition, Focus, Fusion,Taurus, and F250 are.

No interface solution will enable you to retain the OEM satellite tuner if it is inside the Ford radio. However, the competitive solutions do not interface with the radio serially so you can add back an aftermarket tuner.

We are not trying to sell anyone a solution that isn't right for them, but kindly ask that everyone realize that there are many, many people who love and use the Sync voice system all the time and don't subscribe to satellite radio at all. The voice recognition is really good in Sync and not available in most aftermarket solutions at the same level of quality.

If you are an active Sync user and not a Sat radio subscriber, we believe you will be extremely happy with the Maestro solution and we are proud of the result. I'm not sure we should have made those customers live without a solution until new radio hardware could be designed and built.

We hope with education and time, we can match up the right customers with the best interface solution, even if it isn't one from us.

As for wiping your butt, we'll put that on the list...

Regards,

Mark

12V Guy

In your case, the Lynx is a portable tuner with it's own display and controls. If you wish to keep this, you can simply plug the audio output of the Lynx tuner into the Aux input on an aftermarket radio. To listen to Sat, you put the radio on the Aux input source and then use the Lynx to see the meta data and control tuning.

If this is ok, then Maestro with a Kenwood DNX radio will do a nice job of retaining Sync, letting you use your SW controls (two functions per button) and work fine with your sat tuner as described above.

If that isn't exactly what you were asking, feel free to PM me and I will contact you by phone.

Regards,

Timn330

iTrader: (1)

Is there anyway to show my stock back up camera that is in the mirror now, in the new Kenwood unit?

Wyo11Scab

iTrader: (1)

Thanks for the corporate answer. Now in layman's language you should address why there was so much hype on this HU when it couldn't do the job completely. Again for $1200 it should do it all. I advised users months ago that this was not going to be a good deal for them. Maestro is only for Kenwood and will not work with other brands. For half the price you can get another brand that you can have SAT and with the use of an adapter have sync and SWC.

McLov1n

I think the tough part is I don't like the look of an external Sirius box. I don't mean to bash the maestro. It's a great product that will serve many people well. As for me having things built in and loosing sync is okay, for others it may not. It's hard to complain about a product and price. If I wanted something nobody has I should make it myself. Till then you have only what is out there and each thing has its limitations.

Cheers for the hard work !

Bucko2012

Previously I had a Toyota Tacoma that displayed the backup camera in the rearview mirror. I was able to find the wires in my dash that fed the signal from the camera and tap into them, adding the existing camera into my Kenwood while leaving the existing display in the rearview mirror functional also. I'll bet someone on here knows which wires you need to tap into.

TheDG

Would it be possible to aquire a Satellite radio module from one of the other ford vehicles, such as an Edge and integrate it into the F150 along with the Maestor?

How do the Sirius modules in the Edge, Explorer, Expedition, Focus, Fusion,Taurus, and F250 interface with the Maestro/Kenwood so that functionality remains? Obviously it doesn't use the serial port.