Thanks for all the info gents!

Wired up the Kicker Hideaway harness to the WPT1212, plugged into the existing sub connection, loaded and tweaked the ACM in FORscan, and bam, I got sub action.

I went ahead with the kicker 7 speaker option in FORscan after messing with it a bit. Definitely sounds better enabled.

 

NVM found what I was looking for

 

Does your blue power light stay on when the truck is off?

 

So I enabled the harness and 7 speaker/kicker settings in FORScan and immediately noticed the difference in sound others noted.

I had my sub wired prior. Plugged in the harness and hooked it up; but the amp doesn't turn on and no sound even if I use the old remote wire.

The only connections i used the harness for are the speaker +/- and the remote.....

used my own power and grounds..... what could the problem be??

 

No. It stays on for a bit. Havent timed it. Set the alarm and walked inside, came out about 20 minutes later and it was off.


What sub/amp?

 

10" Pioneer shallow mount. Kenwood 150W RMS amp. Everything was working fine not on the harness.

 

I tried using the old remote and the amp kicked on but the audio signal doesn't come through; so the problem seems to effect the whole harness?

 

Recheck the FORscan setting. Might have forgotten to WRITE the new settings before exiting.

 

I can confirm that kicker settings changes the sound of all the speakers. I have no sub, but I installed the 5 speaker kicker kit a month ago and wasn't overly impressed. It sounded like they were way under powered and needed an amp to push them. I decided against the amp and ordered the kicker oem sub. I don't have the sub yet but I had the dealer enable the kicker settings. The door and dash speakers sound much better now. I think Ford knows that their stock paper speakers can't handle a lot of power. But when selecting Kicker, it feeds a little more? Does that make sense?

 

Are there any amps compatible with the 2.7L Auto start feature If I choose to go aftermarket?

Really like the plug and play ability of the kicker sub but I feel like it is not going to perform like I would like.