2015 F150 XLT Screw Audio System Upgrade Log (Sync w/Nav, No Sony)
09-09-2016, 09:22 AM
#111
The parrot harness does NOT have wires for the center channel speaker. Rather than disconnecting it, others have upgraded it and left it connected, to run off if the stock head unit. If you wish to amplify this speaker using the parrot harness you will need to run new speaker wire to it and then to its own small amplifier.
09-09-2016, 09:23 AM
#112
To be honest, if you have no plans to add factory nav I would absolutely upgrade the factory stereo with a really nice Alpine 8" touch screen unit.... in your case there is no reason to keep the stock stereo. UsING a steering wheel module, you should be able to retain the stereo controls on the steerING wheel
I have the NO sync, NO sony, NO nav system in my 16 XLT and made a new thread asking (and got no responses).....
Is summing required if I run the frt and rear each to there own line level converters? Does the rear roll off bass?
Secondly, does the base system have a center speaker? If so, is it wired off the fronts? I plan to parrot connector the stereo to get the speaker outputs to go to a line level unit, then out of an amp to new door speakers....this output from the new added on amp, does it power the center speaker too?
Is summing required if I run the frt and rear each to there own line level converters? Does the rear roll off bass?
Secondly, does the base system have a center speaker? If so, is it wired off the fronts? I plan to parrot connector the stereo to get the speaker outputs to go to a line level unit, then out of an amp to new door speakers....this output from the new added on amp, does it power the center speaker too?
09-09-2016, 09:27 AM
#113
I don't know what base is. I mean I think the XL has a base unit that does not have a center channel speaker. I also have an XLT with nav and sync 3 and I have a center channel speaker. Fwiw, I have the 302a pkg. Again, it is my findings that the center channel speaker, if left alone, using the parrot harness...will continue to work as before.
09-09-2016, 09:32 AM
#114
Mine's got the back up camera (4" screen), syrius, no nav, no touch....but has SYNC (I may have said no sync earlier) but it's the base sync, not the sync3.
So I plan to get the For11CK and a LC6i or a LC7i if there's bass roll off....the lc6i doesn't have the feature to correct the base roll off....so that's why I'm asking....plus, maybe the system I have does NOT need summing, so I really don't need the Lc6 unit either....I could just use another brand, better price.
So I plan to get the For11CK and a LC6i or a LC7i if there's bass roll off....the lc6i doesn't have the feature to correct the base roll off....so that's why I'm asking....plus, maybe the system I have does NOT need summing, so I really don't need the Lc6 unit either....I could just use another brand, better price.
09-09-2016, 09:36 AM
#115
I wouldn't go cheap on the DSP. Not a fan of Audio control any longer but they are light years better than basic Line level converters. The Audison Bit Ten or Alpine PXA-H800 are what I have narrowed my selections down to. Since you do have sync2, I retract my recommendation of ditching it. 
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09-09-2016, 10:04 AM
#118
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I wouldn't go cheap on the DSP. Not a fan of Audio control any longer but they are light years better than basic Line level converters. The Audison Bit Ten or Alpine PXA-H800 are what I have narrowed my selections down to. Since you do have sync2, I retract my recommendation of ditching it.
I am not using it on the ford cus I dont need it, but I would if I had space in the back. I hate that the Alpine aint 8-ch in, otherwise I'd jump on it asap. Audison is too expensive
09-09-2016, 10:54 AM
#119
I have the NO sony, NO nav system in my 16 XLT and made a new thread asking (and got no responses).....
Is summing required if I run the frt and rear each to there own line level converters? Does the rear roll off bass?
Secondly, does the base system have a center speaker? If so, is it wired off the fronts? I plan to parrot connector the stereo to get the speaker outputs to go to a line level unit, then out of an amp to new door speakers....this output from the new added on amp, does it power the center speaker too?
Is summing required if I run the frt and rear each to there own line level converters? Does the rear roll off bass?
Secondly, does the base system have a center speaker? If so, is it wired off the fronts? I plan to parrot connector the stereo to get the speaker outputs to go to a line level unit, then out of an amp to new door speakers....this output from the new added on amp, does it power the center speaker too?
The base system in my XLT does have a center speaker but I don't know where or how it receives it's signal from. I am upgrading mine and leaving it connected just as the previous post mentions.
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