2015 F150 speaker and amp upgrade but park assist failure
#1
2015 F150 speaker and amp upgrade but park assist failure
Hi all,
I have a 2015 Ford F-150 XLT SCREW with sports package. Love the truck, hate the factory radio so I finally got around to replacing it. Here is what I got:
-Hybrid Audio Speakers, Unity for the front, Imagine's for the rear
-Alpine PDR-V75
I still need to find a sub and box to put behind the rear seats but I've ran into a distracting problem.
I didn't install this; I took it down to a shop to get it done. When i picked it up I realized the parking assist (reverse sensors) alerts (beeps) were no longer coming through the speakers, instead you only hear a subtle chime now and you can no longer adjust the chime volume. Before, this chime was being amplified into the speakers and you could adjust how loud this was via the volume **** while it was beeping. I talked to my installer and he took a look to see if there was something he missed. Despite spending 3 hours looking at everything he did, he could not identify what happened. My navigation prompts, Bluetooth calls, text alerts and everything else works perfectly.
Bottom line, the parking assist alerts still go off but not through the speakers and it won't be the end of the world if I can't find a resolution BUT I feel like this must have happened to other people as my set up was fairly standard. One thing to note, my installer does not appeared to have used a "special" harness as some other folks have used....would not have caused this? Any other ideas? My installer is promised to find a solution - he said he needed a couple of days to research and call his suppliers to see what others have done - but I figured I'd look into it too.
Suggestions?
I have a 2015 Ford F-150 XLT SCREW with sports package. Love the truck, hate the factory radio so I finally got around to replacing it. Here is what I got:
-Hybrid Audio Speakers, Unity for the front, Imagine's for the rear
-Alpine PDR-V75
I still need to find a sub and box to put behind the rear seats but I've ran into a distracting problem.
I didn't install this; I took it down to a shop to get it done. When i picked it up I realized the parking assist (reverse sensors) alerts (beeps) were no longer coming through the speakers, instead you only hear a subtle chime now and you can no longer adjust the chime volume. Before, this chime was being amplified into the speakers and you could adjust how loud this was via the volume **** while it was beeping. I talked to my installer and he took a look to see if there was something he missed. Despite spending 3 hours looking at everything he did, he could not identify what happened. My navigation prompts, Bluetooth calls, text alerts and everything else works perfectly.
Bottom line, the parking assist alerts still go off but not through the speakers and it won't be the end of the world if I can't find a resolution BUT I feel like this must have happened to other people as my set up was fairly standard. One thing to note, my installer does not appeared to have used a "special" harness as some other folks have used....would not have caused this? Any other ideas? My installer is promised to find a solution - he said he needed a couple of days to research and call his suppliers to see what others have done - but I figured I'd look into it too.
Suggestions?
#2
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Hi all,
I have a 2015 Ford F-150 XLT SCREW with sports package. Love the truck, hate the factory radio so I finally got around to replacing it. Here is what I got:
-Hybrid Audio Speakers, Unity for the front, Imagine's for the rear
-Alpine PDR-V75
I still need to find a sub and box to put behind the rear seats but I've ran into a distracting problem.
I didn't install this; I took it down to a shop to get it done. When i picked it up I realized the parking assist (reverse sensors) alerts (beeps) were no longer coming through the speakers, instead you only hear a subtle chime now and you can no longer adjust the chime volume. Before, this chime was being amplified into the speakers and you could adjust how loud this was via the volume **** while it was beeping. I talked to my installer and he took a look to see if there was something he missed. Despite spending 3 hours looking at everything he did, he could not identify what happened. My navigation prompts, Bluetooth calls, text alerts and everything else works perfectly.
Bottom line, the parking assist alerts still go off but not through the speakers and it won't be the end of the world if I can't find a resolution BUT I feel like this must have happened to other people as my set up was fairly standard. One thing to note, my installer does not appeared to have used a "special" harness as some other folks have used....would not have caused this? Any other ideas? My installer is promised to find a solution - he said he needed a couple of days to research and call his suppliers to see what others have done - but I figured I'd look into it too.
Suggestions?
I have a 2015 Ford F-150 XLT SCREW with sports package. Love the truck, hate the factory radio so I finally got around to replacing it. Here is what I got:
-Hybrid Audio Speakers, Unity for the front, Imagine's for the rear
-Alpine PDR-V75
I still need to find a sub and box to put behind the rear seats but I've ran into a distracting problem.
I didn't install this; I took it down to a shop to get it done. When i picked it up I realized the parking assist (reverse sensors) alerts (beeps) were no longer coming through the speakers, instead you only hear a subtle chime now and you can no longer adjust the chime volume. Before, this chime was being amplified into the speakers and you could adjust how loud this was via the volume **** while it was beeping. I talked to my installer and he took a look to see if there was something he missed. Despite spending 3 hours looking at everything he did, he could not identify what happened. My navigation prompts, Bluetooth calls, text alerts and everything else works perfectly.
Bottom line, the parking assist alerts still go off but not through the speakers and it won't be the end of the world if I can't find a resolution BUT I feel like this must have happened to other people as my set up was fairly standard. One thing to note, my installer does not appeared to have used a "special" harness as some other folks have used....would not have caused this? Any other ideas? My installer is promised to find a solution - he said he needed a couple of days to research and call his suppliers to see what others have done - but I figured I'd look into it too.
Suggestions?
#3
Tell your installer to disconnect the wire from the amp going to your front speakers and hook up another speaker. If you get the alert then it is the speakers. If you don't then eliminate the amp. It is hard to really figure out the problem because you don't know how he tapped in for a signal to the amp. Does the music sound ok?
Any other suggestions?
#5