stock radio without nav to stock with nav
 

As the title says. How difficult would this be to do? Looking at used trucks and want one with navigation. Problem is most dont have it. Would it be worth doing the swap or just buy a stand alone nav. Done some searching and havent found an absolut answer. Thanks in advance.

Get a. Nice Magellion and save a ton. Ford only charges $169 to update nav. Glad I held on to my Magellion cause I will never pay to update my nav.......

Can't find it now, but there is a company that sells plug and play upgrades. It depends which year and which level of trim you have whether or not it will work. I am going to try searching to find it or maybe someone else will remember and post it.

I understand wanting to keep the factory look. I really do.

But I should point out that a portable GPS is way cheaper, probably more accurate, probably has more features and probably also has free lifetime updates and traffic. But again, it's tough to beat that clean factory look.

If you're trying to upgrade to a 13/14 mft I'd just go aftermarket. There was a thread not too long ago about trying to add mft nav and it was rather in depth.

I added an advent in dash unit to my 13. I also got sirius radio and a b/u camera. It has an 8 inch screen. I love it. I bought a stand alone nav with a 4" screen for my daughter. I like the features of hers better, but I still prefer the bigger screen and the other features. One reason the indash costs more is your getting more than just nav. If I were to do it again, I'd still get an in dash unit, but I'd probably get pioneer system. They have newer technology and more connectivity features

I bought one of the higher end Garmin navs, with a pretty big screen, lifetime map upgrades, and a backup camera. I permanently mounted the mounting base to my dash. Could not be happier.

Not sure its worth $2K

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Genuine-Factory-Ford-2011-2014-F-150-Hard-Drive-OEM-GPS-Navigation-Radio-/231626527571?hash=item35ee045353&vxp=mtr

Do you just want navigation?

Do you have a smartphone?

One other comment. Don't know what years you're looking at but the 2013 Nav seems better than the 2010-12 Nav system which I had in my SHO. Also the 2013 up is cheaper to upgrade to NAV from the 8" MFT screen than buying an entire radio like I posted above.

If you haven't seen them before check out Lasco Ford. They're a bit of a drive but the young sales guy I had was great. Hadn't been in the business long enough to BS people so he was a straight shooter.

Some f150s came with mft, but not nav. If this is the case you'll need the apim reprogrammed to your vin, nav card, and an antenna. The programming can be done by a guy online for $565 with a card. He also sells complete refurbished/used units on eBay ready to install for $900. From what I understand this would only be for the radio function and nav.

Want nav and do have a smart phone. Looking like it will be much simpler and cheaper to buy a stand alone. It might have been worth it if the cost wasn't so high. Thanks for the help!

Why not just use the navigation on your phone?

Loses signal a bit to often.

I had a Kenwood DNX 692 with a iDatalink Maestro module installed in a 2012 XLT with basic sync. All steering wheel controls work. Very happy.

I recently installed a Kenwood dnx892 with nav. And Maestro RR to retain Sync and steering wheel controlls, and added a oem ford back up cam. Its awesome and I love this setup.

I purchased it from Crutchfield.com, Heres a few pics...

Truck data
 

I see you have vehicle data displayed. Is that coming from Sync? Does the Maestro RR do that? I am looking at the Pioneer AVIC systems.

Or an iPad
 

Curious which mount you're using? I bought one but the problem is the amount of data you'll go through using this thing for streaming audio, GPS, and just functions to replace the radio. Then if you add the temptation of video, etc it could get spendy.

Lots of expensive advice. You can have nav in a myfordtouch for the price of an SD nav card. It's fairly simple. Update your sync to 3.8. Use forscan to activate the nav. Download a .png file and download a file so your truck reads nav cards. All information is on the net. If your interested, I can hunt the detailed thread down. I've done it to several ford's now. I buy nav cards that are about two years our of date and they're only $20 on eBay. The whole process takes about an hour, most do the time it takes to download sync 3. 8 if it needs updating.

Add navigation to sync 2

I have the backup camera display in my rear view mirror, can anyone tell me how difficult it is to split it and wire it to a in dash unit like Kenwood?