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Replacing shaker 500 with factory navigation unit
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<blockquote data-quote="Tob" data-source="post: 10834422" data-attributes="member: 83412"><p>So I stopped by my local Ford dealer today to check on the navigation antenna. Sure enough, he brought up the same screen as I was looking at on Fordparts.com...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206005[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I was quoted ~$80 for it. I let them know I was going to check a couple of local sound shops for a better price but that I may be back. Both stereo stores were a bit clueless as to function and both asked why I wanted a factory nav unit (sigh). I'll be getting a factory nav antenna next week.</p><p></p><p>So I headed home, hellbent on going through the install (for now) anyway. Following an excellent writeup I found at <a href="http://forums.themustangsource.com/f692/installing-factory-nav-2005-stang-450875/" target="_blank">The Mustangsource</a> I had the Shaker500 out in a few moments. It is easily half the weight of the nav unit. It must run hot too as there are holes everywhere on the case (nav unit has a fan at the rear). Note the missing antenna connection for the navigation antenna on the Shaker...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206006[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206007[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206008[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Interesting that the Shaker is "assembled" in Mexico and not Japan</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206009[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Dash guts</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206010[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I plugged everything into the nav unit short of the gps antenna and slipped the attachment screws back in</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206011[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Almost there, I powered up the system to make sure it wasn't dead. It works!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206012[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206013[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>When I pushed the maps button on the unit the following screen comes up</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206014[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Obviously, I need the DVD. Trying to burn a DVD copy of the disc that is in the nav unit of my wife's 2007 Mountaineer, I quickly found I need a dual layer disc and burner. The Navteq DVD has a ton of data on it, so much so that you can't burn it on a standard DVD-R or DVD-RW. I found a few torrents of the latest North America Navteq maps for Ford and I'll head off to Office Max tomorrow for whatever hardware I need.</p><p></p><p>What was really cool was how the unit ejects the discs. It cocked sideways and spit it out. I did not know it did that and either did my wife.</p><p></p><p>Something else - there is no screen button for playing plug in devices such as a portable mp3 player. I think it should have shown up in the upper right hand corner next to the "SR" button and just under the digital clock in the following photo (the button should say "LINE IN")</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206015[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'm assuming I have to get this programmed by the dealer to turn that function on (anyone know this specifically?). If I can't input mp3's to this nav unit like I could to the Shaker unit I'll be very disappointed, especially since the nav unit on my wife's Mountaineer allows you to do it. I'll have to look to see if it can somehow be turned on or recognized by its own diagnostic system.</p><p></p><p>Something else, and I noticed similar comments when studying a number of threads where others had done this same swap - the sound doesn't rock as hard as the Shaker did (another programming thing?). Even manually cranking up the bass doesn't match the previous system. The Black Keys "I'm Howlin' For You" loses just about everything.</p><p></p><p>My fingers are crossed. Any of you with experience here - by all means, please chime in.</p><p></p><p>Tob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tob, post: 10834422, member: 83412"] So I stopped by my local Ford dealer today to check on the navigation antenna. Sure enough, he brought up the same screen as I was looking at on Fordparts.com... [ATTACH=full]206005[/ATTACH] I was quoted ~$80 for it. I let them know I was going to check a couple of local sound shops for a better price but that I may be back. Both stereo stores were a bit clueless as to function and both asked why I wanted a factory nav unit (sigh). I'll be getting a factory nav antenna next week. So I headed home, hellbent on going through the install (for now) anyway. Following an excellent writeup I found at [URL="http://forums.themustangsource.com/f692/installing-factory-nav-2005-stang-450875/"]The Mustangsource[/URL] I had the Shaker500 out in a few moments. It is easily half the weight of the nav unit. It must run hot too as there are holes everywhere on the case (nav unit has a fan at the rear). Note the missing antenna connection for the navigation antenna on the Shaker... [ATTACH=full]206006[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]206007[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]206008[/ATTACH] Interesting that the Shaker is "assembled" in Mexico and not Japan [ATTACH=full]206009[/ATTACH] Dash guts [ATTACH=full]206010[/ATTACH] I plugged everything into the nav unit short of the gps antenna and slipped the attachment screws back in [ATTACH=full]206011[/ATTACH] Almost there, I powered up the system to make sure it wasn't dead. It works! [ATTACH=full]206012[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]206013[/ATTACH] When I pushed the maps button on the unit the following screen comes up [ATTACH=full]206014[/ATTACH] Obviously, I need the DVD. Trying to burn a DVD copy of the disc that is in the nav unit of my wife's 2007 Mountaineer, I quickly found I need a dual layer disc and burner. The Navteq DVD has a ton of data on it, so much so that you can't burn it on a standard DVD-R or DVD-RW. I found a few torrents of the latest North America Navteq maps for Ford and I'll head off to Office Max tomorrow for whatever hardware I need. What was really cool was how the unit ejects the discs. It cocked sideways and spit it out. I did not know it did that and either did my wife. Something else - there is no screen button for playing plug in devices such as a portable mp3 player. I think it should have shown up in the upper right hand corner next to the "SR" button and just under the digital clock in the following photo (the button should say "LINE IN") [ATTACH=full]206015[/ATTACH] I'm assuming I have to get this programmed by the dealer to turn that function on (anyone know this specifically?). If I can't input mp3's to this nav unit like I could to the Shaker unit I'll be very disappointed, especially since the nav unit on my wife's Mountaineer allows you to do it. I'll have to look to see if it can somehow be turned on or recognized by its own diagnostic system. Something else, and I noticed similar comments when studying a number of threads where others had done this same swap - the sound doesn't rock as hard as the Shaker did (another programming thing?). Even manually cranking up the bass doesn't match the previous system. The Black Keys "I'm Howlin' For You" loses just about everything. My fingers are crossed. Any of you with experience here - by all means, please chime in. Tob [/QUOTE]
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