Reprogramming stock HU
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Reprogramming stock HU
I thought I saw it listed here somewhere before that you can send your stock HU to get it reprogrammed to work in another ford if it didnt come out of the same Ford... Anyone recall who does this reprogramming??
Tried the ford dealer and they are so hick in this small town they just tryed to reprogram it by pushing some buttons (didnt work)
Need help!!! Thanks in advance you all
Tried the ford dealer and they are so hick in this small town they just tryed to reprogram it by pushing some buttons (didnt work)
Need help!!! Thanks in advance you all
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let me share my story. i ordered a cd player from ebay for a friend. his truck came with a single cd and cassette, but the cd player didn't work. it's a mexican '05 fx4. the company that i ordered from is called "factory tunes" and the guy's name is nate, if i remember correctly. when i got it i tried it on my truck, '04 lariat. i plugged it in. it turned on and played cd's. then i noticed that the station preset buttons didn't light up. none of the buttons lit up. so i was 
i also noticed that the display wouldn't dim when i turned on the headlights. so i was pretty upset, i mean i had just spent $150 of my best friends money. so i sent an e-mail to this nate guy, and he said "reprogram" blah blah blah. ok, well it was supposedly from a '07 f150, i knew the antenna wouldn't be the same, but the buttons
so i called three of my local dealers, and one said that it should work without reprogramming, the other two didn't even know that any sort of reprogramming would be needed for a cd player swap. so i searched on this website and found a phone number for somebody that has reprogramed some nav units for some site members. i gave him a call and he said that it shouldn't need to be reprogramed, but he still told me to press the 3 & 6 preset buttons on the radio to check some thing or other. it didn't do a thing. so i called my friend, he lives in mexico, and told him all that had happend. he came over a couple of days later and we installed it on his truck, hoping it would work. it didn't same story. so my friend took it home and he decided to take it apart(he is an engineer). he checked it out and told me that there was a part inside the head unit that when powered up didn't pass current. so then he kept on checking and the needle from the voltmeter slipped and it sparked and smoked. he was pissed, so like a real man's man threw it on floor and broke it. and thats my story, i don't know if it will help. the only thing i could say is, try to get one from an f150 not one out some other ford car. unless you already bought it( i think you did) well good luck and sorry for long rant.
i also noticed that the display wouldn't dim when i turned on the headlights. so i was pretty upset, i mean i had just spent $150 of my best friends money. so i sent an e-mail to this nate guy, and he said "reprogram" blah blah blah. ok, well it was supposedly from a '07 f150, i knew the antenna wouldn't be the same, but the buttonsso i called three of my local dealers, and one said that it should work without reprogramming, the other two didn't even know that any sort of reprogramming would be needed for a cd player swap. so i searched on this website and found a phone number for somebody that has reprogramed some nav units for some site members. i gave him a call and he said that it shouldn't need to be reprogramed, but he still told me to press the 3 & 6 preset buttons on the radio to check some thing or other. it didn't do a thing. so i called my friend, he lives in mexico, and told him all that had happend. he came over a couple of days later and we installed it on his truck, hoping it would work. it didn't same story. so my friend took it home and he decided to take it apart(he is an engineer). he checked it out and told me that there was a part inside the head unit that when powered up didn't pass current. so then he kept on checking and the needle from the voltmeter slipped and it sparked and smoked. he was pissed, so like a real man's man threw it on floor and broke it. and thats my story, i don't know if it will help. the only thing i could say is, try to get one from an f150 not one out some other ford car. unless you already bought it( i think you did) well good luck and sorry for long rant.
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Thanks Rollin..... not sure what to do here. This supposidly came out of a 08 ford f150 harley edition...... but I have the dame problem the lights for button wont light up and wont dim when headlights turn on. I know for a fact that someone had posted a company name and or a phone number to call for someone who will reprogram the headunits... I just cant find it now.
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07-26-2008, 10:31 AM
Not sure if this helps....
Did you get took by that guy on E-bay stating that the HU is from an '08 Harley? They aren't, the 6L2T I don't believe is a part# from an F150, you need to look for one with a PN begining with 6L3T or 5L3T if you have an '05. Also, is this the thread you are looking for with the PH# in it?
https://www.f150online.com/forums/he...-controls.html
https://www.f150online.com/forums/he...-controls.html
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Did you get took by that guy on E-bay stating that the HU is from an '08 Harley? They aren't, the 6L2T I don't believe is a part# from an F150, you need to look for one with a PN begining with 6L3T or 5L3T if you have an '05. Also, is this the thread you are looking for with the PH# in it?
https://www.f150online.com/forums/he...-controls.html
https://www.f150online.com/forums/he...-controls.html
Well, I dont know if I got took, but he did claim it came out of a 08 Harley and I have an 08 FX4 and my backlighting doesnt work and no dimming works either. Do you know the PN for an 08 F150?
I dont think that was the post I was looking for cause its a different name but might be worth checking out. It was a name like Don or Dom I cant remember cause its been a while since I saw it.
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07-29-2008, 12:27 AM
Yup
That would make sense that your old one has a PN of 8L3T. All F150 Parts have the L3 in the prefix, that's how they identify it as coming from an F150. If you get a HU that does not have a L3 in the prefix, it's not from an F150no matter what you are told, I can all but guarantee that. I know the 2006 PN for a Screw Audiophile is 6L3T-18C815-JE, the suffix JE identifies it as an Audiophile from a SCrew. (I think the programming is different for the speakers etc for the different body styles thus the need to differentiate a regular for a crew from a screw). I have a 800 number you can call to get the PN or you can call your dealer, they should have all that as well. I'll post that number tomorrow.
If it were me, I'd pull that radio out and check the number then call-out that e-bay guy. He still has several auctions saying his radios are out of an '08 Harley but the PN doesn't match and I guess I also have to ask how many '08 Harley's does this guy have? Don't want to accuse him of anyhting but the numbers don't lie.
Anyway, enough rambling. Hope this info helps...
Blake
If it were me, I'd pull that radio out and check the number then call-out that e-bay guy. He still has several auctions saying his radios are out of an '08 Harley but the PN doesn't match and I guess I also have to ask how many '08 Harley's does this guy have? Don't want to accuse him of anyhting but the numbers don't lie.
Anyway, enough rambling. Hope this info helps...
Blake
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07-29-2008, 12:34 AM
Oh yeah if the radio isn't out of an F150 several things won't work:
1. The illumination won't work properly.
2. Speed control won't work.
3. The seek button on the steering wheel only goes backward instead of forward.
Basically the F150 uses a different method to run these functions than the other Ford vehicles do, and the HU isn’t programmed to operate the way an F150 expects it too. Make sense?
To check the PN of the Radio in your vehicle, hold down the 3 and 6 preset button for a few seconds. It will go through a speaker test and I think one of the last things it does is give you the part number of the radio, when you are in this mode, you can also push the preset buttons to access different test and information functions. I think if you push five or six it will tell you the PN.
Blake
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1. The illumination won't work properly.
2. Speed control won't work.
3. The seek button on the steering wheel only goes backward instead of forward.
Basically the F150 uses a different method to run these functions than the other Ford vehicles do, and the HU isn’t programmed to operate the way an F150 expects it too. Make sense?
To check the PN of the Radio in your vehicle, hold down the 3 and 6 preset button for a few seconds. It will go through a speaker test and I think one of the last things it does is give you the part number of the radio, when you are in this mode, you can also push the preset buttons to access different test and information functions. I think if you push five or six it will tell you the PN.
Blake
Blake
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Oh yeah if the radio isn't out of an F150 several things won't work:
1. The illumination won't work properly.
2. Speed control won't work.
3. The seek button on the steering wheel only goes backward instead of forward.
Basically the F150 uses a different method to run these functions than the other Ford vehicles do, and the HU isn’t programmed to operate the way an F150 expects it too. Make sense?
To check the PN of the Radio in your vehicle, hold down the 3 and 6 preset button for a few seconds. It will go through a speaker test and I think one of the last things it does is give you the part number of the radio, when you are in this mode, you can also push the preset buttons to access different test and information functions. I think if you push five or six it will tell you the PN.
Blake
Blake
1. The illumination won't work properly.
2. Speed control won't work.
3. The seek button on the steering wheel only goes backward instead of forward.
Basically the F150 uses a different method to run these functions than the other Ford vehicles do, and the HU isn’t programmed to operate the way an F150 expects it too. Make sense?
To check the PN of the Radio in your vehicle, hold down the 3 and 6 preset button for a few seconds. It will go through a speaker test and I think one of the last things it does is give you the part number of the radio, when you are in this mode, you can also push the preset buttons to access different test and information functions. I think if you push five or six it will tell you the PN.
Blake
Blake
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That would make sense that your old one has a PN of 8L3T. All F150 Parts have the L3 in the prefix, that's how they identify it as coming from an F150. If you get a HU that does not have a L3 in the prefix, it's not from an F150no matter what you are told, I can all but guarantee that. I know the 2006 PN for a Screw Audiophile is 6L3T-18C815-JE, the suffix JE identifies it as an Audiophile from a SCrew. (I think the programming is different for the speakers etc for the different body styles thus the need to differentiate a regular for a crew from a screw). I have a 800 number you can call to get the PN or you can call your dealer, they should have all that as well. I'll post that number tomorrow.
If it were me, I'd pull that radio out and check the number then call-out that e-bay guy. He still has several auctions saying his radios are out of an '08 Harley but the PN doesn't match and I guess I also have to ask how many '08 Harley's does this guy have? Don't want to accuse him of anyhting but the numbers don't lie.
Anyway, enough rambling. Hope this info helps...
Blake
If it were me, I'd pull that radio out and check the number then call-out that e-bay guy. He still has several auctions saying his radios are out of an '08 Harley but the PN doesn't match and I guess I also have to ask how many '08 Harley's does this guy have? Don't want to accuse him of anyhting but the numbers don't lie.
Anyway, enough rambling. Hope this info helps...
Blake
I just check the part number by doing the 3 and 6 button on the HU recieved from Matt (EBay) and this is what it says 8E5T-18C815-BE Now on the first 4 digits it was hard to read on the digital display if that was a 8EST or a 8E5T.. I am assuming the last one.. Do you know of the top of your head what that is? And exactly who is that 1-800 number too?
10 Mins later... no need for me to to find out what that came out of now.. I did a search on google for that part number and it brought me to a link here...lol
http://f150fanatic.com/forums/head-u...ml#post3214126
Seems the radio I have goes in a Fusion/Mercury Milan. I am going after him now and I will report him to Ebay as frauding people.
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