sredmyer

Are there 2 IP-Bus jacks on the HD unit? If so, try plugging into the other one. That's often been the solution for the Sirius tuners

Yep that was it.

Thanks

I just completed the install of my F700 with the GEX-P10HD HD tuner. For some reason, there is no sound when the source is set to HD. The unit tunes in HD stations just fine (shows good signal strength) but there is no sound.

When using standard radio (AM/FM) the sound works fine so I am sure it is not the speaker connections. Also since the head unit tunes HD stations ok I dont see how there could be an issue with the way the GEX-P10HD is connected.

IS there something wrong with my HD tuner or maybe the head unit or did I do something wrong?

Anyoone got any thoughts?

[EDIT] BTW I did the hardware bypass (moving the mute wire and gounding it and the pb wire) maybe I did something wrong here??

Thanks,

Steve

Ok, here are some pictures of my install so far. I tried to annotate the pictures with points which need to be paid attention to. You may need to scroll each image to see the annotations.

Here is a shot of the Dash Kit mounted on the HU. This kit can be purchased (with wiring harness adaptor) on Ebay here (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/9696969696_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713Q2em153Q2el1262QQcategoryZ38636QQihZ022QQitemZ350179815667QQtcZphoto)

[attachment=6]Dash Kit.JPG[/attachment]

Here are some shots of a modification to the kit I had to do.

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[attachment=3]Rear Clip2.JPG[/attachment]

[attachment=2]Rear Clip3.JPG[/attachment]

Now in the truck

[attachment=5]Dash.JPG[/attachment]

[attachment=1]Screws.JPG[/attachment]

[attachment=0]Frame Piece.JPG[/attachment]

[attachment=7]Bend.JPG[/attachment]

Hope others find this useful.

Thanks for all the help guys. I ordered the splitter cable and will be installing my unit as soon as the cable gets here...I will post pictures of the install when complete.

Thanks again for the help,

Steve

Thanks for all the information.

So let me see if I understand this correctly. If I want to listen to AM I will need the Y splitter for the antenna. I get that. However what I am unclear on is the HD vs FM thing. I do not have any HD reciever at this time so I am unfamiliar with them. I had assumed they worked something like my HD channels with DirecTV. In this senario some channels (not all) broadcast multiple feeds. The HD feed is just one of the feeds alnog with alternate programming on the other feeds (possibly). The key here is that not all channels broadcast these "extra" feeds. If infact HD radio works similarly then I would also need the antenna to listen to those FM stations which did not broadcast an HD feed.

Is this understanding of HD radio true? Or is it some how different? If it is different could somebody please explain it to me.

Thanks

Just recently got my F700BT and have a few question before I begin the instal.

1) How do I connect the attenna to both the F700 and the HD reciever (GEX-P10HD)?

It looks like some type of "Y" adaptor would be needed but neither installation guide (the one that came with the head unit or the one that came with the HD reciever) shows such a connection. Is it possible that the head unit passes the RF signal to the HD reciever through the IP-Bus connection?

2) I would like to check my GPS antenna instal prior to final mounting. Caqn anyone tell me how to see the signal strength.

3) Can anyone provide any insight as to the best place to put the mic for optimal performance. I have a factory voice command system in the wifes Caddy and it is horrible at understanding what command has been spoken. I have heard that this is due to the placement of the mic and I hope to avoid this issue when installing my F700BT in my truck.

BTW, my instal will be in a 2004 F-250 SuperDuty truck. If anybody as any specific experience with installing the F700BT in this truck I would love to hear any insight you may have on positioning of the GPS atenna or the mic. Also any instal specific tricks you may be aware of for this truck would also be appreciated.

Thanks for the help and the wonderful site...lot of really good info here.

the 2nd gen explorer is a double din but not a true double din you will have to trim the bezal there is no way around it every 2nd gen you will have to do this they didnt go to a true double din fit until the 3rd gen

What he said, it's pretty common for all ford's. I had to do the same thing to my '03 F150. Dremeled the bottom lip flush, and then cut maybe a 1/4" into the top. Don't touch the sides though. And use flush mount screws to attach the plastic clips to the F Series.

 

EDIT: It looks like you got it.

I just bought one of the F700's for my 04 F250 SuperDuty. Will I have to do this customization to make it fit? Does anyone have any pics showing the work required?

Thanks,

Steve