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Sync 10" to 8" Screen (Downgrade) Upgrade

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boiler662 said:
Fitting and getting the APIM to report the correct resolution are two different things, the reason the Lincoln screen works is due Aviator and Explorer using the same hardware behind the scenes and being able to select the Aviator profile in Forscan.
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Ah OK that makes sense. Thank you.
 

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Couldn't see where it might be posted in this thread but ...
Everyone seems to be gearing up on the Aviator screen. Wouldn't the 8" landscape screen work? I've seen it in the '23 Explorer. It was the ST Line though, not the ST. I would think the transition would be pretty easy given the availability of the physical parts already being used. The electronics may be a different story at getting it to communicate with the smaller screen in the different orientation but the '23 ST Line is doing it.
Thoughts?
 

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That was the original swap, both work the same however the 8" screen is 100% OEM because well it is. There are cosmetic issues with the Lincoln swap that some people do not want to deal with.
 

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Oh, ok. Is there a thread on the original swap?
 

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Oh, ok. Is there a thread on the original swap?
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I believe this is the thread on the 10" to 8" swap.
 

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I have great appreciation for this thread, as the engineers/product designers who did this to us should be dragged out into the street and shot.
That said, Ford corrected their monumental f***up for the 2025.
My only question is will we be able to upgrade to the new horizontal layout from the 2025 in our older models?
 

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CoHPhasor said:
I have great appreciation for this thread, as the engineers/product designers who did this to us should be dragged out into the street and shot.
That said, Ford corrected their monumental f***up for the 2025.
My only question is will we be able to upgrade to the new horizontal layout from the 2025 in our older models?
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Don't think so. If I understand it, the system software will be Google-powered instead of SYNC 3 or 4. Perhaps better said, that it won't be a simple hardware change. I'd have to think it's a hardware-software combination package. Now will someone be able to make things work? Never count out the human nature to make things the way we want them. The mother of all inventions.
 

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New 2024 ST. Don't like the 10 inch screen but can the 2024 ST with out the 401 upgrand give you the 8 inch screen work? "The standard models boast an 8-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth® technology and smartphone integration through Apple CarPlay® and Android™ Auto".
I really want to swap out that dumb tall 10 inch screen.
 

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