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2018 B&O Stereo Forscan BREAKTHROUGH
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<blockquote data-quote="Cioffdaddy" data-source="post: 1253723" data-attributes="member: 22507"><p>Edit: Added emphasis on the important part. Also, here is the link to the original mod for those who aren't familiar-</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=3704" target="_blank">http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=3704</a></p><p></p><p>A lot of you are aware of the Forscan mod for the 2017 Raptor with the Sony stereo. I have discovered, completely by accident, that this mod is possible in the 2018 with B&O stereo as well! This is great news for anyone doing an upgrade because it makes everything so much easier, and I think has more potential for a better sounding system. I'll tell you how I discovered it, and that will help you understand why there is still some work to do on this. </p><p></p><p>I was doing my upgrade the conventional way, tapping the speaker level outputs to feed into a processor. While i was tapping the tweeter wires, I made a stupid mistake and, with the battery still connected, accidentally shorted the tweeter output wires and fried the ACM (radio/CD unit). A puff of smoke came out of the dash and I almost died :O So I ordered a replacement ACM (which took over a month to get, but that's another story) and installed it myself. I had been told that the ACM needs to be programmed by the dealer before it will work, but I decided to try it out and see if it would just work out of the box, or if maybe I could just program it myself with Forscan. The replacement ACM came with factory Forscan settings that were very different from my originals. </p><p></p><p>Long story short, <strong>I realized that I was getting a full-range, variable line level signal from the tweeter output of the ACM. </strong>The only quirks I have noticed are that the volume is not displayed on the screen, and the Sync voice volume varies with the system volume and so may be much louder than usual, depending on how the amp gain is set. Also the fader and EQ controls are disabled, but I would kinda expect that anyway. Other than that, the signal is very clean and the system sounds fantastic. I have removed the stock amp/DSP since it is no longer necessary. </p><p></p><p>I scanned the ACM with Forscan and found that there are a lot of differences between this one and the original one. I don't know which ones are necessary to make this mod work, but I assume it's not all of them. </p><p></p><p>Since they system is working the way I want, I have decided to leave it alone for now and not make any more changes in Forscan. At least we know the mod is possible, and we can narrow the necessary codes down to a few lines in Forscan. Worst case, you could make all of the changes and it should work. I'm sure someone will do more research and figure out which ones really need to be changed and how to work out the quirks. I cross posted over on the F150 forum and a guy over there has done a bit of research already: <a href="https://www.f150forum.com/f30/2018-b-o-stereo-forscan-breakthrough-411268/" target="_blank">https://www.f150forum.com/f30/2018-b-o-stereo-forscan-breakthrough-411268/</a></p><p></p><p>I have pasted my original Forscan values as well as the ones I am using now. Enjoy!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Original_______________New </p><p>7270101 10A0 9200 0173 7270101 0000 0000 0030</p><p>7270102 0000 5F03 0093 7270102 0000 0000 0031</p><p>7270103 0000 0000 0032 7270103 0000 0000 0032</p><p>7270201 7270 2015 5B8C 7270201 7270 2010 0637</p><p>7270301 7270 3011 1446 7270301 7270 3011 1446</p><p>7270401 0001 0155 53DD 7270401 0000 0000 0033</p><p>7270501 0407 2F57 5B20 7270501 0007 2F57 5B1C</p><p>7270502 765B 572F 0793 7270502 765B 572F 0793</p><p>7270601 0B00 0A00 337D 7270601 0B00 0A00 337D</p><p>7270602 0035 005C 00C7 7270602 0035 005C 00C7</p><p>7270603 6400 5C00 352C 7270603 6400 5C00 352C</p><p>7270604 0033 000A 0075 7270604 0033 000A 0075</p><p>7270701 1B00 0A00 338E 7270701 0000 0A00 3373</p><p>7270702 0035 005C 00C8 7270702 0035 005C 00C8</p><p>7270703 6400 5C00 352D 7270703 6400 5C00 352D</p><p>7270704 0033 000A 0076 7270704 0033 000A 0076</p><p>7270801 090F 2902 1791 7270801 090F 2902 1791</p><p>7270802 1F36 4655 7AA2 7270802 1F36 4655 7AA2</p><p>7270803 0217 1F36 40E7 7270803 0217 1F36 40E7</p><p>7270804 0E27 4C7C 5B92 7270804 0E27 4C7C 5B92</p><p>7270805 400E 274C 0905 7270805 400E 274C 0905</p><p>7270806 0F29 4651 5D68 7270806 0F29 4651 5D68</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cioffdaddy, post: 1253723, member: 22507"] Edit: Added emphasis on the important part. Also, here is the link to the original mod for those who aren't familiar- [URL="http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=3704"]http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=3704[/URL] A lot of you are aware of the Forscan mod for the 2017 Raptor with the Sony stereo. I have discovered, completely by accident, that this mod is possible in the 2018 with B&O stereo as well! This is great news for anyone doing an upgrade because it makes everything so much easier, and I think has more potential for a better sounding system. I'll tell you how I discovered it, and that will help you understand why there is still some work to do on this. I was doing my upgrade the conventional way, tapping the speaker level outputs to feed into a processor. While i was tapping the tweeter wires, I made a stupid mistake and, with the battery still connected, accidentally shorted the tweeter output wires and fried the ACM (radio/CD unit). A puff of smoke came out of the dash and I almost died :O So I ordered a replacement ACM (which took over a month to get, but that's another story) and installed it myself. I had been told that the ACM needs to be programmed by the dealer before it will work, but I decided to try it out and see if it would just work out of the box, or if maybe I could just program it myself with Forscan. The replacement ACM came with factory Forscan settings that were very different from my originals. Long story short, [B]I realized that I was getting a full-range, variable line level signal from the tweeter output of the ACM. [/B]The only quirks I have noticed are that the volume is not displayed on the screen, and the Sync voice volume varies with the system volume and so may be much louder than usual, depending on how the amp gain is set. Also the fader and EQ controls are disabled, but I would kinda expect that anyway. Other than that, the signal is very clean and the system sounds fantastic. I have removed the stock amp/DSP since it is no longer necessary. I scanned the ACM with Forscan and found that there are a lot of differences between this one and the original one. I don't know which ones are necessary to make this mod work, but I assume it's not all of them. Since they system is working the way I want, I have decided to leave it alone for now and not make any more changes in Forscan. At least we know the mod is possible, and we can narrow the necessary codes down to a few lines in Forscan. Worst case, you could make all of the changes and it should work. I'm sure someone will do more research and figure out which ones really need to be changed and how to work out the quirks. I cross posted over on the F150 forum and a guy over there has done a bit of research already: [URL="https://www.f150forum.com/f30/2018-b-o-stereo-forscan-breakthrough-411268/"]https://www.f150forum.com/f30/2018-b-o-stereo-forscan-breakthrough-411268/[/URL] I have pasted my original Forscan values as well as the ones I am using now. Enjoy! Original_______________New 7270101 10A0 9200 0173 7270101 0000 0000 0030 7270102 0000 5F03 0093 7270102 0000 0000 0031 7270103 0000 0000 0032 7270103 0000 0000 0032 7270201 7270 2015 5B8C 7270201 7270 2010 0637 7270301 7270 3011 1446 7270301 7270 3011 1446 7270401 0001 0155 53DD 7270401 0000 0000 0033 7270501 0407 2F57 5B20 7270501 0007 2F57 5B1C 7270502 765B 572F 0793 7270502 765B 572F 0793 7270601 0B00 0A00 337D 7270601 0B00 0A00 337D 7270602 0035 005C 00C7 7270602 0035 005C 00C7 7270603 6400 5C00 352C 7270603 6400 5C00 352C 7270604 0033 000A 0075 7270604 0033 000A 0075 7270701 1B00 0A00 338E 7270701 0000 0A00 3373 7270702 0035 005C 00C8 7270702 0035 005C 00C8 7270703 6400 5C00 352D 7270703 6400 5C00 352D 7270704 0033 000A 0076 7270704 0033 000A 0076 7270801 090F 2902 1791 7270801 090F 2902 1791 7270802 1F36 4655 7AA2 7270802 1F36 4655 7AA2 7270803 0217 1F36 40E7 7270803 0217 1F36 40E7 7270804 0E27 4C7C 5B92 7270804 0E27 4C7C 5B92 7270805 400E 274C 0905 7270805 400E 274C 0905 7270806 0F29 4651 5D68 7270806 0F29 4651 5D68 [/QUOTE]
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