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After numerous attempts and trials..this is what I have concluded. Hope the info helps someone!!

 

MFT and HDD

- USB 3 HDD doesnt work. Need USB 2. I am using a 500 GB Usb 2 HDD

- Fat 32 format

- I have over 3000 songs (about 30 GB) and it ONLY works (indexes only once!) if I copy all the songs in the root folder. I used to have them all organized in folders, but that causes MFT to continue indexing every time I switch on the vehicle. I had enough removing the fuse power! As discussed earlier, I am assuming there is a size limitation for the index file. The index file must be storing reference location for the songs and all other info. Removing the folder locations must be reducing the size of the index file.

 

MFT and Phones

I am an Android user and used various phones and various ROMS to see what works best. I have used some Samsung devices (SII & Note with original Samsung ROM and custom ROMS) and HTC devices (Evo 3D and Sensation XE). I have to say that both the HTC devices worked well. The following functions works well:

- Connection via bluetooth is almost immediate

- Contacts pictures works

- Messages works

- Streaming music via bluetooth

- Phone calls (and it disconnects correctly and continues playing songs)

 

Note that you will need to enable the messages etc option in Advanced options of the bluetooth seetings of your HTC device.

Thanks for sharing. I too have found that my MT4G and Slide both work best when using the HTC Sense ROMs including message etc.

I should re organize my music again based on your recommendations. I've just been using Amazon Cloud player as a crutch.

The controls below the touch screen (down by the big volume control) are capacitive switches so you need to have direct contact with them to make them work.

 

I think it goes back to lack of unified design focus by the engineering teams. Why have three different technologies present for your controls - resistive on the touch screen, capacitive on the lower controls, mechanical switches on the volume and audio control.

Think of those as redundancies

edit: grammar

I'm so sick of cold and winter that I wish mine would lie to me lol.

hahaha!

I was driving a Durango with a HDD and touchscreen and NAV and voice when the Edge was in the shop.

I have to say that I appreciate the "ideas" and concepts in the MFT in relation, but the responsiveness and reliability were worlds apart. Granted it was a much less visually intensive workout for the hardware in the Dodge, but that's how it should be in the MFT.

If they get rid of the lag on startup and the glitches, I'll be happy again. I really want to be able to show the system off to someone that is getting a ride in my car for the first time without worrying if it will "show up" to the game.

Seemed perfectly fine to me. How much faster does it have to be?

Seems the same speed to me except that they faded the onscreen elements to give your eye something to "work on" while the screen fully came up. iOS did this really well to improve the UX while switching between aspects with animations.

So instead of a (relatively) long blank pause, the screen seems to have a quicker reaction to your input.

EDIT: I'm eager to see the "warm" memory in action as that seems to have a huge impact on start up lag.

Is "soon" here yet?

I like the cane! is it hollow?

and hows the pimp limp?

I contacted Ford Customer Service about the upgrade and they would not provide any details on when we would be receiving the update. However, they did inform me that my system would require 2.11 in order for the upgrade to work. I had to take my Edge to the dealership and have them install 2.11. I know they are advertising the fact that the new update will not require a dealer install but the vast majority of people don't have 2.11 and, as a result, will be required to go to the dealership to get the update before installing the new one (3.0?). Kind of defeats the purpose and I feel like this is another example of Ford not being completely honest with their customers.

 

3.0 better be amazing!

Thanks for sharing

The topic is MFT. Future comments not related to MFT and the upgrade will be deleted without comment. This is not up for debate.

Back to MFT, mine is acting up like a lil MFT (think up some new letters). It would say phone is connected when I don't have one within earshot let alone within BT range.

Can't wait for the update.

edited for spelling

Side note. Almost done with the Switchback DRL retrofit of my bumper LED strip light housings. Here's a video of footage I took with them in action. Below is the link to another thread I have posted more info. If you have any comments or questions specific to this DRL project, please post them at this thread (I don't want to hijack this thread!):

http://www.fordedgef...dpost__p__72390

 

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That looks amazing! Great job and thanks for sharing.

Does anyone know if the LED DRLs voltage can be stepped down to dim them for night use? I want them to be on along with the headlights at night. I think having the LED DRLs on at full power would be too bright combined with the headlights. Please include any instructions along with any parts I would need to accomplish this.

 

FYI. I ordered the white / amber LED switchback DRLs and they should be arriving any day now. I will be posting a video and all of the details of the install when I'm finished.

LEDS generally won't work below a certain voltage, so dimming would have to be accomplished with a Pulse Width Modulator that can cycle the led on and off (this happens faster than the eye can see and it gives the same effect as dimming)

So to dim to 50% brightness, the led would go on and off for equal amounts of time (think 1/100th of a second)

Wow Ford really sucks. I can't even get them to call me back when they say they are going to. Last Friday I was told I would get a call within 2 days, well no calls a week later. This is so freaking frustrating. Sad part is I really like some aspects of this vehicle but others are just killing me and ruining this experience. Sad to say it isn't just MFT, also realized that TSB 11-11-15 applies to my vehicle even though dealer said noise is normal. So angry.

I feel ya. So many things to like, but there are things that can be disappointing as well. They will have to give a great deal on a 2013 or I'll be driving something else at that time.

Yours might not but mine does

Good point! I wonder if the AWD is governed to an even lower number

I just started receiving these things. But I already leased an '11 in April. Luckily they sent one to my wife in March...

I think they started sending them to me after I went to the autoshow and talked to the rep and gave them my info

I get a solid 19.4 in Los Angeles mixed driving. I drive at about 70-87 MPH (Don't hit 88 for fear of the flux capacitor kicking in)

You are not going to get the 27MPG unless you are in ideal conditions. (not just great, but IDEAL)

See video on how to play video on MFT.

 

http://ford-life.com...n-myford-touch/

That's how I tried it... didn't work then.

Looks like there's another thing I need to bring up.

So from the "I told you so" category, note the driveshaft explosion on a Mustang with the governor removed:

 

http://www.autoblog....35-m/#continued

Wow... that's not good.

At least Edges don't have driveshafts

(I'm sure something else would end up as the weakest link though)

So on Sept 17th I upgraded to 2.11 and MFT started behaving itself much better apart from weekly "system maintenance" restarts but nothing I couldn't live with. On Nov 24th I took it into the dealership for a number of minor but annoying tech issues (wipers, ACC, BLIS) and they reloaded 2.11 but ever since it is doing daily "system maintenance" restarts and the tech faults are still there!

 

On Sunday MFT starts acting really crazy, very slow to respond, wouldn't update the screens properly, complaining about GPS faults every minute. I disconnected my iPod and was hoping it would do the "system maintenance" restart thing but after half a dozen short trips yesterday it wouldn't do it on its own so I resorted to crawling around in the slush this morning and pulled fuse 29.

 

This new version can't come soon enough. With the GPS fault almost continuously displayed it was very distracting to try use MFT for anything as you had to acknowledge the fault and then hope to get in the required button responses before the slow response and GPS fault blocked what you were trying to do.

The "system maintenance" has been occurring more frequently in the past few weeks. It was great for a few weeks after the update, but now, I get intermittent issues.

I assume that means warranty on MFT portion only gets extended an extra year.

Have only tried it from my Ipod and vids work fine from there - no parking brake required.

Through the A/V section?

It's not a cost cutting measure - that wouldn't make sense because those features would actually add revenue.

 

I believe it was done purposely to avoid competing with the more expensive MKX that has the same engine.

I still do not understand this type of business practice. I understand that a company does not want to cannibalize its own sales of a similar product. But I don't believe that this tactic properly serves the intent.

If Ford wants to differentiate the MKX versus the Edge Sport beyond the 3.7L, they should make distinguishing additions to the MKX in Luxury (being a Premium brand) and not by diminishing the Sport. Because doing so (IMO) only limits MKX shoppers from looking at the Sport. I don't think that it draws people from the Sport up to the MKX. At the same time, some people that are cross shopping brands might find the limited configurations unappealing all together.

I say offer HIDs all across the board, the R&D cost would be spread across a larger base, not to mention the scales of economies from selling more HID units.

I tried video through the RCAs a month back, and it would not work.

That was a great post! I'm just north of 30, but I hear ya loud and clear!

It's amazing just the differences between my brother and myself in 9 years. He has no idea about times before cellphones.

If you wanted to call a girl, you had to make sure she was going to be home to talk to her. And you always ran into the chance of someone else picking up the phone first.

I had internet as a teen, but we used dial-up that would knock you off if someone decided to call or pick up the telephone. Before cordless phones were ubiquitous, you had to sit in the room that had a phone. Talking to a girl on the line with your family members in the same room was super awkward.

Anyone here carry a pager/beeper back in the day? Remember stopping to find a payphone and making sure you had change? So many things that we have nowadays that make kids' lives so much easier.

I like your comment about the library vs Internet. I bet half the kids out there don't even know what the Dewey decimal system does! Which reminds me of an observation someone pointed out to me before: Kids nowadays know to click the little blue floppy disk on the top of a menu to save a file without even knowing what a floppy disks is!

Got the 31mm 6 led festoons today and they fit perfect but not as bright as I wanted. Just ordered some 4 led smd 5050 31mm festoons. Not sure what smd 5050 means but I know the 5050's I put in my map lights are really bright. Let the waiting begin!!!!

5050 is the size of the LED unit.

It's metric: 5.0mm x 5.0mm

and 3528s are 3.5mm x 2.8mm

Except that the power passenger seat doesn't have the hand lever on the right side.

In the case of a full power seat, always check on the back of the seat near the hinge area (where the release on a 2 seater would be)