mestguy182

I did Car Audio install professionally for 4 years. I still think the issue is that the Limited headunit doesn't have a built in amplifier. It probably has some very low power connector that goes to an external amp, like this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/171865901065?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82 which then powers the speakers. Whereas the non-Limited Headunit most likely has a small internal amplifier to power the speakers in the Edge. If you replace the Headunit with the Limited version and buy an external amp like the one I linked to you could possibly get audio. It depends on if the harness that goes from the Limited headunit to the external amp is in the car, but just taped off somewhere unused at the factory. Not only would you have to connect the Limited headunit to the external amp, you would have to connect your speakers to the external amp. This could be as simple as taking the wiring harness for the speakers that plugs into the back of the non-Limited headunit and, if the connector is the same, plugging it into the output of the external amp. If the connector is different, you'll have to find the connector somewhere online, and splice it together with the wiring harness that currently goes to the speakers. Note that there will be extra wires as the Limited audio system has a center channel and subwoofer, perhaps more speakers than that, not sure. This is just my theory, I haven't verified any of this, but in my experience this is how every other "Premium" audio system works in other vehicles.

Hey, was wondering the same thing and saw this post. I'm guessing you didn't have audio because the Sony radio used an external amp whereas the original radio had a less powerful amp built into it. Did you ever get it to work?

Thanks. I actually set the Tach type from Virtual Tach to Voltage and so far I haven't had an issue. I will definitely grab tach from the Fuel Injectors if the problem starts back up. Thanks!

Thanks for the reply. The alarm is set by default to use virtual tach (tachless) and it works most of the time. I tried relearning tach once but it didn't seem to work. Any other ideas?

Hello All, I have a 2011 Ford Edge SEL that I installed a Viper 5706 in. I used to do car audio install professionally and the install was pretty straight forward but I've been having an issue where sometimes after remote starting the engine cuts off. This can happen, 30 seconds or 10 minutes after remote starting. I don't think it's the bypass since the remote start works fine most of the time, and the times it does shut off are usually after it's been running for a little while. I used virtual tach when I installed the 5706, my best guess is I need to run an actual tach wire and see if that fixes anything. The other thing I noticed is that the engine seems to shut off more frequently a few seconds after a door opens, not every time though. I used the dome light for my doorpin input, wondering if that is somehow causing an issue too. Thanks for any help you can offer!

Not sure about the passenger side but you can grab 12v ignition (white/orange) from the ignition harness. If you grab accessory from the ignition harness or somewhere else it loses 12v when the car is cranking, the ignition wire does not. Good luck!

Discovered more craziness today. So not only does the car have to be in park for the lights to come on, I metered the connections and the factory harness 12V wire is constantly hot once out of park and goes to 0 volts once in Park. If I put the car in drive, unplug the factory harness and plug it back in then the lights will pop on, so I'm thinking the issue is there just isn't enough voltage to activate the ballast/relay when the car is in drive coming from the factory harness (by factory harness I mean the plug that plugged into the standard headlight), or it takes too long to ramp upto 12 volts so the ballast/relay doesn't pop on. As for solutions, I'm thinking putting a capacitor between the factory harness and the ballast/relay might work. What do you guys think? Thanks, Justin

I saw on the window sticker that my Edge has the DRL option but I'm not sure which lights that is referring to, my car is originally from Florida. I did discover something interesting today, the HIDs turn on every time the car is park but never in drive or manual. They even turn on in auto, but again only if the car is park. Any ideas?

Thanks Atreies, I tried without the relay harness and they wouldn't fire for me either. Capacitor seems like it might be my best bet, you'd think the relay would provide enough voltage if the factory wires weren't, especially since it's only 35 watts. Oh well, let me know how they work when you get them on. Thanks, Justin

Thanks for the reply. When you say harness, do you mean the part with the relay? The wires look to be 14 gauge to me but I could be mistaken. Thanks, Justin

Hi, I purchased a 2011 SEL last week and pretty much the first thing I did was order some HID's for it. I used Xenon Depot before on my Acura RSX Type-S and had good luck so I thought I'd go ahead and try them again. Install was pretty easy, I grabbed 12V from the battery and grounded each headlight to factory grounding spots (bolts) in the engine bay and the rest was plug and play. I did use the relay harness that came with the headlights because the directions didn't say anything about not using them. So my problem is they don't always turn on, when they do I'm happy with the warm up time and color (5000k) but it's really hit or miss and I can't figure out why. Should I give it a shot without the relays? Anything else I can try? Thanks! Here is what I bought: http://www.xenondepot.com/9006-HID-Kit-Xtreme-HID-p/xt-9006.htm