Black screen on sync 3 retrofit

[Kaysr07]

Hello all! Tried posting on other forums and haven't had much luck, I am trying to retrofit sync 3 into my 13 edge limited i have the module and screen from a 17 escape along with the usb, I know about the brackets so not worried about them, but when plugging it in and turning the car on i get a black screen, the right side of the cluster is working but wont let me turn on audio or connect a phone or use navi, the sw controls wont work and radio controls on the climate control wont light up but for a second then go dim, when i hit the power button or turn the volume up and down i get nothing i am able to program as built data to the apim but anything i change doesn't work when i feel like it should be working since i can edit data and get no apim errors. Just a black screen could the screen be bad? Ive used my as built data ive use a 2017 edge data a 2017 flex data and the original 17 escape data and nothing has worked not sure what im doing wrong if anything, I have also edited the acm and sccm thinking it could be something in those modules, or possibly could be vin locked if that's a thing, would really like to get this going but i dont know where to really start.

[dabangsta]

Where did you source the screen and APIM from? The screen only connects to the APIM using that 4 pin LVDS cable, is that plugged in? If it doesn't really work, but you can communicate with it using Forscan, then it could be a bad screen, cable, or not plugged in. Also not all APIMs can control an 8 inch screen, some are for smaller format screens (Transit Connect comes to mind).

 

I did this update to my 2016 MKZ, I decided to go with a ~$300 kit from China, as a bonus they did use my VIN and AsBuilt data to enable all my options (ambient lighting, cooled seats, active park assist, etc), but I did go and change some things like the startup sequence. I had to modify my screen mount, but otherwise it was plug and play.