Hi All,

I'm new to the forum and my primary focus is to try and figure out our stereo problem.

We just picked up our 2010 Limited EL and the sound compaired to our 2007 Limited EL is really poor. No bass, well barely any.

My husband opened up the back and the bass enclosure, amp and speaker are exactly the same (or they appear to be). He did the tech speaker test and they all appear to be working correctly. The only thing that seems to be different is the HU. We have the Sync Nav HU with the DVD player in the back. (All the same stuff as our 2007 except SYNC)

Has anyone else experienced the sound quality difference?
If so, do you know the cause and possible solution?

Thanks for any help,
Tammy

 

My 2010 Exp Limited sounds Great! Have you set you equalizer to the exact same settings that you had in your 2007 model? When we bought our 2010 I had to adjust the EQ to get the sound that I was looking for. The factory setting had the bass turned to standard settings.

Just my $.02.

 

Thanks for the reply...
I have the Sync/NAV radio and saw the eq on it, but didn't see where you would adjust the eq.
Can you direct me please?
I hope this is the fix we're looking for!
Tammy

 

Got the same Expy Limited you have. The adjustments are thru the touch screen. Have you gone thru the setup yet?

 

I'm not sure about the set up because we picked up the truck from the dealer and the sat radio was already working, but we see that you can adjust the eq ("the visual" eq looking thing in the sounds button section) with the bass/treble only. It doesn't allow us to make any other changes.

My '07 had a really great bass sound and this one is much less hard hitting and the treble is way too high.

We were wondering if there is some kind of a bass inhibitor setting in the radio, as this one is adifferent radio than the '07.

 

Not that I know of, mine works great also.

Maybe a trip back to the dealer can get you some help.

I would have to go look, but do you have the rear speakers turned on? Sounds dumb I know, but I didn't get good sound until I went thru the settings, one of which was to turn on the rear. lol

 

Where did you do the set up? Is it something I can redo?

All of the speakers are producing sound, but it just seems like the speakers are producing a much better sound than the sub and it doesn't vibrate (hit hard) the way my other one did.

 

Check pages 86 and 87 in your manual.
http://www.motorcraftservice.com/pub.../10ngnsn2e.pdf

Access the Sound menu on the main hu.

 

Yeah, we've gone to the sounds button. It only lets you adjust the bass and treble, not access the eq (like a real eq) to adjust the highs, lows, mids, etc.
Thanks for trying though.
My husband thinks it might be some factory settings in the HU that are regulating the sounds.

 

OK, sorry couldn't be of more help.

If you go back to dealer, post back the results.

 

If we can't find any other help with this issue than we WILL be going back to the dealer.

I think we'll go there just to listen to another truck and see if it sounds any different (to rule out ours being broken).

Most people prob wouldn't have an issue with the sound system, because for the most part it sounds good. My husband used to install custom systems for a living, a million years ago, so we're a little picky. The '07 just happened to have an amazing stock system, one of the best we've heard out of the box.

Thanks again for your help and I will post the findings, if we get any .

 

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