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What happened to HD Radio and how do I get it back?

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Um, stupid question looking for a smart answer. Is the HD only on the premium lines I have a XLT and have not seen were HD is available...
Not stupid at all. So HD radio is available on any trim that has the B&O option.
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That little jewel is the ONLY thing Apple made that I actually liked.
In the early days of audio production on computers as well as education needs, I was a huge Apple and Mac fan/user. Ever since the iphone I have not. I remember the first iPhone I played with, my wife's, had a camera, but couldn't record video! Only stills.
 

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In the early days of audio production on computers as well as education needs, I was a huge Apple and Mac fan/user. Ever since the iphone I have not. I remember the first iPhone I played with, my wife's, had a camera, but couldn't record video! Only stills.
That's what killed it for me, the iPhone. Had one, couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Android ever since.
 

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Pandora has excellent sound quality, you have to tick the box in settings for higher quality sound though, it's turned off by default. This is for paid subs, no idea if it's available on the free version.

No cd player on the system I have, I do have experience ripping mp3's. Sure do miss those days of dialing into Napster (56k) and waking up to a bunch of new tunes lol.
Ah'hh the memories . . you could get some pretty different music that way. I learned of a couple of new bands I would have never heard of any other way...
 

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My 2023 Platinum always had HD FM radio until a recent software update (I'm not sure which one). Now, no more HD radio. Has anyone else experienced this, and how do I get it back?
I checked you ab data and it seems like HD radio is enabled in both the APIM and the ACM. I can also see you got an ACM update in June and two APIM updates (one in July and one in August). What I am not sure is if the data I am seeing online is accurate or not. If you have FORScan, check what you show here in the APIM:


Ford F-150 Lightning What happened to HD Radio and how do I get it back? 1761750766073-z2


Right now, you show an 8 there which seems correct.

Also, check what you show here in the ACM:

Ford F-150 Lightning What happened to HD Radio and how do I get it back? 1761750980639-wv


Right now, you show a 0 which means HDR is enabled. If both of those values match up, then I am stumped.
 

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Thanks for looking all of this up. I'll try to fire up Forscan and have a look at this myself.
 

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Owners of XLTs (like mine) and PROs can self-install the HD radio. It's actually not that hard.

The ACM (Audio Control Module) has one steel box form factor for its versions and lives behind the 8-inch screen. It's all accessible through the top trim tray. Once in through the top, You pull out and unplug the old ACM and plug in and secure the new ACM, and then do FORScan mods to have the system recognize the added HD board inside the ACM.

The ACMs available on EBay which do have the additional HD circuitry, all have the HD Radio symbol on their label on the lower left. Several such versions of the ACM will apparently work... I bought the 2022 version that ends with "-FEE".

This is well-covered on the ICE F150 Gen 14 blog.
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