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First thing I see is you want the aux switch CSM to be the 1-4 option. They will show up first in the EVIC under commercial settings. They’ll show up in the radio settings about a day later.

i changed it yesterday and so far the aux panel settings still havent shown up in the evic or the radio. i'm not seeing anything stating commercial in the evic.
 

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I ordered the same set that you have. ( still waiting for it to come) but just by reading your post would it not help to hook up the power wires?? How long did it take you to get yours ? Thanks


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I ordered the same set that you have. ( still waiting for it to come) but just by reading your post would it not help to hook up the power wires?? How long did it take you to get yours ? Thanks


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the aux kit? i think it took me maybe an hour to install. i'm gonna go hook up the two power wires now.
 

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the aux kit? i think it took me maybe an hour to install. i'm gonna go hook up the two power wires now.
The power wires for the box shouldn’t matter. I’m still in the process of laying out and building my box, and all I have is the switch bank installed. The EVIC setting showed up immediately.
 

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the aux kit? i think it took me maybe an hour to install. i'm gonna go hook up the two power wires now.

No I ordered my Aux kit from them Jan 1st and have not received it yet. Says 2.5 weeks lead time?


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No I ordered my Aux kit from them Jan 1st and have not received it yet. Says 2.5 weeks lead time?


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just wired up the power wires.
mine took awhile also. ordered mine on 11-9-19 and got it 12-19-19. i figured due to the holidays is why mine took so long.

now to just figure out why the aux settings arent showing up in the evic or the radio. ill give it a few more days for it to pop up.
 

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The power wires for the box shouldn’t matter. I’m still in the process of laying out and building my box, and all I have is the switch bank installed. The EVIC setting showed up immediately.

ill give it a few days, if it doesnt show up ill change the setting to absent and try it again.
 

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Try going into the rf hub and checking for faults


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OK. SO when mine was made in brazil and a 4 door hatchback from the future, start at the bcm. screw one at a time. do 10. wait 30 seconds and see which 2 if any didnt stick. soon it will just keep saying ecu error out of parameter, THEN RESET RF HUB. rinse and repeat. keep in mind when you do something like a power mirror you have to go strait to the door module, seat ect. keep reseting the rf hub when you stall out. and slowly youll know every damn thing thats in alpha cause youll have reset it all 2x. but this only works if you have another ride for about....6 days for me. but i got a lift out of it for free and HID with only ballast/ignitors. and when you are done run the ABS reset and the occupant straight(ABS calibrate last) no more codes
 

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OK. SO when mine was made in brazil and a 4 door hatchback from the future, start at the bcm. screw one at a time. do 10. wait 30 seconds and see which 2 if any didnt stick. soon it will just keep saying ecu error out of parameter, THEN RESET RF HUB. rinse and repeat. keep in mind when you do something like a power mirror you have to go strait to the door module, seat ect. keep reseting the rf hub when you stall out. and slowly youll know every damn thing thats in alpha cause youll have reset it all 2x. but this only works if you have another ride for about....6 days for me. but i got a lift out of it for free and HID with only ballast/ignitors. and when you are done run the ABS reset and the occupant straight(ABS calibrate last) no more codes


P.S. dont bother with dealer. they made my truck 3 years older and no longer had a serial number to ecu nor its factory vin. That may hurt later. IT say ORIGINAL VIN________________
current VIN C6RR7UT526.......
 

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@Jimmy07 every time I try to set the IPC settings menu the "yes" option sticks but I never see the menu show up in the EVIC. Any ideas?

I also don't see meant of these options in the radio either?

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I've never been able to get the Aux switch CSM to pop up on my radio, but I can get the commercial menu in my cluster.
 

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I've never been able to get the Aux switch CSM to pop up on my radio, but I can get the commercial menu in my cluster.
Did it just appear or did you have to Alfa it?

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No I had to enable it with Alfa, Aux Switch CSM. I thought there was one for a commercial menu too but I'm not seeing it.
No worries thanks. I'm specifically trying to get the IPC Feature Configuration menu to show in the cluster but I get nothing. I originally thought I had a 2014 cluster but I looked up the VIN and it's from a 2013. It's been installed for 4 years now without issue in my 2014 but when I upgraded to a UAS radio the compass heading stops working.

I don't have any of the Compass settings (calibration etc...) In the cluster or radio. I feel like I'm missing many settings available to others...

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Pretty much everything you can think of has been tried. I personally haven't had it happen to me so I have no first hand knowledge but from what I have read disconnecting the battery, removing and reinstalling the speedometer, ect hasn't made any difference but you never know what guys have actually done. It isn't hard to pull it out so if you want to try disconnecting the battery and pulling it out and re installing it just to make sure it couldn't hurt. If it were me as I have stated I would stick the stock speedometer back in and see if the turn by turn functions correctly and go from there. If it does you know for sure the speedometer is actually getting the correct signal. I forgot to also mention you can do a soft reset on the radio by pushing the volume and the browse buttons simultaneously for around five seconds with the truck running untill the radio reboots. It most likely won't make any difference but you can try.

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Pretty much everything you can think of has been tried. I personally haven't had it happen to me so I have no first hand knowledge but from what I have read disconnecting the battery, removing and reinstalling the speedometer, ect hasn't made any difference but you never know what guys have actually done. It isn't hard to pull it out so if you want to try disconnecting the battery and pulling it out and re installing it just to make sure it couldn't hurt. If it were me as I have stated I would stick the stock speedometer back in and see if the turn by turn functions correctly and go from there. If it does you know for sure the speedometer is actually getting the correct signal. I forgot to also mention you can do a soft reset on the radio by pushing the volume and the browse buttons simultaneously for around five seconds with the truck running untill the radio reboots. It most likely won't make any difference but you can try.

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Hey Rick, just wanted to give you a update, took out the 2015 evic, put in the 2014 evic, nav pop ups show correctly on display, numerical, written and arrow graphic, I don't believe the 2015 evic is totally compatible with the 2014 truck. 2015 and up may be interchangeable with 16, 17,18, but I think the correct is 2014 in a 2014, 2013 in a 2013. Just some info on what I've experienced! Thank you for your help!
 

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Hey Rick, so if you happen to run across anybody that's looking for a 2015 7"evic , I've got one to sell I'd do 340$ on it, nothing wrong with it, thanks for your info!
 

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I’m looking to change my splash screen with Alfa. I’ve read that some changes with Alfa cause several things to change within the truck. Is changing the splash one of those or does it simply change the screen and nothing else? I want to make sure before I make this change.
 

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I changed mine under special packages configuration 1 and 3 and it only changed my splash screen nothing else..:)
 

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Ok. Just wanted to check. Thanks. I’m going in!


Got it switched. Awesome. Thanks to all in the forum.
 
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Next one is the switch from 3” to 7” cluster.
This is the correct code???

ECUConfig 4-IPC Feature Configuration “YES”

it’s a little stressful changing some of this stuff not knowing if your creating big problems.
 

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Yes I know it is, did you do a bcm log with alpha so you have a record of your original settings? And I did not change anything with ecu configuration...
 
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