![]() ![]() However, their Pods are only free to customers on the 1GB, Volt (or old Ultimate Oomph) packages - is that you? If so they are worth trying - they should work for you. VM now supply “wifi Pods” (no longer doing cheap and cheerless “boosters”). If you want "guaranteed" wifi then see this. They will only replace it if is proven faulty - and then probably with a refurbished Hub3. See if these changes help - you will lose any “seamless roaming” benefits but it may not matter and you can always change the settings back by doing a " pinhole factory reset " if you prefer the way it was - or it doesn’t help. You should also use a wifi analyser App (or Airport Utility on iOS) to check which 2.4 channels are being heavily used around you and move yours to one of numbers 1,6,11 that is least so, but it wont help if there is other interference from outside sources Note all your wifi devices will need re-connecting to the new SSID's and passwords.Īll things being equal, 5 GHz is always better/faster and subject to less congestion/interference (and is better for iDevice speeds than the 2.4 one - although the 2.4 one has the better "range" and will be needed when the 5 GHz drops out of range and some older/cheaper/dumber or “specialised” devices can only use this one. Your 2 wifi networks will now be clearly separated - and you can then select the network you want each device to connect to… individually from the "available networks" list on each of your devices. Use the same password for simplicity, Then, apply settings and restart the Hub. ![]() Just type over to change 'em to whatever you like and something that will differentiate them (e.g - Billybob2 & Billybob5) Try to avoid spaces and periods in the SSID names as they can cause issues with certain devices. Then, go to advanced>wireless signal>security, rename the 2.4 & 5 GHz network ssid's. May be different pathways and wording on the 3 Hub types Then in Advanced>wireless signal >smart wifi - tick the disable “channel optimisation” box or “Smart Wifi” box and save settings. Type in into your web browser’s url box and login with settings password on the Hub's base sticker (or your own if you changed it). If you haven't done this already - try it first - it helps sort some Hub3/4/5 wifi issues for some devices. It might improve if you try disabling the "intelligent wifi" - if you want to give this a go. Unless you are on 1GB or Volt package - you have to pay for that guarantee at £8/month n.b.(BT charge £10 for their "guarantee") and I would rather use those monies to buy my own better equipment. The "only" wifi "guarantee" is that in the link I posted above. what VM actually supply and guarantee is a broadband connection supplied TO the Hub and measured on a device connected by ethernet cable. What exactly was done? Was the Sync unit (APIM) fully updated when the dealer worked on it? If not, I highly recommend doing that and can do that yourself through the Ford site: Ford Support | Update Your SYNC® System with a Flash Drive if that was not already done.No. Second is doing a master reset which will clear out any leftover cruft on the system and start fresh. If doing those two in tandem (update and then master reset in that order) doesn't resolve the issue, then it may just be a faulty unit.Īs far as the cost of the replacement, the first question should be if you have factory navigation or not. That'll be a major factor in determining the price. With $1000 wouldn't seem to be out of place for dealer pricing for a nav enabled unit. Non-nav that starts to be a bit pricey to the point you could probably do the job on your own. Direct pricing on usual suspects like eBay you can probably find the APIM on its own for around $300 for non-nav and $600 for nav (prices will vary of course and I don't have current number). Replacing the APIM (the unit in charge of Sync here) isn't that difficult. The actual hardware replacement is pretty easy. For this I highly recommend looking up videos for Sync 3 -upgrades- for the Ford Escape on Youtube. They are abundant and will show you the entire process. ![]() The interior of the '13-'19 Escapes is identical to the C-Max so the same instructions apply. The screen would not need to be replaced, but the APIM attached to it will. And since your car came with Sync 3, the more difficult part would be reprogramming the replacement module with the AsBuilt for your vehicle. ![]() But since it already came with Sync 3, that's as simple as pulling the original AsBuilt from Ford and applying it via ForScan and the appropriate OBD adapter. ![]()
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