Backup Camera Display Suddenly Has New Features

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rndlmn4

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I have owned my 2015 Expedition XLT since February, 2015, and I use the backup camera display almost every day I drive it. Recently, the display went haywire with the screen showing a black, distorted (similar to static noise) image. I searched this forum to see if others had experienced the same thing, and if they had, to find an explanation or solution. I found a couple things to try, with one of those being checking the connection of the wires going to the rear view mirror.

The next time time I started my Expedition after checking those wires, the display returned to normal. But, it now included something I had never seen before. Two icons now appeared in the center, at the bottom edge of the display. One looked like a bar chart, and the other was a magnifying glass. The second one was easy to figure out; it was a switch for activating a zoomed-in close-up view. The first one didn't become obvious until I backed up close to an object. It activates a "boxed" zone in green, yellow, or red to show how close you are to making contact. Turned off, you simply get the hash-lined grid in green, yellow, and red.

I like these features but I wonder why I suddenly see them, after three plus years of owning my vehicle. I have no idea if the black, distorted image I saw on the display for a couple days, is associated with these new features. It's almost as if Ford did a firmware update on the display via Synch, without notifying me or giving me an on-screen option to accept or decline the update.

Your thoughts on this?
 

Habbibie

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My 2018 ford transit 250 work van has the magnifying glass symbol and the - sign for the bars too.... always been there (sync 3), it's a great feature for backing up to a trailer! also my van is the only one with a sky view camera, my coworkers who drive a verity of 2015-2018 transit Van's only have the - sign, no zoom in capability, they have mixed sync 3 and sync 1 systems, and all of them have the above liscense plate mounted camera

Maybe your car was glitched out and just now started working again... correctly. I dont see how ford can update a system on a car that isn't connected to wifi
 

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An update to add those features is possible, or, an update has reset any options you forgot about selecting years ago (now its in a default option suite).
 

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My guess is your wiring has been slightly jacked up and your display was not showing properly. And the icons were just off screen.
And now you fixed it the display is proper.
I bet before if you would have pushed the buttons the features would have activated or deactiveated like normal.
 

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Careful...your truck is about to become a transformer and stand up and shoot something lol.


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