Stay Simply Connected

Welcome to Simply Connected, the official blog from Simply Michigan Infotainment. I’m Nick and since 2018 I’ve helped Ford and Lincoln owners like yourself upgrade, replace and better understand their vehicle’s infotainment system.

Introduction

Here I’ll share practical installation advice, product updates, troubleshooting tips and straightforward explanations covering Sync 3, Sync 4, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and more. Whether you’re researching your first upgrade or looking for help with hardware you already own, my goal is to make the technology easier to understand and make things easy so you can focus on what matters most.

I'm looking forward to building this out more and I hope that there will be some information here that you will find beneficial.

A Small Thank You: Military & First Responder Discounts

Simply Michigan Infotainment proudly offers special savings to active and retired military members and first responders. Learn who qualifies and how to request your discount code safely.

No Sound in Your Ford or Lincoln? ACM Failure vs. APIM Failure

No Sound in Your Ford or Lincoln? Find out the differences between an ACM failure and a APIM failure.

Updating USB-C Hub with Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

Learn how to update the firmware on your USB-C hub with built-in wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. This quick guide walks you through the process and helps keep your hub running smoothly with the latest improvements.

Sync 2 vs. Sync 3: How to Tell Which System Your Ford or Lincoln Has

Not sure whether your Ford or Lincoln has Sync 2 or Sync 3? Learn the visual differences, what each system supports and whether an upgrade is possible.

Shipping Update 8/15/26

Hi all! I won't do many of these types of posts but I feel like I should in this instance since we have quite a few outstanding orders for our new USB-C hub with built in wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

We have quite a few orders needing to be fulfilled still. I'm not shipping orders this weekend but we do have some to fulfill Monday. We'll start with the oldest orders first; we're currently waiting for more to arrive to fulfill all of them. We should have 3 more shipments of these coming in with the first one arriving this week.

Our supplier should be restocking at the end of the month and we'll be placing another order for more when that happens.

Rest assured, we're shipping these out as fast as we can! Please reach out if you have any questions.

Change is in the air

It's been a big week with a few new updates and products. We updated a few of our most popular product pages with a new look, cut down on unnecessary images and tried highlighting the bits of information that matters the most. Further updates are coming for the rest of the product pages in the near future. Our goal is to have the most and clean concise store front possible, giving you all of the important information needed quickly.

Another big change is that our USB-C hubs with built in wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are shipping! This is very exciting for us and for a lot of vehicle owners (especially the 2015 F-150 guys) who were left out when we started offering our Ford OEM USB-C hub due to not having a proper sized conversion bezel for certain vehicles.

These USB-C hubs with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto have so far performed great in our testing. They connect right away, we haven't had any noticeable lag or random disconnects. They've been a hot seller this week.

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