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The displays are illuminated by LED"s but also contain a colored layer of foil that is embedded between the layers of glass. The green displays have a green colored foil while the red displays have a red colored foil.

Installing a MK2 instrument cluster with green illumination or MK2.5 instrument cluster is perfectly possible. Since 2008 I have done this at least a dozen times. Even an RS instrument cluster is fully compatible with any MK2/MK2.5 Petrol version. Installing an MK2.5 instrument cluster can also be quite cheap. Recently I bought a low mileage, mint condition MK2.5 instrument cluster with large display from a UK based scrap yard I paid less than €100,- including P&P. The Focus MK2/MK2.5 instrument cluster can easily be configured/reprogrammed using a cheap ELM327 in combination with the free ELMconfig and Forscan software.

Ford and Microsoft joined forces to release the first iteration of SYNC back in 2007, which enabled mobile phone and digital media player connectivity. It made its way into 2008 model year Fords as a $395 option on the Focus, Fusion, Edge, and more. The first iteration of Ford SYNC was fairly basic, and did not incorporate an LCD display. However, it included Bluetooth phone integration with voice-activated hands-free calling, phone book transfer, text-to-speech, and voice control of your music.

Ford’s second-generation infotainment system, dubbed SYNC with MyFord Touch, expounds upon the first SYNC system"s capabilities, upgrading the Focus" center stack with an eight-inch touch-screen LCD that serves as the main interface for SYNC with MyFord Touch. The system supports complete voice control of all infotainment features, including phone, radio, navigation, and climate control. Voice control is backed up by physical buttons on the center stack and steering wheel for quick access.

Ford tapped Freescale Semiconductor for the system-on-chip, or SoC, that powers SYNC with MyFord Touch. At the heart of Ford"s implementation you"ll find an i.MX51x-series SoC with 512 MB of memory and 2 GB of NAND flash. Ford isn"t particularly forthcoming with information about its implementation, but we confirmed that the company is using the i.MX516 (a fairly easy task, since Freescale only has two models in the family intended for automotive use). Interestingly, the i.MX516 packs an HD video processing unit, which SYNC with MyFord Touch does not yet exploit.

Though the Freescale i.MX51x family was released in 2009, it"s powerful enough to drive Ford’s touch-screen user interface. The SoC"s CPU consists of a single 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 core with Advanced SIMD extensions (referred to as NEON). The NEON instruction set helps accelerate media-oriented tasks, such as voice recognition and audio processing, though we"re not certain whether SYNC takes advantage of the extensions or not.

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This item is a color TFT LCD screen for a 2012 – 2018 Ford Focus. This screen will repair your black or blank speedometer display. Installation is simple. Simply remove the cluster, then remove the front lens and rear panel. The TFT LCD screen will easily pop out without disturbing the gauge needles. The small ribbon cable attached to the screen is also attached to the back of the circuit board. Carefully release the clip on the circuit board and remove the screen with the ribbon attached.

When you receive the new screen, you will reuse the original ribbon. Simply transfer it over to your new TAE screen. No programming is required. After installing your new LCD screen, plug your cluster back into your vehicle and enjoy a working display.

PLEASE NOTE: 2013 Ford Escape uses two different versions of this LCD screen.  With mounting bracket and without, please use the videos below to determine the correct LCD screen.