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i want my old system back !!! !!!

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#1 ·
new 2017 gt..8.4 nine speaker/nav,,half of this NEW stuff doesnt work !!

move/ get my icons where i want them one first screen,,turn car off and it puts them back to factory
surround sound on/off icon has disappeared from xm stations,,only reappears with usb/hd radio,,it was there before some kind of jacked up xm update [they did not me]
favorite artist alert is visual only even though ive set it to visual/audio
keeps poping up [radio disable you must start vehicle] when i push start button one time no foot on brake
if i get a text message through the blue tooth system,,i can only reply with 18 preset answers,,i try to use respond by voice recognition by pressing the respond by voice recognition icon and nothing happens wont let me my old systems would let me say what i wanted to say and send
ive had 5 of these same systems in cars/trucks and have NEVER has a single problem like this new fangled updated system [yea what ever] hopefully its just not my system and they will push some kind of update
ive talked to deal and they dont know if all these problems are normal or its mine,,guess ill have to wait and see,, sure is an expensive/pretty dash hole filler !!! :crying::crying:
 
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#2 · (Edited)
Don't be too much in despair.....

I have a 2016 and the surround sound button only works with HD Radio or USB. The button is there but it is "grayed out" (dim) in satellite.

It says on the display that surround sound doesn't work in all modes.

Are you sure it actually worked in satellite before or was the button there but grayed out?

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Don't be too much in despair.....

I have a 2016 and the surround sound button only works with HD Radio or USB. The button is there but it is "grayed out" (dim) in satellite.

It says on the display that surround sound doesn't work in all modes.

Are you sure it actually worked in satellite before or was the button there but grayed out?
I have another surround sound-related question: What exactly does the feature do? In normal mode, the sound is already going to all the speakers, correct? Does it simply put a reverb or delay on the signal to create a sense of depth and added dimension?
 
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yes gearset807,, one of the first things i check before i took it off the lot [i ordered the gt] ive had a dart/chysler 200s /jeep Cherokee,,all with the 9 speaker system and ALL had surround sound enabled in xm mode
the jeep was a 2016,,,went back to dealer and he let me get into the jeep still on lot and guess what,,surround sound enabled on xm !! does it sound different,,you bet !! thats why its called surround sound !!
dont know why its grayed out in the 17's but i guess ill just have ta suck it up because they probably aint gonna fix it
 
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Bear with me....just want to make sure I understand...

My 2016 Challenger also has the surround sound grayed out in satellite mode. It has been that way from the beginning. Are you saying it shouldn't be?

Anyone else on the forum want to comment? I assumed since my satellite radio mode always had surround sound grayed out I thought it was normal.

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it WAS NOT grayed out when i drove it off the lot,,about a week later some kinda of subscription update flashed real quick on sirrius ,just barley caught it updating,,after that it was grayed out
i noticed the sound difference right away,,took me a while to figure out what happened,,then i found the grayed out icon,,fired up usb/hd radio and it was enabled again,,back to sirrius /off again
beats me,,i have a subscription so its not that,,guardian is active so its not that either !! if it wasnt still working in the 2016 jeep on the dealer lot ide be ok with it i guess
its just bs it was some kind off non-elective update !!
 
#8 ·
exactly !! it disables the front speaker,,an kills the more clearer/ambient sound,,,you have to be going at least 20mph to defeat the noise level bs installed on the head unit,if you have it set on 3 [off-1-2-3]
you will notice a big difference in sound and sound level !! when 20+mph
 
#10 ·
Hi raider53,

Sorry to hear about this, can you PM our page with your VIN? I'd like to look into this further for you.

Andrea
Dodge Social Care Specialist
 
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unfortunately i did !! suck it up !!! look on my 'just found out' post
 
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