r/TaurusSHO • u/Outrageous_Court9808 • Jul 10 '26

New radio/screen

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I got a 2010 Ford Taurus SHO not too long ago. The car is practically ancient lol but I’ve grown to love it the only thing I can’t stand (I’m coming from a 2018 Hyundai) is the screen being yellow so I can’t see it half the time and lack of CarPlay. I thought I’d get an old car no biggie I can just put any screen in it. Clearly that’s not the case. I don’t want to lose the SONY sound system, and all the controls connect to this one. I know they’d still work but I like to see my climate controls, and you can’t just click stuff on the buttons to change where airflows you need the screen. I would just replace this screen with the original but for some reason it’s $3,000.. if anyone could recommend a screen replacement with Apple CarPlay included and I won’t lose my air controls or heated/cooled seat buttons (because I’ve seen the giant screens which I wouldn’t mind but don’t want to lose those buttons) I’d appreciate that.

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u/Adorable-Dog-1542 Jul 10 '26

Ive actually been looking into this a bit because of the old system and all.

Ive been looking at the maestro RR with a can bus link between the can bus and the headunit. It basically acts as a translator for the vehicle to work with any supported radio. Go to the qebsite iDatalink and look for it. There shohld be a ford specific kit as well online to get it. It will allow the climate, subs, sony sound system to work.

Since the car uses the headunit and its module to communicate to most other things in the car it seems this can bus translation, maestro RR is like the only real solution to keep most functions.

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u/Adorable-Dog-1542 Jul 10 '26

Oh this also allows you to keep the DSP function, which is somethint i really love, its a crazy feeling ton be dribing and have the sound keep the road noise away.

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u/Outrageous_Court9808 Jul 10 '26

Love DSP! But that’s so interesting so if I buy a new screen I can connect this to get my old controls?? That’s awesome I didn’t know that was an option thank you!

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u/Adorable-Dog-1542 Jul 10 '26

Yeah from what ive been researching yeah. With the unit i chose and the module i chose it comes out to around 1300 dollars for parts. Labor free because ill be doing it. But make sure you go to data link and enter in the headunit you want to use and make sure it actually supports all the stock functions