How to Enable B&O Beosonic EQ with FORScan

[Mach-Lee]

Beosonic is sort of graphic equalizer that allows you to adjust the tonal quality of the sound to your liking. It's much better than the standard 3-band EQ (bass, mid, treble) that Ford gives by default and allows you to dial in the tonality with greater precision. It debuted on 2024 Mach-E's, but is present in the current SYNC software and can be enabled by simply changing a few as-built values.

Requirements:
B&O sound system
Recent APIM version (6.2.1 or later)
Latest DSP software (14C589-AD)
FORScan license
OBD adapter

I'm not going to explain the whole process of using FORScan, if you haven't used it before read Livnitup's FORScan tutorial here. Remember you can mess things up if you do something wrong, so make a note or save the original config before editing.

Here are the required as-built hex changes for Mach-E's:

DSP 783-01-01 xx1x xx

APIM 7D0-01-01 xxx9 xxxx xx

You can edit the number, double check you did it correctly, then click the write button. If it doesn't work, turn the car off, open the door, wait 5 minutes and try again. Then proceed to a SYNC reboot if necessary.

If you are successful, the Beosonic option will show up in the sound settings:

Drag the white dot and release it to change the sound. If the bright and warm positions don't sound any different, your DSP software is too old to support Beosonic, update it with FDRS. Double tap the dot to enable/disable surround sound mode (there will be double rings around the white dot when enabled).

Bright = increased treble, sounds hot
Warm = decreased treble, sounds muddy
Energetic = increased bass, sounds punchy
Relaxed = decreased midrange?, sounds hollow

My personal favorite is the yellow/orange position shown in the above photo. I prefer stereo mode instead of surround mode (surround puts too much emphasis on the center speaker). Enabling this has increased the clarity and punchiness of the sound significantly, I like it a lot better now. For audiophiles you'll notice a slight increase in distortion when Beosonic in use, but it won't be that noticeable while driving with all the road noise. Fixing the tonality is the greatest benefit.

NOTE: I’ve noticed that making these changes causes the ACM to lose its configuration for some reason. Afterwards, you should check for codes, and reconfigure the ACM if the “initial configuration incomplete” code is present.

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[Mike G]

@Mach-Lee does FORSCAN !! And does it very, very well!

Lee, this is a very nice tutorial, and some seriously value-added content.

Well done sir!

 

[MacheTwins]

So do I need the latest update to see or do this I assume? As of now I am not showing this in my 2023 GT

 

[Neil4Real]

So do I need the latest update to see or do this I assume? As of now I am not showing this in my 2023 GT

I’m not sure your question, did you read the post? You have to do the changes in Forscan, it won’t appear from any OTA. Only 2024s have it natively.

 

[MacheTwins]

Sorry for the confusion, so as of now 2023s don’t have it? And how the heck do you change it in Forscan? What is forscan sorry for all the questions. I would really like this cause the current status of my B&O system is fair at best compared to the other high end systems I’ve had with other cars.

 

[Vgkfan]

Thanks so much Lee, I would love to have that feature but hate to screw something up. At least now I have the info to try.

 

[Vgkfan]

Hey ford, 10s of thousands of Mach e owners could buy Forscan equipment (and possibly Fdrs license), learn how to use it(them), and significantly improve their sound system. Or, someone there could make the couple of changes necessary, then send It ota. I’m sure it’s more complicated than that, but seems WAY more efficient than each owner making these changes individually. Since it comes with the 24s, its doable I would think.

 

[N1naz]

Then how would they sell more 2024's

 

[Rory]

Hey ford, 10s of thousands of Mach e owners could buy Forscan equipment (and possibly Fdrs license), learn how to use it(them), and significantly improve their sound system. Or, someone there could make the couple of changes necessary, then send It ota. I’m sure it’s more complicated than that, but seems WAY more efficient than each owner making these changes individually. Since it comes with the 24s, its doable I would think.

Since it’s third-party software, it may be that Ford only paid the license fee for its new car production.

 

[Vgkfan]

I suppose that’s possible. if so, would it be illegal for me to turn it on myself?

 

[Rory]

Note: if your APIM config doesn't start with A081, then the change may be different. Add 8 to the last digit (mine is 5 so the result is D in hex). This edit worked for me. Beosonic now on! Now I just have to figure out what to do with it.

 

[Rory]

I suppose that’s possible. if so, would it be illegal for me to turn it on myself?

I am not a lawyer, but I seriously doubt that there's an issue. This is like tearing off mattress tags that state "do not remove".

 

[Mach-Lee]

Note: if your APIM config doesn't start with A081, then the change may be different. Add 8 to the last digit (mine is 5 so the result is D in hex). This edit worked for me. Beosonic now on! Now I just have to figure out what to do with it.

Did you change that previously to show radio station logos?

 

[Rory]

Did you change that previously to show radio station logos?

Yes. I forgot what happened, so I started digging into Forscan to figure out why things were different, and that was it. By the way, that flag didn't do anything for my car, so I'm probably going to turn it off and go from 'D' to '9'.

 

[Rory]

Hey ford, 10s of thousands of Mach e owners could buy Forscan equipment (and possibly Fdrs license), learn how to use it(them), and significantly improve their sound system. Or, someone there could make the couple of changes necessary, then send It ota. I’m sure it’s more complicated than that, but seems WAY more efficient than each owner making these changes individually. Since it comes with the 24s, its doable I would think.

If this statement from https://media.ford.com/content/ford...ic-put-perfect-sound-at-your-fingertips-.html is correct, they’re not going to add this to older cars.

Beosonic™ is an ex-works feature and unfortunately cannot be added to vehicles with B&O Sound Systems already on the road.​

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