Screen+Frame fitment - knobs, hazard switch and cubby stay where Ford put them
Ford gave this generation a display the size of a business card. The 9481 puts a 9-inch or 10.1-inch panel above the control panel you already own, and you keep every knob under it.
Fitment is decided by your console, not the badge: the Ford Transit Connect 2018-2020, the Ford Tourneo Connect 2018-2020 and the Ford Explorer Police 2020-2024, and the two vans share a dash moulding, so one bracket covers both.
Two consoles take it, and you'll spot yours in a second: the monochrome display between preset keys 1 to 6, or the base version with a cubby. The SYNC touchscreen dash and the older silver button bank don't.
| Model | Panel | Vehicle | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9481 | 9-inch or 10.1-inch QLED | Transit Connect / Tourneo Connect | 2018-2020 |
| 9481 | 9-inch or 10.1-inch QLED | Explorer Police | 2020-2024 |
Owners hunting a Ford Tourneo Connect 2019 OEM Style Screen want a wider map without losing the factory panel. Send a VIN and a photo and we'll confirm the bracket.
The factory unit is thin: a small display, a station name, a Bluetooth page, a knob at each end. On a delivery van that means your phone on the windscreen, which is annoying by Thursday. Why live with that?
The 9481 sits above your key row instead of replacing it, your knobs, media keys, hazard switch and cubby stay put, and the Android screen floats over them on its own bracket, so your dash still reads as one.
One thing I'd rather repeat: the bracket mounts onto your car's original frame, and that frame isn't in the box. A dash someone already butchered is an awkward candidate, and I'd rather say so now. Same logic on the Ford Explorer Police 2020-2024 Screen+Frame Kit, where the dash above the vents is shorter.
Three routes exist. One leaves your dash untouched.
| What you are comparing | Keep the factory unit | A generic kit | 9481 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen | Small, mostly text | Housing above the dash | QLED in the factory frame |
| Factory key row | In use | Covered over | Left in the dash |
Factory and generic columns are general patterns; the right column is what we ship.
The gap is the bracket. A dash kit that wants your surround trimmed never looks factory again, which is maddening on a van you plan to keep. On the Ford Explorer Police 2020-2024 it matters more: many arrive from service with a blanking plate, and the ones I've seen through an auction yard have a hole.
Fleet buyers search a Ford Explorer Police 2022 CarPlay Radio because the pool car came without one. They ask two things: does it fill the hole, and does it survive a shift?
Everything below comes off the unit or its settings page.
The 9-inch screen runs 1280 by 720; a 2000 by 1200 panel is listed for both sizes if you want it.
Bonded into one sheet, so low sun doesn't turn your map into a mirror. The page claims 40 per cent in direct light.
What the settings page reports. I won't quote core counts; ask for the sheet.
FM is where cheap kits fail in a steel box; this tuner holds your station out past the ring road.
The settings tree decides whether you'll like an Android head unit or resent it: Network, Navi, Reversing, Audio, Sleep, General, About. Reversing has its own page, which you'll use more than you think.
The launcher splits the panel down the middle, with the clock and speed on the left, the map on the right and the dock along the bottom, and on a Ford Transit Connect 2018-2020 that's the layout you'll actually read while queuing at a gate with your radio still playing.
There's an online theme store too - Dream, Batman, Maldives, Secret, Glasstexture, Chess. I've noticed most owners pick one and never open it again.
The radio page is the one you'll live in: frequency, band, RDS text, six presets. and your thumb finds the row without looking, whether you took the Ford Transit Connect 2018-2020 Car Multimedia Player in 9 inches or 10.1.
Cameras, DAB+, tyre sensors and a 360 kit are listed separately - shelf parts, not box contents. Most Ford Transit Connect 2018-2020 Car Multimedia Player orders leave with a camera in the same box.
Two things depend on your van: steering wheel controls run through the CANBUS box, and which buttons survive depends on trim, while a factory amplifier changes the adapter, so tell us up front and we'll match it.
Trim tool under the top edge, clips first. Photograph the plugs before they part.
The frame stays in the van; the bracket picks up its mounting points, so your screen lines up.
Radio, map, steering buttons, reverse trigger. A loose plug you find now saves an hour.
One check first: if you asked for a Ford Tourneo Connect 2019 OEM Style Screen and your dash is the SYNC version, we'll stop the order rather than ship a bracket that won't sit.
Wiring is where these jobs go wrong, and rarely the harness: it's the reverse camera trigger tapped on the wrong side of the lamp, or a dash kit forced over a clip that rattles for a year, which is frustrating later. I keep telling installers that.
We ship worldwide: weekly consignments to Europe and the Middle East, air freight into Australia and New Zealand, every kit with a printed pinout.
Fleet orders for a Ford Explorer Police 2022 CarPlay Radio ship as one batch, pinouts collated for the workshop fitting them.
For a Ford Tourneo Connect 2018-2020 your order starts with the console photo, not the screen. Year, factory display, amp or not - one reply covers both.
Authorised distribution and after-sales support for this retrofit is handled by Zhuhai WITSON Industrial Co., Ltd. - Tel: +86-756-8120312, 8120211, 8120212.
Check the kit against your console
Send the VIN, model year and a dash photo. We'll confirm bracket and panel size before shipping.
If you are an installer or wholesale partner interested in 9481 bulk orders or custom fascia modification, reach out to our team for special terms and technical document packages.
9481 Screen+Frame
9 / 10.1 inch
Yes, if the display is the monochrome one between preset keys 1 to 6. If your dash has the SYNC touchscreen, it doesn't.
No. The bracket uses your car's original frame and the screen sits proud of the key row. That frame isn't supplied, so a dash already cut is worth photographing.
Steering controls run through the CANBUS box, so most keep working. The amplifier is the part to flag: vans built with one need a different adapter, which we sort at order time.
CarPlay is built in, so nothing hangs off your dash. Whether your build takes the phone on the cable depends on the batch, so ask when you order.
The camera is separate; the input and trigger are on the harness either way. Of the factory panel only the screen goes, and whether your keys still work depends on trim.
Most builds I've seen go 9-inch: less room above the vents than in the vans. The Ford Explorer Police 2020-2024 Screen+Frame Kit comes in both sizes, so a photo settles it.
