Repurpose Phone button

[aussie4life]

Hey all. After having just fit a Paddle shift kit to my '10 International, ive got the itch to work on the old girl again.

One thing that has always bugged me is the Phone button on the steering wheel controls. I have actually removed the BT module thats above the glove box as i have BT on my Head Unit (Sony xav-ax1000). But now that leaves me with a useless button on the wheel. Right now it still pops up phone on the dash but does nothing.

I was wondering if there is a way to have it work with the rest of the stereo controls (vol, skip, audio and mute buttons)? Can it be rewired to work this way? If i understand the functions correctly, they are resistance based and run single wire to the head unit.

Sorry if this has been covered but looking thru google/search, nothing specific to my question came up.

Cheers

 

[Lex]

Hey all. After having just fit a Paddle shift kit to my '10 International, ive got the itch to work on the old girl again.

One thing that has always bugged me is the Phone button on the steering wheel controls. I have actually removed the BT module thats above the glove box as i have BT on my Head Unit (Sony xav-ax1000). But now that leaves me with a useless button on the wheel. Right now it still pops up phone on the dash but does nothing.

I was wondering if there is a way to have it work with the rest of the stereo controls (vol, skip, audio and mute buttons)? Can it be rewired to work this way? If i understand the functions correctly, they are resistance based and run single wire to the head unit.

Sorry if this has been covered but looking thru google/search, nothing specific to my question came up.

Cheers

My guess would be depends on the head unit.

I have a vt with aftermarket h/u.
The steering wheel is vf.
There is 3 wires for the swc to the h/u.
I have mute, navigation, home (desktop), forward, back, volume up down.

Check out a wiring diagram for the ve. I think you could probably program the buttons for whatever you want.

 

[lmoengnr]

Hey all. After having just fit a Paddle shift kit to my '10 International, ive got the itch to work on the old girl again.

One thing that has always bugged me is the Phone button on the steering wheel controls. I have actually removed the BT module thats above the glove box as i have BT on my Head Unit (Sony xav-ax1000). But now that leaves me with a useless button on the wheel. Right now it still pops up phone on the dash but does nothing.

I was wondering if there is a way to have it work with the rest of the stereo controls (vol, skip, audio and mute buttons)? Can it be rewired to work this way? If i understand the functions correctly, they are resistance based and run single wire to the head unit.

Sorry if this has been covered but looking thru google/search, nothing specific to my question came up.

Cheers

You'll probably need to know how the CAN system works.

 

[Lex]

You'll probably need to know how the CAN system works.

Forgot about this.
Probably my comment above wont work?

 

[lmoengnr]

Forgot about this.
Probably my comment above wont work?

Not sure, but he is using an aftermarket HU.
All the VE steering wheel controls go through CANbus.

 

[aussie4life]

Not sure, but he is using an aftermarket HU.
All the VE steering wheel controls go through CANbus.

Ahh that suck. Means bcm or ecu reprogramming doesnt it?

Edit: never mind. So it seems my hu does see and respond to the phone button in carplay mode. Only just worked this out after purchasing the quadlock wireless carplay adapter. Only usually use wired carplay for long trips/nav via waze

 

[Lex]

Ahh that suck. Means bcm or ecu reprogramming doesnt it?

Have a look in the aftermarket h/u.
Should be a section for programming the steering wheel controls?

 

[Lex]

What's the make an model of your h/u?

 

[aussie4life]

What's the make an model of your h/u?

https://www.sony.com.au/electronics/in-car-receivers-players/xav-ax1000 this is the unit ive got. so i worked out i was just being stupid. i went to map my keys again and low and behold, the call button does register. i must not have held it long enough or something. or maybe it was because when i first tried, the factory bt module was still installed.

 

[aussie4life]

quick follow up, for those who have the aerpro Fp9350 (bk or gk), and dont know this, once the car has booted fully, the steering wheel controls can be used to control the Climate control. You simply press in the left wheel and it activates. after 5 seconds of no input they revert to radio/HU. Im only posting this because ive had the fascia kit installed for over a year now and have only just figured this one out lol