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hey
I'm trying to figure out this way of hooking my steering wheel controls to my new head unit. i'm in the process of trying it and if it works could save alot of money on a SWI .
for the record i have a pioneer DEH-P800BT and a VU commodore ute S.
i read on another post that it was possible to rewire the steering wheel controls with pioneer head units, althought i cant see why this wouldnt work with other head units with a wired remote option.
what i read sounds good in theory. the idea is that a steering wheel interface(like the CAT X) , is just a device that can assign different resistances to the existing buttons to match the resistances that are required by the head unit.
if i can remove the steering wheel buttons and install new resistors at values required by the head unit, theoretically, they should work.. and without a expensive SWI .....? right??
so in terms of the right values i have this chart: Pioneer wired remote controls HACK/DIY
this page refers to the wired remote as being a 3.5mm stereo jack on the back of the head unit. i've read elsewhere that the brown wire is the signal from the steering wheel controls. i'm just a little unsure how to wire the jack. my guess is take a + 12v to the 'tip' and the brown to the 'sleeve' of the jack? is this right??? then plug into the head unit of course
so thats the head unit end done. presumably.
next the steering wheel end. this end isnt as thought out.
there are plenty of threads on how to remove the air bag and this will gain acess to be able to remove the steering wheel controls. from there the plan is to just try and pull them apart and replace the resistors...
then put it all back together and all going well should have steering wheel controls.
any tips would be much appreciated.
I'm trying to figure out this way of hooking my steering wheel controls to my new head unit. i'm in the process of trying it and if it works could save alot of money on a SWI .
for the record i have a pioneer DEH-P800BT and a VU commodore ute S.
i read on another post that it was possible to rewire the steering wheel controls with pioneer head units, althought i cant see why this wouldnt work with other head units with a wired remote option.
what i read sounds good in theory. the idea is that a steering wheel interface(like the CAT X) , is just a device that can assign different resistances to the existing buttons to match the resistances that are required by the head unit.
if i can remove the steering wheel buttons and install new resistors at values required by the head unit, theoretically, they should work.. and without a expensive SWI .....? right??
so in terms of the right values i have this chart: Pioneer wired remote controls HACK/DIY
this page refers to the wired remote as being a 3.5mm stereo jack on the back of the head unit. i've read elsewhere that the brown wire is the signal from the steering wheel controls. i'm just a little unsure how to wire the jack. my guess is take a + 12v to the 'tip' and the brown to the 'sleeve' of the jack? is this right??? then plug into the head unit of course
so thats the head unit end done. presumably.
next the steering wheel end. this end isnt as thought out.
there are plenty of threads on how to remove the air bag and this will gain acess to be able to remove the steering wheel controls. from there the plan is to just try and pull them apart and replace the resistors...
then put it all back together and all going well should have steering wheel controls.
any tips would be much appreciated.