Radio and steering wheel control

[Jeff B]

Help needed I am fitting a radio into my self converted citreon relay and i want to be able to use the steering wheel controls (SWC).

I have got it working with out the SWC and have been in contact with Connect2 cables to try to get the SWC working but they cannot give me a answer

Has anybody fitted an new head unit and got the SWC working

 

[Guigsy]

I upgraded the radio in my van. When I pulled it out, it turns out that the Zenec satnav that was in there was already using a Connect2 steering wheel convertor. I re-used it with a Sony (with a different end connector lead).

Changed the radio... why can't anything be easy?!?

I've replaced radios in my previous cars and in my previous van. So I vaguely know what I'm doing. My last van was a Ducato 2007 conversion and I put a Sony XAV-AX100 double DIN sized radio to replace the very poor Fiat standard radio. Changing the radio involved a bit of cutting and playing...

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[Richard n Ann]

Help needed I am fitting a radio into my self converted citreon relay and i want to be able to use the steering wheel controls (SWC).

I have got it working with out the SWC and have been in contact with Connect2 cables to try to get the SWC working but they cannot give me a answer

Has anybody fitted an new head unit and got the SWC working

I fitted one in a berlingo van once, SWC worked great, you just need a little adapter.
I suppose if Connect2 doesn't know, nobody does

 

[Johnny Johnson]

Dynamic sounds will be able to put you on the right track

 

[SJA42]

I replaced the factory radio in my 2010 Boxer with a basic single din Sony CD / DAB unit.

Used all the recommended parts, adapters , loom etc as bought from Connect 2, including the SWC adapter but never got the SWC to work properly.
Connect 2 couldn’t help remotely but did offer to look at it if I visited them but it was too far away so I’ve just given up.

The problem I have is that only one half of the wheel controls will work.
So I can have volume up/down and source work OR track + / - and phone button but not all six.

I believe it is something to do with those buttons using the same cabling but each side of the wheels buttons uses a different resistance (?) which is how the head unit differentiates. However mine doesn’t.

I can remap the buttons on the head unit to get a hybrid mix of any 3 of the 6 buttons but only a max of 3.

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[Jeff B]

Thanks everyone

I will just leave as is for now and keep investigating

Jeff baker

 

[Johnny Johnson]

Did you cut the link cable

 

[Johnny Johnson]

Actually it says you don’t need to cut any links for Sony