well, i was thinking of changing my stock Bose system deck to a Pioneer DEH-8300 or the cool, but way too expensive DEH-9300 with the downloadable animation feature. But my question was if i was going to make that change, would my audio controls be useless on the steering wheel?
thanx

 

hey welcome to the board. im a newbie also. but any ways i was just thinkin gt he same thing. i would like to know also. Im thinking that ur steering controls will NOT work but let me know if there is a way.
My steering controls dont work well anyways. it doest work when my steering wheel is straight. i have have to move it when i want to control it. Yea it sucks. kinda dangerous going 90 on the freeway and have to "swanG" to the side just to change the station.hahaha

 

Im not exactly sure how but im pretty sure some members have retained the steering wheel controls with a new headunit.

 

I am pretty sure your controls will be useless, but your new head unit will have a remote control so its not that big of a deal. I can get the 9300 for about $650.

 

yeah like kikascl97 said it will be useless and new deck comes with remote so no worries there. and i found deh-9300 for 599.99 heres there site add go and check it out and why dont you do doulbe din deck like this one.


deh-9300

my car for now

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My friend is a instaler for good guys, and he told me that he could get a module that makes the controls work with my new deck. He has a 325i with similar controls and it works with his kenwood dvd.

 

well its is useless if u dont wire the new headunit with a certain type of module like skanlis said...otherwise u have a remote...hehe...for me it would have costed a lot more to get that done labor wise and i figured i barely used those controls...so in my opinion why pay to get it installed if u dont use it anyways...but just personal opinion...but it can be done...just remember anything can be done, just how much ur willing to pay for it