I just installed an Alpine 9815 and love it. But of course I find myself reaching for the stearing wheel buttons all the time. Does anyone know how the audio control buttons are wired? If they are just N/O switches I can wire them up to a spare remote and get my controls back. Any help would be great!

 

Go to an audio shop, they can rewire ur steering wheel controls to work with the alpine. what they do is there is an remote control reciever jack in the back of the radio and they just wire it up to the steering wheel reciever and put in a "translator". It cost around 100 bucks - 150 bucks. Depends where u get it i guess and how competitive the area is.

 

Thanks for the info! I take it that plugs into the AI plug on the back of the alpine? I'll have to visit a good shop I know that sells Alpine (I doubt PC Richards would have a clue).

Thanks Again!

 

i hardly think those controls are worth over 200 bucks with install, just get used to turn it up by the radio lol

 

I did some digging today. The 3 buttons are wired with 2 wires from the steering wheel. The steering wheel has a funky swivel connection that allows the connections from the steering wheel to pass to the rest of the car. The 3 switches put 3 different resistances across the 2 wires:

100 Ohm for Vol Down
720 Ohm for Next Track
3.6K Ohm for Vol Up

Needless to say the original plane of re-wiring the 3 switches with 6 wires is out (no easy way to get the wires from the switches pass that swivel thingy) I figure it will be easy enough to wire up a circuit to sense this resistance and trip one of 3 relays, which are wired to the spare remote which I will pull apart. Lucky for me my cousin is an EE. I did go to vocational school for electronics, so the wiring will be cake one I have a circuit laid out.

I'll keep ya posted!

 

A company called blitzsafe makes an infrared transmitter that connects to the factory wiring and sends out an ir signal to the alpine headunit. If i were you i'd look into that more, rather than cut into your existing wiring in the car.

Edit: Not blitzsafe this :

http://www.logjamelectronics.com/pacswisteerw.html

 

Just use the remote you got with your headunit.

 

or take the buttons off. out of site out of mind

 

you can use a swi-x steering wheel control interface by pacific accesory company about 79.99

 

Thanks jblaze!!!

I was just coming up with something because I thought there was nothing out there. With that solution being 60 bucks, it's not worth the custom work. And with 5 years of driving my CL, not having the stearing controls is not an option!!!!!!

I'll keep ya posted

 

steering wheel control thingy

 

I picked one up today at a local sound place. I'll let you know how it works!

 

good luck, i am fortunate enough that my cl did'nt come with steering wheel controls. Non working buttons make me