Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Can I rewire my steering wheel control to my CD player?

I have a ford focus and recently took out the existing tape player and put in a Kenwood CD player with AUX. It's much better but my existing stereo was hooked up to a control on my steering wheel whereby I could change the volume, skip tracks etc. What I'm wondering is whether it's possible to wire my Kenwood stereo into that?

Thanks in advance
Can I rewire my steering wheel control to my CD player?
You need to buy an adaptor from somewhere like Halfords if one is available for your combination of head and car, sometimes they are not.

It is not a simple case of rewiring - there is more to it.

The adaptor if availabe could be as much as 拢80 but some are cheaper.

Other good car audio specialists will also be able to sell you one - if they are available.
Can I rewire my steering wheel control to my CD player?
Yes you can,you will need one of these.

PAC SWI-JACK

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_127SWIJACK/鈥?/a>
You can use the SWI-Jack

Here's a tutorial for a SWI-alp in a Chevy but it should be similar.
you should be fit to get a %26quot;stalk control%26quot; adapter if one is available for your car and CD player.

Just connects at back of your CD player.