Edward Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Hi, I've just got a new (2008) 350Z GT. I want to change the standard radion to a Clarion or Pioneer double unit with sat nav and bluetooth for making and receiving calls. I've seen an adapter to connect the steering wheel controls to the radio - does this adapter work with the phone controls? Thanks Edward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Hi, I've just got a new (2008) 350Z GT. I want to change the standard radion to a Clarion or Pioneer double unit with sat nav and bluetooth for making and receiving calls. I've seen an adapter to connect the steering wheel controls to the radio - does this adapter work with the phone controls? Thanks Edward. Hi, welcome to the site. I wouldn't expect the steering wheel controls to work with the phone. Headunit controls if you are lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 +1 the display for the phone is on the bose head unit (actually made by clarion) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I would suspect that there will be a way to retain all the functionality of the steering wheel controls with an aftermarket head unit, including the bluetooth phone controls. It will be a case of ensuring you have the right head unit, and a suitable cable adaptor to feed said head unit with all the controls. I am currently researching this myself as a decent aftermarket dvd/tv/nav unit would be nice, but also want to retain the functionality of the steering wheel as you do. My Altea appears on the face of it to have EXACTLY the same software controling a bluetooth interface to my phone as the Z, even down to the voice. So I suspect there will be a manufacturer out there somewhere that has made the necessary harness to acheive this with aftermarket head units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I would suspect that there will be a way to retain all the functionality of the steering wheel controls with an aftermarket head unit, including the bluetooth phone controls. It will be a case of ensuring you have the right head unit, and a suitable cable adaptor to feed said head unit with all the controls. I am currently researching this myself as a decent aftermarket dvd/tv/nav unit would be nice, but also want to retain the functionality of the steering wheel as you do. The phone bit can't be done without pulling the switch apart and re-wiring it and the headunit. I've managed to keep my stereo controls, and set the speak button up to do the source control on the headunit. With the microphone and connection being closed down with the other button, there is no easy way of making it work. Don't forget that aftermarket units don't tend to have the bluetooth unit hard coded into the unit - they are treated as an auxiliary input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thanks for all the quick replies. I intend to do away with the Nissan bluetooth system and use a new radio with bluetooth built in. I've emailed www.pac-audio.com to see if they have anything suitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 In that case, there should be a way to retain the controls from the steering wheel. Whether there is one or not is another matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I think that is more the point Chris. The Sound Gallery looked at mine for a fair while and came up with it needing opening up and re-wiring to do it. They certainly couldn't find anything made out there that controlled the phone as well. I hope someone does find a way though! Good luck with PAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Hmm perhaps the in car PC is the way forward? Wiring the phone wires to ausb input and having that control the phone via bluetooth. Certainly possible, but it would seem a massively long way round and bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut. The car has a blutooth device, the radio has bluetooth control, and the steering wheel has buttons to control it. Exactly how hard can it be for an audio manufacturer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Quads Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 At the moment I don't think its possible. Its possible to get the steering controls to work the new head unit easy enough using PAC etc but to get the call buttons to actually operate a bluetooth module is a bit tricker. Easy(ish) to actually build if you have the electronics skills as you just need a little device looking for a certain voltage off the buttons and then trigger a remote accept/decline button press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 And that will vary between bluetooth modules too...... Mine has been wired so the speak button controls the source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Quads Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 yeah you would have to build it for a specific application i.e. I don't know if the Alpines / Kenwoods have a remote code that is answer/decline. Like you I have my speak button to control source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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