2DIN and steering wheel controls

mmz · 5th March 2018, 08:49

My new Xtrons 2DIN has two leads intended for the steering wheel controls. Is it possible to have them working and if so then which are the leads coming from the wheel to the original radio?

neilbaker86 · 5th March 2018, 10:05

As far as I know the Xtrons units operate on a 5v steering wheel control, the original steering wheel controls in your car operate at 12v.

You'll need an adaptor, Connects2 make them I think. They also do the small loom which plugs in to the adaptor and you connect the three wires coming out, to Key1, Key2 and GND.

mmz · 5th March 2018, 11:58

Thanks. I'll get the adapter loom

genpk · 25th March 2018, 12:57

Ive got a Hizpo 2 din unit which uses the same plug loom as a Xtron.
I just wired the cars steering wire direct to the unit and it works fine.
Think one wire was wired to the brown wire marked Key 1 and the other of the cars steering wire was wired to the radios earth/ ground.

5th March 2018, 08:49	#1
mmz Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 69 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	2DIN and steering wheel controls My new Xtrons 2DIN has two leads intended for the steering wheel controls. Is it possible to have them working and if so then which are the leads coming from the wheel to the original radio?

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neilbaker86 Gets stuck in MG ZT Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Oxford Posts: 847 Thanks: 124 Thanked 312 Times in 147 Posts	As far as I know the Xtrons units operate on a 5v steering wheel control, the original steering wheel controls in your car operate at 12v. You'll need an adaptor, Connects2 make them I think. They also do the small loom which plugs in to the adaptor and you connect the three wires coming out, to Key1, Key2 and GND.

5th March 2018, 11:58	#3
mmz Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 69 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks. I'll get the adapter loom

25th March 2018, 12:57	#4
genpk Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon MGZT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Perth, AUSTRALIA Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 3 Thanked 461 Times in 299 Posts	Ive got a Hizpo 2 din unit which uses the same plug loom as a Xtron. I just wired the cars steering wire direct to the unit and it works fine. Think one wire was wired to the brown wire marked Key 1 and the other of the cars steering wire was wired to the radios earth/ ground.