Fitting a New Stereo to a D2 with Steering Wheel Controls.

Got my steering wheel audio controls working again with a PAC SWI-RC unit from eBay for $66 AUD. Has quite comprehensive instructions supplied. Can also get vehicle specific instructions from their website Pac-Audio.com Product Details | iPod Integration for your car and More by Pac-Audio - Connecting you to the future

Not hard to fit, keeping unused wires tidy about hardest part, could have chopped them all off I suppose. Removed glove box, mounted unit up inside glove box area (see pic).
Head unit is Kenwood KDC-U559 BT fitted some months ago. Saw mention of SWI-RC on a thread I cant find now.

One thing I notice with USB stick is that need to double press track up/down button to advance or retreat track, one press goes forward or back within track, not sure if that is how it is meant to work or not, but anyway am quite happy with result

Good stuff Tommo. It's great to see there's another option, that works, for others to consider.

The Pac SWI product seems to be more readily available in Oz and they certainly have better online support compared to Autoleads. From memory the autoleads adaptor and stereo patch lead was low $70's landed so not a lot of difference in price.

At the end of the day I wanted to avoid manual programming so went autoleads and the adaptor box is a lot smaller.

As to USB behaviour using the bottom steering wheel track button my unit does this:
Short tap up. Move to next track.
Short tap down. Move to start of track.
Double short tap down. Move to previous track.
Long tap up. Move to next Folder/Album.
Long tap down. Move to previous Folder/Album.

Cheers

Steve

Just adding the following link to the thread which gives a lot of detail on stereo wiring schemas for the D2 (so I'll be able to find it again in the future I hope........ :D:D)

LAND ROVER Car Radio Stereo Audio Wiring Diagram Autoradio connector wire installation schematic schema esquema de conexiones stecker konektor connecteur cable shema

Cheers

Steve

Installed the same unit as this just minus digital radio tonight.
Would have been lost without the part numbers etc provided as I wanted to keep steering wheel controls. Thanks for posting this up! All plug and play and installed in under half an hour. Takes longer deciding where you want the Bluetooth mic and USB lead than installing. haha

Cut up coat hangers were used to get the old unit out, the felt around the edges makes its quite stiff.

Bought everything off eBay. Forgot the autoleads SWI To Kenwood patch lead the first time round. Whoops

Ran the rear USB to the glove box.

Releasing the heater controls definately helps with routing wires and tucking the excess wiring away.

Great write ups fellas. I have a DAB Kenwood unit and Bluetooth. I fitted a wood and leather HSE Wheel with stock wheel controls. Hopefully mine Should have the relevant wiring loom as these trucks seem to carry all looms even if not used. I will have a look and try to wire up. Cheers

what colour is the leather wheel?
mines a dark green:cool:

Hi Pedro its dark walnut top and bottom and black leather in between. Goes nicely with the black HSE seats. I would like chrome and walnut or leather and walnut gear knob also. Cheers

Yes all the wiring is in there to connect. I did a pac controller hook up to the JVC. Fantastic! No more hunting for the little remote which, no matter how careful you are, seems to scuttle off down 'tween seat and console as soon as its put down! :D If you can, make sure you fit the rear rubber mount for the head unit. Saves a lot of vibration over rough roads. Some lateral thinking may be required, But its worth it :)

Years ago, when most listeners tuned into AM stations, that's also pre CD's, the radio receiver manufacturers built very sensitive AM tuners. These days however, a lot only put in a token effort as most tune into FM, digital, or play CD's , MP3 etc.

So if you are bothered by poor signals on AM you may need to retrofit an older receiver, OR install a better (taller, higher) antenna, OR improve the antenna mount grounding to the vehicle body, OR install an antenna booster if there is not one already fitted.

If you like your old analogue FM stereo/cassette rig, or even those with CD capability, but want to add an extra input, it should be possible to hard wire a stereo fly-lead coming out into the cabin via the glove-box etc. It may not be switched, you may need to run a power feed, you may need to devise a resting place, but you could then play an MP3 via the "system". Or off a memory stick via a lappy etc.

Digital radio will take many years to get outside the bigger cities due to the finance/low population base/area to be covered/hilly terrain equation.

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Great write ups fellas. I have a DAB Kenwood unit and Bluetooth. I fitted a wood and leather HSE Wheel with stock wheel controls. Hopefully mine Should have the relevant wiring loom as these trucks seem to carry all looms even if not used. I will have a look and try to wire up. Cheers

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So Andrew, sorry for the thread dredge, but did it have the loom behind the steering wheel spiral cassette? https://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery...ml#post1372162

I've been thinking of getting a local upholsterer to cover the wheel in Alcantra, and then I though "what about stereo controls in the wheel, too?" but Sneigy's post doesn't give me much hope....