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Radio: retrofitting VDO from IR?
I dislike any chav-like radio with removable fascias so have taken out the Kenwood from my ZT. I had a spare original R75 VDO kicking about so removed the Kenwood harness extension and plugged it in. Success.
I want to use the SWC button with the VDO. The car has the IR module fitted which didn't work with the Kenwood. There is a single capped-off red/green wire sitting alongside the main harness. The radio has two (cut) wires coming out the back beside the main connectors - one brown and one red/green. Is there any way of connecting/reconnecting the SWC given all the above? Ta. Dougie.
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hello dougie might help if you said what model it is you wish to fit . i understand you want this unit to work via the infared on the swc switches. is it with cd changer as well ? removed my symphony plus glovebox changer to install my radioguy double din unit. then few months ago replaced that with a new kenwood dmx7017dabs. all were swc standard button which i could help with there but never had the infa red setup. have you got the sender module and receiver installed in place and are working ? what was fitted originaly it must have been IR or not ? bit more info and im sure someone will have one of these units fitted or know what the leads are for at the rear . regards xsport
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So all I want to achieve is to fit the VDO radio and have it work with the steering wheel controls. It does work but the issue is the steering wheel controls. Dougie.
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it depends on your wiring set up. there were 3 models fitted to the contempory models they are siemens i believe. a standard . then a model with mp playback and finally a model with 6 cd change. they are listed in the "try here first if you have a problem on how to identify your radio " in the tech forum on here. you should have C0395 grey loom connector. on this connector you are looking for pins 2 and 3. pin 2 u/o key 2 pin 3 u/p key 1 these are just a circuit through the switches as a loop. one side plus the other earth. duotone has a post on here with photos. if you search vdo change fom symphony etc or look in his previous posts list. do you have the unit receiver behind the eyebrow fitted ... if so you probably will have to find a wiring diagram especially if you dont have the pins 2 and 3 populated at C0395 with those colours. you could see if they are on the loom behind C0395 but taped up. i suspect it was an infared setup but you may be able to tap into the swc wires to the switches if it was. see how you go. ...
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if you have got an original vdo "rover" to fit it should work. if its out of another car maybe not .(as in kia hyundai or similar) these units for rover were "roverised " to fit the mg/75 range of swc switches by way of altering the resistors on the switches to suit rover. this also is across the model range of vdo radios made to suit the rovers. if you have the base model it may well be plug and play. you could send stubbie a p.m he got his to work ! also duotone could put you right with regards to switch resistors etc values required. you may need to rework the switches but hopefully not.
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The later units have them on their own in a mini ISO connector. |
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For all models (except the MG Kenwood units), the steering wheel controls are from the stereo to the steering wheel switches, there is no canbus connection.
In the case of the later single DIN units, the cables are on their own in a green mini ISO connector. The MG Kenwood unit has a 'box' behind the stereo that coverts the infra red signal for the steering wheel control, it has Blue/Purple and Black (which is connected further on to the Blue/Orange) which are the steering wheel control cables, and Light Green/White which is an ignition feed it needs, but is otherwise not needed. Last edited by raykay; 7th July 2020 at 14:21.. |
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