Carver

Very nice work! The Sony is the first I've seen that uses a smart phone for base functions and that is a big deal. When they cut the cord and use blue tooth I'm in!

GadgetmanN

Yes, it is the PAC.

GadgetmanN

I don't think Bluetooth has the throughput to support video etc. But this Sony unit does allow bluetooth streaming and control. The more I use it the more I appreciate it.

GadgetmanN

Oh and yes, the steering wheel buttons all work. Volume, track skip (works to skip ahead on usb music forward and backward as well as CD, Bluetooth streaming, radio channels etc). Mode cycles through all the sources. Perfect! Now I just need to take the roof console apart and put the Bluetooth mic in the corner like you did Then it will be complete...

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Hey Rx330inFL, not sure if you were able to find it or not but here it is.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_saca...SBCBL+6%27+USB

I was thinking about drilling an extra hole in the front and adding this usb cable, but behind it there is a bracket which I would also have to cut. Not sure if it's worth doing.

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Glad to read that you got your steering wheel functions to work. I had trouble with my ASWC unit when trying to upgrade the firmware from 3.07 to 3.09 (you won't know which version you have unless it's hooked up to a Windows PC, sorry no Mac or Linux versons) so after dealing with Metra support they suggested I send it back to the vendor. I explained what happened and they replaced it for free (no restocking fee just shipping and handling). Just took a long time for them to ship it back to me.

So now I'm glad to have my steering wheel controls back. I initially let it self program and made sure it worked then I manually programed it. Seems like the forward and back buttons can only do either preset or seek, not both. So while in the radio mode, with automatic programing it defaults to seek. Goes tick by tick up the station dial, not jumping to the preset stations. So I manually programed it for presets, which is fine in radio mode because it jumps to each of my presets, but in usb mode, it jumps from folder to folder. I have to see what it does with Pandora or Bluetooth streaming.

Oh and one last suggestion, don't strip the plastic off the mic like I did, it will make it too sensitive.

GadgetmanN

Thanks for the tip. I planned to do it this week or weekend. As far as the steering wheel buttons, not sure what it does on radio. I know it skips, but not sure if it is seek or scan or preset. I only have 1 radio station around here so it does not matter to me right now.

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Hey GadgetmanN I borrowed your idea about the usb cable and drilled a hole in order to be able to use it for my stereo.

GadgetmanN

Nice! I was too chicken to drill the hole, but looks like you did a very good job. I really like having all my CD's ripped to a thumb drive and not having to swap out CDs. So when you drilled the hole, was the panel plastic or real wood?

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It appears to be plastic with something mixed in it. Can't tell you what. I did a write up of how I did it in the other thread. Rx330 gets a DNX6960.

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This is a better daytime shot. To me it's cleaner than having the wires hanging on the side. So one is in the front and the other is in the glove dept.

ER77

Hey Koolfella, I pretty much have the same setup as you and had posted a question on another thread, Here it is...
Is there anyway to tap into the existing bluetooth mic instead of having to run the pioneer mic?

I remember seeing a thread on someone running a mic up to where the existing one is, but i kinda don't want to get too crazy pulling out panels, I'd hate to kit an airbag sensor.

Any suggestions would be appriciated.

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Hey ER77

In my case, I used the pioneer mic but didn't pull out any paneling. I just used a small screw driver and squeezed the mic cable in between the panel. When I got to the top I took out the map light.

I posted pictures in this thread. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...dnx6960-4.html thread #56. Four screws and easy to drop. You can trace the existing mic to it's source and try to tap the wire but for me it was too much work. After market works fine for me.

MDRX330

This is awesome! Just to confirm, besides the headunit, the 2 items above are all I need to install the headunit and keep the controls on my steering wheel?

I have the standard audio system in my 2006 RX330. No ML or navigation.

I have GOT to have this.

LophatRX

What is the difference between the , Beat-Sonic SLA-82A and the Beat-Sonic SLA-82R? I have an 04 RX330 that I want to put a Pioneer AVH p1400dvd, out of my other car. The main thing I want to make sure is to retain factory Steering wheel controls.

Thanks