Xantia Radio Question

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Xantia Radio Question

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Hi all..
I have taken the stereo out of my 94 xantia and fitted in my 99 one. The main reason is i wanted the line in from the old unit (for MP3)

I never thought ALL of the steering wheel buttons would work, but was hoping for one or two :)

The older Xantia has 7 buttons, the new style one has 8. All the plugs are the same, but there must be a slightly different set up. Now the buttons dont work and dont light up.

Should I live with this or can I cut and rejoin wires to get something to work?
I think the only difference is the very bottom plug....
if anyone has a wiring diagram of this area, for either car, that may help...

John
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mezuk04
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Unread post by mezuk04 »

Dont have an answer for you. (Its just my way) :lol:

But the newer Xantias radios cannot go into the older Xantias as the steering wheel controls are incompatible :evil:
Volkswagen Golf 59' 1.6TD S :(
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Unread post by Peter.N. »

The signals from the buttons are encoded, and the code is probably different for the two models, I know it is on the XM. You can get replacement adaptor kits on the net for new radios, but dont know if that would help with your problem.
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Unread post by jgra1 »

ahh i see.. so its not a case of each button has a wire? I did wonder there werent enough wires for the number of buttons....

so is it one or two wires with different ?voltages? or something,
J
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Digital coding ...

A standard hex (16 buttons) pad key only takes 4 wires carrying the possible codes.
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jgra1
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Unread post by jgra1 »

thanks all.. I will put up with no wheel-controls for now.

John
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Nearly 2 years ago I changed to a leather steering wheel from a Xantia Exclusive. The buttons no longer functioned. I spent half a day working out how it all worked.

My name was kered at that time. I can't seem to get kered back as I've changed my ISP and email address so I can't have my password emailed to me. javascript:emoticon(':cry:')
Crying or Very sad

The link below will take you to this thread

http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... highlight= :cry:
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jgra1
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steering control for radio

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many thanks Derek wil look thru

John
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