dustinallen82 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Posted August 6, 2009 Im a noob at forums, but ive scoured the net looking for a head unit that i can retain the factory steering wheel controls and factory disc changer, would prefer alpine since thats what the car came with. I havent been able to find anything other than "it should work, install it and find out" Most steering wheel control adapters i have found say they are not compatible with my car. Car is a 2000 Lincoln LS with the Alpine premium stereo (factory 6x8 woofers removed, tied into the line for the factory sub amp, hifonics brutus 1201bxi and two kicker 12inch comps in small sealed enclosure, 139.0 termlab with factory head unit, alt, and battery) Thanks for any help, and i apologize if this is in the wrong area.
Jville140db Posted August 6, 2009 Report Posted August 6, 2009 you can pretty much make any radio that has a wireless remote or a wired remote in put work with the stering wheel controls the ones with wired remote inputs do work better so i would look for that option and then all you would need is the right adapter for it IE if you got the cda9886 you would need the pac swi-jack as far as the disc changer you will more than likely lose that option if any body else knows how to keep that please id like to know that as well and did you have any head units in mind maybe a couple we could compare Car is 2010 Scion Tc Currently in car Deck- Sony XAV-60 in-dash mobile video system Speakers- Rockford Punch 6.5in comps in the front and coax in the rear Subs- 2 Gen 3 Rockford P3 12's dual 4 ohm Amps- Rockford P1000-1bd and P400-4 Alpine Mrp-f300 is in for P400-4 which is out to service Wiring- all rockford nuff said Enclosure- Dual 12in custom box by SRQ Battery- Optima Yellow top with big 3 done Sound Damping- All Dynamat products 1-2 layers throughout with liner on top Link to my build log- http://down4sound.co...=newpost&t=5275 Link to my youtube- http://www.youtube.c...ser/Jville140db MECP Advanced CEA # 110531 BassBox 6 Pro for Box Building/Re audio box calculator If you can hear the passenger it aint loud enough!!!!!!! QUOTE (MickyMcD @ Sep 25 2009, 07:25 PM) "My system has 30 speaker terminals, that means shits wanging doggggg....."<!--QuoteEnd--></div>
dustinallen82 Posted August 6, 2009 Author Report Posted August 6, 2009 you can pretty much make any radio that has a wireless remote or a wired remote in put work with the stering wheel controls the ones with wired remote inputs do work better so i would look for that option and then all you would need is the right adapter for it IE if you got the cda9886 you would need the pac swi-jack as far as the disc changer you will more than likely lose that option if any body else knows how to keep that please id like to know that as well and did you have any head units in mind maybe a couple we could compare Havent looked too hard, but a Alpine IDA-X305 or IDA-X303, i like the center knob on the IDA's, would also seriously consider any of the Kenwood Excellon series, always been a big fan of them.
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