Re: XC90 Stereo Upgrade - Part 2 (tonytong01)
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| Yes, please tell us how you've done this after you get some sleep |
I'll do a write up but it won't be a step by step. If one feels they need an exact step by step, they probably shouldn't try this. And it won't tell or show where to solder. You'd need to refigure that out with a multimeter as it got very small and tight and I had trouble taking accurate pictures.
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| Looks like you replaced the display |
When this is finally installed, the factory display will still be hooked up but hidden behind the console. You need to keep the factory display plugged in so that other functions of the car keep working. The pioneer display (attached by a 1" flat cable to the faceplate circuit board) is now in it's place behind a 30% tinted piece of non-glare plastic. The factory plastic piece was just to dark for it to be sufficiently visible in the daytime.
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| did you also rewire the buttons so they control the head unit? |
Yes, almost all the buttons are rewired and now operate the pioneer. Including both knobs! That was a big gamble I took, praying that the pioneer would use the same type of 3-wire encoder that came with the factory stereo. The right knob now scrolls through various features depending on what mode you are in. In CD mode (or ipod mode), I can browse folders, playlists, etc while the current song is still playing. The CD button since there was no equivalent now toggles the clock. That was a nice plus. I hate where volvo has the current clock in that when I'm a passenger in the day, I usually can't see it. Now I have a nice big clock dead center (and a voltmeter, spectrum analyzer, and lots of stupid flashy backgrounds that I'll leave off). The upper left blank button now loops through the various EQ presets (powerful, vocal, natural, etc) plus two custom ones you can setup. The My Key loops through the various display modes, artist/album,artist/song, etc. The enter key is not used right now. Also, the numbers are not used since there's no equivalent on the faceplate. I may purchase another remote and use that to gain access to the numbers depending on what exactly the bluetooth module they're releasing (this or next month) will do. I hope it works with her phone cause then she'll have caller id display too.
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| How about the steering wheel controls? |
Steering wheels controls are obviously dead but I actually don't really care. It's only 4 buttons that I personally don't like how they're placed. Pioneer has a steering remote that I may mount backwards on the left side of the wheel since that's where I almost always have one hand. Steering wheel buttons will be very last on my list. PAC is suppose to be releasing soon a CAN interface that would then bring them back to life. I will most likely just wait for that.
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| How will you access the OEM controls (if you need them at all)?. |
I've yet to need the controls for anything non-audio related. I don't think I need them.
