Honda frv 1.8 stereo upgrade steering wheel control

[Arthur]

Hello guys 

Just has a quick question, I've recently upgraded my headunit to a new pioneer double din, ive used the connect 2 interface and the new stalk patch lead for the steering wheel control however my controls for the stereo do not work, the green plug which plugs into the back of the original factor stereo remains untouched as I am not sure if it has the cruise controls connected to it as well. Could you guys help me understand how to get the steering wheel controls to work pls 

 

Many thanks 

 

[Trevor]

Hi Arthur.....welcome to the Forum

 

I would suggest that you try looking into the settings on the new unit to see if there is any function to alter control to the steering wheel input.

If not then change the wiring around to see if it works differently.

[qc2]

it's not quite as straighforward as using off the shelf parts without modification.

 

In terms of steering controls, the interface is most similar to Honda Civics so that's the interface you start with, but the civic harness adaptor is not the same as the FRV. What you need to do is combine the 2...

 

parts you need (pictured):

Connects2 CTSHO001.2 Steering wheel control interface for Honda Civic

Autoleads PC2-68-4 basic ISO harness

CTMULTILEAD.2 steering wheel control patch lead (this one is universal but you can get specific ones for your brand of stereo, the instructions for teh universal patch shows you which wires to cut and which connector to use)

 

CTSHO001.2 is the correct steering harness you need, but you need to chop off the Civic plug and replace it with the CRV/FRV one from a basic autoleads harness PC2-68-4. 

 

Your reference to the green plug, this doesn't fit anywhere on the harness, but these are for the steering controls.

If you notice the grey plug in my picture with black and purple wires. This needs to connect to the green plug on the FRV wiring harness, except it won't fit. So you need to splice to black wire from grey plug on the interface to the orange wire on the green plug from the car. The remaining purple wire connects to the other wire (black/brown)

 

Once everything is connected up, your controls should work.

 

 

[Loofer]

Can't remember the name but there's a chap that has done useful video on Youtube on various things for his FRV including stereo upgrade and the steering wheel control.

 

Would be interested to know exactly what unit you've included and your feedback on it.

[Loofer]

On 10/29/2020 at 5:37 PM, qc2 said:

it's not quite as straighforward as using off the shelf parts without modification.

 

In terms of steering controls, the interface is most similar to Honda Civics so that's the interface you start with, but the civic harness adaptor is not the same as the FRV. What you need to do is combine the 2...

 

parts you need (pictured):

Connects2 CTSHO001.2 Steering wheel control interface for Honda Civic

Autoleads PC2-68-4 basic ISO harness

CTMULTILEAD.2 steering wheel control patch lead (this one is universal but you can get specific ones for your brand of stereo, the instructions for teh universal patch shows you which wires to cut and which connector to use)

 

CTSHO001.2 is the correct steering harness you need, but you need to chop off the Civic plug and replace it with the CRV/FRV one from a basic autoleads harness PC2-68-4. 

 

Your reference to the green plug, this doesn't fit anywhere on the harness, but these are for the steering controls.

If you notice the grey plug in my picture with black and purple wires. This needs to connect to the green plug on the FRV wiring harness, except it won't fit. So you need to splice to black wire from grey plug on the interface to the orange wire on the green plug from the car. The remaining purple wire connects to the other wire (black/brown)

 

Once everything is connected up, your controls should work.

 

 

would be great if somebody was selling these as an off-the-shelf hack.

[Anthony]

For good measure here is the link to that YouTube channel: 

 

[nathankentell]

just so im clear, if i replace the headunit and im not worried about steering wheel controls, the cruise control will still work right?