Steering wheel control Interface.

magindat said:
They are just a little slower than stock. I promise reliability will increase if you reprogram with the 'quick click' method.
I've had ZERO complaints since I discovered this issue and method.
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Rich I will try this the next time I take the dash apart...thanks for the info!:beer:
 
I have an AVIC-D3, and the SWI unit I bought from Pops. I've never been able to program it using their instructions. I try 3 or 4 times after I get my car out of storage in the spring, then give up and reach a few inches to use the knob or touch screen until it goes back into storage in the fall.
 
magindat said:
One of the tricks to programming the thing is to press the steering wheel control buttons quick.

So I (as most) would hold the button down for maybe a second. This actually sends multiple repeats of the command to the SWI. So one volume click ends up equalling like 10! As you step through the programming, the click is very quick. Just click. Like a 10th of a second. Move on to the next function. This is most easily accomplished with 2 people. One to click the SWI button, the other to click the steering wheel buttons. It will take two or three practice runs before you can get through it smoothly. The entire programming sequence goes down in about 10 seconds like this. This quick click method reduces the sluggish button response down to a practical "I know there's a translation happening here" miniscule (maybe 2 tenths if that) delay.

It also seems to help with what I mentioned above with the suspected voltage issue. Yes, my lazy big ol' butt needs to dig mines out and reporgram it so take my above issue with a grain.

For the guys above with the volume down issue, I think that's a set version programming issue. Follow the book to clear the SWI and make sure you program it version 3 (as I recall) for Ford. Also be sure you are only using the white wire and have cut no loops. As I recall, black for ground, red for hot and white for signal and that's it!
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I'll have to try this method of programming since the programming method that comes with the switch or off the website doesn't work at all.

Got the SWI from Pops along with with remote and a used D2. The D2 and remote work flawlessly, couldn't be happier. I even bought another SWI, thinking mine was bad. Following the printed instructions didn't work.... tried it for 2 hrs at a time. Funny, there is a video on the website, the guy programs it real easy......

I'm going to try Rich's method as soon as I get home from this business trip.
 
Hope we are getting some of this cleared up. If it dont work when you guys buy it please let me know so I can help! I do not always have the answer either.
 
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