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© COPYRIGHT 2004-2011 METRA ELECTRONICS CORPORA TION 1-800-221-0932 axx essinterface.com INST ALLA TION INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART RF ASWC The RF ASWC is designed for adding steering wheel controls to vehicles that do not have OE steering wheel controls installed. With Aftermarket radio’s with steering wheel control outputs the RF ASWC is able to giv[...]
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Mounting The RF ASWC T ransmitter 1. Place button pad in the OESWC transmitter with the volume up arrow (^) in the spot where you want volume up to be.(g. 1) 2. Snap in trim ring to secure keypad in place. (g. 2) 3. Install the OESWC transmitter in desired place on steering wheel, wrapping the rubber strap around the steering wheel, through t[...]
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Wiring The OESWC Interface 1. Connect the red wire to 12 volt accessory 2. Connect the Black wire to ground (you may use the same ground that you use for the aftermarket radio) If you are using an Eclipse or Kenwood radio, plug the female 3.5mm connector with the Brown and Brown/White wires into the male 3.5mm connector of the ASWC harness. * For K[...]
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2. T urn on the ignition and press volume up on the RF ASWC. This will “marry“ the RF ASWC to the interface. NOTE: If you are replacing a transmitter you must turn on the ignition and within the rst 10 seconds press and hold the source button for ten seconds. This will “marry the new transmitter . Programming the RF ASWC 1. Complete connec[...]
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5. The led will then ash up to 10 times. 6. This is the end of the auto detection stage. If the RF ASWC detected the radio successfully the led will light up solid red. 7. Make sure the steering wheel control buttons function correctly in the vehicle and enjoy your radio. So what if the led does not light up solid red? Check out troubleshooting [...]
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Once all the information above has been veried and correct, refer back to the 2 sets of led ashes during the auto detect sequence. Here is what the ashes stand for: LED Feedback The led ashes represent what brand radio the RF ASWC believes it is connected to. Each ash is for a dif ferent radio manufacturer . For example you installed[...]
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Remapping the SWC Buttons Let’ s say you have the RF ASWC programmed to your radio and you want to change the button assignment for the steering wheel controls. For instance you would like Seek Up to be Mute. NOTES: • The RF ASWC must have detected the radio it is attached to before you can remap any buttons. • Y ou can only start the remappi[...]
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5. Follow the list below in order however pushing the steering wheel control button you want for the function below . If you want to skip a command press the V olume Up on the steering wheel, this will tell the ASWC to skip the command and go to the next one. 1. V olume Up 2. V olume Down 3. Seek Up/Next 4. Seek Down/Prev 5. Source/Mode 6. Mute 7. [...]
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* Note: Remember not all radios will have all these commands. Please refer to the radios’ owners manual for specic commands recognized by the radio. For instance the next command to be mapped is the V olume Down command. Let’ s say you want the Mode button on your steering wheel to be the V olume Down command. Hold down the Mode button till [...]
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2. The led will turn on then release the V olume Down button and the led will turn of f. 3. The original steering wheel control settings will be restored. Manually Setting The Radio T ype 1. Within the rst 20 seconds of turning the ignition on. Press and hold down the original V olume Down button (not the V olume Down button you just remapped) f[...]
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4. If you have a dif ferent radio then Eclipse, press the V olume Up button again till the led goes solid red, then release V olume Up. Y ou have now programmed Kenwood. 5. Here is the chart to show how many presses of the V olume Up button is needed for which radio you are trying to program: 1st led ash is for Eclipse 2nd led ash is for Kenw[...]
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REV . 1/10/1 1 1-800-221-0932 axx essinterface.com © COPYRIGHT 2004-2011 METRA ELECTRONICS CORPORA TION INST ALLA TION INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART RF ASWC K NO WLEDGE IS P OW ER E nhance your installation and fabrication skills by enrolling in the most re cognized and re spected mobile electronics school in our industry . Log onto www .installerinstitut[...]