Steering wheel controls... interface?

Controlling an iPod through the stock steering wheel buttons??

Sorry, this is not an answer, but may help:

I am trying to do something vaguely similar. I have a 2001 Frontier SE, in which I swapped out the stock stereo for a SONY XT-330. I play my iPod through the AUX port.

With the swap, the steering wheel audio controls do nothing, of course, so I've been wondering if/how I can join the (now unused) stereo ends of the steering wheel audio control wires to an iPod input cable, thus controlling some of the iPod functions like play, pause, FF, skip, etc., directly from the steering wheel.

Here's a link to a wiring diagram for the steering wheel audio controls on a Murano, who knows if they're the same on a Frontier or not:
http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/F..._06_Murano_Steering_wheel_control_diagram.jpg

(Google Images: Murano_Steering_wheel_control_diagram.jpg if the link doesn't work)

I've seen some posts about wiring an iPod into a stereo in such a way that the stereo buttons control the iPod. No bad, but I'd like to put the steering wheel buttons to work if I can.

I may wire the steering wheel buttons to my missile lancher, machine gun, and force field controls (all manual, at the moment) if I can't figure out how to get the iPod wired in.

Stock Steering Wheel Controls

Thanks.

That looks like the ticket if you've got the right stereo and want to control the stereo itself. I installed a Sony, so I don't think that I can make use of this device.

I'm looking to do something a little different - rather than control the aftermarket stereo through the stock s/w control, I'm looking for a way to control the iPod directly from the s/w buttons (without going through the stereo at all).

gm_2001se said:

Thanks.
I'm looking to do something a little different - rather than control the aftermarket stereo through the stock s/w control, I'm looking for a way to control the iPod directly from the s/w buttons (without going through the stereo at all).

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I know, maybe i totally slaughtered my previous reply to the point of in-understandable lol, i'm saying, maybe after installing that steering wheel control interface I linked you to earlier, there may be an interface out there on the web to tap those steering wheel signals into the I/O port of the ipod.

Steerign wheel iPod control

Thanks for the clarification, I'm with you now.

I would like to use the stock s/w controls, if there's a way.

I think this is what you need:
Peripheral Electronics Nissan/Infiniti Steering Wheel Control Interface - ActiveTuning

Converts factory signals into IR signals.

Steering wheel controls through IR

Very interesting, thanks for the link.