Steering wheel controls for a Benz c240?

[paulyjsob]

I have a F700BT and want to utilize my steering wheel controls. What do I need to get them working?

 

2002 Mercedes C240

 

Thanks.

[chriso]

I use the Pac Audio SWI-CAN and SWI-PS with my F900 (04 C240 w/Bose)

 

Works perfectly - I'm extremely happy with it. I had All Pro Audio in Santa Clara, CA install it (the entire system.)

 

Good luck

[nkosi]

I use the Pac Audio SWI-CAN and SWI-PS with my F900 (04 C240 w/Bose)

 

Works perfectly - I'm extremely happy with it. I had All Pro Audio in Santa Clara, CA install it (the entire system.)

 

Good luck

 

Chriso,

 

I need to get some clarification from you since I'm also interested in this same setup. Others on the site have reported terrible response times between the PAC unit and the AVIC units, are you not experiencing any of this? I was holding out until either Panasonic and/or PAC resolved these items.

[RW C55]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PIONEER-CA-R-PI-131-STEERING-WHEEL-CONTROLLER-MERCEDES_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em20Q2el1116QQitemZ360124472923QQptZCarQ5fAudioQ5fVideo

I'm using CA-R-PI.133 made for 05+ C classes, and the link above is for pre-05 C-classes. All buttons work except that the phone answering & hanging buttons.

[chriso]

I'm not having any of the issues others are reporting - mine works perfectly.

 

I was looking into the CAR-PI 131 but opted for the PAC unit. The Car-pi is cool because it displays PIONEER on your dash - but that is about it. On the PAC Audio unit you have more control to program more buttons. I use my phone pickup button for mute - something you cannot do with the car-pi.

 

I have the following controls:

track up/down (right hand top controls)

mute (right hand bottom left control)

Volume up/down (left hand top controls)

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

[nkosi]

I'm not having any of the issues others are reporting - mine works perfectly.

 

I was looking into the CAR-PI 131 but opted for the PAC unit. The Car-pi is cool because it displays PIONEER on your dash - but that is about it. On the PAC Audio unit you have more control to program more buttons. I use my phone pickup button for mute - something you cannot do with the car-pi.

 

I have the following controls:

track up/down (right hand top controls)

mute (right hand bottom left control)

Volume up/down (left hand top controls)

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

 

 

Thanks for the very useful feedback. I think I'll place my order today. Can you tell me which vendor you ended up using?

 

Nkosi

[RW C55]

I'm not having any of the issues others are reporting - mine works perfectly.

 

I was looking into the CAR-PI 131 but opted for the PAC unit. The Car-pi is cool because it displays PIONEER on your dash - but that is about it. On the PAC Audio unit you have more control to program more buttons. I use my phone pickup button for mute - something you cannot do with the car-pi.

 

I have the following controls:

track up/down (right hand top controls)

mute (right hand bottom left control)

Volume up/down (left hand top controls)

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

 

Well my CA-R-PI.133 does these: (<1s = press for less than 1 second, >1s = hold it for over 1 second))

"Up" <1s = radio Freq +or CD: Track +

"UP" >1s = radio presets + or CDC: disck + (not avaiable with F-series since no CDC)

"Down" <1s = radio Freq - or CD: Track -

"Down" >1s = radio presets - or CDC: disck - (not avaiable with F-series since no CDC)

"+" Volume +

"-" Volume -

"+"& "up" <1s Source (this switches between the sources available, i.e. FM/AM/CD/IPod)

"+"& "up" >1s Off/On (Hmm I havnt try this yet, I'm not sure if this works on F-series or not since we can't turn the unit complete off)

 

Again, I dont know about 131 since I have a +05 C-class...

I'd say just go for whichever is cheaper. Sounds like they do the same thing.

[RW C55]

I just did a quick google, found these:

 

Manual for CA-R-PI.131

 

and this:

• Assign the buttons on the steering wheel to any of the 9 specific Pioneer functions. Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, Track Up, Track Down, Source, Preset Up, Preset Down and Band.

 

I guess the PAC does more than 131.

[paulyjsob]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PIONEER-CA-R-PI-131-STEERING-WHEEL-CONTROLLER-MERCEDES_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em20Q2el1116QQitemZ360124472923QQptZCarQ5fAudioQ5fVideo

I'm using CA-R-PI.133 made for 05+ C classes, and the link above is for pre-05 C-classes. All buttons work except that the phone answering & hanging buttons.

 

This will work for a 2002 W203 c240? It looks like its for a 2004?

 

Thanks!

[chriso]

I'm not having any of the issues others are reporting - mine works perfectly.

 

I was looking into the CAR-PI 131 but opted for the PAC unit. The Car-pi is cool because it displays PIONEER on your dash - but that is about it. On the PAC Audio unit you have more control to program more buttons. I use my phone pickup button for mute - something you cannot do with the car-pi.

 

I have the following controls:

track up/down (right hand top controls)

mute (right hand bottom left control)

Volume up/down (left hand top controls)

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

 

Well my CA-R-PI.133 does these: (<1s = press for less than 1 second, >1s = hold it for over 1 second))

"Up" <1s = radio Freq +or CD: Track +

"UP" >1s = radio presets + or CDC: disck + (not avaiable with F-series since no CDC)

"Down" <1s = radio Freq - or CD: Track -

"Down" >1s = radio presets - or CDC: disck - (not avaiable with F-series since no CDC)

"+" Volume +

"-" Volume -

"+"& "up" <1s Source (this switches between the sources available, i.e. FM/AM/CD/IPod)

"+"& "up" >1s Off/On (Hmm I havnt try this yet, I'm not sure if this works on F-series or not since we can't turn the unit complete off)

 

Again, I dont know about 131 since I have a +05 C-class...

I'd say just go for whichever is cheaper. Sounds like they do the same thing.

 

 

Looks like the car-pi-131 has a bit more functions - I know the SWI-PS doesn't handle radio presets - and change source is not an option. I'm still pretty happy with it though.

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

[1PACMAN]

To clarify, the SWI-PS will do presets(but not on the AVIC-F's). The new Pioneer is the problem.There is no other steering wheel control on the market that will control presets with the new F series.