I installed on 05 Ford F150 It works good i do see a small delay when pushing but not much of a big deal to me. I would rather have it than not.

So everybody knows, we, PAC, have did our best to remedy most of the concerns of the SWI-PS. Unfortunately the preset signal is no longer sent to the wired remote input, so there is no fix for that. As far as the delay, if anybody understands how this part works, it has to recieve and change the input signal to a useable data signal accepted by the Pioneer.Somethings cannot be changed on our end and we do the best we can.

 

Fo those that are complaining about spending $50 on this part, you are probably not buying form a authorized dealer since this part retails for $89.99.Most of those sales were probably eBay sales in which PAC will not honor any issues or old revisions with those parts.

 

PAC

Is Best Buy an authorized dealer? They have them for $47.99.

So everybody knows, we, PAC, have did our best to remedy most of the concerns of the SWI-PS. Unfortunately the preset signal is no longer sent to the wired remote input, so there is no fix for that. As far as the delay, if anybody understands how this part works, it has to recieve and change the input signal to a useable data signal accepted by the Pioneer.Somethings cannot be changed on our end and we do the best we can.

 

Fo those that are complaining about spending $50 on this part, you are probably not buying form a authorized dealer since this part retails for $89.99.Most of those sales were probably eBay sales in which PAC will not honor any issues or old revisions with those parts.

 

PAC

 

Is Best Buy an authorized dealer? They have them for $47.99.

OK, now that we have established that the problem is that the head unit does not send the preset up/preset down signal to the remote, we really need some of these smart hack/mod folks to fix this for us. I know I would really love to have this function back on my steering wheel buttons.

Leaning over every time you want to change the XM channel is a pain in my back!!! literally.

I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd share an updated experience with the new versions...

I bought a full 700BT/GEX-P10HD/SWI-PS kit from Crutchfield last week. I had a local dealer install it all straight out of unopened boxes (read: unmodded 700BT) in my 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid, which has CH+/-, VOL+/-, and MODE steering controls.

The only thing that didn't go as planned, which I expected, was the SWI-PS. After using the PAC install instructions, he wasn't able to get anything working properly: both + keys and the CH- were totally inoperable, the VOL- was muting the unit (ATT), and the Mode was a shortcut to the Phone menu. He was kind enough to mount the actual SWI-PS unit inside the pry panel under the climate controls, so I could simply pry open the panel and try it myself over the weekend, and he invited me back to set it up properly when I had time and could get PAC figure it out.

So first thing: these new SWI-PS units (small, blue, mine was firmware rev 1.6.7) come with REVISED instructions that are in the box, but NOT on their web instructions. They're specifically for PIONEER units with BLUETOOTH reception (sounds familiar...), and contain THREE new functions: Phone Status, Pickup Call, and Drop Call. So, there's an extra three steps to programming it, and that seemed to be throwing my installer off.

Second thing: the unit, at least in my Civic Hybrid, required me to do the programming MUCH faster than the instructions let on. If I didn't hold down the Volume Up control when I first started programming, it wasn't detecting it, and that'll throw the whole sequence off. It also seemed to be randomly detecting signal when I wasn't sending any. I spent the better part of an hour getting the timing down, so that when I actually programmed it it worked properly. I realize this could be a faulty unit, but there's more...

THIRD, and KIND OF IMPORTANT TO THE THREAD: at least two times during my timing exercises, I was able to have the unit somehow change PRESETS, at least in the HD Radio function, with the Vol+ or CH+ keys. Again, because I was flying through it, I wasn't quite sure what command was doing it. Even worse, when I did finally get the timing down, I was able to program Preset + and Preset - to the CH+ and CH- keys, and when I tested it the keys again did nothing, just as PAC describes.

I WAS able to get the entire system working after about two hours of work tonight, albeit with all the delay problems and with no preset changing that you all describe as well. I really would like to know what it was sending to change presets those two times, but it's bad enough that it took two hours for me to do something I should've figured out in 15 mins, and I'm just glad to have it working at this point.

With 700BT's implementation across all of the modes, Preset + and - removes your ability to skip tracks on external media/CD/iPod, so it might be best that the Preset functions don't work, at least for those of you that don't have dedicated preset keys and use a variety of media. I plan to use it primarily for HD radio though, so I feel your pain in having to reach ALL THE WAY OVER THERE to get at my presets (and for the lack of preset display, but that's another thread...). I'm not sure that can be fixed in software, but if it can, here's to hoping.

Enjoy...

DJGWK

I dont mean to contradict the experience you had but my unit works just fine in my 08 civic ex. You can skip tracks on CD, IPOD, or any other source. I would say that you may need to reprogram yours or you may have a defective module.

So you're saying that your CH+ and CH- are set to send Preset commands to your 90BT, and they work?

Mine currently works, but only with CH+ and CH- set to Seek Up and Seek down, respectively, just like everyone else has written. This mode also acts the way you describe in iPod/CD/etc modes.

Hi Eric,

after consulting with our engineers it is clear that Pioneer will have to change there firmware for the presets to work on F Series radios. Please notify your contacts from the AVIC web-site and inform them.

Regards

Clifton Brown

Technical Support Manager

Pacific Accessory Corporation

1340 Ritchey St.

Santa Ana, Ca. 92705

800-854-3133

www.pac-audio.com