Hello all,
I just installed an Alpine 9857 with the PAC steering wheel interface into my 2004 MCS. The Alpine is AWESOME compared to the H/K that I removed......
I've got one small problem with the PAC Steering wheel interface that I'm hoping someone can help with:
If I program the SWI to use all of my available functions:

Vol up
Vol down
mute
Preset up
Preset down
Mode
Track up
Track down

When all these functions are programmed, my "preset up/down" actually acts as a "station seek up/down".
If I end my programming without adding the "track up/track down" buttons, then the "preset up/down" works fine..... but I cant change CD tracks with the sw buttons.

If anyone is familiar with this combo of items and has successfully programmed it, please let me know.

Thanks
Donald

 

You only have a few steering wheel buttons to choose from - can't figure how you're assigning all those functions to the few MFSW buttons?

 

GBMini,
You're correct. Only 6 buttons on the sw...... but it appears that the SWI can assign the up/down on the left side to function as "up/down presets" for Tuner mode, and "up/down track" for CD mode.
The middle button on the left is assigned to "mute"
The middle button on the right is assigned to "mode"

Thanks
Donald

 

I don't know whether anything changed with the 3-spoke wheel, but 5 MFSW buttons on the old 2-spoke do everything he has listed except mute (something I've always wished I could assign to that unused center left button) because some buttons are multi-purpose, serving different functions depending on the mode chosen.

I have a new 9857 waiting to be installed and hope to see you find a solution for this - I love the MFSW and don't want to lose ANY functionality.

 

We are working on a circuit to handle this functionality. Read my blog posting here for some background information. We're actually looking to get our hands on a 9857 to capture the protocol Alpine is using on the wired steering wheel input. Any chance you would let us get our hands on it before you install it?

-Randy