Finally steering wheel controls that works as they should

[leviathan18]

after 15 hours reading seat leon 2 forums i found what we need to make the wheel control work perfectly in any alpine H.U.

KCE-UNICAN the bag says APF-S999UN designed for altea leon and toledo it works as it should....

and with the respect of seatleon2 forums im going to copy the rest of the info

JVC - KS-RC204
PIONEER - CA-R-PI.221
KENWOOD - CAW-VW1280
ALPINE - APF-S999UN
BLAUPUNKT - VW RCI-4A

those are interface controls for the steering for JVC pioneer kenwood alpine and blaukpunkt hope you guys find this information as valuable as i do....

 

[Jubjubbird]

Any idea where to get these from. Searched the part number in google but didn't come up with much

 

[leviathan18]

you want the alpine one, call the alpine center in UK and ask for it the controller is new so maybe you will have hard time find it, it works perfectly costs around 100 euros like 50 pounds, its designed for our cars by alpine for alpine

 

[Jubjubbird]

Contacted Alpine via my ICE dealer today and they have no idea what the part is. Guess we'll have to wait for now

 

[leviathan18]

jubjubbird here are the pics of the steering control so you can see it

hope this can help you to find it....


By leviathan18 at 2007-08-20


By leviathan18 at 2007-08-20

 

[Jubjubbird]

Been investigation this.

It seems it's not a genuine Alpine part, so not available over here yet, but there are a couple of italian sites selling it (mainly as its conpatable with Fiats)

http://www.caraudio.it/index.php?Mode=shop&Command=detail&PID=2440

there's a pdf here of the various uses that looks promising

http://www.tecnosoundsanremo.it/download/alp_kce-unicam.pdf

 

[leviathan18]

jubjubbird yesterday i wrote alpine spain to talk with the about this...

he sent me this today


By leviathan18

so yes its an alpine part they have the number and they know what it is

 

[Jubjubbird]

Ok, sorry, thats what my local ICE dealer told me.

I'll will chase the part up next week and see what I can find out

 

[leviathan18]

yeah maybe in UK they use another SKU but there you have the proof from alpine that it really exists LOL

it says it costs 77 euros and doesnt have the interface yet for the red screen just wheel

 

[Jubjubbird]

Well finally had a reply from Alpine after a week!

Hi Stephen, the APF-S999UN is a locally sourced product by Alpine Spain.
Please inform me of the exact model and year of your vehicle and we can recommend a solution if available in the UK. Alternatively you could ask you friend to purchase one and send it over for you ?

Not much help!

 

[leviathan18]

wow they are so useful......

i asked a guy in ebay that is selling everything to connect any kind of H.U. to any car and he told me he will have them in September and when he have them he will write me they ship internationally and i can help you with the buy

at least we found it, now my turn to get the H.U. sadly I'm almost broke

 

[Jubjubbird]

That would be great if you could let me know. Thank you.

I can't really afford 77 Euro's but never mind! I'll have to spend less on my holiday!

 

[Jubjubbird]

Well I've just had an email from Alpine and the KCE-UNICAN is now available through UK distribution channels

I have a pdf of this product if anyone wants it.

I'll start to investigate this tomorrow

 

[leviathan18]

sweet you let me know in 10 days i will have the money for the alpine

 

[Jubjubbird]

A little more expensive than I first thought

http://www.incarexpress.co.uk/view_product.php?partno=KCE-UNICAN

Will try and order one as soon as this stupid postal strike is over

 

[leviathan18]

yes they are expensive....

 

[Jubjubbird]

Old thread, bought this unit and it works perfectly!

 

[Birdy]

were did you end up getting it from mate

 

[Jubjubbird]

http://incarexpress.co.uk/view_product.php?partno=KCE-UNICAN

Its not a stocked item but came in 5 days.

The instructions are in Italian but you can work it out, you just need to work out which coloured wires are which.

The folder up/down also works, even though the unit states it's not compatable.

 

[JMP]

Old thread, but are there adapters for vehicle display interface from Alpine that should work with Leon? Or only steering wheel controls?