Steering wheel remote controls allow you to control major functions on a head unit without having to bend over to the head unit itself. This clearly reduces distractions to the driver, thus increasing road safety.

However, there are certain units that are not compatible with the steering wheel remote control. So do you give up and forget about your safety or do lose out on the fun and leave that wonderful unit?

No! You can have both with the installation of a steering wheel remote adaptor. You’ll learn how here-

Every steering wheel remote adaptor comes with full installation instructions. This covers the make and model of a car it was designed to work with.

Installation of a steering wheel remote adaptor is really simple once you have gained access to the rear of your radio. You simply connect, by push-fit, one end of the steering remote adaptor into your wiring harness connector. This should be the spare connector you are left with having used the power and speaker connectors for the radio.

The next step is that you push the small jack plug type connector, or similar (depending on which radio you are using) into the blue socket, or other (again depending on radio make and model you are using) at the rear of your radio.

Before pushing your radio back into its cage turn on your radio and check your remote works OK.

If you don’t like messing around with car audio installation, you can get a good car audio installer. All you need to do is ask your car audio shop. They will recommend competent car audio installers. You can count on them because they have something to lose if all does not go well.