Vauxhall astra raidio buttons on steering wheel!!?

Question

my car got broke into and the thief made a rite mess of the radion iv put in a kenwood cd player but the volume and skip paddles on the steering wheel do not work now is there anyway to get them to work?

Answer 1

he has bent the wheel of shaft causing the copper slides/connecting carbon rods not to match up....not really a diy job.

Answer 2

The saturn astra requires an interface for the external buttons. The radio has to support it too....

Answer 3

With the aftermarket CD/MP3 Players for cars, I dont think you can get the paddles to work in sync with the cd player, because they were designed for the Vauxhall one.  As with the heads-up disply, you may/ may not have noticed that it doesnt show was radio station is on etc.

Answer 4

You'll need one of these;

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/vehicle-...

Answer 5

Depending on the model of radio you got you can get adapters that allow those controlls to work.  If you just got a cheap stereo then you probably wont be able to use them.  

Answer 6

You need a pioneer car radio fitter or the equivalent fitting shop,your instrument is not matching in.