My VRS came with the Swing radio and after looking at different (cheap) ways of upgrading, I ended up with a second hand Pioneer avh-x3600DAB. After some initial fiddling and cursing I have managed to hook it up, and get the canbus set up so it turns on/off with the key and I can control volume and next/prev with the steering wheel controls.

 

There are, however, two issues that annoy me.

 

First, the car came with OEM bluetooth, and it keeps trying to connect to my phone. I've read/heard that I should disconnect the bluetooth module, which is apparently located under the drivers seat (would this also be the case on LHD versions?). I will try this once I manage to locate it. So far I haven't seen it, but there are storage compartments under the seats so I suppose they will have to come off to get access. I did find three cables (white, green and yellow connectors) connected under the drivers seat but am a bit wary of pulling any of them out just in case they're airbag-related.

 

Second, while I can use the volume and next/previous buttons on my wheel, there are other controls that are not as useful. Pressing the phone-button (volume toggle) will enter the OEM phone menu and of course tell me there's no phone connected. Pressing the button on the end of the right side stalk both enters the menu on the OEM system (as I expect and want it to do) and for some reason sends a "skip to next input" signal to the head unit, which I don't care about. The other two buttons on the stalk works as they should, they do not do anything on the Pioneer, but lets me navigate menus in the OEM system.

 

Anyone else fitted a Pioneer or other HU and come across something like this? Ideas? This is a brand new area of knowledge for me, I'm pretty lost... Maybe I should just try and swap it for an RNS310 or something

No one has had canbus-related issues with aftermarket HU's? Maybe I should try in the ICE-section of the forum?