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Old 05-27-2017, 07:23 PM
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The Jensen VX7020 manual states it is compatible with most OEM SWC after it's wired up. My SWC don't work and I discovered that the Metra harness used to connect the headunit to Ford's wiring harness is missing the two pins it would need to connect with the SWC. The headunit also doesn't have any jack to plug an adapter into so I'm at a loss as to what I'd need to do. The Jensen clearly has the two SWC wires necessary to be able to use the Ford SWC, they just don't have a place to be wired into the Metra harness.
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What is SWC?
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The Jensen VX7020 manual states it is compatible with most OEM SWC after it's wired up. My SWC don't work and I discovered that the Metra harness used to connect the headunit to Ford's wiring harness is missing the two pins it would need to connect with the SWC. The headunit also doesn't have any jack to plug an adapter into so I'm at a loss as to what I'd need to do. The Jensen clearly has the two SWC wires necessary to be able to use the Ford SWC, they just don't have a place to be wired into the Metra harness.
It also says an adapter may be required in order to utilize those steering wheel controls. You may need to buy a box that converts the OEM pulses to something that Jensen can understand.
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I'll read over it again but I don't see where you'd have to install the adapter in to the head unit
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From Crutchfield:

Steering Wheel Control Compatible Adapter required

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_110VX7...en-VX7020.html

But... you can always try this:




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