Huifei android 4.4 for alfa romeo 159

[bzxhms]

Hello to all
I apologise if this is in the wrong section.
I've searched high and low for info on how to get steering controls to work. My alfa 159 has no blue and me just standard head unit set up. I purchased this unit guaranteed to work with alfa 159. I purchased the head unit from kaigele.
Basic signals from can bus interface box are all working ignition,park brake, illumination and speed pulse.
The new head unit has can bus input which i'm assuming is for steering controls. In factory setting page the can bus setting is set to Alfa Romeo. Not sure what else to do. I'm hoping someone out there can help me. Thanks in advance.

 

[dgcruzing]

Silly question..but have you tried mapping the steering wheel buttons under the settings menu?

You might want to make that clear that you have accessed that menu and there is no reaction...
Just a thought...

 

[bzxhms]

Good point. I wish it was that simple. I have tried mapping the buttons in the setting menu. Nothing works. Any idea's?

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[bzxhms]

One other thing worth noting, i purchased the car with another after market head unit, again with steering controls not working. This is why I purchased the Huifei unit. After installing the new unit and finding that the buttons dont work i did a can bus scan using fiat scan software. This tells me that the radio node has been removed from the network. This can only be done via proxy alignment. I'm thinking this was done when the other after market head unit was installed. Do you think that when the proxy alignment was done, it may have disabled everything associated with the radio node including steering wheel controls. Only a thought??

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[afigienas]

i think nobody understands what you writing..too complicated

 

[fergusstrachan]

I think you need to leave part of the original stereo in the Alfa and then do a cam reset, otherwise the cambus sees something is wrong and disables it (as you're seeing).
That's my understanding, but don't take it as gospel.

Given that the last post here was October, you've probably worked it out anyway, in which case if you have a working solution to the "I want an Android HU in my 159" question, I'd appreciate hearing it.