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[706woodman]

Hello all I am new to this forum and to the Chevy avalanche.but now i own one,and i love it but i need some input about the radio.i bought an 04 av victory red 6inch lift 35x12.50x20 nitto tires loaded its a nice truck.but the factory head unit was gone ,so i had a new kenwood install  the steering wheel controlls& the rear radio controlls do not work.Is their any way to make all this stuff to work with a aftermarket head unit 

[HawaiianBrian]

Congrats on the new AVYpurchase and Welcome to the club
I know you can make the controls work but sadly I can't help with that but I'm sure someone will pipe in quickly with your solution. Lot's of great advice & tips here.

[Tango Chaser]

You will need a harness such as the ones sold at Pac-audio.com or Crutchfield.  I think Best buy and those type places usually carry some as well.

It will depend on what head unit you have
What year AV
Whether you have a bose or non-bose system from the factory.

There are several threads in this section discussing the various harness' needed to retain steering wheel controls, rear controls, door chimes and On*.

[706woodman]

OK thanks for the info I'm out for now

[706woodman]

Hey tango talked to a guy at my local shop today he said this cant be done .but after reading some post on here i don't know if he is rite or not.

[Tango Chaser]

Hey tango talked to a guy at my local shop today he said this cant be done .but after reading some post on here i don't know if he is rite or not.

I'm not radio  savy, but there are lots of theads in this section about folks putting in after market head units and using adapters to keep the chimes, On* and steering wheel controls.  I'm surprised no one who has done this or knows more about radios' has replied yet.  Just scan thru the first 5 or so pages of this section you'll see threads titled "steering wheel controls' , Keeping door chimes etc. that may answer your questions.

The issue "May be" that the factory head unit was gone and so were other components that pluged into it. I'm guessing the wires of the harness may have just been cut off, or the factory amp was removed or bypass'ed which may be why it can not be done.

[706woodman]

yeah u may be rite about that.ok i will keep reading thanks!

[706woodman]

just got some info from someone this unit will not work for steering wheel controlls ,but he never even  asked me  what type of unit i had.he just said no he didn't want to help.hey man thanks for yo help! 

[HeavyD]

Either they don't know what they're talking about or I don't know what I'm talking about, but one thing I can tell you is I have my Kenwood DNX 7100 working off of my factory steering wheel controls, do a search on PAC steering wheel control harness

[706woodman]

just got back from the shop that did the install and found they bypassed the Bose amp and sub.they ridged it up cuz that's what the dealer where i bough the truck from told them to do.so i called the dealer and gave them a piece of my mind!they didn't want to pay the 90$for the correct parts I'm pissed off !!!!!!