sport mode.
 

HI,

I am sorry if this is not the right place for this question... i remember reading about the s-mode button to turn it off needs to be pressed for 2 seconds or so... is this the case ? also to turn on sport mode would it be the same?

I have a base model and am trying to use the s-mode switch with my voice activation button from the NAV (kenwood 9960)

I was told they are both momentary switch so hoping it should work..

Thanks,

judging from the pic on your avatar you don't seem to have the 'Sport' rims.....from what i recall you need to have the 'Sport Package' to get "S-Mode".

aside from that if you do have that package then to take off s-mode will take about 1-2secs of holding the button down and same for turning it back on.

No, a simple push and release turns it on.

I do not have sport mode... I am only wanting to use the sport mode switch in place of the dummy that is in the base models... to activate voice command on my NAV.

I have purchased the s-mode switch now need to be sure when i try to connect it again to the wires from the voice activation that when i test i am doing the test right..

thanks... I had tried to connect the voice activation wires to pin's 2 and 3 on the s-mode switch (as per wiring diagrams) but didnt get the smode to kick the voice activation on... so I was wondering if needed to hold down the s-mode for a split second longer ...

You're just using the bare switch, correct? Do you have a multimeter? Set it to continuity test or ohm meter with buzzer. Probe a couple of pins and press the switch. If you hear it beep when the switch is pushed down, then those are the pins to use.

Test the voice activation by momentarily connecting the two wires together. If it works, then wire up the switch.

The other pin on the switch is the back light.

yes just trying to use the bare switch just to integrate the nav more in the car!

ok i can do the multimeter test however...

i did try the voice activation by momentarily connecting the 2 wires together.. but no luck that didnt seem to work... I wasnt sure if it would or not...

Hmmm. If shorting the two leads together didn't work, more research on the Kenwood side is in order. What exactly is the head unit expecting to see on those two leads? Maybe not just a short....?

Unfortunately I have no idea of that.... there was a small circuit board inside the Kenwood voice activation switch on to which the wires were soldered .......

So you just de-soldered the wires and routed them to the s-mode switch? You probably need to keep the circuit board in your new circuit. That may be an issue because the original switch is likely to be mounted to the board itself.

Can you post pictures of the circuit board and the contacts of the original switch on the board. Perhaps you can wire the S-Mode switch in place of the original switch and solder the wires back to its original place.

sure, I will post pic's when I get home tonight... should have carried the switch with me :ughdance:

well kinda de-solvered.. I cut the wire 10 inches from where it was soldered on the circuit board...

thanks guys... seems like there is hope now for making this work

here it is....