BRZ Custom Remote Audio Controls
 

Just finished making and installing a set of remote switches for controlling various functions of the stock BRZ headunit:

http://s170010772.onlinehome.us/BRZ/Final.jpg

I really wanted steering wheel controls, but after weighing all of my options, this seemed like the best compromise. The case and buttons are 3-D printed and painted Satin Nickel. Icons were created in Illustrator, printed on waterslide decals and then covered with an acrylic clear coat. Circuit board was just a piece of protoboard that I cut out in the shape of the controller and installed the switches and various resistors on. The connector is a repurposed computer power connector. If there's any other clarification needed or questions, ask away!

Huge thanks to @nalc and others who posted up their findings with the stock head unit, pinouts and resistor values.

Additional pics:

Circuit Board:
http://s170010772.onlinehome.us/BRZ/CircuitBoard.jpg

Prototype:

http://s170010772.onlinehome.us/BRZ/Prototype2.jpg

Prototype Installed:

http://s170010772.onlinehome.us/BRZ/..._Prototype.jpg

Underside:

http://s170010772.onlinehome.us/BRZ/boot_underside.jpg

Painted case with icons:

http://s170010772.onlinehome.us/BRZ/...d_w_Icons2.jpg

Wow what an amazing home brew sort of a project! Came out looking really well.

Does your hand normally sit around that area as you drive? I imagine after a while your fingers would find the appropriate control easily.

Thanks, it's been a drastic improvement in the functionality of the stock system :)

For me, the controller works out very well ergonomically as my hand naturally rests right in that area. The ridges do a good job of preventing accidental button pushes and the offset center button makes it easy to find the correct button without looking down.

Nice. I did the same thing. Tho sometimes my track/volume up buttons don't respond right away for some reason

If I didn't have the heated seat switches there, I definitely would have used that area for placement, as well.

U cud always relocate them lik jive turkey did

@reallifeonhold - What did you use for the button labels? They look pretty clean.

The labels are waterslide decals that I printed with a laser printer. The designs were created in Illustrator. After application, I sealed them with an acrylic clear coat.

This man knows what he's doing. Great job!

Haha, thanks! It was a fun project.

haha those are cool credits for that!! but... the head unit is not even far so.. lol for fun DIY!!

You FR-S guys have no idea how truly horrible the stock BRZ headunit is to use. If it had come with physical buttons, this thread probably wouldn't exist.

Wait woah I thought the brz had the same head unit? @_@


just checked lol your dilemma sorry

Nope. The BRZ unit has no [useful] physical buttons:
http://services.edmunds-media.com/im.../BRZ_Audio.jpg