previous owner replaced headunit, without transom remote harness

[c04rsx-sm]

I have a 2008 mobius lsv and the previous owner replaced the factory head unit with a new kenwood head unit. at the time of purchase he told me that it did not come with the harnesses to connect it to the transom remote as well as the remote at the steering wheel and all I needed to do was take it to a stereo shop and get the part and they would work. well a year and a half later i finally did and the stereo place told me there was no way to get the remotes to work and I needed to replace the head unit again with a new one that came with remotes... does this seem right?

It is a kenwood headunit and the remotes are the aware ones if that helps...

[MLA]

Start with which model Kenwood head unit, as they produce many. It may not be one that supports the universal aware remotes. May not even support the kenwood marine remotes.

[sivs1]

Yes, shop is right

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[moombahighrider]

I have a 2008 mobius lsv and the previous owner replaced the factory head unit with a new kenwood head unit. at the time of purchase he told me that it did not come with the harnesses to connect it to the transom remote as well as the remote at the steering wheel and all I needed to do was take it to a stereo shop and get the part and they would work. well a year and a half later i finally did and the stereo place told me there was no way to get the remotes to work and I needed to replace the head unit again with a new one that came with remotes... does this seem right?

It is a kenwood headunit and the remotes are the aware ones if that helps...

Any kenwood headunit that has the remote input connection on the back will work. I have an 08 with aeware remotes and have upgraded the headunit 3 times now over the years. As long as it 'steering wheel remote ready', it will work.

Sounds like you just need to upgrade to a new kenwood.

This is the one I just put in this last summer:

Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X998 CD Receiver with Built-in Bluetooth and HD Radio https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I8S6B86..._22f1xbENZH691

[c04rsx-sm]

Any kenwood headunit that has the remote input connection on the back will work. I have an 08 with aeware remotes and have upgraded the headunit 3 times now over the years. As long as it 'steering wheel remote ready', it will work.

Sounds like you just need to upgrade to a new kenwood.

This is the one I just put in this last summer:

Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X998 CD Receiver with Built-in Bluetooth and HD Radio https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I8S6B86..._22f1xbENZH691

Bringing this back up cause I never did anything about it... haha

But did you have to buy the adapter separate with that radio. Or did it come with what it needed to hook up to aware remotes?

[moombahighrider]

Bringing this back up cause I never did anything about it... haha

But did you have to buy the adapter separate with that radio. Or did it come with what it. Ended to hook up to aware remotes?

It has the connections that you need. Pretty simple on the aeware remotes. They just need power, ground, signal.