Here’s how to modify the cruise control buttons on your Mazda Protege to turn them into audio controls on the steering wheel of an NB or NBFL.
Here’s how to convert the cruise control buttons on your Mazda Protege into audio controls for the steering wheel of an NB or NBFL. The Mazda Protege, the North American version of the Mazda 323, came equipped with cruise control buttons on the steering wheel in some trim levels. Essentially, this is the same steering wheel used in the NB and NBFL.
We now know that the three-spoke MX-5 steering wheel was also used in certain models of the Mazda 323 FS between 2000 and 2002, which featured audio controls on the steering wheel. If you can find one of those, that’s the best option. However, since they’re hard to come by, I set out to investigate whether the Mazda Protege buttons could also be used as audio controls.
I made a video about the possibilities of using these buttons for audio.
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