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The steering wheel remote circuits only show a simple resistor and a blue wire running to the headunit



That's good - it's safe to plug into your tuner, then (you may need to add a 3.5mm stereo jack).

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Volume Up1270 ohms
Volume Down294 ohms
Mute823 ohms
Seek Up715 ohms
Seek Down1180 ohms
Preset9350 ohms




These are all smaller than the Sony, though your 'Preset' button might work as 'Forward track'.

From here, all I can suggest is to see if you can replace the factory resistors with what you need, or to look for a third-party adaptor for your vehicle - or convince a (competent) friend to make you one.
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