Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Just had a new radio installed in a 2005 chevy. Could not believe you have to buy a $100 adaptor because your seat belt, air bag, etc. curcits run through the radio!
The owner said he went to the audio show in Vegas and was told that most of the car makers in the next couple of years are going to a single wire system to operate all the accessories in the cars. Every electronic device in the vehicle will have its own digital ID to communicate with the main computer over one wire. The only problem is that every car will be programed with its own individual ID's for all the devices, so the after market will not be able to communicate with the car because they will not know the ID.
Another way for the Manufacturers to have you buy their add ons.
The owner said he went to the audio show in Vegas and was told that most of the car makers in the next couple of years are going to a single wire system to operate all the accessories in the cars. Every electronic device in the vehicle will have its own digital ID to communicate with the main computer over one wire. The only problem is that every car will be programed with its own individual ID's for all the devices, so the after market will not be able to communicate with the car because they will not know the ID.
Another way for the Manufacturers to have you buy their add ons.
