Help, Grande Punto Stereo upgrade!

Hi everyone,

I have a grande punto 1.2 active on an 06 plate and i'm trying to upgrade from the standard headunit to a better one as i need my ipod connected! The stereo that i have is a Fli dvd 9, i have the fascia adaptor, and i also have a wiring harness adaptor that is a PC2-86-4. The problem that i'm having is that i cant get any power to the headunit, and the wiring adaptor doesn't seem to line up correctly,it has a red 12v cable coming off it which needs to be connected up somewhere, but again im not sure. I've never had a fiat before so this is new to me, and i think im going to go mad.

Any help would be appreciated as i'm currently at a dead end! Another thing is that i dont really want to chop the Fiat's wires as i want to drop the standard headunit back in when i come to sell it, or am I asking a bit much there? Like i say, any help! Thanks.

the problem with grande punto's is they do not come with an ignition wire. This means that although your headunit will be getting power its not going to know when to power on and off. Therefore, it will remain permantently off.

what you have to do is look in the manual and locate the 12v and the ignition wires.

normally
Red = 12v
Green/Yellow = ignition (check this as this is the colour code that will change randomly per unit.)

All you do is cut both the ignition and the 12v and then join the ignition to the 12v.

This will leave ur HU permanently powered so remember to turn it off to save ur battery!

wire a direct ignition feed to the headunit

yeah but that takes effort!!!

took me 5 mins

and means the HU keeps its settings and turns off with the ignition, worth it imo

Ok cheers for the advice, i think il go down the ignition feed to the stereo route because if i dont im sure il be jumpstarting it every morning!

Well yeah there is that...although...if you tend to leave your HU in all the time its likely to get robbed anyway so could be a good way to remind you to take it out!!!

If you can wire the ignition feed then go for it though...well worth it for sure

Hello everyone! I just bought a 07 plate sporting 1.4 16v in orange and I'm having mad trouble trying to fit my HU in it!!!

I bought a kenwood motorised head unit to fit in it and I want to try and fit it via the ignition feed but I dont have a clue how????

Please could someone give me some instructions and (maybe some pictures) on how to do it? you would really be helping out because I can't live with a standard audio system lol

PLEASE HELP!!!!

Thanks

i bought a 08 plate dynamic and after failing to install a jvc H/U i went to a fiat garage and got told that it was a cambus connection so not to do it myself and was told they would do it for £50. one thing i did notice after reinstalling the old headunit was all of the radio stations were still saved??

You believed fiat?! Just because its canbus it doesnt mean it cant be changed. All you need is your ISO adapter then if you want to keep steering wheel controls you just need a harness adapter that fits your headunit if its compatible with steering wheel controls.

the connector in the car is iso but all it would do is eject discs so it had power but it wouldnt stay on even if i connected the red and yellow together

It was wired up incorrectly then and or the hu is faulty because i have put my audio in and all my stuff is working fine.

i tried the radio in other cars and is fine but after fiat told me it might f**k the ECU i didnt want to go any further lol car only 3 weeks old

Fiat chat absolute ******** ignore them it will be fine.

Does everyone with Blue and Me/USB just junk the whole lot then and not use it?