Hello all... I had a "very good quality" rip speed DVD player in my old car, I wanted to see if it would go in my grande, I took the old one out, did the yellow red switch thing. And it worked great . I then went to get some elec tape. As i took the terminals apart It sparked the most minute of minute sparks, thought nothing of it and put it together, and then went to test it... Nothing.... I thought it was my wiring so I took it apart and put the original one on to test... Nothing... Oh ****. I checked the fuse... Well what the internet said was the fuse, a 10 amp in glovebox.. What have I done wrong? Any help would be brilliant. Thanks in advance people.

Possibly blown the rip speed unit. Tried refitting the original head unit?

Yeah, neither power up.... So I'm assuming its car related, I checked the earth, that's fine 0.1 ohm. I checked for feeds, got 11.2v on terminal 30 feed. Which I thought was meant to be battery feed. Is there an ecu that controls the head unit?

I had a simular issue not long back. Mine was a fault with the canbus system i had to have a proxy alignment. Bassically a system reset for your cars computer. another tip is to disconnect the battery for an hour or so as this can sometimes have the same effect but sometimes do nothing but worth a try.

Jordan.

Canbus won't be controlling the replacement Headunit so it won't be that.

Most Easterly Pandas said:

Canbus won't be controlling the replacement Headunit so it won't be that.

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that what caused mine to stop working and mine is a aftermarket sony headunit

The body computer may control the switched feed if the original head unit wasn't ignition switched with canbus signals originally. Proxi alignment is more than probably coincidental although I suppose not an impossibility.

I forgot to mention my 12v socket has also stopped working... I was using it as an earth, if i touched the + & - together would that blow something that would stop those things from working... Because the new unit did power on initially.

steds20 said:

I forgot to mention my 12v socket has also stopped working... I was using it as an earth, if i touched the + & - together would that blow something that would stop those things from working... Because the new unit did power on initially.

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How did you check the fuse?

I only checked the fuse for the stereo... The internet said it was one of the 10A in the glove box fuse holder... I did continuity check with multimeter across the fuse. With the fuse still in its holder.

steds20 said:

I only checked the fuse for the stereo... The internet said it was one of the 10A in the glove box fuse holder... I did continuity check with multimeter across the fuse. With the fuse still in its holder.

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Well its the same fuse for the Aux outlet, swap it with another, just incase. They can be tricky to check by looking, and continuity check in place wouldn't have been the most accurate either.

ive currently got the same issue head unit wont switch on but still got power to the outlet socket checked the fuse under the bonnet and the cd hu but not in glovebox as yet. Pain in the arse with no music

SOLVED I checked EVERY fuse with multimeter, found 2 15A blown, one in engine bay, and one by glove box. The under bonnet one sorted the 12v, and the glove box one sorted the radio. It was on left hand side 4th one from top, a 15A-er going halfords tomorrow to get some replacements. I checked they sorted the problem with a improvised piece of wire... Thanks for everyone's help

steds20 said:

SOLVED I checked EVERY fuse with multimeter, found 2 15A blown, one in engine bay, and one by glove box. The under bonnet one sorted the 12v, and the glove box one sorted the radio. It was on left hand side 4th one from top, a 15A-er going halfords tomorrow to get some replacements. I checked they sorted the problem with a improvised piece of wire... Thanks for everyone's help

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Mines solved to now by any chance did your mileage flash to?

puntoboii said:

Mines solved to now by any chance did your mileage flash to?

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That'll be because the origional head unit has been removed and the canbus system has lost a node. Might resolve itself, if not it'll need a proxi alignment.

Most Easterly Pandas said:

That'll be because the origional head unit has been removed and the canbus system has lost a node. Might resolve itself, if not it'll need a proxi alignment.

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As soon as i replaced the fuse it stopped flashing was just wondering if his was flashing to when his mishap happened lol

Occasionally my milleage has flashed.. But not on this occasion, and not for about 2 months.