head unit help

[jameselectric]

First post, new driver, sorted.

Basically i own a punto sx 65 1998, so mk1, and it currently has some rubbish clarion tape player in, i bought a new http://www.iceclearout.com/Kenwood/Stereo/CD-MP3-WMA-Players/KDC-W4534-CD-MP3-WMA-Player/

for a tidy 50quid of their ebay site, but i was wondering how to fit it, i dont have much experience with this sort of stuff, but i want to get into it for now and the future,

that is the back of the current one, and it has some wierd PCH connector i found out, what i want to know, is how can i alter/change/whatever this in order to wire up my new one. Im really in the dark as no one in my family really knows much about this sorta stuff

any answers/guides would be great
and comments on the HU, i bought it cause i liked it when i saw it in halfords, but was not paying the price they had it at :/

Cheers

 

[custard]

easy.at most you need an ISO adapter plug & fascia adapter.plug n play really
punto guys will know

 

[jameselectric]

excellent nice n easy, i was hoping for that

cheers for the feedback

 

[jameselectric]

okay, ive been doing research since i got that response, hunting for an adapter,

http://thebassbin.co.uk/shop/product/products_id/1627.html]

that is the connector i currently have in my car, going to the clarion radio,

http://www.bizrate.co.uk/caraccessories/oid481336164.html that was included in my box n stuff, an ISO female to kenwood obviously for my HU,

what i need is to convert my clarion PC3-471 to an ISO male, unfortunately no matter how much i google, i cant find this, only fiat to ISO males

a site, or anything to get me started would be great

its a matter of getting this part then plugging in the cable i have into the ISO adapter. and getting it going.

Cheers

 

[snakeeater]

is it the camera or is your clarion actually copper plated?

 

[chaos]

Is the Clarion adapter hard wired into the car?

 

[jameselectric]

im not certain, im assuming to check this ill need to take off the dash? i checked as far as i could follow the wires, but couldnt see anything ill try it tonight and look, it may be a case that its a fiat adapter to ISO which would be great, as i have an iso adapter that works for my car, but just not from the clarion to the iso male,

as for copper plating, that isnt mine, but it is the exact model

who knows maybe

but mine doesnt look copper at all

cheers

 

[jameselectric]

have just checked, i am able to pull out the clarion connector, i have bare wires, but when looking at them, i cant even slightly match up the colours, to the previous adapter. getting a bit out of my depth and dont know what to do.

 

[jameselectric]

right had another play. not enjoying this. >.<

i managed to take off the clarion adapter, so i have a lot of bare wires, a seperate clarion adapter (removed, which didnt match the colours of wires in car. GREAT.)

but pictures say more than words, so i took some of what state everything is in now, answers would be appreciated im so close to saying f**k it, pay some guy 40 quid to do it.

Cheers

Current situation with car wiring, coming from where stereo is of course

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j29/toowicked46/WiresInCar-2.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j29/toowicked46/WiresinCar.jpg

new wiring harness, nice and tidy

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j29/toowicked46/Kenwood-New.jpg

old clarion adapter i believe, just clipped onto wires but colours dont match to fiat wires

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j29/toowicked46/Clarion-Old.jpg

back of old player/clarion

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j29/toowicked46/Back-Old.jpg

back of new player

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j29/toowicked46/Back-New.jpg

HEEELP

 

[chaos]

Do you have any wiring diagrams and did your new HU come with a bare ISO harness (some do)?

 

[jameselectric]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j29/toowicked46/Kenwood-New.jpg

thats all it came with, and an aux cable, but that makes no odds, im getting a guy have a look at it tomorrow, hopefully thatll shed some light, if i had a bare iso i could wire it up, whoever had this car before did a **** job with the wiring. oh well..

 

[snakeeater]

cut off the iso adapter.

 

[volxstu]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j29/toowicked46/Kenwood-New.jpg

thats all it came with, and an aux cable, but that makes no odds, im getting a guy have a look at it tomorrow, hopefully thatll shed some light, if i had a bare iso i could wire it up, whoever had this car before did a **** job with the wiring. oh well..

Well actaully i would say that they did quite a good job to have actual nipple connections or whatever there called, thats just what happened to the older cars before ISO blocks were widely used.
Ive seen cars with the wires twisted together and covered with insulation tape . The worst ive ever has to do is an old Mercedes E class cosworth because i sold an old headunit to the guy and he took it to a pro to get fitted come back to me and said its broken. I knew it wasnt so i had to spend an hour trying to figure out the dodgy wiring that the car had but it worked.
Moral of the story is its hard to explain how to wire a whole ISO without actually being there (i know that was a bit off the point) but there maybe some individual here that knows exactly how to explain it.

 

[jameselectric]

well thanks for all the advice, got it fitted today, redid all the nipply bits hehe, works like a dream, bit bizarre there wasnt a wire that makes it start with ignition, it was actually missing, but chuffed

so thanks to all

 

[snakeeater]

mine had the orange ignition wire, but the hu ( fiat ad 182 m ) didn't have the pin even.