Punto_Lassie
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Hi all - I only picked up my new 54 1.2 16v Active Sport 48 hrs ago and have already killed the awful standard head unit
Went to Halfords for a mooch round this afternoon and picked up the following head unit this morning:-
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3060
However, upon taking out existing head unit and putting new one in nothing happened. Closer examination reveals that no power is being supplied to the red lead into the unit (!). One solution was to fuse the yellow wire (power through this one) onto the red wire giving continuos power - however when the engine turns off the head unit does not turn off with it - meaning the unit is always on. This means I would have to continually power off the head unti with the on/off button and also remove the facia every time I leave the vehicle.
Not the ideal solution....
So is there an adapter I can buy for the stereo to plug on and solve the above?
Need this answering today as I have the car booked back in next week to have the facia adapter put on and any re-wiring done.
Husbands just been and had a look and tried the three combinations in the manual
A) Red to Red, Yellow to Yellow
B) Red to Yellow, Yellow to Red
C) Red to Red, Yellow to Red
But no joy the only thing that works is if we put yellow to yellow and make a contact with red to yellow but the yellow wire only has one connector
Cheers
Charlie
Went to Halfords for a mooch round this afternoon and picked up the following head unit this morning:-
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3060
However, upon taking out existing head unit and putting new one in nothing happened. Closer examination reveals that no power is being supplied to the red lead into the unit (!). One solution was to fuse the yellow wire (power through this one) onto the red wire giving continuos power - however when the engine turns off the head unit does not turn off with it - meaning the unit is always on. This means I would have to continually power off the head unti with the on/off button and also remove the facia every time I leave the vehicle.
Not the ideal solution....
So is there an adapter I can buy for the stereo to plug on and solve the above?
Need this answering today as I have the car booked back in next week to have the facia adapter put on and any re-wiring done.
Husbands just been and had a look and tried the three combinations in the manual
A) Red to Red, Yellow to Yellow
B) Red to Yellow, Yellow to Red
C) Red to Red, Yellow to Red
But no joy the only thing that works is if we put yellow to yellow and make a contact with red to yellow but the yellow wire only has one connector
Cheers
Charlie