right me and the bf have a car stereo problem, dont know much about car stereos so please help!!
we have a skoda and when we got it we replaceds the steroe with a ford one from a scrap yard so the car has ford wiring. this was fine but was a tape player so we have upgraded.
got a new stereo from aldi the other day and bought a iso to ford connector, however once u put the car ignition on the stereo doesnt recognise the speakers are there until u unplug the iso/ford connector and put it back in again. its then fine and plays ok until u turn the ignition off again.
if anyone can help and needs more info on my problem i can try and explain better
thanks a lot babes xxxx
Its possible that the stereo has two power feeds, one which is a permanent live and the other is a switched live.
Sometimes the fitting kits have wires which you can swap around to get the correct combination.
John
Go to halfords and ask them for advice. My new Sony CD in my golf played up when i fitted it to replace the sony cassette. They re-wired it for me for free. I they will do that for a guy think what a girl can get out of them?
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thanks so far for the advice i have been to both halford and motorworld and they said they have no idea!!
i'm with davejw on this one. been fitting and fixing stereos since 8-track was cutting edge and never heard of anything like this, try a new stereo first cos the only idea i have is that you might have an earth/ground problem(but your old stereo worked so????). you can test this with any basic test meter. switch ignition off, clip a lead to the negative terminal on your battery, set the meter to read resistance Ω , connect the other lead to the metal case of the stereo, anything over about 1ohm may be a ground fault. feel free to pm me if you need any more advice
Return that stereo it might be faulty or if you live near London or Essex i can come over and take a look for you folks used to fitting sound off sytems but can help any1 in need.
Just give me a shout.
Tony
thanks so much for the offer to look at it for us, sadly we live in York. going to show M ur posts tonight and see what he can do xxxx
Right I guess this may be obvious but its worth a check. Have you checked the fuses to see if they are all working? I remembered Halfords blew the one in my golf when fiddling around and when nothing worked forgot to check. Then another one of them suggested check the fuse.
Sorry if im asking a dumb question.
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