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General => Car audio => Topic started by: Willo on 22 April 2012, 13:26
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Every time I turn of the ignition in my mk 3 the stereo loses all the stations I've tuned in its an aftermarket pioneer stereo
Will
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Connected up wrong!
Need to use the remote
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The remote cable is wired to the amp to turn on the amp like in all my other cars
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Lens right, same thing in mine,theres 2 wires that need swapping... ill go and have a look at my thread and see if i can tell yu which ones.. its a royal pain :laugh:
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this is the reply i got from Dogbot when i asked about the same problem
sheilagh,
you need to swap on the black plug,
small brown with red trace = ignition live
large red with white trace = permanent live
swap those two & yours will work perfectly, & remember all your stations & cd positions the lot,
basically, your radio's memorey is being wiped when you take out the key, it needs permamnt live to remember these things
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How did u swap them ?? Just cut them or do they pull out ?
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eerrr actually i havent got around to doing it yet :grin:
inbox dogbot im sure he'dbe more than happy to advise x
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The remote cable is wired to the amp to turn on the amp like in all my other cars
Well thats what ya done wrong! :rolleyes:
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the blue remote cable going to the amp is perfectly correct it powers up the amp,
as sheliagh has posted my reply i just need to add that you can either cut & solder the joins & heatshrink them, or you can crimp on connectors, its your choice, but for christs sake dont do what halfords do, which is cut, twist then tape, your dealing with a permananet live..... it needs to be finished up correctly..
most new iso adapters come with bullet connectors so you can do this wothout cutting just depends on which unit you have my new pioneer had the bullet connectors on but my previous jvc didnt, hence why i cut & changed my loom,
the remote output is there for output power souce to amp, not to power memory...
dont work for halfords do you :lipsrsealed: :grin: :laugh: :grin: :cool: :wink:
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the blue remote cable going to the amp is perfectly correct it powers up the amp,
as sheliagh has posted my reply i just need to add that you can either cut & solder the joins & heatshrink them, or you can crimp on connectors, its your choice, but for christs sake dont do what halfords do, which is cut, twist then tape, your dealing with a permananet live..... it needs to be finished up correctly..
most new iso adapters come with bullet connectors so you can do this wothout cutting just depends on which unit you have my new pioneer had the bullet connectors on but my previous jvc didnt, hence why i cut & changed my loom,
the remote output is there for output power souce to amp, not to power memory...
dont work for halfords do you :lipsrsealed: :grin: :laugh: :grin: :cool: :wink:
I don't think those comments are very fair about halfords. Myself and my colleagues where I work would NEVER cut strip and twist
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harsh but true, for the basildon, romford & chelmsford stores at least..... :wink:
glad to hear its not all stores tho...
a friend of mine gets a lot of work putting right their nasties.. some of it makes you :sick:
best one was a dvd player they fittied to a fiesta the poor lass was towed to another friends garage
only to find interior earths had been connected to a live & spiked through the ecu to earth..... fried ecu...
have seen amp power cables trapped under seat runners, earth points installed an fallen off days later, & the amp that was installed on thursday, had 5m of cables from the 4 speakers wrapped in what can only be decribed as enough insulating tape to cover the journey from lands end to john o groats......
there are however some very experienced installers that work for halfords..they are just far and few between
just google the amount of people upset, this one is exactly what im on about
http://www.autonz.com/knowledge/show34553-have-halfords-ripped-us-off-and-or-broke-the-law-
dont have to search for a few seconds an its everywhere
quote fromm above linky.....
"1. Mike Lyons Says: Halfords quoted £116 to wire up the speaker wires for the car cd player and to wire up the Sub. They have put the wires in and just twisted them around the speaker spade connectors. They then told us they could not wire up the sub for some unknown reason.
My worrie is that if the positive wire comes off the speakers and hits the door or earths on something eles it could cause real problems to the main fuse box and with a 220 mile home trip from Portsmouth to Plymouth tomorrow could the car break down ?
Total paid was 2 x 49.99
and 16.99 for a adaptor ?
My upset is they have just pushed these wires in and twisted and not use the crimps and done the job we have paid.
I feel its unsafe and I should ask for my money back
If someone could give me some advice that would be great.
Cheers Mike"
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I can appreciate customers will have had issues with some stores but don't tar us all with the same brush.
You only ever read about poor workmanship, but rarely the good stuff which is a shame.
Its like saying all young people are "Yobos" etc
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I can appreciate customers will have had issues with some stores but don't tar us all with the same brush.
You only ever read about poor workmanship, but rarely the good stuff which is a shame.
Its like saying all young people are "Yobos" etc
But they are pmsl
Jus kiddin man, your right
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Thanks all for the advice I'll get it sorted out when I next get a day off
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Just done the same on my Mk3, swap the yellow and red power wires around. so red to yellow, yellow to red rather than red red yellow yellow. Job done