New HU but having connection problems

[jimbo]

hi matey

the other connectors are for your speakers so thats easy peasy

you need to check that you are getting power from the right wires. either get a multi meter or get a side light bulb and hold it on the earth terminal. then one by one with the ignition off touch each wire on the bulb and see if it lights up. this will tell you which wire is your permanant live. then repeat this with the ignition in the on postion to see which wire is the ignition live.
once you know these wires try wiring it up to these wires.

where abouts are you based mate?

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Im in N london. Ive got a multimeter so can you take me through how i can use it for this problem.

Ok, so do i turn the knob to speaker mode and put the black lead on the earth (brown wire on the car loom) and red lead touching the wires one by one. When it sounds thats my permanent live (with the ignition off). Then repeat the process with the igniton turned on and see which is the ignition live. Is this right?

This is my multimeter by the way:

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Another thing,

Fuse 22: Radio & Cigarette lighter - Ive got a working 10amp fuse in there - bentley manual says 10amp but Haynes says 15amp. Bearing in mind my cigarette lighter doesnt work and my previous units digital bit was unlit (maybe that might be the bulbs). So 10 or 15amp?

Should i check any relays?

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Good news all - IT WORKS!!!!!!!!

I looked at the HU i took off to replace the new one with. It seemed that it only had 2 main wires, earth and live (both permanent live and ignition live) So i modified my new loom accordingly.

I modified the loom from:



To this:



To give:



Thank you all so much for your help.

[jimbo]

  woohoo?

well glad you got it working matey?

just remember where to come for your golf info?