Headunit not turning off with ignition?

[alexd]

Hi there sorry to hijack! I just put a kenwood headunit in my mk 4, i have swapped the wires over but when i do i get no power to the unit at all? It is currently wired up to a permenant live? Could someone post up some sort of diagram as to what needs to go where? I have what looks to be a remote cable going to my second permenant live.

[killakam78]

Mate, i found that you need to keep those two lives intact, i lost the fob completely, joined them back and the key worked, there should be a thread above with the wiring diagram or check out mk4 - i have left a thread in there about my key fob

[alexd]

So do both permenant lives go into the battery live on the headunit? My Ignition live does not seem to be working? When i look at the fuses all 3 of the fuse slots with the 'Ignition' symbol do not even have connectors to take fuses?

[kylepeo]

ok lets see if this helps the yellow wire from head unit must go to perm live the red wire must go to ignition live most mk4 come with 2 perm live that is why you will still have the head unit on with no keys in the car to fix this you can try swap the red and yellow wires round if this dont work then you need to wire a new ignition live to the head unit best done from fuse box but you could also take a feed from fag lighter

just as a help for anyone

from head unit

red = ignition live  (you can join both yellow and red together then put them to a perm live but not a good idea as it may not be fused)
yellow = perm live
black = earth
orange/pink = illumination
blue = remote (use this for amp)

green and purple = rear speakers
white and grey = front speakers 

[hainesz]

Hi there sorry to hijack! I just put a kenwood headunit in my mk 4, i have swapped the wires over but when i do i get no power to the unit at all? It is currently wired up to a permenant live? Could someone post up some sort of diagram as to what needs to go where? I have what looks to be a remote cable going to my second permenant live.

1st of all before doing anything you need a multi meter to check for sure that there is between 12-14v on your permanant live, and the same with your ignition live (but obviously with the ignition turned on) then back track from there

Mate, i found that you need to keep those two lives intact, i lost the fob completely, joined them back and the key worked, there should be a thread above with the wiring diagram or check out mk4 - i have left a thread in there about my key fob

now when i fitted my double din dvd in mine all my amps and head unit stayed on when key was out of the ignition due to this extra live feed so a cut the one that didnt go to my permenant live and ignition live... if you know what i mean... ive had no problems with anything atall since doing this