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Offline BaldyBastard

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CD Install - No power ??
« on: 26 April 2004, 01:39 »
I quickly fitted my HU to my Golf at the weekend.. but its not powering on!

I've not touched VW's before, but have fitted HU in my other cars no probs, is there anything obvious I've missed ?

Car is a MK2 CL if this helps, I can't help thinking its something little why its not working (probably more like hoping, so its easy to sort  ;D)
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Re:CD Install - No power ??
« Reply #1 on: 26 April 2004, 11:52 »
How have you handled the remote live ... the Mk2 Golf never came with one so I think this is probably the best place to start.


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Re:CD Install - No power ??
« Reply #2 on: 26 April 2004, 12:43 »
did the original one work? if not could be a fuse if not i'd be worried about your headunit! if there is no power and all the fuses are fine you could run your own power line!

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Re:CD Install - No power ??
« Reply #3 on: 26 April 2004, 15:17 »
How have you handled the remote live ... the Mk2 Golf never came with one so I think this is probably the best place to start.

Could well be this
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Re:CD Install - No power ??
« Reply #4 on: 26 April 2004, 15:37 »
switch ur red (live) and yellow (cant remember) around so red turns into yellow and yellow ends up being red. worked for me

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Re:CD Install - No power ??
« Reply #5 on: 27 April 2004, 00:05 »
could be a number of things...

1) the wire you connected your headunit to isn't live... find one that is, or run another off the fuse box/straight from the battery. having a bulb with 2 wires attached is a good way to find out. or just touch it on a grounded point ;D

2) like dubslug said, the ACC and Permant live wires are the wrong way round. bridge the yellow and red if you want your headunit always live. just remember to turn it off.

3) unless your interior light is dead it's unlikely to be fuse 3 that's gone. check it all the same. that's the one that does the radio as standard. There's usually a fuse on the back of the headunit too, although in all my experience I've only ever blown that fuse once when I connected the headunit up backwards.  ::)

Personally I'd run a decent wire straight to the battery and run off that. Run another decent wire to the earth point above the fuse box so the headunit always has ample power to run. If you want to run it so it comes on with the ignition you'll need to jump off a wire that's live when the ignition is on. things like the fans and glovebox light are common places. If you want to come straight off the ignition switch run a wire off the +15 point. There are 2 thin black wires coming off it.

Hope that helps :)
« Last Edit: 27 April 2004, 00:06 by Dizzie »
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Re:CD Install - No power ??
« Reply #6 on: 27 April 2004, 08:35 »
check the fuse. i blow it nearly every time i touch the headunit :)
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Re:CD Install - No power ??
« Reply #7 on: 03 May 2004, 18:13 »
Still not working properly, I thought it might have been me as I did a quick cowboy job with the yellow wire but have wired it properly and no joy.

I get power for the face to rotate and eject/retract CD's but thats it.

I think I'll try wiring a new feed from the battery to see if this sorts it
« Last Edit: 03 May 2004, 18:15 by BaldyBastard »
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Re:CD Install - No power ??
« Reply #8 on: 03 May 2004, 23:24 »
Sorted  ;D

A nice new power feed from the battery.. no more going to work with out my music  ;D ;D
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