right, customer came into our shop today having been to Halfords, he has a 53 plate 307
he had bought a stereo which they tried to fit and when connected the car wouldnt start, it would turn over, and his central locking wouldnt work, they found out a fuse had blown which they found and replaced, they then stopped doing the fit, not being sure if a lead was needed on the vehicle
ive had a look at it, the OE harness is on ISO blocks, though they dont seem to be wired in the usual manner
first of all when tested it has 2 permanent lives, both of which are in the pins for the usual +'s, as in perm live and ignition live
BUT, it has another live which comes on when the ignition is on, and this is in the pin which the orange illumination wire usually connects to
being a fairly new vehicle i thought it might have a CAN BUS system and need some other lead that might pass through some other circuit back out of the stereo and on its way, but looking online i can only find reference to this when it comes to making the steering controls work, not just changing the stereo
i didnt want to just connect it, as the 3 lives worried me, and 2 perm lives
he had bought a stereo which they tried to fit and when connected the car wouldnt start, it would turn over, and his central locking wouldnt work, they found out a fuse had blown which they found and replaced, they then stopped doing the fit, not being sure if a lead was needed on the vehicle
ive had a look at it, the OE harness is on ISO blocks, though they dont seem to be wired in the usual manner
first of all when tested it has 2 permanent lives, both of which are in the pins for the usual +'s, as in perm live and ignition live
BUT, it has another live which comes on when the ignition is on, and this is in the pin which the orange illumination wire usually connects to
being a fairly new vehicle i thought it might have a CAN BUS system and need some other lead that might pass through some other circuit back out of the stereo and on its way, but looking online i can only find reference to this when it comes to making the steering controls work, not just changing the stereo
i didnt want to just connect it, as the 3 lives worried me, and 2 perm lives