Stereo still has power even tho igition is turned off!

[AshleighandEddie]

hey guys, i fitted ashleighs sub and stereo now i have a problem as this, there are 5 wires that come from the car

1 black (ground)
2 yellow (in the old head unint these were both plugged into the same slot) (and had a simble of a +)

1 red (this one has a simble of a battery on the old head unit)
1 blue (illumination one)

now i fitted it all and the way the old unit was set up i treid with this but it didnt work,

on my alpine the main wires are

1 black (ground)
1 yellow (battery)
1 red (ignition wire)
1 orange (illumination wire)

it just ent turning off, gone to the car this morning and it was as dead as a dodo!!

any one else had this problem??
if so whats the cure?

€ddie

 

[ginna]

sounds like the switched live and permenant live are the wrong way round check them with a tester >

 

[AshleighandEddie]

i changed them the other way and it wont turn on lol,

maybe the switched live is broke :S

any way to install a new switched live??

 

[VeinAST]

Same with mine tbh, its never bothered me, Ive just turned the stereo off.

 

[Rob182]

check the fuse for the radio!!

 

[bmh.01]

check the fuse for the radio!!

+1 probably lost the ignition live somwhere.

 

[AshleighandEddie]

i checked the fuse and its all good, but i have no idea how to check the ignition wire, infact i think that wire is rubbish now ahh,

i would just leave it but the battery keeps dieing lol, kinda sucks haha, but yea if there is anyway to check the igniton,

 

[apbaker]

ye the best way to check the ignition live would be with a volt meter, do you have access to one of them?

 

[AshleighandEddie]

well the volt meter thing is also i booster pack that i got from halfords it reads the volts good tho lol, so i should try that i guess 2 secs

 

[AshleighandEddie]

ok the volt meter thing is not reading anything from the switched wire, but does read it from the live wire, tried this with ignition on and off and didnt work either way how do i change the wire, or more importantly where are the begining of the wires so i can fit a new one,

 

[apbaker]

well there shud be power at the switched wire with ignition on obviously and wen off no power, im not sure myself where the actual wire comes from but you could take a feed from any other ignition live rele. as i have never rele worked on these cars as im a plant mechanic not cars i wouldnt like to say where the wire starts or what else to take a feed from. have you checked the fuses? i dont no if the a seprate 1 on that side of the circuit, it may have shorted on something while the changeover or radio or something like that? i dont no rele. just some ideas. hope i can be some help?

 

[AshleighandEddie]

yay fixed all it leads down to was a fuse (that looked good) which wasnt haha

thanks guys!!

 

[apbaker]

hope my contriution was a help in some way
lol

 

[AshleighandEddie]

haha yes! i kept checking all the fuses and i kept missing that certain one lol!! so thanks again!!