Ahhh now we are gettin somewhere ;)

You have a corsa which has a signal booster powered via the remote lead from ur headunit by the seems of things mate.

hmm

just been out in car to look at this again, bit harder in the dark :D

I've disconnected the remote wire to the mfd. Ran the radio station search on the head unit as i did last time and couldn't find anything :(

So thought i'd try putting a frequency in manualy and that worked fine. Doh!

Im guessing because the mfd isn't turned on for radio it doesn't power the ariel, which is why the radio search doesn't work.
Or does your search work fine?

ffs lol

It is really odd. Something not right there.

lol, yeah i understand austin/visableman

but,
disconnect wire...mfd date stays on, but radio don't work.
connect wire...mfd date turns off, radio works fine.

see what i mean?
just seems really odd.

Hence why i said cut the blue wire that goes to the block in the headunit loom.....

disconnec the remote lead (or powered arial) from the vauxhall block and wire the remote lead extention straight on to your amps. Its the remote lead (powered arial) cable that turns the MFD on ;) so i just disconnected that from the vaux block on my pioneer and it works :thumbs:

havn't got that option on mine :(

or just see if your new head unit has AT on it and turn it on..mine does and it now displays the date always.

(sony CDXM800)

i see theres a convertor thing for the kenwood units to show the text on the mfd. hmm but 60odd quid though :boggle:

i have a blue/white wire which turns the amp on/off. not much point cutting that :)

Or are you talking about a blue wire that goes up to the mfd?

In the loom for the headunit (not on the block), there is a blue wire. Cut that instead.

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If you're using an after-market (i.e Non Vauxhall) head unit, you'll notice the centre section of the MFD is usualy blank. This can be changed to always display the date.

Firstly look at the original Vauxhall stereo loom. You'll see the standard ISO type blocks, and the top section holds the additional Vauxhall connections.

In this block is a grey wire with a red stripe. Cut this and the date should appear on the MFD.

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