ok maybe im wrong i just did what the tutorial said

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Originally posted by greycorsa
but obviously that goes into the autolead which then connects to ur stereo. so cant u trace it from the dash plug, to the autoloead? u get my drift?

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there is no wire on the auto leads lead for this thats why u have to cut it behind the plug! coz it aint a standard lead and has no control over the mfd

but obviously that goes into the autolead which then connects to ur stereo. so cant u trace it from the dash plug, to the autoloead? u get my drift?

it isnt on the auto lead its in the lead thats built it to the dash what u plug into. just cut it a couple ov cm down so u can allways reconnect with a connector its on hard

couldnt u trace it onto the autolead and cut it on the autolead. it wudda been much easier to connect it bak on if u wanted to later on and also your original loom stays.............original!

thats what they cost at most places.iv just took myhead unit out and cut the red wire that has a grey strip on it on the loom thats built into the car and now my date stays on so yaay

wheres the cheapest place to buy auto leads from? was £20 too much for what i got?

go to the tutorials thread and go on head unit help and it tells u how too do it there im goin doin it now hehe

theres a certain wire that u cut so that ur middle display doesnt go blank wen u turn ur stereo on. coz its a bit shitty turning ur radio off to chek the date

no idea mines blank

i got my autolead from halfords for £20. they changed some wires around for me.

which wire do i have to cut so that the date always shows?

u have to change the red and yellow wires around so that its allways got a little bit ov power so it keeps its memory all head units are like this

my kenwood Cd player turns off wen i take the ignition out but it still saves the settings such as radio stations. why doesnt yours? :boggle:

oh somthings not right then. was it just the red and yellow wires with the conectors allready on them that you swaped over and nothing else?

That is a good answer. It did beep to tell me that I left the front panel on when I turned the ignition off so I took it off and it still run the battery down.

maybe u left it on :D

I dont think i would have run it down. I only played a few tracks of a cd to make sure it was all working correctly. I've charged the battery up fully now and I'll have to test it and if it does drain my battery again i'll have to put up with not saving radio station, etc. I've got the Sony CDX MP40.

You could have drained it while using it after you installed it, did u try starting it after installation? It happened to me with my CDXMP70, the standard battery was due for a change.

I have just got a Sony headunit and I swapped it over with the original that was in my car. All was well, it was working brilliantly but then the following morning I went to start the car and the battery was dead.

I think I followed the instructions correctly and swapped the yellow lead and red lead around as it said so it only operates when the ignition is on.

Any idea why it drained my battery over night?? I know it is the radio that made the battery flat as it started perfectly before I put it in and the next morning nothing. Didn't leave the lights on or anything, i did check.

I've got it set up now so that the only power going to the radio is coming from the wire which is only live when the ignition is on. This is not ideal as no radio stations can be set and the CD is ejected everytime I start the car as all power to it is cut when the engine is turned off.

Someone please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!