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Old 06-05-2011, 03:54 PM   #1
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Default bloody stereo

ok im bloody fed up with this ford wireing...

a few week ago i bought a dvd for the car but it wen sower on me.

so last week i bought a new deck for it.

i go to instal but it wont hold memory every thing s connected i cross referenced everything with wireing diagrams from the car, from the instructions of the stereo and still nothing, oh and i didnt do the dvd instal either a bloody mate did.

i need serious help no crap please, or if you are a stereo wiz come over. pm me..

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Old 06-05-2011, 04:00 PM   #2
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anyone please before i do damage to it i realy will ditch a spanner at this car............................very soon...................................
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Old 06-05-2011, 04:01 PM   #3
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Default Re: bloody stereo

You sure you connected constant power to the right wire? Thats the only reason it wont hold memory (or the new deck is broken too) (yellow should be constant power).
edit: no memory aint that big of a deal. I had the opposite problem in my first car (had to remember to turn it off) and I lived with that for nearly a year.
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yeh it is to the yellow mate but still nothing, its ****ing my right of.
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Old 06-05-2011, 04:13 PM   #5
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Well if its wired right then its the deck.

What do you need memory for anyway? Youve already got a clock in the dash.
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Old 06-05-2011, 04:14 PM   #6
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Deck sounds dodge or bad connection.
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deck is a brand new pioneer worth over $400 guys how can it be dodge, memory just mabey for radio stations.......................................... .................................................. .................................
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Ah didnt think of that, fair call.
Ive bought things for thousand of dollars that were dodge.
Can happen.
Maybe worth seeing if theres 12v on the constant wire.
If there isnt, run another wire,
If there is, try another deck.
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I,m no sparky, but i would turn everything off , then get a test lamp and then check at the fuse box for a live wire, if it,s siutable , use it.
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Old 06-05-2011, 04:49 PM   #10
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What are your connections like?
did you solder and tape/heat shrink them.

I had a mate whos h/u would turn off after a few minutes of turning on.
Turns out his soldering job was dodgy, i re did and it worked fine.
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I,m no sparky, but i would turn everything off , then get a test lamp and then check at the fuse box for a live wire, if it,s siutable , use it.
yeh just did that turns out someone got rid of the orig 12v wire and decided it was no needed.

then i found a 12v relay under my carpet with two wires going from it and into the dash but not connected any where.

refitted it all and bloody hell im stressed. but its working.
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What are your connections like?
did you solder and tape/heat shrink them.

I had a mate whos h/u would turn off after a few minutes of turning on.
Turns out his soldering job was dodgy, i re did and it worked fine.

mate i only do solder and heatsink together, nothing else.
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mate i only do solder and heatsink together, nothing else.
You never know, there's some very dodgy work out there ;)

Good to hear you fixed it anyway
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iv never cut and taped into any ford wireing for head units id go buy a Wireing harness for it its simple and everything is color coded
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iv never cut and taped into any ford wireing for head units id go buy a Wireing harness for it its simple and everything is color coded
nobody should ever cut and tape if you don't use premade harnesses you should solder and heatshrink anything is a fire risk and just plain stupid
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Should we close this thread? Problem solved a few posts ago.

Cut and tape is fine, IF you use the right thermal tape.

Solder and shrink is better.

Cut and crimp works well too.

I tend to cut, crimp, solder and heatshrink.
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crimping is acceptable but far from optimal, just twisting the wires and taping them is unsafe and in the event of a fire the insurance can be wiped if they find evidence of this method with power wires ( speaker wires can be just twisted but you can get audio problems). A good solder joint is by far the best method
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Should we close this thread? Problem solved a few posts ago.

Cut and tape is fine, IF you use the right thermal tape.

Solder and shrink is better.

Cut and crimp works well too.

I tend to cut, crimp, solder and heatshrink.
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