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wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:14 pm
by TehSniper
today i have fitted my new vc kw-avx740 head unit

bought the autoleads cable i needed:
http://productfinder.autoleads.co.uk/pr ... 1784,21804

now here is the problem....the radio is always on, cant turn it off unless i pop the display off...i feel i have bought a wrong wiring kit for it :(

HELP ME :'(

Re: wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:20 pm
by rover220
Swap the yellow and red leads over

Re: wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:41 pm
by TehSniper
done this and still no joy

Re: wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:04 pm
by TehSniper
and the radio does not turn off with the power switch on the front...radio is brand new

Re: wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:49 am
by fonzooorooo
Push and hold, rather than just push?

wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:56 am
by benmkiv
I love that that comment seems so patronising and simple yet it's highly likely that this is the answer xD I jus didn't wanna be the one to suggest it

Re: wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:09 pm
by TehSniper
i have had to have a wire routed to the ignition, so now th hu turns on and off

wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:04 am
by benmkiv
There's something genuinely wrong here.

Re: wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:39 pm
by blazeguarder
benmkiv wrote:There's something genuinely wrong here.
No there isn't. The OP has a 9N3 which uses canbus. It would either need a canbus adapter or an ignition live taken from the cigarette lighter or similar as the quadlock plug that goes into the standard RCD200 doesn't have it as standard.

wiring problem, help needed

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:30 pm
by benmkiv
Fair enough mate seems a tad dodgy I remember my mate messing about with live ignition a d a sub. As long as its all sorted :D