Pioneer headunit

[Dazdon]

Hi guys,

Had the radio out today to alter the position of the antenna booster as it had stopped working as it should......

Anyway, got the radio out and re-positioned the antenna booster to the switched live making sure it was that with a tester and it worked for minutes with an excellent reception and then it just went off and now there is no power going to the headunit at all........

tested the switched live again and turned the ignition on whilst testing with no reading showing.

check the fuse in the side of the dash and its ok, changed the in line fuse on the permanent live on the harness itself.....still nothing!

Unplugged everything and refitted the symphony radio and hey presto it works.....

Any ideas because i am beat...........possibly the harness is knackered???

Cheers

Daz

[BIG BOSS MAN]

Did you check the fuse in the actual radio?

[Dazdon]

well normally theres one underneath the 16 pin plug aint there?

this hasnt but it has one on the harness which i changed with no effect.

will i have to take the radio to bits incase there is one hidden somewhere? nothing visible on the back of it.......

[Dazdon]

There is no voltage going through the switched ignition wire on the harness when the ignition is switched on, so i'm assuming that the harness is shot?

kinda backs it up maybe with the original radio working when i plugged it in........

Anybody?

[Dazdon]

Been to a local auto electronics place today and found out that there is no switched ignition live coming thru the cars loom and that the radio is actually ok.......

The car is a Fabia VRS on a 04 plate, will the Can-bus system be affecting the radio at all or were the Can systems not fitted in this year?

The OEM radio still works though.

Any help will be appreciated, as the electronics place are suggesting running a fresh switched live from somewhere else to power the radio.

Cheers

Daz

[mannyo]

if all the other switched live devices are working it must be a blown fuse. Dont forget the radio has 2 fuses, one for switched which is usually shared with something else and the always on one. The symphony works because it does not need the switched live.

I bet if you leave the symphony on for about 1hr, it will switch off as it thinks its been left on.

Check round the car for other things that may not be working eg. interior light, cigarette lighter socket, horn, and so on. Or remove each fuse one by one as somewhere there is a blown one.

[Dazdon]

Think the guy went thru them all today with the multimeter and checked them........

I'll have a look again........or change the lot! haha

Cheers for the info

[Dazdon]

S-contact fuse had blew if anyone is having the same trouble