Firstly a big thanks to you guys. After watching from afar I bought a march 2002 fabia 1.4 MPI.  A cracking car one owner with a  service history and a mere 60k on the clock. Only problem I have is a head unit one. 

 

The car has a stock symphony 402 HU

I've bought a symphony CD with the code. now fitting all goes well, no probs. But for this problem.

 

Ignition on, stereo comes on in SAFE then

Defaults to 1000

Code entered, and learn comes on in the screen and then the unit works all sweet

Ignition off and then on again and the Head unit needs coding again. 

 

I've scoured the web for 2 days but I'm unable to figure this out. I've pulled fuses and left it for an hour but still no good. It goes back to safe, then 1000, I enter the code, it displays learn then works. And so the cycle continues.

 

Is there a chance I need to swap the red wire (permanent live) around with the yellow wire (ignition live)?

 

 

 

Any info appreciated

Edited 11 October, 20178 yr by TripleMcB
Possible idiot post?

Sounds like you have the switched live and permanent live feeds mixed up so the unit is forgetting everything as soon as you switch off the ignition.

You beat me to it. I was just editing my post. I'm just going to try it. I'll let you all know.

LMAO!!!!  Just went out and changed the red and yellow wires over. It only works like it should.  Brilliant, but why would that be? Oh well only two things left to sort out.

 

1) passenger side lock lock pull / knob button is broken at the latch end (had the door apart and checked) door locks, unlocks ok, but my OCD is playing up.

 

2) Dash mounted CD holder. Got one out of an astra and I'm going to fit it in the cubby below the HU. 

 

Again thanks for the advice. 

Edited 11 October, 20178 yr by TripleMcB

CD's are so 1990's dude.

I know. But I'm an old fart, grew up in the 80s so have more than 500 cassettes and loads of vinal. CDs are me being modern. I do plug my phone into the old cassette player via an adaptor for my down loads. I'll get round to that later on the cd player. 

18 minutes ago, TripleMcB said:

I know. But I'm an old fart, grew up in the 80s so have more than 500 cassettes and loads of vinal. CDs are me being modern. I do plug my phone into the old cassette player via an adaptor for my down loads. I'll get round to that later on the cd player. 

 

2 things.....

 

Not sure FM modulators will work with the Fabia as power is supplied to the mast amp at the base of the aerial via the aerial cable from the h/u.

For "AUX-IN" you'll need a "USB adapter" from Connects2 or similar. There's a boggo line-in for £30 and a multi-media jobbie plus line-in for £50-£60.

Swapping the red and yellow wires is something you have to do when fitting an aftermarket head unit as VAG wiring is the other way around. It's possible that someone may have swapped the wires for an aftermarket head unit but refitted the original Skoda head unit when selling the car. Some people do it by swapping the pins around in the plug, so you wouldn't necessarily know.

@TripleMcB - There is a VAG 6-disc stacker that should "just work" with the Symphony. You may already have one, in which case it's probably either under the front passenger seat or behind the left-hand trim in the boot.

Cheers for all the info folks. 

 

I tried an in dash CD changer from a wrecked vw tiguan but it didn't work. I'll check out the aux in a few weeks. 

 

Again thanks all. Now have depends mode on full blast. 

Edited 11 October, 20178 yr by TripleMcB

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