Haimsey
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The CD player in the corsa wont turn on, although it will show the time if you press the 'dispay' button.
All that there is to plug in is the ISO block and the aerial - which ive plugged in.
I put my old cd player in but that did the same thing, it just said 'see you' and turned off straight away, it wont stay on at all 
Im useless with electrocincs i hate them so any advice would be great.
Thanks 
[Edited on 01-03-2009 by Haimsey]
[Edited on 08-03-2009 by Haimsey]
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Jonny.N
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buy a small tester from halford to make sure the power etc is on the right ones on the stereo, or ask some one for the colours, if im round at my car today i shall find the colours for you if thats any help
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John
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Fuse?
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oceansoul
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try swopping the red and yellow, although you'd usually get different symptons if the red and yellow was the wrong way around. Also what cd unit.
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Haimsey
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Its a JVC KD-G501
The only red and yellow wires go into the ISO block Swap them around?
The fuse in the back of the unit hadnt blown, i checked that. I couldnt find which one in the fuse panel of the car was for the CD player
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wozza51
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fuse 1 in the fuse pannel
20A fuse i think
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Haimsey
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Fuse isnt blown. Check them all over as wasnt sure which one it was totally, but nonetheless there wasnt any blown.
So i had a little look around and just tried swapping the red and yellow wires that run from the cd player into the iso block. But that made no difference what so ever to the state of it - it just didnt work at all then 
Any ideas, im totally stumped and hate ICE.
Marcy Marc
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sampayne21
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if your fuse isnt blown then id guess a problem with the wiring as you have said its doing it with more than 1 radio.
there is a simple way around it (will make life alot easier if you have a mulitmeter or other type of tester) take a power from your sig lighter and put it into the ignition live (at a guess go with the yellow, but can be yellow or red) of your wiring of your stereo
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Haimsey
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The car doesnt have a fag lighter.
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tocacorsa
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u will need to get a live to the cd player
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sand-eel
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have you tried switching it on and off?
I got a convertor from halfords, just a plug and play thing and worked fine, it was a jvc as well.
Any pics actually I could get the old haynes manual out and tell you what colour is what.
MAYBE
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Haimsey
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Switching what on and off?
Pictures
Back of unit
Thats some steering wheel control shit
Aerial
Plugged in
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sampayne21
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ok if you dont have a cig lighter, your gona have to find another live, go to your fuses and undo the 2 bolts that hold your fuses up, then using a multimeter find a ignition live then cut into that and run wire though to your cd player
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sampayne21
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do you have a mulitmeter, circuit tester etc?
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ChrisBoom
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The wiring for the cig lighter will be taped away somewhere in there, was on my 1.2 8v anyway.
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Haimsey
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A whatty what 
Any ideas where Chris? Colour? Taped where? In the mass of wires that come towards the block thing?
I hate electrics, so please, be simple.
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sampayne21
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dont worry its simple, you will need to borrow or buy a mulimeter like this
LINK
it tells you if there is power there in a wire.
all you need to do is find a wire near your fusebox that has power when you turn the key. ur then taking that power to your cd player.
a radio needs 2 powers, a perminant (that holds your stations) and an ignition (the one your taking from the fuse box) so when you turn the key sends power and turns on your radio
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Haimsey
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How do i get it from the fuse box to the radio?
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Haimsey
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And where to i plug it on the radio?
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sampayne21
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to get it from your fuse box you strip the wire back and use connect normal wire
run the wire over the steering wheel if you can, then round the back into where the radio goes.
cut the yellow wire and put your new power into that
EDIT check with the multimeter that its the one with no power that your cutting into first, its either red or yellow (this is on your radio wiring)
[Edited on 04-03-2009 by sampayne21]
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Haimsey
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Thanks for your help.
What size wire would do?
The yello wire going into the back of the black block connected to the car?
Would this wire also do the fag lighter (she wants one fitting to as she can use tomtom)
Thanks for your time.
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sampayne21
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yep u can also wire up a cig lighter doing this, i normally use about 8 amp cable and use that day to day and had no problems
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Haimsey
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Awesome.
Sorry to be thick.
If i run the wire off the fuse box wire - across to the radio - i can split that down to do the radio AND the cig lighter.
Its not going to affect anything else stealing the fuse box power? Any one in particular to take it from? Wont it need a fuse?
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sampayne21
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your not thick, i just happen to do it everyday.
ye you can split it in 2 and since there is no fuse in your wiring, might be an idea to fit a fuse somewhere along the line.
not sure off the top of my head the best one but there is a group of wires to the left of the fuse box
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Haimsey
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How would i go about putting a fuse in? - like solder it in the wire?
What sort of fuse?
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