1 question, kinda important..

HYDRO · Post by **HYDRO** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:06 am

well i bought a new headunit for my polo 1.4, i fit it in no problem and stuff. also it works fine, but for sum reason wen i turn it off an on and again, the settings are not saved.
i need 2 do the time and everything agen. i was told about swappin red and yellow wires or sumfing. but the headunit comes with an adapter with everything done up 4 me alredy. so what cud be do the prob??

this is my HU: http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/produc ... /5677.html

Pioneer deh-5900mp, please sum1 help. thx

kipper · Post by **kipper** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:57 am

i dont know much about this stuff, and i'll probably get corrected on this by someone n e way but have u checked your remote wire? make sure its connected to the right place?

The_phat_controlleruk · Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:52 am

Sounds like it's not connected to the permanenet live, you should have two power leads, one to connect to the ignition and another to connect to the permanent live. This is the one that retains the settings.

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:04 am

HYDRO wrote:i was told about swappin red and yellow wires or sumfing. but the headunit comes with an adapter with everything done up 4 me alredy. so what cud be do the prob??

You are thinking right - Red and yellow wires are Permenant Live and switched live - your head unit obviously requires them to be swapped to retain all the memory

Normally the lead (Harness adaptor) that you get with any HU has bullet connectors on the yellow and red wires so you can unplug and swap them over - red to yellow and yellow to red

HYDRO · Post by **HYDRO** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:54 am

thx, im gettin the idea. but ill take sum pics today and put them on here. so u can explain 2 me so i fully understand.

CraigMK4 · Post by **CraigMK4** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:23 am

bstard childs right, you need to swap the red and yellow wires and it will save all your settings, presets etc. My Sony hu worked plug and play but my Pioneer one doesn't save jack, and now i can't get the bloody thing out!!!

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:35 am

HYDRO wrote:thx, im gettin the idea. but ill take sum pics today and put them on here. so u can explain 2 me so i fully understand.

Pics are a great idea in any situation

A better idea would have been if all manufactures could have agreed on the same damn wiring format!!

NOZ · Post by **NOZ** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:05 pm

its only VW abd Vxhaull that haven't on the ISO wiring?

On these u defo have to change the red and yellow bullets around. Don't be afraid, theres only these two wires seperate from all thr others, you can't go wrong. If this fails, which it shouln't seeing u ain't done it yet then the headunits faulty. i had a system that forgot vol settings, presets etc

HYDRO · Post by **HYDRO** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:07 pm

thx guys 4 the help. i wud go take pics of it now, but the car fan is being fixed due to short circuiting, car overheating.

but as soon as i can, ill take pics so u can tell me which part of the red and yellow wires im swappin over. thx

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:26 pm

This pic should work

Most HU connectors are just like the ones above and allow you to swap the red to yellow and yellow to red to reverse the conections and resolve the memory loss problems

HYDRO · Post by **HYDRO** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:25 pm

thx mate for that. so do i swap over (1) or (2). look at da pic.

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:25 am

Can't see the pic till tonight but

If currently you have red to red and yellow to yellow

Then swap both so red goes to yellow and yellow goes to red

HYDRO · Post by **HYDRO** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:45 am

k thx alot. ill try it 2day and bring feedback.

HYDRO · Post by **HYDRO** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:12 pm

well its done. i cheked the wires, was scared to try and do it incase i broke it. so i stopped over at a shop which fix car audio, and he done it for me in a few secs. thx guys 4 the help.

another question though lol. now when i want 2 turn it off, it doesnt turn off it shows the time. i pull the face off to turn it off now, but does that mean the HU is still on?

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:40 pm

HYDRO wrote:well its done. i cheked the wires, was scared to try and do it incase i broke it. so i stopped over at a shop which fix car audio, and he done it for me in a few secs. thx guys 4 the help.

another question though lol. now when i want 2 turn it off, it doesnt turn off it shows the time. i pull the face off to turn it off now, but does that mean the HU is still on?

How about you read the HU handbook

and find out if it's supposed to do that or not

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