ford fiesta l cd player

kelbly · 29-08-2004, 09:52

hi i was just reading a thread on here about installing a cd player into a ford fiesta, i am having problems also. i have connected the wires apprpiatley to my brand new kenwood cd player and nothing happens, i did the same wiring for my dads cdplayer and it worked?!!

i read somewhere on here about connecting the red and yellow wires to the erd on the car would this help me?

thanks

paulyoung666 · 29-08-2004, 09:57

hi and

to the site , it will need a switched and permanent feed , have you got both of these ????????? , how old is the car ???????? , have you tried to get a harness adapter for it ????????? , have fun

kelbly · 29-08-2004, 10:00

hi ya

um, i duno if this helps, i have red, yellow, and brown, wires coming from the car!! my car is OLD!!

UM.

1988

Chris W · 29-08-2004, 11:08

When i fitted mine, there was no 12v permananent feed, so i had to run this from the battery.

Halfords do fix the whole lot in quite cheaply, it is pribably worth it if there is no block, or not enough speaker cables etc.

paulyoung666 · 29-08-2004, 15:27

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Originally Posted by kelbly

hi ya

um, i duno if this helps, i have red, yellow, and brown, wires coming from the car!! my car is OLD!!

UM.

1988

red - permanent live
yellow - switched live
brown - earth

i would think

, you will need to check for sure though using a meter , get it wrong and it could be bye bye cd player

kelbly · 29-08-2004, 19:52

can you believe it had my car broken into today!! argh so putting off putting a stereo in!!!

just for now !! thanks for the posts

pop80_uk · 11-09-2004, 20:21

Don't let Halfords put in or touch anything to do with your car electronics, they are not trained techicians. Finally something I can help on!

Car electronics is my hobbie building anything and everything from scratch for car systems.

The fiesta needs the yellow and red wire swapping, I also believe the memory feed which Kenwoods and Pioneers require to work (even though they only supply a backup volatge its semiconductor switched) needs either in some models swapping over or in others re-routing to an alternative perm or switched live.
Hope this helps.

paulyoung666 · 11-09-2004, 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by pop80_uk

Dont let Halfords put in ot touch anything to do with your car electronics, they are not trained techicians. Finally something I can help on!

Car electronics is my hobbie building anything and evertthing from scratch for car systems.

The fiesta needs the yellow and red wire swapping, I also believe the mem feed which Kenwoods and Pioneers require to work (even though they only supply a backup volatge its semiconductor switched) needs either in some models swapping over or in others re-routing to an alternative perm or switched live.
Hope this helps.

do us a favour and try posting that again in english , what you have just posted is garbled to say the least

pop80_uk · 11-09-2004, 21:03

I have edited it slightly, as there were a few errors.
As for the content I see no problems, but maybe you could make me aware. I was only trying to help.

SMHarman · 11-09-2004, 21:05

There is an inconsistency in the car audio market between the red and yellow feeds and thier pin locations.

Does the stereo work with the engine on? Both feeds will be recieving a supply. If so the red and yellow need swapping round as you kenwood is expecting a cont feed where it is getting the switch feed and vice versa.

paulyoung666 · 11-09-2004, 21:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by pop80_uk

I have edited it slightly, as there were a few errors.
As for the content I see no problems, but maybe you could make me aware. I was only trying to help.

i wasnt having a go at you , just pointing out that what you posted didnt make sense

paulyoung666 · 11-09-2004, 21:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by SMHarman

There is an inconsistency in the car audio market between the red and yellow feeds and thier pin locations.

Does the stereo work with the engine on? Both feeds will be recieving a supply. If so the red and yellow need swapping round as you kenwood is expecting a cont feed where it is getting the switch feed and vice versa.

one should be a switched live , i.e. only live when the ignition is switched on , the other should be on all the time to preserve the radios memory

SMHarman · 12-09-2004, 11:32

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

one should be a switched live , i.e. only live when the ignition is switched on , the other should be on all the time to preserve the radios memory

Yes but some cars have the red permanent live in say position A on the ISO block and others put it in position B with the switched live in posn A.

GM group are the worst offenders for this, Ford normally are the right way around (these days) but we are talking a 92 Fester, not a current model.