delfinis38 1 Posted July 8, 2015 Just taken the alpine out and gone back to the vintage Sony CD player... Hum problems. Stereo works direct from battery. But wired in it sometimes works with the ignition on and sometimes doesn't. No explaination.... Immobiliser possibly... . It also doesn't hold a station memory... Wondering if I have a later loom so may need to swap the red and yellow wire over.... Thoughts Off to find wiring diagram... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g0ldf1ng3r 13 Posted July 8, 2015 worth trying swapping the permanent & switchable live over normally when a stereo loses settings after being turned off it is due to such however, unsure why it would sometimes not turn on with ignition & sometimes not Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dox 22 Posted July 8, 2015 You need red to yellow and yellow to red on VWs of this age - losing memory means permanent live is being switched off when removing the keys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delfinis38 1 Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) You need red to yellow and yellow to red on VWs of this age - losing memory means permanent live is being switched off when removing the keys. Ta... Just put volt metre across perm live and got 12v. Nothing out of switched live with ignition on... Any ideas... Fuse box ? Guess it not right answer but is it safe to put red and yellow together on perm live feed. Edited July 8, 2015 by delfinis38 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g0ldf1ng3r 13 Posted July 8, 2015 Ta... Just put volt metre across perm live and got 12v. Nothing out of switched live with ignition on... Any ideas... Fuse box ? Guess it not right answer but is it safe to put red and yellow together on perm live feed. that is an odd one - you obviously have a working switchable live somewhere else you would be getting ignition problems I would check fuses but also try & trace the switchable live to see if it has a break in it somewhere I believe it is ok to put both feeds together but the disadvantage of doing so would be that your stereo will be permanently on & as such could be a drain on the battery Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bowen 1 Posted July 8, 2015 I've done that before and some kits come with connections to allow the red and yellow to join Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delfinis38 1 Posted July 8, 2015 I've done that before and some kits come with connections to allow the red and yellow to join Bad idea... Stays on all the time as suggested... Guess it's time to get car out of garage to look at fuse box. Can only open passenger door in garage. Wonder if it's something to do with putting inline fuse in headlight switch years ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bowen 1 Posted July 8, 2015 Going to double check mine now as not sure what i did and was suffering from battery drain but assumed it was my dashcam. What about the cig lighter do you have switched live power there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g0ldf1ng3r 13 Posted July 8, 2015 would the switchable live not feed from the ignition switch? thus giving you a starting point as if the cars starts then the source has the correct feed & it is failing somewhere along the line Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delfinis38 1 Posted July 8, 2015 Going to double check mine now as not sure what i did and was suffering from battery drain but assumed it was my dashcam. What about the cig lighter do you have switched live power there? Cig lighter has switched live they also doesn't work. Fuse box after lunch me think. Mm mm scotch eggs with runny yoke... Thanks for the input so so far lads... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g0ldf1ng3r 13 Posted July 8, 2015 Cig lighter has switched live they also doesn't work. Fuse box after lunch me think. Mm mm scotch eggs with runny yoke... Thanks for the input so so far lads... switchable is definitely the first place to look then just in case you haven't one to hand, rado fuse box diagram... http://forums.kilometermagazine.com/showthread.php?4690182-94-SLC-fusebox-diagram Oh & scotch eggs with runny yolk!? Pls divulge on such treats? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delfinis38 1 Posted July 8, 2015 switchable is definitely the first place to look then just in case you haven't one to hand, rado fuse box diagram... http://forums.kilometermagazine.com/showthread.php?4690182-94-SLC-fusebox-diagram Oh & scotch eggs with runny yolk!? Pls divulge on such treats? cheers.. checked every fuse and all okay, even checked fuse on headlight switch.... bit puzzled at finding the start of the switched live feed... bit puzzled that it sometimes works too.... immobiliser problem maybe ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harrier 1 Posted July 8, 2015 Sounds like maybe an ignition switch fault ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delfinis38 1 Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) Sounds like maybe an ignition switch fault ? Thanks harrier New ignition switch then, maybe worth a punt if they are cheap... Anyone got a part number approx price. Cheers. Ran out of time this afternoon to do any more investigation. VW ignigtion part or what equivalent for a late VR. Every thing in the car works apart from switched live to radio and cig lighter. Edit.... Anyone know if this is correct for a VR http://wiki.the-corrado.net/ignition_switch_replacement.html Edited July 8, 2015 by delfinis38 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sankysvr6 0 Posted July 9, 2015 I had the same issue when I got my C, the switched live wasn't working. The problem was there was part in the ignition switch that wasn't attached. I replaced the ignition switch and all was well again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delfinis38 1 Posted July 9, 2015 Cheers sounds promising, ignition switch on order. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delfinis38 1 Posted July 17, 2015 Cheers guys, switched changed and all sorted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
