[Mk2] [Turbo] campatability

[andya24]

hi,
firstly excuse my ignorance i have zero knowlege or experience with audio typey stuff.

first most pressing question is i have bought a huaginlan?? double din sat navy type thing from ebay for cheap.i got caught up in a bidding war before i reasearched the unit and ended up winning,now when i reasearch it it pretty much only comes up with refences to bmw,does that matter or will any aftermarket unit fit any car with the correct fettling of wiring?
cheers andy

[andya24]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290718995279? ... 1497.l2649

this one

[alanmr2turbo]

You can buy convertors to go from jap wiring standard ISO connectors.

The centre consol will need a bit of fettling to allow these Ebay double din units to fit though as they are taller than the opening

[andya24]

lovely job,i was getting concerned as to why it would only bring up bmw when googled.
my loom for the stereo has been butchered and essiantially had the plug cut off leaving the wires just hanging there,is it possible to hard wire into a headunit or will i need to fix a plug to the loom,then loom to adaptor?

andy

[madbasshunter]

Firstly check to see if your car has the passive or active system?
Easiest way have you got a sub behind passenger seat (or one behind each seat) or none.
I think your new stereo will have bare wires on it not an ISO plug.

[andya24]

Firstly check to see if your car has the passive or active system?
Easiest way have you got a sub behind passenger seat (or one behind each seat) or none.
I think your new stereo will have bare wires on it not an ISO plug.

No subs,new hu arrived today,looks good,has an iso connector but i wouldnt no where to start with my loom

[madbasshunter]

Put up a photo of the plugs in your car as I am guessing you have the passive system with two plugs g]

[andya24]

Yup the same but without the plugs,somebody has just cut it of and left the tail end of the loom.its going into petes when he returns so i think the plans to solder an old plug back and and use iso adaptor.so it will be sorted....im just impatient!

[madbasshunter]

I can get you a sot lead if you want which has the original plug (with a female iso on the other end of the wire) and an iso adaptor as well, if you want?

[andya24]

I can get you a sot lead if you want which has the original plug (with a female iso on the other end of the wire) and an iso adaptor as well, if you want?

honestly this is all french to me.il put up a pic of what i have currently (just wires coming from loom,no plugs on end)and you tell me what il need?

[madbasshunter]

Disreguard my earlier post get a standard ISO plug like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PC3-08-Male-I ... 27c736eaa4 and connect it to your chopped off loom
This should help you
Constant 12V+ Blue/Yellow
Switched 12V+ Gray
Ground Brown
Illumination Green (not needed)
Antenna Trigger Black/Red
Left Front (+) Pink
Left Front (-) Purple
Right Front (+) Light Green
Right Front (-) Blue
Left Rear (+) Black
Left Rear (-) Yellow
Right Rear (+) Red
Right Rear (-) White

[andya24]

Disreguard my earlier post get a standard ISO plug like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PC3-08-Male-I ... 27c736eaa4 and connect it to your chopped off loom
This should help you
Constant 12V+ Blue/Yellow
Switched 12V+ Gray
Ground Brown
Illumination Green (not needed)
Antenna Trigger Black/Red
Left Front (+) Pink
Left Front (-) Purple
Right Front (+) Light Green
Right Front (-) Blue
Left Rear (+) Black
Left Rear (-) Yellow
Right Rear (+) Red
Right Rear (-) White

Spot on thanks

Looks easy enough from there.just need to find out which wires on the stereo corresponde to the loom as you have put up.think theres a diagram on the head unit actualy

[andya24]

can you get the pc3-08 in halfords.tried searching on there site but its not coming up.tried ringing them and they didnt have a clue what i was in about

[madbasshunter]

Halfords do sell them or our store does but they are £16.99 if you have trouble getting one I can send you one tomorrow £5 delivered.

[andya24]

cheers mate,just managed to get one from wilco.looks like one pin needs repinning and it will work.going to try and install it now,bought a soldering iron and going to print off your list above and see if we can get this baby pumping

[andya24]

right i have started,doesnt seem to match up to your list i have

yellow(silver band)
green(silver band)
red(silverband)
black(sb)
white(sb)
blue(sb)
brown(sb)
all wrapped in bare wire

also

black/red
red/grey
white/green
green...silver dot
blue oronge
pink blue



this is the stereo diagram for the head unit



headunit loom



and the male iso/female end to bare wire



just looking for what my car loom wires are and i reckon i can crack it

[andya24]

well iv finally got it in,essentially the wiring had been swapped and changed it made no sense.im not an auto electrician by any means so the car might set on fire any second

bassically chased the wiring back to the stock amp and gave up so i took all that out,wired a constant live from battery to hu grounded hu to battery and chassis,and took a switched live from fag lighter.
i then individualy wired up each speaker with fresh cable

seems to work,doesnt sound great,quite tinny but it will do until i upgrade componants and add a sub and etc

questions

1,the headunit has a 15amp fuse,is that protecting the full system?

2,am i ok just wiring up that constant live from battery without fusing it?

3,when the cars off (no power) the hu makes a faint but constant clicking..like a relay clicking.is this normal or is something wrong with the way i have wired it in?

cheers