firehawk87

That won't be working any more. So you need to cut off that connector, and then wire it into the appropriate lead off the harness of you new head unit. you can buy a harness for about £15 that does all the work for you. you take a plug out of the amp and plug it into the lead. you then plug your stereo lead into the other end. connect your new stereo's remote output into the aerial amp wire. job done.

should do. it did on my previous panasonic unit

the ressetting thing didn't work. i shall try my aerial on my sisters stereo and vise versa tomorrow. if it comes to it I'll have to get a cheap stereo off of ebay.

I think ive cracked it you need to reset your stereo. Thats exactly what I did it now works. If you got aftermarket stereo you probably have to stick a pin in somewhere. If you got manufactures diconnect the battery for 30 plus minutes then reconnect it. :winky: I shall try that tomorrow and let you know if it works. cheers for letting me know jeff

cheers. I'll have a try and see what I can do but if nothing works then I'll just have to hope that no-one notices if I sell it.

I tried that but it still didn't make a difference. I don't know whether it just wasn't good enough or if it actually is the headunit. My sister has an aftermarket stereo in her car so when I see her next, I'll see if I can rig my aerial to her stereo and see if it works. cheers for your advice so far

it was instant. The stereo was on whilst I swapped it. I was sort've wondering weather I shorted something and blew a fuse but as far as I can tell, there isn't one that specially powers the aerial and I've checked all the other obvious ones.

Anyone got any ideas? cheers again

BUMP. Cheers

no, it's the standard one. I think the problem started when I fitted a stubby aerial. It didn't work so I put the standard one back but then that decided not to work. My first thoughts were the aerial base but I have a universal amplified aerial which I fitted directly to the back of the stereo and wired up but it didn't make any difference. The only difference is that you can here a slight mumble under the static whereas without it in, all i get is static. There is an electrical feed to the roof aerial for the amplifier so it's not that. I'm just hoping it's not the actual stereo. Sadly I sold my aftermarket stereo and the bypass lead so I can't check that.

Evening all. For a while, I've had a problem with the FM tuner on my 2000 is200. It has next to no reception even on my local channel. If I am lucky, I can here a faint mumbling. LW works fine. If I unplug the aerial it gets worse so I know all the leads are ok. I have even plugged another aerial directly into the back of the stereo and that did the same. There is a feed to the aerial for the amplifier on it. Has any one else experienced this problem or even not what it may be? I wanna try and sell the car so unless I'm lucky and potential buyers don't check it, I'm probably gonna end up losing even more money. Any help is much appreciated. Cheers Jeff

there is an igntion feed to the black wire and a permanent live to the red wire. I'm kinda hoping that it was just to cold in the attic and it needs to warm up but I doubt that is likely. lol. Everything else in the car works fine. I've checked all the radio fuses, the acc fuse and the tv fuse and they are all fine. When I plugged it in the cd player was making the loading noise and the first time I switched the ignition on it did it again but not after that. I'll see what else I can find tomorrow. cheers well that is strange. I went out to it this morning and pressed the power button a few times and it started straight up. it must have been cold or damp from being in the attic although it was quite well protected up there. oh well, its sorted now so that saves some money. cheers for all your input guys. its much appreciated. jeff

there is an igntion feed to the black wire and a permanent live to the red wire. I'm kinda hoping that it was just to cold in the attic and it needs to warm up but I doubt that is likely. lol. Everything else in the car works fine. I've checked all the radio fuses, the acc fuse and the tv fuse and they are all fine. When I plugged it in the cd player was making the loading noise and the first time I switched the ignition on it did it again but not after that. I'll see what else I can find tomorrow. cheers

cheers for your reply. it was kept up in the attic wrapped in a plastic bag inside a box. It was working perfectly well when I took it out. I might leave it in for a few days and see if by some miracle, it starts to work (doubtful). I may just have to put the aftermarket one back in if it doesn't cos I'm trying to sell the car. Do you reckon I could try disconnecting the battery for a while then put it back on and see if that helps? cheers again jeff

evening. First of all, this is my first time posting on this forum so hi. I have been around before but never posted and have forgotten my previous account details. Now, I have just put my original stereo back in my year 2000 is200 but it doesn't work. I took it out just over a year ago and fitted a dvd player and sub setup but am now selling those so this had to go back in. When I plug it in, the cd player makes a sound like it is loading cd's but I can't switch it on. there are electrical feeds there and the plug is back in the amp properly. With it having been out for so long, will it need some sort of programming or am I likely to have a duff stereo or amp? Cheers for any help Jeff