Autoleads Connector for Steering Wheel Controls

[Merick]

Here's a fun one for you...

I bought the Autoleads connectors for the sterring wheel controls but they wont work..

I put the autoleads vauxhall iso connector in and plugged it into the little black box thingy.. then plugged the alpine connector into the little black box thingy and there stereo wouldn't turn on. Unplugged the little white connector with the red and grey wires and the stereo came on.. am i doing something wrong?

Here's some pics of what i've got.. bear in mind i didn't plug the orange or black wires into anything.

(images are huge so here's the links)

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/DSC00080.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/DSC00079.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/DSC00078.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/DSC00077.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/DSC00076.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/DSC00075.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/DSC00074.jpg

[topbuzz]

i had the same problem with a connects 2 stalk adapter .i took it back to the store where i got it from and this little man came out with a 99p 12v tester poked around and the told me my wiring was duff .so i walked away and contacted connects 2 and took my car to one of their warehouses and a bloke there used a multimeter and found out that the loom wasn't supplying power to the adapter hence why it wasn't working he changed the power lead to the permanent live and presto worked and it's worked ever since
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[Merick]

Did yours work when you left it all plugged in but unplugged the power to the adapter?

If i have the power connected the adapter.. stereo goes off.. unplug the power to the adapter, stereo comes back on.. It's almost as if the adapter is stealing all of the power or something.
(The one with the red and grey wires in this picture http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/DSC00076.jpg)

[tyreman]

I know the ignition supply can be poor,try running a new one from the ciggy lighter loom.

[stevie b]

I have a Sony Explode, my loom works ok on the rad but wont work on the CD player, anyone any ideas.

Sorry to hijak your thread Merick

[Merick]

no problem mate! lol

Tyreman... i'll try a new feed tomorrow... see what happens... cheers.

[ditchp]

apparantly the voltage drops down to 5v so the unit wont work, you need to conect a new supply from say the cig lighter to get it to work properly, or get a local ice installer to do it for around £30-40.

[Merick]

I'll find an alternative power source as my cig lighter is powering the photo frame.

Cheers ditch

[archie]

hi guys i have just finished fitting a ew alpine unit to my gsi the leads that i was supplied done the same thing took them back and got the correct one seems to be fine now the only thing i had to do was to add anew ignition feed wire to the new loom
part numbers as follows
pc99-x45
patch lead for alpine was pc99-alp

[Merick]

I've not a clue what part numbers mine were! lol.. i think i've got the pc99-alp, not sure about the other though.