So, I've noticed that everybody these days begins every sentence with the word, so.
So I won't.
When I bought Urby's GS it had the radio disconnected because he had an isolator switch installed in the boot in order not to drain the battery during periods of non-use. He told me that when you turn the radio on after un isolating the isolator switch you have to wait 3700 seconds before you can put the code in, so he had the radio disconnected.
So I thought I'd be patient and wait the 3700 seconds; how long can it be, I thought, as I am not using the isolator switch.
So, I bought the radio removal kit and determined that I needed to use the ones with the little hooks on, badged Skoda.
The radio shot out, and after it I managed to pull out the wires and untangle them
So, sorry, I connected the grey power bit of the ISO and the radio popped and banged and switched on. I connected the other bit of the ISO (the one that connects to the speakers I believe using info gleaned from these forums) and the crackling and popping continued. I thought this strange as the car has an amplifier and CD changer in the boot but as yet I had not even connected the blue/grey/yellow Becker cable to the radio. How can I get sound from (mainly the rear shelf) speakers if I've not connected the amp?
The radio announced 3533 seconds left before the code could be entered but I chickened out as I was worried about blowing the speakers with the popping, banging and cracking that was still constantly occurring. I pulled the connectors and left the dash minus radio.
As a corollary I had better say at this point that a tried to connect a Pioneer sph-20dab but with the two ISO connectors from the loom into the convertor and then plugged into the radio the Pioneer remained resolutely dead, nada, yet plugging these same cables into the Becker radio had resulted in it turning on and crackling and popping.
Am I missing something? Has my amp been bypassed? Is my amp faulty? Is my radio faulty? Is my wiring loom faulty?
If I ask Urby he will say ask on the forum, so I am.
Help!
So I won't.
When I bought Urby's GS it had the radio disconnected because he had an isolator switch installed in the boot in order not to drain the battery during periods of non-use. He told me that when you turn the radio on after un isolating the isolator switch you have to wait 3700 seconds before you can put the code in, so he had the radio disconnected.
So I thought I'd be patient and wait the 3700 seconds; how long can it be, I thought, as I am not using the isolator switch.
So, I bought the radio removal kit and determined that I needed to use the ones with the little hooks on, badged Skoda.
The radio shot out, and after it I managed to pull out the wires and untangle them
So, sorry, I connected the grey power bit of the ISO and the radio popped and banged and switched on. I connected the other bit of the ISO (the one that connects to the speakers I believe using info gleaned from these forums) and the crackling and popping continued. I thought this strange as the car has an amplifier and CD changer in the boot but as yet I had not even connected the blue/grey/yellow Becker cable to the radio. How can I get sound from (mainly the rear shelf) speakers if I've not connected the amp?
The radio announced 3533 seconds left before the code could be entered but I chickened out as I was worried about blowing the speakers with the popping, banging and cracking that was still constantly occurring. I pulled the connectors and left the dash minus radio.
As a corollary I had better say at this point that a tried to connect a Pioneer sph-20dab but with the two ISO connectors from the loom into the convertor and then plugged into the radio the Pioneer remained resolutely dead, nada, yet plugging these same cables into the Becker radio had resulted in it turning on and crackling and popping.
Am I missing something? Has my amp been bypassed? Is my amp faulty? Is my radio faulty? Is my wiring loom faulty?
If I ask Urby he will say ask on the forum, so I am.
Help!