Stereo

[i_ibiza]

I don't know what's gone wrong with the sound system of my car, it dont work.

It was working fine until last night. this morning when i started y car the sound system wont work with absolutely no display in it. the backlight does come on though and nothing else. no sound

 

[i_ibiza]

yeah its the seat alana radio.

 

[marky63]

you've not accidently knocked the button that releases the removable round facia have you so its released it a tiny bit? done that on mine.

 

[i_ibiza]

that facia is still intact in its place.

 

[spanner87]

mine did exactly the same and kept hold of my biggie cd haha,i had to chuck it and go aftermarket

 

[i_ibiza]

was wondering if I should go for a seat alana again

 

[lusty2zero]

You could get a used one off flea bay but personally I would see it as an opportunity to put something better in if your car is a pre facelift the wiring is standard ISO so a replacement set will go straight in if you have a facelift car you will need an adaptor loom but you can pick a new radio up with bluetooth so you'll have handsfree too for about £150 and a harness if you need one for about £15.

 

[i_ibiza]

how is this one? would it require any extra wiring or components?

ebay Item number: 160893702559

 

[lusty2zero]

yes that would do you haven't mentioned what year your beeza is as to weather it will need an adaptor loom face lift cars and later pre facelift cars with steering controls need an adaptor loom

 

[i_ibiza]

yes that would do you haven't mentioned what year your beeza is as to weather it will need an adaptor loom face lift cars and later pre facelift cars with steering controls need an adaptor loom

its an 52 plate Mk4

 

[lusty2zero]

Ok that will have a standard ISO radio connector if your near Hemel I could give you a hand to swap it out I also have a Sony GT828u sat in my garage

 

[i_ibiza]

I have ordered a new Kenwood KDC-3054UR but cant get the old one out. I tried using a old credit card but no luck. waiting for my keys to arrive tomorrow.

 

[lusty2zero]

Cool just slide it out and plug the lead in but before you slide the new set back in make sure the memory is working as you may have to swap the red and yellow wires over !

 

[i_ibiza]

got the new one today, tried puttin it in, but it dont seem to fit. seems a bit small for the slot size and the cage I got with it is too big for the slot size. also the power cable does not fit the new unit. what extra parts would I need to sort this out?

thanks in advance

 

[lusty2zero]

The Alana cd player is a standard size unit and is replaceable with any DIN size radio as the Kenwood you have purchased is the wiring again is a standard ISO connector which are two blocks of 8 these will only go in one way round as one plug is the power supply the other being the speaker connectors if you have steering wheel controls there is another plug that wont fit anything but a Seat radio. hope this helps

 

[lusty2zero]

I've just had a look at the images for the Kenwood KDC-3054UR this has a small 10 pin socket on the back and should of come with a short lead in the box for the ISO connection just incase you overlooked this

 

[lusty2zero]

I've just seen on the image that Kenwood seem to pack the cage on the radio backwards this would explain why it won't fit the slot slide the cage off the radio and this will fit the aperture again only one way round

 

[i_ibiza]

finally managed to fit it properly

but looses its memory everytime I switch the car off. have changed the cables but no luck

 

[phey708]

Fuse in the back of the unit in the wrong place? Did you cross over the red and yellow wires?

 

[lusty2zero]

Sounds like the main fuse in the fusebox open the drivers door and pull the panel off the side of the dash the fusebox is behind there I found on mine that the diagram of fuse position is for LHD so work on that theory when tracing the fuse