Sound issues!! Resolved!

[jamest8]

Hi guys & girls, I'm still having shed loads of grief with changing the car stereo. Everything is working except I have no sound!! When I plug in the original stereo all is ok but even using the correct lead adapters the amp doesn't seem to work even though it does seem to have power.
I know some people have got this working, so what did you do? What wires do I need to sort?
Many thanks in advance for your input

[mboon]

Have you tried another radio? an aftermarket one to fit in the same wiring.. I say this because if everything works with the original and you plug the new one in and it is not, to me I would be checking the radio before to see if it is 100% the wiring.

[Rippers]

I had an adapter that used the ribbon type lead just tried to google it and can't find one like it, will have a look through some old photobucket pictures and see if i can find it

[Mark B]

I had the same problem you have 8 speaker wires and 3 others that go to the amp 1 is a battery feed 1 ignition feed and a earth make sure you have 12v at both feeds as i didn't and all worked fine with 12v

[cosmo]

I had an adapter that used the ribbon type lead just tried to google it and can't find one like it, will have a look through some old photobucket pictures and see if i can find it

will the new head unit work at low volume ?

[jamest8]

Sorted it!! It was the new adapter lead after all that! All working perfectly
Many thanks for your input

[cosmo]

what adaptor lead did you get fella.

[jamest8]

what adaptor lead did you get fella.

A pc9-402. You can get them on eBay

[jamest8]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PC9-402-Fo...#ht_2151wt_922

Don't know if this link will work, if not just search that product code

[cosmo]

so what head unit have you fitted

[jamest8]

The daddy of all 90's stereos, pioneer 825r

[cosmo]

gotta be a 90's one

I have a few retro Alpine cassete units here

[jamest8]

Yep, retro all the way I've got the 9200 eq underneath too!