I've installed about 10 CD players in different cars and don't bother with adapters as I'm comfortable with wiring etc. and found a wee alpine CD player as my car had some shoddy Ford Transit-special JVC junk installed.

 

Anyway I had spliced all the wires after cross-referencing and cross checking them and had the CD player sat by the gearstick to test it worked before reassembling etc.

 

The arial shoots up.

 

Hmmmm

 

:helpsmilie:

 

I have a look again to check I haven't done anything dodgy.. I put it into 2nd ign. and hold power down. No joy!

 

I jump down and check the fuse box, nothing gone there, the fuse on the back of the CD player was also fine! :thumbdown:

 

So I sat in the house by the fire for about 2 hours thinking it through wire for wire looking at the loom! NOTHING is wrong!!

 

:cursing:

 

Anyway I then got back into the teeny space behind the player and had a good mooch around at the stock wiring - wait a minute.. where does the earth go to?! no.. where's the earth??!! THE CAR EARTHS ON THE CAGE!!!

 

So I plug the player on, the arial shoots up, I slide it into the cage... the arial goes back down. I put on 2nd ign. and I sit in disbeleif as it fires up and starts playing!

 

 

Delighted I got it going, but all that thinking for something so stupidly simple.

 

:clap:

hahahaha don't you just love it!: :)