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Quick Qyestion About Stereo

CelticBhoy
CelticBhoy
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Hey sorry for the really noob question but its beating me....

when im at work I like to sit in the car and have lunch, but I cant turn the stereo on unless I fully start the engine. I cant turn the key to position 2 and turn it on, the fans and everything work. No matter how many times I push the power button the stereo wont come on unless the engine is actually ticking over.

Any ideas? or is this just something I have to live with?. All my previous cars have been ble to use the stereo with engine off... :/

Charlie

2012 Grand C-Max 1.6 TDCI

Apologies about title spelling, cant fix it now its posted it seems. lol

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    That sounds pretty strange to me as when the engine is running, they key is in position 2, position 3 is just a momentary position to activate the starter motor.

    It may be worth taking the radio out and checking for a switched live. On an ISO radio loom this will be either the red or yellow cable, but I don't know which colour it would be on the Ford multi-plug. The switched live on the radio should be live with the key in position 1.

    After a quick google, these should be the cable positions

    6000cdwiring.jpg

    So you'd want to test pin 16 on part A of the quadlock plug. If you've got no power there in position 2 or 1, you may have a break in the cable, so you could replace that with a new cable from a source that's only live with the key in position 1. If you do have switched power there, the problem is in your head unit.

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    Hey sorry for the really noob question but its beating me....

    when im at work I like to sit in the car and have lunch, but I cant turn the stereo on unless I fully start the engine. I cant turn the key to position 2 and turn it on, the fans and everything work. No matter how many times I push the power button the stereo wont come on unless the engine is actually ticking over.

    Any ideas? or is this just something I have to live with?. All my previous cars have been ble to use the stereo with engine off... :/

    Charlie

    2012 Grand C-Max 1.6 TDCI

    Apologies about title spelling, cant fix it now its posted it seems. lol

    your car will be in battery saver mode, quite common to happen if battery not fully charged due to short journeys etc

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