Car radio help.

kev_hufc · **Joined:** Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:23 am **Posts:** 514

HELP! I've had a nightmare this weekend with my car.
Please help if possible or direct me somewhere who can help me cheaply!.......
I have a 2001 Hyundai Coupe SE and the factory fitted electric ariel wasn't working when I purchased the car a few months ago so I have just bought a new electric ariel and motor. When fitting this new ariel two wires which are to attach to the ariel managed to touch when the power was on and the radio went off. Prior to the wires touching the ariel would not go up when the radio was turned on (I know the ariel works as I tested it by connecting it directly to the battery). So now I have an ariel which doesn't go up or down and a radio that doesn't turn on. I know the radio still works as again, I tested it by connecting it straight to the battery. The only thing I can think of is that there is an in-line fuse somewhere between the battery and the head unit but I cannot locte it.
I have checked all the fuses that I can find in the fuse box's. Are there any hidden ones I need to know about?

kev_hufc · **Joined:** Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:23 am **Posts:** 514

When I noticed you had replied I knew you'd have came up with a sensible answer like that! :grin:

kev_hufc · **Joined:** Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:23 am **Posts:** 514

By the way......... you don't know the answer do you?!

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2008 12:17 pm

Remove the radio and check to see if it has its own fuse fitted to it...........and from memory im pretty sure your model has a fuse box located under the bonnet.....check in there

Matty_Robson's_Chin · **Joined:** Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:57 pm **Posts:** 2155

kev_hufc wrote:

By the way......... you don't know the answer do you?!

HAVE YOU CHECKED THE MANUAL???

Is that the car with the fuse box in the footwell?

kev_hufc · **Joined:** Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:23 am **Posts:** 514

yeah my radio does have a fuse in it and it seems fine. it worked when i connected it directly to the battery.
Also i've tried all the fuses under the bonnet too and none of them are broke.

The fuses are in the footwell yeah and no I havn't checked my manual yet. That seems like the sensible thing to do!
The fuse box in the footwell has a diagram on the cover of which fuses are for what but none of them seem to relate to the radio.

aptid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:49 pm **Posts:** 1506

Cars often have an in line fuse in the +ve power supply to the radio.

Try and see if there is plastic fuse holder in the supply leads going in to the radio, it is usually within 2 foot or so back of the connection.

mouldy old dough · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2008 5:23 pm

You could have blew the radio its self Kev with a power surge.

Spender · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2008 5:26 pm

I haven't got a clue. :grin:

Hope that helps.

Mr Bandage is happy to help Bunkerites for free, and will buy your beer for four days so that you will tell you mates. :wink:

Innit Mr B?? :grin:

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22654

kev_hufc wrote:

yeah my radio does have a fuse in it and it seems fine. it worked when i connected it directly to the battery.

There you go then, the break has to be on the car side. Theres a fuse gone somewhere on the car.

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Tue May 20, 2008 11:09 am

Pooliekev wrote:

I haven't got a clue. :grin:

Hope that helps.

Mr Bandage is happy to help Bunkerites for free, as long as you buy his beer :wink:

Innit Mr B?? :grin:

Spot on as usual Mr Kev!

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