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[leepol83]

Hi chaps just wondered if anyone knows what these wires are for there under the steering wheel

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[Dan]

  It's where the harness extension for a standard stereo is connected.  It has permanent live, accessory live and sidelight circuits.

[leepol83]

It's where the harness extension for a standard stereo is connected.  It has permanent live, accessory live and sidelight circuits.

Thank you for you're reply where does this go then?
If I cut the block off can I use this for the CD player it's not a standard one how will this affect the sidelights.
Thank you

Edited by leepol83, 12 October 2013 - 06:33 PM.

[tiger99]

The sidelight connection is only to light up your radio or CD player dial when the lights are on. I suggest putting an inline fuse rated at no more than 2 amps in it, so if the radio shorts it does not kill the sidelights. But if the radio lights up from its normal power source all the time it is on, you don't use that wire and just insulate it securely.

[leepol83]

The sidelight connection is only to light up your radio or CD player dial when the lights are on. I suggest putting an inline fuse rated at no more than 2 amps in it, so if the radio shorts it does not kill the sidelights. But if the radio lights up from its normal power source all the time it is on, you don't use that wire and just insulate it securely.

Brilliant! Can I get one of those iso blocks is that the proper way of doing it or is there another way.

[leepol83]

Hi all which wire is the sidelight as I won't need that at all also which is permanent and which is switched colour wise thanks guys.
Most appreciated.

Edited by leepol83, 14 October 2013 - 03:58 PM.

[leepol83]

polite bump on this guys
Thanks chaps.

[Dan]

  Red / green, the same as all the sidelights.  The wiring colour code is British Standard and in the FAQ section.  If your head unit has a lighting connection use it whether the lights on the panel are up all the time or not.  On most units now (as they have displays that have to light up in order to be read) the sidelight connection actually dims the panel brightness when the lighting is switched on so as not to draw your attention away from the road at night.  Yes you can cut this off and connect an ISO loom to it, or buy the Rover interface harness which is still available through X-Part.  The Rover harness that fits to this is DIN and not ISO but cutting the DIN end off and fitting the ISOI to that instead of directly to this would give you more slack cable.  I wouldn't fuse the light connection myself but you can if you want to I suppose.  As for the other two connections, fuse them as the head unit manufacturer suggests.

[leepol83]

Red / green, the same as all the sidelights.  The wiring colour code is British Standard and in the FAQ section.  If your head unit has a lighting connection use it whether the lights on the panel are up all the time or not.  On most units now (as they have displays that have to light up in order to be read) the sidelight connection actually dims the panel brightness when the lighting is switched on so as not to draw your attention away from the road at night.  Yes you can cut this off and connect an ISO loom to it, or buy the Rover interface harness which is still available through X-Part.  The Rover harness that fits to this is DIN and not ISO but cutting the DIN end off and fitting the ISOI to that instead of directly to this would give you more slack cable.  I wouldn't fuse the light connection myself but you can if you want to I suppose.  As for the other two connections, fuse them as the head unit manufacturer suggests.

Thank you dan you're a star most appreciated.

[leepol83]

Red / green, the same as all the sidelights.  The wiring colour code is British Standard and in the FAQ section.  If your head unit has a lighting connection use it whether the lights on the panel are up all the time or not.  On most units now (as they have displays that have to light up in order to be read) the sidelight connection actually dims the panel brightness when the lighting is switched on so as not to draw your attention away from the road at night.  Yes you can cut this off and connect an ISO loom to it, or buy the Rover interface harness which is still available through X-Part.  The Rover harness that fits to this is DIN and not ISO but cutting the DIN end off and fitting the ISOI to that instead of directly to this would give you more slack cable.  I wouldn't fuse the light connection myself but you can if you want to I suppose.  As for the other two connections, fuse them as the head unit manufacturer suggests.

Thank you dan you're a star most appreciated.

I've been searching for the adapter for this with no joy has anyone got a picture of what I need as in the DIN connector, or even the iso option to give me a little more cable to play with