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[wrglyn]

Hi

We are just trying to switch head units in my car , the old head unit hasnt worked properly for years and we bought another off ebay the brand is california gold ( anyone heard of this one ??) anyhow there red wire in my car is the remote power wire and the yellow is constant power , on the diagram on the back of the new unit they are reversed with red as constant power and yellow remote , the constant power on the unit has a 0.5 amp fuse , wheras the one in the wire coming from the car is a 10 amp . 0.5 seems way to little to run the constant power wire through and it blows as soon as we try and play a CD

does it sound odd to anyone out there that the wires seem to be reversed , logic tells me that the lower amp wire should be for the remote power ?

Please help

wrglyn

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[wrglyn]

sorry , by remote power I meant accessorie pawer but you probably figured that out

please help

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

never even heard of that brand, probably could have gotten a better one off ebay, did you try putting a bigger fuse in?

 

[wrglyn]

yeah I know , my partner bought it he said he'd heard of it , weve put a bigger fuse in now and seems fine ,

thanks for your help

wrglyn