Radio won't work..

[christiandersen]

Hello Starlet-owners,

I recently bought myself an acceptable example of a Starlet.
I've got a tiny but pretty annoying problem with it.
- The preowner installed speakers in the back, and made a few wiring with the an older Sony-radio, no probs!
I wanted to change to a newer radio I had from another car (Pioneer), but now, It won't start the radio, even with the Sony-radio.

Checked the fuse, but seems fine, and tried swapped the fuse with another, but still no change, seems fine.
When I start the car, the radio would normally go on, It don't. - If I connect the radio, the clock disables(?). If I changed the day-light and turn it over to 'night-light', the clock disappears(?).

What-the-h*ll..

Help? :-((

[Pete_A]

Im sure ill stand corrected shortly. But have you trief swaping around the live and permanent live (red and yellow ) wires that come out the hack of the stereo?

[christiandersen]

Pete_A @ It didn't work with the swap.
The clock appears and stays on, but radio won't turn on. The fuses are OK.

[Pete_A]

Could just be a bad earth?

[christiandersen]

Pete_A @ No clue. Could be perm-failure as earth-failure.. Have to dive deeper into the wiring. If I find the solution, I'll reply back.

[glanzanut22]

Use a voltage tester to check your actually receiving a switched and permanent live at the stereo loom. Then go from there 👍