Help Please !!! Car Stereo has no more power.

[Lady-Pdriver]

Can anyone please advise me to what I have done to make the car stereo no longer work and is it possible for me to fix it or do I have to take it to a garage? I could not wait to put in the new stereo into my Peugeot 206, from Argos despite there being free fitting with the stereo. I will explain what I did step by step then hopefully someone will be able to help:

1) First I only connected the power connecters and the ariel to the back of the stereo( with the ignition turned off) and I did not push right back as I wanted to check that all the functions worked,(turned on the ignition) they did cd, radio, conected mp3. Succssess I Thought. Turned off and dissconected the connecters.

2) Then I secured the metal cassing into my car, connected the connecters again and pushed it right back . However this was difficult and I had to give a real hard push for it to be placed right back.Then I turned on the ignition, but there was no display I did push the reset button , but nothing. The only thing I was able to do was to eject the cd that I was previously listening to.

3) I did change the 10 amp red fuse at the back of the stereo from my old one, but this did nothing. I put the fuse back into the old stereo but again this did not work. Everything else in the car works , so thank God I havent messed up that.

Can anyone tell me what you think I have done and if it is very easy for me to change the fuse in the car . If not can I take it to Halfords and what is the likely cost going to be. Also does anyone know if I have damaged the new car stereo , as I am wondering If I tried to take it back to Argos am I going to get any problems with me fitting it.

[Jay70]

Hi Lady - Pdriver.

Did the unit come with a wiring loom which plugged straight into the existing wiring loom or did you have to cut and join wires yourself? It is also very easy to trap a wire when pushing a head unit in which can damage the insulation and short out on the case etc. Did the original fuse actually blow - can you test it with a meter or see if it has blown. I will try and help as much as I can.

Jase

[saxo_boi]

also check the main fusebox for the car! i have done this so many times where ive checked all fuses in my music system etc but then i checked the main fuses and i had blown one of them with even realising. if you look in your manual they may be in there, if not then a haynes manual will definately have them, just look through the diagram and see what ones could be affected by it so radio etc. once you have found it then just check it to make sure. i have done this so many times and its so easy to fix!