Car radio lights wont turn off

heinervb · 02-05-2015 04:07PM #1

Just bought a new silvercrest radio to replace my old sony radio. The sony radio turned off fully when i pulled the key out of the ignition but with the silvercrest radio only the text/writing goes away, the lights around the buttons stay on. Is there any way to get them to turn off completely? The sony radio needed a set of adapters but the silvercrest doesnt if it helps... VW Golf mk4

colm_mcm · 02-05-2015 08:13PM

Maybe swap around the red/yellow wires.

heinervb · 03-05-2015 11:52AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Maybe swap around the red/yellow wires.

how to take them out ?? strip the wire and rewire them or it is possible to take them out of the black box thing they're in and swap them?

TherapyBoy · 03-05-2015 04:22PM

You might need to run an ignition wire from the fuse box, sometimes there is no ignition feed wired into the radio on VW's. If you're not sure about how to do this take it to an auto-electrician or car radio installer.

iamthemanwork · 03-05-2015 09:05PM

heinervb wrote: »

Just bought a new silvercrest radio to replace my old sony radio. The sony radio turned off fully when i pulled the key out of the ignition but with the silvercrest radio only the text/writing goes away, the lights around the buttons stay on. Is there any way to get them to turn off completely? The sony radio needed a set of adapters but the silvercrest doesnt if it helps... VW Golf mk4

Are you using the original ISO lead to power your radio. The Vw radios needed 3 x 12v supplies to power it on. Most likely one of these supplies is now powering the illumination through the Orange lead in the radio loom.

heinervb · 06-05-2015 05:03PM

ended up switching the yellow and red wire.. lights stay on but atleast when i clip out the radio and clip it back in the radio channels are saved

Car radio lights wont turn off

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