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Connecting after market radio to fuse board?

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  • 07-02-2021 8:03pm
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    Peck3277
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I have a 09 Citroen Berlingo. I've just put an aftermarket radio into it, it's a KD-x330BT.

    It's playing the radio and working all fine, but I watched a few videos (like this one) on installing after market radios and some of them said you need to connect to a switched fuse. From what I can tell the manual doesn't say anything about this.

    I've just connected the ISO connectors in the car to the harness provided with no changes.

    I haven't done this so far and when I turn on off my car the radio stays on. Is this by design? Should I be connecting to a switched fuse?
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    greasepalm
    Registered Users Posts: 5,260 ✭✭✭greasepalm


    Possibly for safety and not letting a circuit stay live,usually one wire is always live for code holding and the other goes dead when the ignition is switched off.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,387 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Your van is multiplex and doesn’t have an ignition live going to the original radio.

    I think you can run one from the cigarette lighter live to the radio.


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    Peck3277
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭Peck3277


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Your van is multiplex and doesn’t have an ignition live going to the original radio.

    I think you can run one from the cigarette lighter live to the radio.

    I've just tested the installation there. I turned on the car and radio. Then turned off the car. After about 1 minute the radio turns off.

    Does that mean that it does have an ignition live and I don't need to run the extra wire? I'm a bit worried about battery drain.


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