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hey people ,me again. this time im wondering about my head unit. when my head units in the mfd doesnt work properly and.. for some reason the settings on my head unit never save, so when i start the engine i have to change all the settings of my head unit again. wich is really really anoying

yup this is an unavoidable problem with corsas im afraid. The only way to fix it is take one of the pins out of the back or the stereo or cut the wire (i think its pin 8 but dont quote me on that 1). This will make ur date stay on when the stereo is on but can often mess up the radio reception so if u like to listen to the radio then its not worth doing lol

we were on about this yesterday. octane put it in the faqs

or just click here
http://forums.corsa-b.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=105&t=14286

you need to take ur stereo out and swap around the red and yellow wires, so plug the yellow to red and red to yello
thats why its not saving your settings.
read the faq regarding the date disapearing its pin 8 on the mfd not on the stereo!!

To make the date stay on the display you need to kill/destroy pin.8 on back of the display. Cutting the wire at the back of the display will work but it's easier to replace the display when repair the wiring loom if you ever want to revert.

Cutting the wire at the back of the headunit will kill your radio amplifier reception as it splits of to both places (1 been the amplifier, other been the headunit). So don't cut there!

Hope this helps.

how do you suggest to blank pin 8 so that you dont lose your radio amp.

cheers
Dunc

do it at the back of the display, not the hed unit and u shouldnt have any problems

best way would be to cut the wire, leave enought ether side so you can resolder if you ever wanted to

either that or enough to crimp a connection on the end

thanks lads should of read the faq first sorry

This has been bugging me...awesome.

dont know if anyone has cut the red and grey wire yet at the mfd but i have today and the date appears when the headunit is on and all works perfectly

cheers
dunc