Hello everyone,
I have checked other threads and watched as many youtube tutorials as I could find and was still unable to find the help I need.
I recently bought an 01/2003 Audi A3 8l, which sadly only had a cassette player in it, of course I wanted to upgrade to one with at least a CD-Player and an AUX connector. Thus I went online, got carried away, and found myself a Kenwood KDC-BT530U (stupid me thinking it would be a simple plug and play, which it obviously was not).
So I did my research and found out i need an adapter in order for the rear speakers and sub to work, so I went ahead and bought an adapter off Amazon (thinking ok well it might be 40 bucks more than I wanted to spend but at least now it will work). Clearly it did not...Sooo now im here asking for some help because I am clearly not cut out for this whole radio installation thing.
The Kenwood system has at no point during the installation powered up (could this mean its broken?)
I have probed the connectors(car side) with a Multimeter and some have power, others do not (normal im guessing).
I did read that I need an ignition live switch from the fuse box, however I don't know if I did it right, but it seemed like none of the fuses I could use went on with the ignition and off again when I pulled the key. (does anyone know exactly which fuse I can use with certainty or is there another way around using the fuse box?)
Happy to answer any further questions.
I appreciate any and all help.
Kind regards,
Brandon
I have checked other threads and watched as many youtube tutorials as I could find and was still unable to find the help I need.
I recently bought an 01/2003 Audi A3 8l, which sadly only had a cassette player in it, of course I wanted to upgrade to one with at least a CD-Player and an AUX connector. Thus I went online, got carried away, and found myself a Kenwood KDC-BT530U (stupid me thinking it would be a simple plug and play, which it obviously was not).
So I did my research and found out i need an adapter in order for the rear speakers and sub to work, so I went ahead and bought an adapter off Amazon (thinking ok well it might be 40 bucks more than I wanted to spend but at least now it will work). Clearly it did not...Sooo now im here asking for some help because I am clearly not cut out for this whole radio installation thing.
The Kenwood system has at no point during the installation powered up (could this mean its broken?)
I have probed the connectors(car side) with a Multimeter and some have power, others do not (normal im guessing).
I did read that I need an ignition live switch from the fuse box, however I don't know if I did it right, but it seemed like none of the fuses I could use went on with the ignition and off again when I pulled the key. (does anyone know exactly which fuse I can use with certainty or is there another way around using the fuse box?)
Happy to answer any further questions.
I appreciate any and all help.
Kind regards,
Brandon
