I can't get my new Kenwood Car Radio to work in my 1999 Vauxhall Corsa HELP???

Question

I have just bought a Kenwood KDC-W3041A to replace the existing radio in a 1999 Vauxhall Corsa 1.0L Envoy but cannot get it to work. I know power is getting to it at the CD player makes noises when I press the eject button but the radio will not work when I try to turn it on. Nothing appears on the screen. I have a blue/white cable and a brown cable free (power control/motor antenna control cable and mute cable respectively) and not sure whether these should be connected to somewhere. Any helpful comments would be appeciated.

Answer 1

i think that vauxhall changed the wireing in some pre 2000 models,you  may have the ground and the live mixed up(black is live and brown nuteral)

Answer 2

The iso wiring connections are different on vauxhalls ie the power supply and memory backup are different. You need to purchase a wiring harness converter from halfords or an audio store which will cost approx £ 5.00 the connector will have a blue wire feed which will power the aerial.  Warning plugging the radio Directly into the oem iso connection will damage the radio equipment as it has a speed sensor power signal.

Answer 3

you have to hook up the back up battery should be yellow i think into the power try that and see what happens