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Silver 182 was me I think! Was this around the Glasgow Airport area as remember seeing blue 172 around this date?

Can anyone back this up? My clio used to allow me to set to auto and the air con would not come on unless I pressed it. Now it always comes on in auto mode. Anyone?

Right more questions...I previously had my old alpine unit wired so that when the key was withdrawn, the hu would switch off but could be switched back on my pressing the power button when the key was out. Now, with the wiring described by dink, the unit is constantly on even when I withdraw the...

Ah, I see cheers Dink.

Right so I tried connecting two constant lives which solves my problem. (Cheers for the help dink!) However I still don't understand. The unit clearly needs two lives to operate which seams strange. As for the increased current load. The wire on the loom supplied from alpine has a thinner red...

The loom that came with the Alpine HU is fully wired to the iso block but previous alpine looms had a seperate earthing point instead of being wired to the iso block. Surely alpine would not do this if they really meant for a separate earth and power supply to be taken from outside the oem wiring??

I already have a previous live feed direct from the battery so there is no problem using this. Which wire should be connected to the oem wiring then? The red or the yellow or are both not capable of pulling the required current?

The unit is a 4x60w HU. Does that mean to power it it without the key you require two constantly live inputs (yellow and red)? I'm unsure exactly why you should not use the oem wiring - unless you require two constant live wires.

Okay, I just tried to install a new alpine 9857R HU however I'm having problems getting the unit to work with the key out of the ignition. I have used the alpine loom and connected the yellow wire with the in line choke coil to the yellow wire on the the iso connector which connects to a +12.5v...

Okay so I'm still swayed by either. It appear that the only major differences other than glide touch are amp power, the 9855 has 4x50w and the 9857 4x 60w, and the 9855 has media expander (mx) whereas the 9857 doesn't. Does anyone rate the media expander function? Bearing in mind my front...

Okay folks, i'm planning on buying a new Alpine HU since my current Alpine one has begun to cause me problems. I've been looking at both the 9857 and 9855 units but am puzzled by the spec on both. The 9855 appears the more modern unit however the 9857 is the newer in the range and also has 4x60w...

I will post pics up tomorrow. It is just long enough to drag along the ground. I initially thought fog lights as its the same tubing that contains the wires for the fog lights as I fitted fog lights in my 1.2 clio a few years back. However there is no wire running through it.

Okay folks, I have a length of black corrugated tube hanging from the underside of the engine bay and I have no idea what it is for. The car is a 182. Doesnt seem to have any wire running through it and is hanging near the passenger fog light and comes from somewhere near the battery. Went to...

Can anyone tell me what the differences between the Alpine SWR-1022D and SWR-1042D are? I am looking for a sub for A V12 mono Alpine MRD-M605 amp. Cheers

Thanks Jeremy, but one last question. What height has it been lowered by?