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vintoni · 14th July 2008, 01:17 PM

Hi everyone

I have cd/dvd stereo in my GTR that is pissing me off. It has power as the display lights up but that's all it does. I cannot play cd's, the display screen does not come out and none of the buttons work. It desplays "ent-leve" when you turn the ignition on. Apparently it worked for the previous owner but reverted to the above when the battery was changed. I have since installed a monster battery but the problem persists. Any ideas? I have a grounding kit ready to be fitted but not sure if this will make any difference. The manual says "ent-leve" has something to do with the voltage being in the wrong range?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I don't want to have to pay to get it looked at as I'm a struggling GTR owner

.

Thanks

ru' · 14th July 2008, 01:53 PM

Just to test it, run a length of wire direct from the battery +ve to both the +12V and 'switched 12V' lines. Make sure you've got a decent earth on the HU too.

If it works then either your main feed or switched feed are duff; try them one at a time to find out which.

mifn21 · 14th July 2008, 01:58 PM

Before doing that try swapping the permanent and switched 12v feeds round, my clarion would do something similar til I switched them

Hang on, when you say it worked for the previous owner but started giving the ent-leve error message after a battery change, do you mean after he changed his battery or you changed yours?

He might have killed it you see!

vintoni · 14th July 2008, 02:54 PM

After he changed his to a shitty little battery.

It kept going flat on me so I then changed it again to a bigger one but the "ent-leve" message remained.

Cheers

mifn21 · 14th July 2008, 03:02 PM

Chances are the low voltage could have killed it, it will try to pull more current as the voltage drops (this is the quickest way to kill a car amp btw, mucho smoke/flamage

)
Best way to check is get a working battery, and as ru said, hook the head unit up directly to it ie positive terminal to the 2 12v inputs, and the negative to the earth

If it still doesn't work, the low voltage from the previous battery killed it

vintoni · 14th July 2008, 03:08 PM

vintoni · 14th July 2008, 03:09 PM

But if it's fried how come it still lights up and gives a code?

mifn21 · 14th July 2008, 03:20 PM

It could just be part of it thats damaged, like I said only way to know for sure is to hook it up directly to a battery
If it does work then get a multimeter out and see what voltage the radio power wires are showing

vintoni · 14th July 2008, 03:26 PM

I'll get on it. Thanks for your help, appreciate it.

SPEED MERCHANT · 14th July 2008, 06:04 PM

Give Tony at Eclipse Car Audio a call on 07834 158795 fella & say that SPEED MERCHANT gave you the number

He does all my audio stuff.

pupsi · 15th July 2008, 01:02 AM

Is it a coded unit?? When you changed the battery, you then have to enter a code, if it is a coded unit.

beaumackenzie · 15th July 2008, 03:25 AM

meh, who needs them just rip out and put a big bore on the car.

covak2002 · 28th July 2008, 02:41 PM

RIP IT OUT and place it on a bat outside of the car but remember to place an earth to the chassis of the stereo and see what happens my fault was down to a wiring snag on the car quick rewire and well rocking all over the world

try that mate

DUNCAN GT-R · 28th July 2008, 08:04 PM

Check that it's got a good earth on the black wire. The skyline doesnt have an earth wire in with the radio loom, it relys in the radio chassis being bolted into the dash for an earth.
Run the black wire off the radio to a good earth point, usually you can find a 10mm bolt onto the chassis behind the radio.

14th July 2008, 01:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
vintoni GTR Register Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 126	STEREO HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi everyone I have cd/dvd stereo in my GTR that is pissing me off. It has power as the display lights up but that's all it does. I cannot play cd's, the display screen does not come out and none of the buttons work. It desplays "ent-leve" when you turn the ignition on. Apparently it worked for the previous owner but reverted to the above when the battery was changed. I have since installed a monster battery but the problem persists. Any ideas? I have a grounding kit ready to be fitted but not sure if this will make any difference. The manual says "ent-leve" has something to do with the voltage being in the wrong range? Any help would be greatly appreciated, I don't want to have to pay to get it looked at as I'm a struggling GTR owner . Thanks

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14th July 2008, 01:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
ru' New Users Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Black R33 GTR V-Spec Posts: 2,026	Just to test it, run a length of wire direct from the battery +ve to both the +12V and 'switched 12V' lines. Make sure you've got a decent earth on the HU too. If it works then either your main feed or switched feed are duff; try them one at a time to find out which.

14th July 2008, 01:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
mifn21 GTROC Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 2,128	Before doing that try swapping the permanent and switched 12v feeds round, my clarion would do something similar til I switched them Hang on, when you say it worked for the previous owner but started giving the ent-leve error message after a battery change, do you mean after he changed his battery or you changed yours? He might have killed it you see!

14th July 2008, 02:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
vintoni GTR Register Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 126	After he changed his to a shitty little battery. It kept going flat on me so I then changed it again to a bigger one but the "ent-leve" message remained. Cheers

14th July 2008, 03:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
mifn21 GTROC Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 2,128	Chances are the low voltage could have killed it, it will try to pull more current as the voltage drops (this is the quickest way to kill a car amp btw, mucho smoke/flamage ) Best way to check is get a working battery, and as ru said, hook the head unit up directly to it ie positive terminal to the 2 12v inputs, and the negative to the earth If it still doesn't work, the low voltage from the previous battery killed it

14th July 2008, 03:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
vintoni GTR Register Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 126	But if it's fried how come it still lights up and gives a code?

14th July 2008, 03:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
mifn21 GTROC Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 2,128	It could just be part of it thats damaged, like I said only way to know for sure is to hook it up directly to a battery If it does work then get a multimeter out and see what voltage the radio power wires are showing

14th July 2008, 03:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
vintoni GTR Register Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 126	I'll get on it. Thanks for your help, appreciate it.

15th July 2008, 01:02 AM	#11 (permalink)
pupsi GTROC Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West London Posts: 1,978	Is it a coded unit?? When you changed the battery, you then have to enter a code, if it is a coded unit.

15th July 2008, 03:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
beaumackenzie GTR Register Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: P.N NZ Posts: 319	meh, who needs them just rip out and put a big bore on the car.

28th July 2008, 02:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
covak2002 GTR Register Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: helston Posts: 210	RIP IT OUT and place it on a bat outside of the car but remember to place an earth to the chassis of the stereo and see what happens my fault was down to a wiring snag on the car quick rewire and well rocking all over the world try that mate

28th July 2008, 08:04 PM	#14 (permalink)
DUNCAN GT-R GTROC Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Up North Posts: 827	Check that it's got a good earth on the black wire. The skyline doesnt have an earth wire in with the radio loom, it relys in the radio chassis being bolted into the dash for an earth. Run the black wire off the radio to a good earth point, usually you can find a 10mm bolt onto the chassis behind the radio.