FLI SWAT 5 dead?

[RobDon]

Just got one of these head units - but it's dead, will not switch on at all? It appears to have power as the eject button it lit, but it won't turn on? Plug my Pioneer unit back in and it works fine, so is the FLI faulty straight out the box?

Any ideas?

 

[Fl@pper]

tried swapping the power perm + ignition over ?

 

[RobDon]

Yes, the unit flashes on for a split second then goes off again and still won't switch on. I read that sometimes you have to join the red and yellow wires together?

 

[Fl@pper]

usually red/yellow for perm/ignition

according to fli swat 3 manual red=acc / yellow=perm live

i would check 100% with a multimeter for power first then earth all on the right pins just in case

my dvd player had similar on first install but the src was on dvd and i hadn't rigged up the handbrake signal - had to get it all the right way round before it would work proper

try the src button or even sticking a (old) cd in it ?

 

[RobDon]

I'll check with the meter tomorrow to see what's what, I noticed the Pioneer unit has the red and yellow swapped round too, but when I swapped them on the FLI unit, still nothing.

 

[RobDon]

OK power is fine through both the red and yellow, I emailed FLI too and it looks like the head unit is dead straight out the box ... wonderful! So now I have to send it back and get a replacement.

 

[RobDon]

Sorted - got a new replacement unit and it fired up first time, so the first one was DOA.