bought a e30 so put a cd player in but its not powering up, tryed another one but same thing 1st e30 so i dont know much about them, can anyone give me some tips on what to check
its a j reg 316 touring thanks in advance
cdplayer not powering
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votivequagmire
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Have you connected the two 12 volt, constant and ignition, feeds and the earth lead correctly? Did you test these before connecting to confirm they were working?
'88 325i M20, could've done with a sunroof.
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DanialA11
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whoops, the 12v was disconnected, working now thanks, had me scratching my head
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Sanchez
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votivequagmire
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Cool, don't worry, it's happened to the best of us, and myself also.
Glad you now have sounds again, it's not the same without them
Glad you now have sounds again, it's not the same without them
'88 325i M20, could've done with a sunroof.
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DanialA11
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Well need to upgrade the cd player as my daily has a alpine with blurtooth an mic and everything and i dont really wonna remove it as it takes ages to install
And in the bm i just put a rubbish halfords pioneer init
I think the car needs a pioneer dolphin 60w4
And in the bm i just put a rubbish halfords pioneer init
I think the car needs a pioneer dolphin 60w4
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votivequagmire
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Couldn't agree more 
'88 325i M20, could've done with a sunroof.
