Replaced battery and now stereo dead - Monaro

[Lil'RedGTO]

My battery died recently, and I replaced it with a new one (Bosch S5 type 027). Car now fires up great but my stereo is now completely dead. No backlight, no blinking led, won't turn on at all - nothing. Seems an unlikely coincidence that the stereo should fail at the exact moment that i replaced the car battery. I've pulled the fuse for the radio in the fuse box under the steering wheel but it's fine. Am I looking at a new stereo or is there anything else I can try?

[mikeyb1987]

Lil'RedGTO said:

My battery died recently, and I replaced it with a new one (Bosch S5 type 027). Car now fires up great but my stereo is now completely dead. No backlight, no blinking led, won't turn on at all - nothing. Seems an unlikely coincidence that the stereo should fail at the exact moment that i replaced the car battery. I've pulled the fuse for the radio in the fuse box under the steering wheel but it's fine. Am I looking at a new stereo or is there anything else I can try?

Have you checked both fuses Stephen? I had an issue when I fitted my new stereo. There is a 7.5 and 15 amp fuse.

[Lil'RedGTO]

No I'd only checked the 7.5A. Hadn't spotted the 15A. Got excited after reading your post but sadly having just pulled the 15A that is also fine. Have also swapped both radio fuses for others of the same rating and still no joy.

[mikeyb1987]

Sorry to hear it wasn't an obvious fix

[r8black]

Not sure if its the same but I'd recently replaced my stock stereo. And after fitting
New system it didn't come on. Left the ignition switch to position one for a few minutes
Andes and behold it all came back to life. Hope this works for you

[Lil'RedGTO]

Tried that but sadly it didn't work.

[Lil'RedGTO]

Update: Turns out that in addition to the two "radio" fuses under the steering wheel there is also a 15A blade-style fuse on the back of the standard stereo unit. Obviously you need to remove the stereo with the appropriate removal tools that insert into the four holes at each corner of the unit (about £4 on ebay). Slide out the stereo and the fuse is plain to see. Replaced the fuse and, hey presto, my stereo works again! Didn't even need a security code, surprisingly.

Hopefully this info might help someone with a dead stereo in future.

[KMud]

£4?! You got robbed

Glad it works...now rip it out again and replace it with a better one

[SturdyHSV]

Lil'RedGTO said:

Update: Turns out that in addition to the two "radio" fuses under the steering wheel there is also a 15A blade-style fuse on the back of the standard stereo unit. Obviously you need to remove the stereo with the appropriate removal tools that insert into the four holes at each corner of the unit (about £4 on ebay). Slide out the stereo and the fuse is plain to see. Replaced the fuse and, hey presto, my stereo works again! Didn't even need a security code, surprisingly.

Hopefully this info might help someone with a dead stereo in future.

Glad it's sorted, always good when people post up solutions too, so thanks