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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: philips bose ccrt 700 power drain

« on: 28 August 2011, 13:59:24 »

Hi Rob
From a good charge it flattens overnight, no power to even run the radio. If you have a bose one I would be interested.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / philips bose ccrt 700 power drain

« on: 27 August 2011, 14:11:59 »

Hi again chaps,
I have had a power drain problem which turns out to be the radio. the auto-lec [ vauxhall trained ] tells me that these particular radios have been prone to this problem.
Has anyone had this problem and, other than sourcing another radio, is there a solution.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: accessing car when battery flat

« on: 09 June 2011, 22:20:15 »

thanks everybody. I had to work away for the last few weeks, but lubed the locks before I went and, on return,hey presto locks turn.
Once again , thanks to everyone for the advice.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: accessing car when battery flat

« on: 15 May 2011, 13:38:53 »

thanks for the advice chaps. It is pre-facelift however I can't open the boot either so that b-----s up that solution.
I tried the key again with as much force as I dared, almost [ it felt] to the point of bending or snapping the key , which is something I'm worried about. I'll try your suggestion Stallion, hopefully it will do the trick.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / accessing car when battery flat

« on: 14 May 2011, 13:17:28 »

Can anyone tell me how to access car or engine compartment when the battery is totally flat?. I have tried the key in the locks and while I know you have to be quite forcefull when turning the key, I feel any more force will snap the key in the lock.
Thanks chaps

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: battery -fuse?

« on: 15 January 2011, 16:51:09 »

Well boys, good news, I eventually managed to prise the b----y thing out[ thats where the obstetrics training came in handy ]
Once out found the 7.5 fuse at the back, replaced that and , Hey Presto, it worked. Getting it back was a bit was a bit of a b-----d [ shouting at it helps ] but once in , coded it and back to normal.
I'd like to thank everyone that contributed, it really is nice that in this day and age, people are still prepared to help others, without a bill at the end.
I will check this site as regularlly as I can, maybe I can help someone as well.
All the best boys
Rog.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: battery -fuse?

« on: 15 January 2011, 11:59:34 »

Cheers Andy, I have got that far[ already had the 2 U clips, but it doesn't seem to want to come out. I.ll give it another try now I know thats whats to do.
Rog
well, tried again,it seems to start to come out initially but only about 2mm then seems to stick.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: battery -fuse?

« on: 15 January 2011, 11:46:26 »

Thanks Dave,its a CCRT 700. How do you remove the radio from the dash?.
 Roger

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: battery -fuse?

« on: 13 January 2011, 17:42:18 »

Thanks Shackeng, the problem is no life in the radio/tape to input the code, all the rest of display fine, trip distance, temp.,mpg,average speed, etc, all OK but can't get any radio display to input code.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: battery -fuse?

« on: 13 January 2011, 16:01:18 »

Thanks to everyone for all the support and advice. I charged the battery and tested it with a multi meter [ thanks to Kev for the invaluable advice about testing batts.]Put the battery on today and, surprise, surprise started, first time. I tested as much as I could ,lights,windows,blind etc. and the only thing that didn't work was the radio/tape. The 20amp fuse looks OK [ didnt test it, but it looked whole] so has  anyone any suggestions of any more radio fuses?, or other things?
Thanks again.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: battery -fuse?

« on: 10 January 2011, 15:54:50 »

Hi again,
The jump start pack has started it before so I'm confident its up to the job. The trouble is I only use the car at week ends and its been sitting over xmas, I think the alarm or something like it drains the battery if left too long.So once its started it will charge the battery OK .

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: battery -fuse?

« on: 10 January 2011, 13:25:59 »

Hi again,
Thanks for all the interest and advice. I took the jump start pack to the car again today and lo and behold it did , just, turn the engine.
The display lights and windows all work, but strangely, when I press the test button on the jumper [ when its connected to the battery ] it registers hardly any charge, but when its disconnected it says it has a full charge. I wonder if the car battery has been damaged and so reducing the charge from the jumper through to the starter motor?. As, is patently obvious, electricity and I are not natural bedfellows[ its black magic ] so this may be just clutching at straws, is there a simple way to test a battery?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / battery -fuse?

« on: 10 January 2011, 11:03:30 »

Did a very foolish thing at the week end, flat battery so bought a jumper pack, tried to start my 1999 3.0 elite, and , like the doughnut that I am, didn't check the polarity of the battery, instead, trusted the Vauxhall wiring. However, this has red for earth[ Why?] when nothing would work checked and found reversed leads, changed back and, while interior lights now work, the engine  still wont turn over. Can anyone shed any light on this please.