Fitting Vw Single Cd Player Into Dash

[tim-spam]

I've just acquired a VW single dash-mounted CD player to fit below the Scala unit in my car. The CD player has a single wire coming out of the back with a multi-pin connector at the end. Is it just a case of plugging this into the back of the Scala unit, or are there any other wires to connect? I,ve noticed two other multi-pin sockets in the back of the CD player, one with around 9 pins and the other with 2, but I guess that these may be for connecting other things such as boot mounted CD changers, etc.

Also (although it doen't really concern me too much), is there any way of changing the VW blue illumination to the Seat red - I know that some aftermarket systems have this facility.

[tim-spam]

Well, I fitted it last night, and plugged the lead from the CD player into the appropriate socket in the back of the radio cassette unit and it seems to work really well. However, there is no back-illumination around the buttons - is this normal? Or, is there another wire that needs to be connected for this to work? Although, if the back-illumination is blue, it may be better to leave it not working. The 'disc in' warning light is red, which looks quite good with the red illumination on the Seat.

[tim-spam]

Apparently, I need a CD player illumination harness. I saw one on ebay for

[ALARM MAN]

Do you talk to your self often ?

 

Only kidding yes you are correct 2 looms to connect

 

Regards Ian

[tim-spam]

Thanks.

[tim-spam]

At the risk that people will think I'm talking to myself again, I picked up the lead from my local VW agent and fitted it. CD player illumination now works perfectly, and guess what - the illumination is red, despite the fact that it is a VW unit.

I recently saw a CD player on ebay advertised as being from a Seat Alhambra, and the red illumination was mentioned as being quite rare - the unit sold for approaching