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We've bought a bailey senator indiana from an insurance company, it was previoiusly stolen and recovered, the van is in mint conditon but the radio/cd had been stolen. I have purchased a replacement from Halfords with the hope that instalation would be easy given that the van was already wired. However, not the case, first the existing adapter fitted in the van is diferent to the radio/co, I removed the adapter to reveal just two wires "yellow" and "white" in addition to the speaker wires. The yellow is the permanant live, I think, but i've no idea what the white is and there is no black earth. Needless to say I can't get the damn thing to work. Any ideas?

Many Thanks     

 If the radio was stolen and ripped out there is a strong chance that they have blown a fuse. If you dont have a meter why don't you get a 12v car bulb and touch the wires to it to see if the voltage is present?

If it doesn't light up you will have to look at the fuses in the distribution unit.They will probably be similar to the fuses in your car and should be marked up with "Radio" etc.Have a look and see if its blown and if so replace it. You can get a set of spares from Poundland as well as a set of car bulbs.

Yellow is normally positive (+)

the white is the earth or negative side wire,i have  bailey and it is on mine.may help

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