You're wrong, they were right.
The radio senses rear speakers (or the absence of them) and deletes
the fader from the menu.
In older radios (e.g. 5000 with rocker volume) it then switches from
4x15 to 2x40 Watts as well. Visteon have a patent on this circuit.


(david nash) wrote in message . com...
are you guys smoking..????
the radio does not sense anything...
if the rear speakers are disconnected it will still fade to the front or the rear...
there are eight wires for speakers...
for hot and four ground....
you need all hoked up to hear four/front and rear sound....
david
http://www.turntablerepair.com
Haha!!

It is as you thought! I was talking ********.

I didn't turn off the unit when disconnecting the rear speakers and so the
electronics didn't 'know' I'd done this, hence the fader option stayed live.
Of course the presence of Rear speakers is sensed - DOH!

Sorry to waste space,
Regards,
Pete ;o)



"PC" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've just handed on a Ford 5000 Radio Cassette to my son for use in a
Y2000
Fiesta. Currently there are just front door speakers fitted (factory
fitted
tweeter plus mid/bass). He's fitting some extra speakers in the rear
parcel
shelf and naturally wants to use the fader control - the thing is, it
won't
work. The fader works in the original vehicle but not in his.

In the Focus, it doesn't matter if the speakers are connected or not, so
the
Fader function isn't sensing the presence of rear speakers. There is an
additional cable present on the power connector in the Focus that I have
to
assume is the key to this feature, what do I need to do to replicate this
connection in the Fiesta? Testing says it's an earth link only, but simply
supplying an earth doesn't do the job.

Can anyone shed any light on this???

TIA
Pete