Ive sorted it out now,it was an earthing problem.

Thanks for all your help!

Whilst i was looking through the connectors one clicked in. So i got the multimeter and found that im getting 12v through the cigarette lighter, but only 8v through the stereo connector. But then i noticed that coming out of the original suzuki plug there was no earth wire, but the old radio worked ...

Looked for it i cant find it, i could never be an auto electrician

Great thats it!!!!! thank you very much ill sort that out in the morning!!

thanks for the quick replies, i made an error in my post i meant to say under the steering wheel and in the engine bay. Under the steering wheel there is a small brown box, with very little fuses, ive never seen a modernish car have so little fuses, i know they were first released in 1986, but this ...

The radio has stopped working, along with the cig lighter, but the clock works fine. I cannot find a fuse for these, i have checked the radio connections and there is no power going through them. Where is the fuse??? or what is it called??? i cannot find anything under the bonnet or in the engine ba...