Thanks for the reply mate, i guessed that i'd klled the permanent live but the wiring must have died somewhere near its source for it to kill the central locking aswell otherwise surely it would only be the radio/clock that would go?

Does any one know where the permanent live wire goes to? Is it near the ignition or somewhere else?

Will really save me a lot of time & hopefully i wont go mad trying to pull the dash to bits

cheers