Electric gremlins revisited

[list@cemetery.homeunix.org (Andrew Basterfield)]

One other thing, my Sony has a switch on the back to select between
permanently live supply and ignition switched supply with secondary
permanent memory supply. 

If you can see a switch on the back try flipping it.

--Andrew

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 22:51:07 +0000
Andrew Basterfield <list@cemetery.homeunix.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:36:12 -0500
> "Elijah R" <nicadimus@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Has any body had experience with blaupunkt stereos?? 
> 
> My Scirocco factory-fit was a blaupunkt
> 
> > I have isolated
> > the drain on the cars battery, it stops draining when I have the
> > "radio" fuse pulled. Now I have re-wired the stereo once, and it
> > still drains. blk- to gnd, red- to ign, and yel- to batt, as the
> > installation instructions describe, and still it drains??? 
> 
> Drains how bad? It should drain a little to keep the insides live and
> the so the presets/time in memory.
> 
> > Now the
> > radio has a strange feature, it can be turned on with the car off
> > and no key in the ign,
> 
> This is the way my Scirocco came from the factory, the stereo is
> independent from the key. Yours may be different.
> 
> > this feature has a 1 hour auto-off stated in the
> > manual and no apparent means to disable the function (using a hammer
> > is tempting). If I flip the wiring ( red to yel, yel to red)the
> > result is normal function but no radio memory for presets or clock,
> > while annoying it does solves the problem for me, however the
> > girlfriend likes presets and a clock soooooo. Anybody have any
> > advice on how to get my memory and no drain??
> 
> Test the wires with a meter or a bulb, see which is ignition switched
> and which is permanently live, Wire as per the manual.
> 
> You will not be able to keep the presets/time without _some_ drain,
> unless the stereo has it's own internal backup battery. 
> 
> Maybe you should be looking at a new battery or alternator? My
> Scirocco will start after a month or two, with the stereo connected
> and presets retained.
> 
> --Andrew
> 
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