Re: Can't play Radio...

[David Johnson <david@polaris.axisnet.com>]

The problem with your radio is that it is wired wrong.  You must have 
never owned a German car before!  All German cars I have encountered 
allow you to turn your stereo on without the keys in the ignition - 
German cars don't have an accessory position.  The person that wired up 
your stereo tied it in with the ignition switch, which is the wrong way 
to wire it.  The is a lead coming to the stereo that has a constant power 
supply, wire your power lead from your stereo to this and you'll be 
set!!!  If you don't know which wire it is, use a volt meter to test for 
voltage in each of the wires (don't have your keys in the ignition).  
Congratulations on the step up from an American car to an Audi!!

On Mon, 3 Jul 1995, Norm Rashleigh wrote:

> I'm a relatively new owner of a 86 Audi Coupe GT..  Am I missing something,
> or is it really the way the car was designed?  I have to have the ignition
> turned on to apply power to the radio.  If so, does it hurt anything to have
> the ignition on without the engine running?  I can anyways wire the radio
> around the ignition switch, but why on earth didn't the Audi engineers put
> in an auxilary position on the switch like all good North American Cars?
> 
> Norm Rashleigh
> Ottawa Canada..  I can sit and listen to my car radio :-(
> 
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