Re: Car systems resetting

[i6941TB@gnn.com]

>Okay, here is the deal, I replaced the antenae on my 4KCSQ, put in an OEM
> unit. When I matched up the power and the switched leads from the radio, it 
didn't work.  I had forgotten to attach the ground.  Duh.  When I attached the
>ground, there was some shorting, or sparking.

Check the fuses. You've blown the one that runs the mem.

>Same thing happened when I attached the antenae lead.  The big coax lead.

Sure. The shield of the antenna IS the ground.

>What happened, is that now the car doesn't remember anything. 
>Clock back to OO:OO, radio needs code. Turn on, start, car runs fine, turn off 
>for more than exactly three seconds, and everything is reset.
  

Igor Kessel
the sweetheart: 200TQ, chipped and MOMO'd through out,
in Tornado "arrest-me-officer" Red;
the ex: 5000s, the EE's nightmare
Phila PA, USA
i6941TB@gnn.com