Re: how to connect the A4's radio ?

[jafo@tummy.com]

In article <9701011437.AA00839@lox2.loxinfo.co.th> you write:
>        The OEM radio can be to turn on all the time regardless of ignition
>switch position, which I always forget to turn it off.

Oh no!  I had hoped that was fixed in the A4...  I consider it a bug.  I mean,
nothing else stays on when you shut off the car -- the A/C system turns off,
the dash turns off, the windshield-wipers turn off.  Why doesn't the radio
turn off?!?  Yes, there is that chime, but last year we had to call out
AAA and buy a new battary for our car because the radio was left on for
a couple of days with the CD changer changing every 4 minutes.  That was
back when we weren't driving the car every day.

At the VERY least, it should be that the radio goes off when you turn the
car off, and if you explicitely turn it off then back on it will come back
on.

I had a friend that re-wired the radio in his car so that it wouldn't
turn off with the ignition.  That lasted about a week before he decided it
was non-optimal...

Anyway, most radios have a "power" and an "ignition" connection.  Hopefully,
Audi has run the ignition connection to the radio connector, it's just not
used.  Otherwise, you'll have to hunt one down and run it yourself.

Sean
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