Re: Delta Radio (Lack of) Quality

[Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com>]

>WARATAP@aol.com wrote:
> 
>> If it happens again I suggest you INSIST on the newer Gamma units--my 
>> first replacement had very weak reception, but the second one seems 
>> fine.  It also has the nifty (if somewhat annoying) built-in flashing 
>> LED when unit is turned off, supposedly to warn off would-be thieves.
>
>Is it a Bose?  (Assume there's something special about the eq in the
>head unit.)  And does the led _always_ flash when the radio is off, even
>w/ ignition on?

The newer Gammas (I don't know about the older ones) are Blaupunkt.  The
little LED should flash only when the car is off.

>My wife's 90 has a Gamma (not Bose).  It has what appears to be a red
>led on the front, but it never lights up; probably another one of those
>hings that isn't connected in the little cars.  (Maybe I could swap for
>hers, and buy her a nice aftermarket job-- she doesn't have the matrix
>display, anyway.)

When I got my '93 90 the LED didn't work at all; it was because
something wasn't connected properly.  This is the only problem I ever
had with this car that didn't involve replacing something--they figured
it out pretty quickly.  Have the dealer check it out.

>Dave Weiss
>'91 V8
>'93 90 CS

Elliott