Re: Accessories

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Steve Frattini say:

> This is my first post to the group, for the past two weeks I've just been
> reading messages and absorbing information.  I have a strange question, but
> one that has puzzled me for quite some time.  Why in the world does Audi (
> and VW for that matter) wire the radios so that they can be turned on
> without the ignition.  Is there a reason behind this.  Please enlighten me.

Yes.

They don't think the entire car needs to be powered up just to
listen to the radio. It makes sense.

My new A6QW has a slightly different arrangement. When the car
is turned off, the radio stays on as long as the key is in the
ignition. When I remove the key, the radio goes off, then I have
to turn the car on again to make it play.

Don't really care for it....

> Also I recently installed a new blaupunkt radio and Cd changer on my 84
> 5ks.  Is there a way to make the radio go off when the ignition is turned
> off?  The crutchfield rep I talked to said to run a wire to the fuse box
> and hook it to something that shuts off when the ignition goes off.  That's
> great, but how?

That's the way to do it if you REALLY want to.
You'll need to get the power lead (*not* the constant power lead
that runs the memory, etc.) onto a switched, fused power line
connected to the ignition. Can't offhand tell you which wire,
but I'm sure someone with a Bentley handy can.

I wouldn't bother.

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
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