Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:30:00 -0500
Reply-To: Don in North Carolina <Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From: Don in North Carolina <Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: Stereo wiring question
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Peter,
Normally, the Red wire is for main radio power, and the Yellow wire is for
the memory circuit. The Yellow wire should be connected to the battery
(there are generally open terminals available on the back of the fuse
panel - lower left hand side as you look at the FRONT of the panel). Since
there is no Accessory position on VW's, you should connect the wire to a
source that is "hot" only when the key is on - unless you have a second
(auxiliary) battery, then you can connect it there. If you connect the Red
wire to the battery, you run the risk of forgetting to turn off your stereo
and running your battery down.
Oh, and the cigarette lighter has constant power, it works with the key on
or off. The headlights are only powered with the key on, but the parking
lights have power all of the time (confused yet?). And to be safe, you
should have fuses on BOTH the Red and the Yellow wire.
Personally, I would connect the Yellow wire to the spare (B+) terminals on
the fuse panel, and connect the Red wire through a relay to the Yellow/Black
wire, as the ignition switch is already loaded heavily by the lighting
circuit (unless you have added a headlight relay kit, then you can connect
to it directly).
All IMHO, YMMV - of course...
Don in Reidsville, NC
1987 Vanagon GL Syncro (Suzie) - For Sale!
1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia)
Why do they call it a fixed income, when mine is always broke?
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Shaws" <mindthegap01@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wed 23 February 2005 21:56
Subject: Stereo wiring question
> Hello All,
>
> I was following the 87 gl cheap stereo fix thread and was hoping it might
> answer a simple question for me but...
>
> So, I am installing a new cd player. I have no battery (yet) to verify
> which
> wire is live and which is Ign switched on. Looked at my other 87 and saw
> that the installer put the red wire from the cd player with a 15Amp fuse
> to
> the Black/yellow wire coming off of the ignition switch (looked that wire
> up
> and it goes to the light switch). Is there an industry convention that has
> red to ACC and yellow to battery as is the set up on my new cd player? Or,
> regardless of the wire color the one with the inline fuse goes to the
> battery?
>
> I was looking at the original radio in the van and the radio was connected
> via a red wire that also supplied power to the cig lighter.
>
> So... does the cig lighter only work when the key is on or is it the
> lights
> that only work with the key is on? (simply put, which is hot all the time?
>
> thanks
>
> peter
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