Date:         Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:20:34 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@MYFAIRPOINT.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@MYFAIRPOINT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Battery recharge and stereo
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Loren Busch wrote:
>  RE: Radio pulls battery down
> I'm puzzled by this thread and others like it in the past.
> First, when I put in the Pioneer head unit in my '90 the face wanted to
> remain lit.  To the manual, sure enough there was an option.  Set it to turn
> off and never had a problem since.


I installed a Kenwood Sirius ready head unit with the Sirius tuner and a
6 CD changer.  It, of course, has 2 power wires, one to be hot all the
time and one that is "Supposed" to be switched.  I just connected them
both to the same power source.  On the head unit there is a "SRC"
button.  If I push and hold it for several seconds, the unit powers up.
  If I just tap the SRC button, it goes to the next mode (tape, cd,
radio, Sirius, and All OFF.  The face plate remains lighted when All OFF
is displayed.  If I push and hold the SRC button when the unit is
powered up, it shuts completely off (face plate goes dark).  I can leave
my Vanagon for weeks at a time without any appreciable drain on the battery.

Mike