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Date:   Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:13:39 -0500
Reply-To:   Ryan Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Ryan Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: Question about car receivers (taking advantage of Friday)
Comments:   To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:   <50F9F119.1090307@gmail.com>
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If it fits it should work, I noticed when swapping my jvc for a sony, nice little n Bonus not having to wire the harness again

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On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:04 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I had a perfectly fine 21st century Kenwood radio/CD player in the van. > > I rewired the van to take advantage of its "more advanced" features, > such as using its "external amp switch" to power up a subwoofer amp when > the head is powered up. > > I enjoyed perfectly adequate sound for many, many years. > > Anyhoo, I pulled the head last year prior to removing the dash, and when > I re-installed the head, it didn't boot up. I took it to two local car > stereo shops and they were both confident they would find my user error, > but after installing the head into their test rigs, it still refused to > boot.They shrugged -- "It's dead." > > So from Mrs Squirrel's mother I received a gift of cash this Christmas > past and I bought an Alpine head from Crutchfield.com. I asked them to > find me a head fits the slot (1-space DIN), has a sub out, and that can > be powered off from the remote (i.e., from the warmth of the bed), > unlike the Kenwood unit which went into "standby" mode when told to shut > down by the remote -- and "standby" mode continued to draw over 2 amps > of current from the aux battery, so if I didn't reach up to the dash and > manually shut the thing off, the aux battery would be drawn down by more > than 16 amp-hours by morning. > > This final requirement gave them some trouble, but they found that the > Alpine unit does shut down if the "off" button on the remote is held for > more than 2 seconds. > > Okay, sorry, long story. Respondees are urged to trim. > > My question is: The new radio has the same-sized 16-pin connector on its > rear as the older Kenwood. Is this some kind of industry-standard > connector with industry-standard wiring? > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. >


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