Date:         Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:13:39 -0500
Reply-To:     Ryan Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
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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>
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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.
>