Re: Installing stereo - lost some lights

[Mike <lerb@redrose.net>]

This wire is for when you turn your lights ON. It would also turn on the
illumination in your radio so that you can see the buttons at night


At 10:17 PM 10/29/96 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Hey all,
>
>	This is my second of probably many posts, as I am a relative
>newcomer to Sciroccos (but not VWs).  How about a searchable archive of
>this mailing list, eh? :)
>
>	Anyway, here's the problem.  I just took the CD player out of my
>van and installed it in the 'rocco.  I did it without the benefit of a manual
>(just got my Bentley yesterday), but it works pretty much a-ok.  I ended up
>tapping into the blower supply for 12V off the ignition.  No problems there.
>I also used the original radio 12V from the battery, and used a chassis
>ground.  Again no problem.  However, there was a wire coming into the factory
>radio which was marked with a light-bulb symbol.  I didn't really know what
>to do with it, so it's just unconnected now.  Evidently this somehow goes
>back to the lights for my temp. gauge and environment controls, because I
>no longer have those lights working.  Also, if I have my lights on and kill the
>engine, the CD player will still be on!
>
>	Could someone tell me how to *properly* route power to my stereo?
>I feel a bit silly asking, because it seems pretty straightforward, but I can't
>make much sense of the Bentley wiring diagram yet.
>
>	Oh yeah, it's an '86 16V.
>
>Thanks!
>
>-tim
>
>
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