Re: Utterly useless Scirocco trivia...

[Dan Wolfson <wolf@gate.net>]

Dale D. Baker wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Ryan Schuermann wrote:
> 
> >
> > > Son-of-a-gun! it does work. (Ya, im lame, I tried it.) But why?? Anybody
> > > know?? I mean, it would be nice to have an ACC setting on the ignition switch
> > > so I could listen to the radio with the engine off, but this is a little on
> > > the rediculous side! Oh well, it was fun for a while....
> >
> > this is why you loop the orange wire to the red wire in the back of
> > your head unit. i can listen to my radio anytime I want.
> 
> Mine is the same too...whoever had it before me did the same and i can
> listen to my radio at anytime.
> 
> Dale
> > --

I was under the impression that the radio was wired like this from VW. 
My 
87 16v still has the factory radio/speakers (never been touched, 
I swear it!) which is directly connected to 12v.  I've never seen 
a Scirocco where the radio was connected to the ignition.  Some
radios have a hard time with this configuration (Alpine) because the
LCD panel stays illuminated 24/7 and eventually lets go.  I had this
problem
in my 82, and I had to put in a switch to control it.

Dan
---
87 Scirocco 16v
& Girlfriend has identical car to boot
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