car audio amplifier <kinda scirocco oriented>

[jarrett@rpa.net (Jim Jarrett)]

At 2:04 PM -0500 2/1/02, NastyRican1021@aol.com wrote:
>the remote wire on my reciever unit isnt working so i need to get 
>the 12v from somewhere else. I had the remote wire going into a 
>vacant spot on the fuses and that worked for a little while but not 
>no more....anybody got any idea where i can connect it to...how is 
>your scirocco set up? thanks
>jose

Is this switched +12v or constant +12v?

For switched, I took the cover off the steering column, and the 
connector off the windshield wipers, and with the aid of my trusty 
Bentley, a soldering iron, and a multimeter, found the wire that 
provided +12v when the ignition was on.


 From the Bentley right now, I am leaning towards it being a green and 
black striped wire.  I tapped it, soldered in a new piece of wire, 
used heat shrink to ensure a good cover, and fed the wire under the 
hush panel into the space where the stereo goes.  (ok, overkill, but 
you must remember from whom I learned my A1 skills......whose mantra 
is, "Do you want to be here again?")

Jose, I believe you said you have an '85, and the wire appears to be 
the same on that Bentley (yea, I got 'em both...hehe)


GL!
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