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  • Re: WTB a new radio.....
    Historical mailing list - Karl M.
    Sun, 13 Feb 2000 23:06:23 -0500
    *Most* Blaupunkts AM/FM/CD's are the exact fit and plug connections as the OEM radios I've seen in Vanagons. I have...
  • OT: Free satellite radio offer
    Historical mailing list - caverat
    Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:03:26 -0500
    FYI - Here's a free Sirius satellite radio offer and code that was posted on a newsgroup. Several listmembers including myself have gotten free...
  • OT: XM satellite radio price increase
    Historical mailing list - caverat
    Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:03:30 -0500
    For those who are considering subscribing to satellite radio, XM satellite radio announced today that they will be increasing their monthly subscription fee from...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Radio Rap...friday
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:30:26 -0600
    I plug my phone into the usb port on the faceplate of my jvc,it keeps it charged and use my pandora internet radio...
  • Re: Weird radio problem
    Historical mailing list - Jack
    Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:56:33 -0700
    I'd suggest first checking the actual 12V voltage drop to the radio with & without the charger load. There may be an unusually high...
  • Re: VW Radio Into Vanagon (abreviated ....).....
    Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
    Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:30:14 -0500
    uhh, two power leads? One keeps the radio alive when you turn off the ignition.... the other provides power when you want to turn...
  • Dielectric Grease
    Historical mailing list - John Collins
    Fri, 7 Mar 2014 12:00:04 -0500
    I have used a grease loaded with copper powder on radio antenna connections topside on my cruising sailboat. It blocked all corrosion about six...
  • Re: CB Radio
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:15:21 -0700
    ...have been > looking for a solution for my cb and 2m radios on my new van. > I ended up with the mount in this...
  • radio unlock?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:18:36 -0600
    Vanagonauts, Has anyone found the key to unlocking the "permanently" SAFE'd Heidelburg V radio?? The archives rendered two cures: leaving it on for...
  • Re: $20 for radio code
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:21:39 -0700
    ...Re: $20 for radio code > Tom, > > Didn't I just read somewhere, that in fact you went AMF ? > > Well then, > Nice to see your...
  • Re: radio help
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:04:06 -0500
    ...Is there another way? Does anyone know if this security "chip" > can be bypassed? If it is anything like the Vanagon OEM radios, wait...
  • Vanagon Hams
    Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
    Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:26:58 -0500
    Hi all, Just wondering where any Ham radio enthusiasts have mounted their mobile rigs? I was thinking about on the passenger mount, with the...
  • Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:28:04 -0500
    ...Saturday, February 12, 2005 9:34 PM Subject: [VANAGON] FYI Satellite Radio Users >Seems my wife left the Sirius/Audiovox head on..... and the...
  • Re: Need capacitor-dw
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:35:50 -0700
    ...We look forward to the opportunity to serve > you. > > http://www.radioshack.com > > http://www.radioshack.com/Coupons/Coupons.asp > > Have a great day...
  • VW Design Radio & Blower Motors
    Historical mailing list - Erik O
    Sat, 15 Feb 1997 15:47:54 -0800
    ...I want that engine for my Syncro :-) For anyone interested, the guy has a VW Design Am/Fm cassette radio for sale. He wants...
  • Re: iPods in Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:50:28 -0700
    ...My coworker's brother also got an iPod and he plugs it into the lighter socket and it "transmits" to his radio, which is...
  • Radio problem
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 24 Sep 94 10:09:31 EDT
    ...I have removed and reinstalled the radio several times to check for proper grounding; and solid antennae connection. The radio has its own power...
  • Re: Free Sirius satellite radio system - FM isn't free anymore (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:11:58 -0700
    ...but in some corners of the world, so is satellite radio and TV, free that is. The more satellites putting out a signal, the...
  • Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:50:55 -0700
    ...There may have been transistors in those radios that did nothing, but I distinctly remember there being several transistors being used merely as diodes...
  • Re: Radio locations and A/C
    Historical mailing list - KBatzler
    Sat, 2 Jan 1999 19:39:38 -0800
    ...Radio locations and A/C >In our 82 Westy the current radio is not in the stock location, it is in an >add-on...
  • Re: Live Radio Broadcast from Bus Depot this Friday!
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:41:09 -0500
    ...But the record industry pretty much put a stop to many music radio stations doing that, by demanding that they pay them royalties (beyond...
  • Re: rear speakers
    Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
    Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:04:51 -0500
    ...If you replace radio, you will need to run a separate speaker 'ground' (negative connection) to back of van 3. Take the speaker down...
  • Re: product report
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:23:40 -0400
    ...Eric Daniel Stevens wrote: >well i noticed in the current Radio Shack flyer that they had a reasonably priced ($14.99) dash mounted Thermometer...
  • Re: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:09:57 -0500
    Well, my lights and such do go off when starting - but I'm telling you all the radio never used to. I do not...
  • Re: CANADA - Where can I get Radio Wire Harness Adapter?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Thu, 9 Jan 2003 12:23:33 -0700
    ...CANADA - Where can I get Radio Wire Harness Adapter? I want a Radio Wire Harness Adapter like that shown at www.bestkits.com, but...
  • Re: Free Sirius satellite radio system
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
    Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:13:28 -0400
    ...Free Sirius satellite radio system Me too!!!!!! Rod Woten '87 Westy Des Moines, IA -----Original Message----- From: MIME :gnarlodious@MAC.COM [mailto:MIME :gnarlodious...
  • Re: Battery recharge and stereo
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:25:04 -0800
    ...Which > is "proper?" Mike the point I was trying to make is that at least in my rig the radio is wired to an...
  • XM Radio Antenna
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
    Sun, 28 Jul 2002 08:51:39 -0400
    Anyone mount the sony XM radio antenna on their vanagon. How did you accomplish this? Specifically I am referring to the Sony magnetic mount...
  • Re: Radio Size - dimensions?
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Sat, 1 Feb 2003 11:39:04 -0500
    John, go to http://www.crutchfield.com They'll tell ya what radios will fit. That said, I managed to shoehorn a Sony receiver...
  • Re: Live Radio Broadcast from Bus Depot this Friday!
    Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
    Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:50:14 -0800
    ...Live Radio Broadcast from Bus Depot this Friday! > > How about a streaming media web address for us to hear? > > > I had been hoping for...
  • Sirius radio in Westy report
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:19:48 EDT
    Trip to Everybus first trip with Westy equipped with Sirius radio. There are some problems...wouldn't you know it. The antenna placed under...
  • Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
    Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:33:56 -0400
    I used to collect 20s-30s tube radios. My favorite was a big wooden Atwater Kent that, when bought, had a couple cigars with...
  • OT: Free Sirius satellite radio promo code
    Historical mailing list - caverat
    Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:51:59 -0500
    There is a much better satellite radio promo code offering then the code posted yesterday. Promo code 106 will get you either the $130...
  • Radio causes buzzer to go off
    Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
    Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:27:58 -0500
    ...New one for you guys, I am an Amateur Radio operator and have just installed a radio that pulls around 8 amps on transmit...
  • Re: vanagon and ham radio
    Historical mailing list - Philip Baird
    Wed, 24 Jun 1998 09:33:47 -0400
    Meier Michael wrote: > I've wondered before, how many uf us are double-punished. > > How many of us are bus-freaks AND radio-amateurs...
  • Re: Free Sirius satellite radio system
    Historical mailing list - caverat
    Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:05:56 -0400
    ...Free Sirius satellite radio system > Thanks for the heads up on this. I called and they are sending two free units. > > Bill in the...
  • Re: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:04:33 -0800
    ...Is 97.247 a diagram for a factory option (4 spkr radio) ? In the back of my head I wondered why they *showed* the...
  • Re: radio
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:48:33 -0500
    ...Replaced the radio last winter, and > wired it to constant power. Then a month later rewired the power to the > "key in" power. It...
  • Re: radio codes help?!
    Historical mailing list - mike barker
    Thu, 4 May 2000 09:11:47 -0400
    ...After replacing alternator the battery was disconnected and the radio was reset. (Blaupunkt) The wifey tried to use the factory setting 1111 instead of...
  • Re: Stereo in an '85 A/T with A/C
    Historical mailing list - thewestyman
    Fri, 23 May 2014 23:43:57 -0700
    ...That radio box came with the Behr AC kit. Find someone handy with wood and make a console to place it on top of...
  • Re: VW Heidelberg Radio Wiring
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:07:16 -0800
    ...The first goes to ground, the second goes to power switched or > unswitched, the third, I believe, is for the radio light, and the...
  • Re: Electric noise in radio
    Historical mailing list - ChuckKuecker
    Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:25:49 -0600
    ...My Syncro runs fine, however I can hear all the electrical >activity thru the radio. I park my van nose in to a wall...
  • Re: Radio codes : more info.
    Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
    Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:27:46 +0100
    Hey gang, While everyone was talking about that original radio and its silly code, it made me remember something.... That radio stinks! I mean...
  • Re: Van Stuff (Heidelberg OEM installed Radio)
    Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
    Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:43:37 -0500
    ...Van Stuff (Heidelberg OEM installed Radio) Good Morning TJ, With the radio on and the display reading "SAF e", press both the "AM/FM...
  • Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:01:38 -0400
    ...However, there is a trangular brakey behind where the radio should go - it was used, I think< to mount the staock radio to. That...
  • Re: radio question
    Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton/Cris Torlasco
    Wed, 20 May 1998 00:01:41 -0700
    Karen Chapelle wrote: > > My radio has somehow fried itself and it seems like it's a chip or > something. It powers on but won...
  • Re: XM and Sirius announce merger
    Historical mailing list - David Etter
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:13:21 -0700
    ...are making the iPod adaptors for their radios and even MP3 compatible radios. They (XM & Sirius) generate lots of revenue but neither has made...
  • Mirrors and radio for sale
    Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
    Thu, 30 May 2002 09:22:47 EDT
    ...I also have an OEM radio cassett deck that works great...installed a CD changer recently...$25 for it as well. Finn Runyon 87...
  • Re: A good ham setup
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:29:44 -0700
    I'm not an Elmer - heck I'm 'only' 32 years old, but I think thing the permanently installed VHF / UHF radios are over...
  • Re: Clutch not fully unclutching?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:22:03 -0400
    ...unplugged the wire from the radio (pulling the ashtray out of the dash for access) then pulling the old one out the front ... making...
  • Re: Trying to get radio to safe mode
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:26:49 -0400
    ...You can see >pics of the radio, John, you need a constant +12v on pin 'S'. Rather than mess with the plug, I used...
  • Re: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:52:49 -0800
    ...The radio in Grover has started turning off and then back on if > it > is on when I start the bus up. Now everything...
  • Re: radio interference
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:40:57 -0800
    ...He says you need to check the cd changer wires going to the radio, and he knows a few things about this subject. Hector...
  • Heidelberg radio schematic anyone?
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Thu, 31 May 2012 10:28:00 -0700
    I know this is a long shot but does anyone out there have Heidelberg radio schematic? Not the rear I/O diagram but the...
  • Need stock power/speaker plugs for Heidelburg radio/cassette
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Mon, 19 Mar 2001 08:14:41 -0800
    Hi all, Does anyone out there have a spare plug-in pair for the power and speakers on the Heidelburg radio/ cassette? I'd...
  • Re: Free Sirius satellite radio system
    Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
    Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:46:47 -0500
    ...Free Sirius satellite radio system Entity caverat spoke thus: > Kenwood followed by Audiovox Thanks for the hot tip, caverat. I ordered a unit just...
  • Re: Satellite radio antenna mounting for 87 westy
    Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
    Fri, 21 May 2004 17:46:48 -0500
    I mounted my Terk antenna/receiver for my Sirius satellite radio in my luggage rack, held down by 3M two-sided tape. It picks...
  • VW Radio install ..
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:39:44 -0700
    I would like to install the radio I have here. This is an OE Premier Audio, Anti-theft, CD changer control unit. I don...
  • Any hints on installing Sirius Sat Radio in Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:57:42 -0400
    I am putting a Sirius Satellite radio setup in a 91 Westy. Anyone do this? Any hints on how to do it or where...
  • Re: NVC Wireless, was: Re: Fast German will fix the broken rebuild / Fix?
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:45:55 -0700
    What is the percentage of radio users who use AM/FM versus XM? How does that compare to the users of cable/satellite TV...