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• Vanagon Antenna Mast
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 96 13:26 EST
  ...The base is there and the connection to the radio is made by two wires and they are soldered. Original Blaupunkt radio (AM/FM...
• Re: Need Recommendation: Audio System for 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:46:40 -0400
  ...Audio System for 85 Vanagon Normal radios fit. I went to Amazon and found one that was HD & bluetooth 'ready' (at the time I...
• Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:13:43 -0700
  ...I use > the radio a lot when I'm camping and decided that running down the starter > battery just isn't smart. Repeatedly running...
• Hrm. Coded radios..how to enter code?
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:38:01 -0400
  ...brothers Fox has a good ol' coded radio......we've got the code, but....need instructions for entering the code! :) (as a just-in...
• Re: Electrical gremlins...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:33:14 -0500
  ...slow crank again. >Driving to work - headlights on, fans on, radio playing - the radio went kaput >again when brakes were applied. As a rule...
• Re: XM Radio Antenna
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:13:16 -0500
  Matthew Libby wrote: > > Anyone mount the sony XM radio antenna on their vanagon. How did you accomplish this? Specifically I am referring to the...
• Re: Satellite Radio Antenna Wire
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:28:19 -0700
  ...For permanent installation idea, search the archives. >Where's the easiest place to run a satellite radio antenna wire to the >outside (at least...
• Re: weakly stats ...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 May 1995 13:04:24 -0400
  ...there are some pretty beat up ones about 4 hours away from me.... > >What year did they change the dashboard around the radio on...
• Heidelberg cassette ??
  Historical mailing list - Bill Landsman
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:05:29 -0800
  ...I recently purchased a 1988 Westy, while driving down the road the radio started to smoke and the smell of melted plastic filled the...
• Re: Wiring radio to accessory instead of battery?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:08:40 EDT
  ...This allows me to sit with the vehicle off and the radio on until I take the key and leave. I usually take out...
• Re: Battery recharge and stereo
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:41:28 -0500
  ...It should be obvious that not all radios are like that, or the message which started this thread wouldn't have been posted. Some...
• Re: Radio Size - dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:39:11 -0500
  I just put in a Kenwood CD/radio player in my '87 and it fit perfectly. I didn't even check measurements - just got...
• Re: Alarm system, was Bus story
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:20:18 -0500
  ...One guy had the radio knobs in his pocket, and both denied they were trying to steal the radio. One got probation and the...
• Thanks Al Knoll, NORDMENDE GLOBETRAVELLER IV 13 BANDS SHORTWAVE AM FM (#5785772690)
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 4 Jul 2005 21:02:22 -0700
  ...United States Summary Here is a fine example of a wonderful radio, The Nordmende Globetraveller IV. This radio is electronically like the Globetraveller III...
• Re: Vehicle Names
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 21:55:17 -0700
  ...Most vessels are involved with radio nets, and answer and call each other by name in addition to call sign. The vessel not only...
• Stolen Badge
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  2 Jul 1996 13:48:19 -0700
  ...Sara (and the rest of the folk) Be aware that a favorite tactic of the theiving scum is to steal a radio or a...
• Re: Security code on radio
  Historical mailing list - SORIN BEJENARU
  07 Jan 97 21:14:40 EST
  Dino, Your radio should have a serial number on it. You can call a VW dealer with that number and they can find the...
• Running the interior lights and radio to my second battery
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 16 May 2002 16:35:33 -0400
  ...Now I want to pull out fuses 7 and 8 (interior lights and radio on an 80), splice into the wires, install an inline...
• Re: a REAL basic electronics question
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Sun, 28 Jul 1996 23:55:19 -0400
  ...I >took said radio to a local radio installer and asked them. Very >friendly and offered some advice. Turns out on some of the...
• Re: [Fwd: Radio Removal]
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jun 1997 21:56:03 EDT
  ...THEN you can pull the radio out. the wires release some sort of "catch" in there, and it's a royal bitch to get...
• Re: WTB a new radio.....
  Historical mailing list - mike barker
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:14:57 -0400
  ...I, too checked out Crutchfield and found it hard to believe that only that one radio would fit. > From: Philip Baird <pactor@NCINTERNET.NET...
• My Insurance Policy Changes
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 20:48:11 -0500
  ...RADIATION OR RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION FROM ANY SOURCE; OR c. THE ACCIDENTAL OR INTENTIONAL DETONATION OF, OR RELEASE OF RADIATION FROM, ANY NUCLEAR OR RADIOACTIVE...
• Will this Radio fit in a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:27:25 -0500
  I'm considering upgrading my radio to this model, to connect via Blue Tooth, and have hands free phone. Around $200... looks to be...
• re:You gotta try this!!! (non-VW content)
  Historical mailing list
  8 Apr 96 18:21:00 -0500
  ...I guess the bladder is filled with radioactive nitrogen, kind of like the inside of the radioactive bouncy stuff inside of a golf ball...
• Re: Radio static in 84 GL
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Mon, 21 Jul 1997 08:28:54 -0400
  ...We too have a replacement (Panasonic) radio/tape player installed by the PO. As you say, on AM when the heater fan is on...
• AW: 86 Radio Heildberg V Help
  Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 14:12:07 +0200
  ...Only way that I know of is to send the radio to Blaupunkt (which is the German manufacturer) together with the proof of ownership...
• Satellite radio antenna mounting for 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Fri, 21 May 2004 01:40:30 -0400
  Any suggestions on mounting a sirius satellite radio antenna? currently thinking of doing it in the external fiberglass well above the driver's head...
• WTB - Want Vanagon dashboard switch for Aux power
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:49:53 -0500
  Now that I have my aux battery and new radio installed, I would like to be able to turn off radio via another rocker...
• Re: Dash wiring help needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:15:59 -0700
  ...I saw that the previous owner wired the radio to > the ignition switch wire. Now the radio powers on or off when the key...
• Re: Sirius radio antenna for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 13:37:16 -0500
  ...Mike David Clarkson wrote: > I am trying to install a Sirius radio in my 90 Westfalia and the car install > kit has the magnetic...
• Re: Diesel Ex German Military radio van
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:16:21 -0800
  ...Diesel Ex German Military radio van Definitely interesting, but I question that it's an '88. That's an early steel dash with the...
• Re: radio help
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:12:43 -0800
  ...http://forums.edition719.com/phpBB2/ --- Claudio Cella <claudiocella@SHAW.CA> wrote: >Quick question on original radio/stereo from my 1990 Jetta TD. Sorry folks...
• Help With Instrument Lighting Please
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 11:22:48 -0500
  ...Does anyone has any experience fixing this? In addition, the station preset lights on my VW Design am/fm/cassette radio also no longer...
• vanagon radios?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Lund
  Sat, 20 May 2006 15:55:32 -0700
  Do all Vanagon radios run without the key? Or is just the camper models? I have a 90 Westfalia and purchased a wire harness...
• Re: How to install Sirius antenna?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:26:35 -0400
  ...Maas wrote: >Has anyone on the list installed Sirius satellite radio in a Vanagon? The >installation instructions that came with my radio are obviously...
• Re: New user, needs radio. Now 2.1l with digijet
  Historical mailing list - Marcel Poirier
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:01:31 -0700
  Good day all, didn't get many suggestions as to which radio to put in my Westy. One of them was the JVC KD...
• Report on in Dash DVD Player
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:31:40 -0400
  For father's day I got an in dash DVD/MP3/CD/Radio from my family. It is a Pyle PLDVD168. I just got...
• Re: Short range FM transmitters
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 09:58:18 -0400
  ...One is a local broadcast NPR station that I capture with a roof antenna and rebroadcast locally so that little radios can pick it...
• Old Blaupunkt
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:11:02 -0400
  I was investigating some old boxes and found the original Blaupunkt radio that came in my '59 Campmobile. Or maybe it was the '63...
• Re: weird things happening (peripheral VC)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:44:00 -0800
  ...Cheap chargers (which pretty much all of them are, unfortunately) use cheap converters than put out a lot of radio frequency noise, and the...
• Re: List Census
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 20:16:41 -0500
  ...Commercial radio broadcasting announcing/engineering/management; telecomm information systems planning specialist. Current occupation: Jazz pianist and trombonist. Originally from Ohio, lived 8 years or...
• Anyone got an '86 or newer VW radio harness?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:40:18 -0800
  Looking for the double 8-pin plug to attach to the back of a vw radio I got from a friend's '96 Jetta...
• XM Radio Install and Fan?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:18:51 -0400
  Installed my new XM radio today, love it! Found it onsale at Circuit City for 255, with free activation, and a 25 gift card...
• Re: Sirius radio antenna for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:35:39 -0500
  ...I hope this helps, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com David Clarkson wrote: > I am trying to install a Sirius radio in...
• Short range FM transmitters
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 22:51:04 -0400
  Hi Volks, I was riding in my Dad's vanagon today and it has TERRIBLE radio reception. The poor audio quality got me thinking...
• Re: 87 GL: Removing and Replacing Radio Antenna
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:55:33 -0800
  ...Removing and Replacing Radio Antenna >I just received my new antenna and it comes with two little flat > "keys" and no instructions whatsoever. It...
• Re: Key in ignition to power radio
  Historical mailing list - Brenton Tait
  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:40:34 +0200
  ...Key in ignition to power radio I like that method a lot. Doing a van right now that way myself. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake...
• Re: OT: Free Sirius satellite radio promo code
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:46:31 -0500
  The free radio promo code seemed to expire pretty quick. I'm guessing it was changed once it was realized that the free code...
• Re: Wiring help for replacement to OEM radio in 90 Carat.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:05:41 -0800
  I wire my switched input for the radio to the input to the heater fan. This only comes on when the key is on...
• Re: Antenna Replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Aug 94 17:49:35 PDT
  > >One of the few flaws on my lovely new (87) Syncro is a snapped off radio >antenna. I've purchased a replacement but - much...
• headlight reminder
  Historical mailing list - Brian and Carol Megas
  Wed, 22 May 2002 21:38:40 -0700
  ...Ten years ago, on my Toyota piockup truck, I installed an Archer Radio Shack Headlight Reminder, which was a wonderful product that had a...
• Re: radio hookup
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:10:36 +0200
  ...radio hookup Fellow vananuts ; My radio power operates when the ignition is on but I want to change it to operate with the ignition...
• Re: Radio help
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 00:12:59 -0400
  Well Sid... Radio wiring is pretty simple. You've got wires for the power, the battery, the ground, and left speaker positive, left speaker...
• Re: radio whine - success, failure, success
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:48:01 -0400
  ...AM radio only. Go get that ground loop isolator and stop torturing yourself. ;-) d ps - the amp in that diagram costs three grand for...
• Re: Front A/C
  Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:07:31 -0500
  ...The only drawback is that the radio now has to be housed in a housing mounted face-up in front of the shifter. I...
• Ham radio ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:53:28 -0500
  N1UUV here! Scott '91 Vanagon Carat
• Re: Radio
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:46:51 -0700
  ...A small radio would be great. I currently use an AM/FM Sony cheap walkman thing. Great for saving on battery power, and perfect...
• Re: Speaker wires ??
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:10:02 -0500
  The ground would be run from the connection at the back of the radio, or its wiring harness, to the speaker. So the setup...
• Re: Electric noise in radio
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:52:36 -0800
  ...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: CB mounting
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:34:56 -0400
  On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, tom ring wrote: > Here is the link for my radio location - > > high res - http://taring.org/westy/DCP_0566...