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• Radio static in 84 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 18:00:22 -0400
  When our radio gave up the ghost in our '84 GL some years ago, we installed a new cassette/radio combination. Whenever I turn...
• Re: lighted switch needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:13:33 -0500
  ...You should be able to drive the radio's "acc" lead directly. Every car radio I've ever dealt with draws it's working...
• Re: lighted switch needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 9 Feb 2008 21:15:10 -0800
  ...That way, the radio thinks it's in 'normal mode' ................like driving down the road, just by the key being inserted in the lock...
• Re: Heidelberg radio schematic anyone?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 31 May 2012 14:06:51 -0400
  ...Steve, start pulling numbers off the radio itself and search the net. Some VW radios may have been made by Blaupunct; some definitely were...
• Re: Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:31:23 -0400
  At 08:33 PM 8/31/2007, James AYRES wrote... >I have bought an after market radio in my 1985 Vanagon that came with...
• Re: radio code + installing newer VW Radios into Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 20:27:20 -0500
  I purchased and installed a similar radio from a 97 Jetta into my 87 camper. You need to get or make a removal tool...
• radio codes
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 11:21:16 -0600
  SyncroBeast radio codes All of the radio's of this sort that I have had, 2, had a default code from the factory of...
• Re: Syncro radio replacement
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 23:15:48 -0500
  I have used Crutchfield for quite a few personal and customer radios. Always first-rate and quick delivery, plus they include any wiring adapters...
• Re: Ham Radio
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 06:54:09 -0800
  I prefer to call myself a porkchop radio operator. KDT8217. Also on FRS 9-5. Pensioner, diddy-dum-dum-diddy
• Radio 4 sale
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:12:15 EDT
  Heidelberg IV radio complete,working, w/harness for sale or swap for something of equal value. Sidney in New Orleans.
• Re: Antenna signal boosters?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:09:27 -0500
  Neil; Did the old radio have poor reception? I find it very hard to believe a "new" radio has poor reception. Maybe you damaged...
• Re: Radio recommendations for '88 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:13:33 -0600
  Most aftermarket radios will fit the Vanagon Dash opening. You may have to take a file and square off the inside edges of the...
• TravelingCcamping Accessory Resources
  Historical mailing list - samc
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:51:07 -0400
  ...It was amateur radio (hams) hearing the distress calls from there, but who were sitting in their "radio shacks" here in North America, who...
• Re: Friday freebie - Public Radio Atlas of the U.S. (That's all, folks!)
  Historical mailing list - Julia Schrenkler
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:28:20 -0500
  ...Public Radio Atlas? I have a short stack of 'em. They're about 6 >x 10, just paper, but they include listings of public...
• Instrument Cluster Lights.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:26:02 -0400
  ...Blew fuse#3 (Radio,accessories..) and replaced it. But the instrument lights still will not come on. Radio works. All the fuses are ok...
• Re: Radio
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 22:32:25 -0700
  I thought SSB was for CB radios. Does it apply to SW signals as well? And is there such a thing as a "Beat...
• Re: AM/FM/CD/MP3 Radio with Weather Band that fits Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:20:16 -0400
  ...How about > visibility? Can you actually see the dial/screen/front of the radio from > the drivers seat? That's the problem I've...
• Re: RoadHaus - Front AC Kit Install / Final Report
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 19:54:54 -0500
  In the only installed case of the front dash AC that I have seen, the Radio was in an extra holder that was attached...
• Re: New radio= dead battery? Install a switch
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 31 May 2012 10:03:04 -0700
  ...I installed a SPDT toggle switch ( http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/switch.htm ) and used it to change the radio's power source...
• Re: Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - David Hally
  Sun, 2 Sep 2007 16:43:56 -0700
  ...Installing an after market radio? > > At 08:33 PM 8/31/2007, James AYRES wrote... > >I have bought an after market radio in my...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:28:59 -0400
  HI Jim, I only know about the radio behavior when hooked to key buzzer because that is how Dennis set up my radio when...
• Re: Where should the radio fit in a older A/T with A/C.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:38:58 -0500
  ...others will have to summarize but if I’m remembering right the 85 AC was added later and the radio spot used. People talked...
• off topic, radio in SAFE mode - help needed
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 08:40:47 -0400
  Anyone out there have a 97 or 98 Passat or Jetta with a Clarion radio? Ours is locked up in SAFE mode and the...
• Blaupunkt Manual
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Anderson
  Thu, 27 Mar 97 18:02:19 -0700
  My '86 Vanagon came with a Blaupunkt AM/FM Casette radio. The faceplate says "Aspen SQR 24". Although the van came with the original...
• Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:39:22 -0600
  > So if you are one of these people who have re-wired their radios to rely on= > the key, could they potentially receive a...
• Re: Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:34:01 -0700
  P 97.64 of Bentley shows fuse 9 as "Radio Conn". This for "water-cooled Digijet 1985" Cheers, Neil. On 8/31/07, Mike...
• Re: Radio removal..
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sun, 18 Oct 1998 11:30:13 -0700
  At 11:01 PM 10/17/98, David Marshall wrote: >If it is the same as the radio in my 87 Audi or my...
• Re: Radio problem
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Sep 94 15:09:45 EDT
  ...Also, some radios (typically older ones) have an antenna trimmer > adjustment that tunes the radio to the antenna. Look for a slotted screw > type...
• Re: Switched power for vanagon radio
  Historical mailing list - Keese, Brian W
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 08:52:16 -0500
  ...Key in - radio works, key out, radio shuts off. Seems like a lot of confusions to turn on your radios... (you put your left...
• Re: Free Sirius satellite radio system
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:06:08 -0700
  ...Turn on the radio, sound comes out. freeeeeeeee! And in my 'new to me ferd', i have a tape player, a cd player and...
• radio problem
  Historical mailing list - Charles Lees
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 00:05:32 -0400
  ...It has a theft prevention system that doesn't prevent anyone from stealing it but rather making the radio useless to anyone else who...
• Re: off topic, radio in SAFE mode - help needed
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:15:48 -0400
  ...off topic, radio in SAFE mode - help needed > Anyone out there have a 97 or 98 Passat or Jetta with a Clarion radio? Ours...
• Re: Looking for a radio replacement
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:07:42 -0400
  It's built in HD radio for me, with our music piped into a front panel jack,from GPS, MP3 player or Walkman. (yep...
• Re: radio codes
  Historical mailing list - Philip R. Hanlon
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 17:47:06 -0500
  Yes, the code for my factory radio was under the right rear carpet in the very back. Philip R. Hanlon 91 Carat ----------
• How to remove the radio
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:07:48 -0400
  Hi, Can someone provide the right procedure to remove the radio from my 89 Westy Syncro ? Best regards. Gilles Turmel
• Re: Radio replies
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:33:50 EST
  ** Reply to message from "K." <maddie@INTERLOG.COM> on Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:07:06 -0400 If the radio has regular knobs with...
• CB and 2M ham radio install
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:18:39 -0400
  ...Funk (German for radio) has been added to my van (Spiny Norman) - I have added a CB radio - a Cobra - and a 2M ham...
• Radio installation question (specifically dimensions)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:18:32 -0400
  Ok, I know most of us have run into situations where we are told aparticular radio won't fit in our Vanagons - but in...
• Re: VW Radio Removal
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 30 Aug 94 14:30:46 PDT
  > > Is there a simple way to remove those 'theft-proof' VW radios without > damaging the dash or radio (and without the 'secret' factory too...
• Re: Removing Radio?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:05:44 -0700
  Maybe different for different radios, but if there are holes near each corner of the face plate, you can bend two pieces of stiff...
• Radio DIN for 1982 camper
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:58:56 -0400
  ...There is no radio. DIN standards were set in 1984. *Will any DIN radio fit in the dashboard opening?* I also have a 93...
• Re: Vanagon Replacement Radios: Data Requested
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 11:14:47 -0400
  whatever radio you decide to purchase, you can get a mounting kit from crutchfield. www.crutchfield.com it will cost around 10-20 dollars...
• > '89 stock radio (knob) and antenna...
  Historical mailing list - Tony DeMille
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:30:49 -0700
  hi all, does anyone have an extra stock radio for my '89 vanagon they want to part with? the tape deck broke in mine...
• Re: Quick Mod : Blue LED for Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:44:09 -0700
  ...Here is one from radio shack that should work. Radio Shack Catalog # 276-316 Radio shack has another one (Catalog 276-311) that has...
• Re: Car radio mounting kit
  Historical mailing list - Paul Freese
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:51:42 -0700
  ...Paul, One of the 1991 Vanagons I looked at last month had the radio installed vertically on the flat surface just in-front of...
• Re: Car radio mounting kit
  Historical mailing list - Paul Freese
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:09:56 -0700
  Does anyone have an alternate location for the radio?  The previous owner of my (newly purchased) westy installed gauges (oil temp, pressure and volts...
• radio wiring
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:05:55 -0600
  I am redoing the wiring for my radio, and trying to prepare for eventual install of a better stereo system. If there were no...
• Re: New radio= dead battery?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 30 May 2012 09:34:22 -0700
  ...Why is my new radio always "lit up" even when turned > off and ignition is off also? And after 2wks (from installation of radio...
• Re: Radio Codes
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:21:43 -0700
  ...They just bust in, steal the radio destroy the dash f*ck up the rest of the interior and then throw the radio away...
• Re: Ham radio ?
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:02:29 -0800
  ...Ham radio ? > > > > Just wondering if anyone on the list is a Ham radio operator? > > John KC2JOD > > 1990 vanagon GL
• Radio in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 4 Jul 2005 15:50:29 -0700
  ...In our families 69 westy my Dad had installed a "world radio" under the glove box area. Thing was a large as a small...
• Short Wave Radio
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Anderson
  Tue, 1 Apr 97 14:46:04 -0700
  Has anyone installed an AM/FM/SW radio in their van? Any recommendations regarding brands, models, antennas, etc? Thanks- Chuck Anderson '86 Vanagon
• Radio Install-one more cinnection
  Historical mailing list - UWanna Deal2
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 07:26:47 -0600
  Hi quick question on an aftermarket radio install- Which fuse should I use for the ignition (on/Off) circuit?? Thx Steve86gl
• radio
  Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 08:22:54 -0400
  how do you get the radio out of its hole i have new one to put in its place! i have a 88 model...
• Re: Radio Speakers
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 22:00:18 EDT
  ...Find out what color the wires are at the rear speakers, then pull the radio out and find those color wires at the radio...
• Wanted: ANY make of digital AM-FM cassette radio
  Historical mailing list - Gary Meek
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:30:08 -0600
  After receiving advice that my Blaupunkt connector configuration on the rear of my radio was a world wide ISO standard configuration, then I am...
• Extra connector in the area of the Radio
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:29:04 -0800
  ...I'm now down to just the Radio and found I have 3 connectors and only 2 that go to the Radio. I recognize...
• Re: WTB ucrobus am radio
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 15:28:23 -0400
  ...michael FWIW, i wouldn't mind trading my red radio blockoff plate (in good shape) from a red and white 60' Deluxe for a...
• battery safe code on radio
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 18:55:52 -0800
  ...get a safe read on the radio ,How do you get this off so that the radio plays again ? Darrel Don't just surf...
• Re: Ham radio ?
  Historical mailing list - Orlando J. Palmer
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:52:48 -0400
  ...Ham radio ? > Just wondering if anyone on the list is a Ham radio operator? > John KC2JOD > 1990 vanagon GL >