Scott, I bought a new Blaupunkt last summer.  It has a removable "face".  If
I'm going to park the van for some time, I push the button to disengage the
face and that turns off the LED.  Since I'm now driving it every day, I
haven't been doing it all the time.

Jeanne

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Semyan <scottse@MICROSOFT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 11:18 AM
Subject: Radio Retrofit

> I am on the verge of replacing our stock radio with a new Blaupunkt radio.
> One of the features of the current radio is that it will play even when
the
> van it turned off. I would like to reproduce that functionality with my
new
> radio. The new radio, however has an LED clock that is on whenever the
radio
> has power. This leads to my question:
>
> Since my current radio is truly "off" when I turn it off, will my new
radio
> drain my battery if I hook it up for constant power since, because of the
> clock, it is never really off?
>
> Scott Semyan
> '85 Westie
> Seattle