Excellent point, John.  It may be related more to the remote function than
anything.  I must admit I didn't pay much for mine, so as always, you get
what you pay for.  A second battery would help also, but that's a future
project.  Perhaps in the future I can swap the stereo out for a better unit,
when we can determine what that might be.  For now I'll just have to
remember to turn it off, and the glowing faceplate will remind me.  I'll put
an "X" over the on/off button on the remote :-)

Investing in a robe and insulated slippers to compensate, in the meantime.

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 7:33 PM, John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

> It might be useful to know if the head units that show a higher draw when
> off are ones with remote controls. The remote receiver has to be always on
> ready to receive the signal from the remote. Maybe some models have more
> efficient circuits for this function.
>
> JM
>
>  On Dec 12, 2010 7:44 PM, "Alan Felder" <dieseldoofus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Annie - Yours seems to be as it should be.
>
> I would be more interested in the brand and model number of the stereo you
> have.  This seems to be an issue internal to the stereo units, and there is
> not any published information that I know of that can tell us which
> make/models will not draw any/much power when they are "off".  Maybe this
> can start to build some data for the Vanagon Wiki, or some such.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Annie <lsandrsn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have no idea how my stereo ...
>
>

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