I think that YMMV,  it has receded into memory, but I believe that I had to
wire up a new adapter (provided by Crutchfield) when switching from Sony
Brand to Dual.

  Incidentally the Dual gave me fits until I realized that it drew a third
of an amp no matter what, so I decided to put  my old 10 disc changer dash
switch back into play. (the fog light slot)  This guy has no remote, so I
just deal with it.

Geo/ATL

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Ryan Shawley <easywind1975@hotmail.com>wrote:

> If it fits it should work, I noticed when swapping my jvc for a sony, nice
> little n
> Bonus not having to wire the harness again
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:04 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> > I had a perfectly fine 21st century Kenwood radio/CD player in the van.
> >
> > I rewired the van to take advantage of its "more advanced" features,
> > such as using its "external amp switch" to power up a subwoofer amp when
> > the head is powered up.
> >
> > I enjoyed perfectly adequate sound for many, many years.
> >
> > Anyhoo, I pulled the head last year prior to removing the dash, and when
> > I re-installed the head, it didn't boot up. I took it to two local car
> > stereo shops and they were both confident they would find my user error,
> > but after installing the head into their test rigs, it still refused to
> > boot.They shrugged -- "It's dead."
> >
> > So from Mrs Squirrel's mother I received a gift of cash this Christmas
> > past and I bought an Alpine head from Crutchfield.com. I asked them to
> > find me a head fits the slot (1-space DIN), has a sub out, and that can
> > be powered off from the remote (i.e., from the warmth of the bed),
> > unlike the Kenwood unit which went into "standby" mode when told to shut
> > down by the remote -- and "standby" mode continued to draw over 2 amps
> > of current from the aux battery, so if I didn't reach up to the dash and
> > manually shut the thing off, the aux battery would be drawn down by more
> > than 16 amp-hours by morning.
> >
> > This final requirement gave them some trouble, but they found that the
> > Alpine unit does shut down if the "off" button on the remote is held for
> > more than 2 seconds.
> >
> > Okay, sorry, long story. Respondees are urged to trim.
> >
> > My question is: The new radio has the same-sized 16-pin connector on its
> > rear as the older Kenwood. Is this some kind of industry-standard
> > connector with industry-standard wiring?
> >
> > --
> > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> > Bend, Ore.
> >
>