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Subject:Re: Stereo weirdness, electrical gremlins...
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 11 Jun 2017 01:38:06 -0400

Hi Marc,

I don't have any instant useful thoughts, except to point out that the
Vanagon follows historic VAG practice and has no ACC position on the
ignition switch.  OFF, ON, START is all you get.

And you're the first person I've met who's had a good word for those little
Blue Dot horrors, other than they look neat and tidy.

Yrs,
d

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On an additional but unrelated note, the last time I had it in to
> Crutchfield to try to get it working the way I want it, and to stop a
> battery drain issue I was experiencing, they moved the power so that the
> head unit is only on when the engine is running or the key is turned past
> the Accessory setting. I'd rather have it work on the Accessory setting as
> well as when the engine is on, so I'm going to move the power input to the
> stereo when I work on it.
>
> I continue to be impressed with how efficient the original speakers are, as
> tiny as they are, and with paper cones. Had my front ones not given up the
> ghost, I probably would have kept them. Having said that, these Blue Magic
> speakers are a killer replacement!
>
>