Radio March 04, 2021, 07:08:21 PM Hi all,I’ve got an old Blaupunkt radio in my 1986 Golf Gti and it doesn’t turn on/off with the ignition, I just turn it on and off at the unit each time. Does anyone know if this is normal on this age of Golf? Curious if it’s a fault or if it’s just how they come! Lockdown must really be biting... CheersWill
Re: Radio Reply #1 – March 04, 2021, 07:47:25 PM Hi Will. It might be that the radio isn't wired in to the ignition live. I'm afraid I don't know which live feed you need at the fusebox tho!Andy 1 Likes
Re: Radio Reply #2 – March 05, 2021, 10:12:06 AM I doubt it's the original radio and not generally how they were wired in, but will depend on how it was wired up by whoever fitted it. Sounds like it's on a permanent live and not ignition live. Does it store radio settings? If not it could be ignition live and perm live have been mixed up.Having it this way should be fine on an old stereo as it won't be drawing any power while off, unlike modern systems that seem to have a stand-by mode but not fully off.The benefit, you can sit there listening to the radio with the ignition off if you're waiting for the misses to come out the shops etc.The draw back, if you forgot to turn it off you could be stuck with a flat battery. 3 Likes
Re: Radio Reply #3 – March 05, 2021, 10:26:56 AM Quote from: Will on March 04, 2021, 07:08:21 PMHi all,I’ve got an old Blaupunkt radio in my 1986 Golf Gti and it doesn’t turn on/off with the ignition, I just turn it on and off at the unit each time. Does anyone know if this is normal on this age of Golf? Curious if it’s a fault or if it’s just how they come! Lockdown must really be biting... CheersWill toI have exactly the same issue with my old PanasonicI can have it drawing permanent live but need to remember to switch off at the end.. the benefit is it stores my radio stations in the 'numbers' However if I switch the feed at the back of the radio to ignition, it will turn off when car off, the radio will not store the station's though..It depends what's more 'annoying'Turning it off every time and risk low battery or having to retune stations every drive?Short answer, mine does the same 👍 1 Likes
Re: Radio Reply #4 – March 05, 2021, 04:43:07 PM Cheers guys! Interesting. It does store the settings, think I’ll take that as a win and ignore the ignition issue (there is a wire plugged into that slot on the back of the radio but clearly it’s not doing much)Guess I’ll take the risk on the flat battery thing! Wonder how long before that catches me out, sweepstake anyone?
Re: Radio Reply #5 – March 05, 2021, 07:14:45 PM Quote from: Will on March 05, 2021, 04:43:07 PMCheers guys! Interesting. It does store the settings, think I’ll take that as a win and ignore the ignition issue (there is a wire plugged into that slot on the back of the radio but clearly it’s not doing much)Guess I’ll take the risk on the flat battery thing! Wonder how long before that catches me out, sweepstake anyone? Haha I currently have mine to go off with ignition.. but retuning to radio 2 everytime is getting boring.. may have to join you! 1 Likes
Re: Radio Reply #6 – March 14, 2023, 08:51:50 AM same with me.on one mk2 i have a ignition wire, on another, which is older, i have not.having both wires on, the radio should still be able to save the settings(and pull a standby current).
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