Welcome to Motorhomefacts, we are a thriving motorhome community (Largest in Europe). Why Not JOIN NOW and get instant access to more of the website. It costs nothing to join and only takes a few minutes. We have 200,000 different people visiting our site monthly and this amount of motorhomers in one place guarantees a fast response to any questions you may have. We also have unique facilities not found elsewhere such as our Online Logbook, stopover tracker, Motorhome directory with Ebay type feedback and the largest repository of motorhome campsites reviews found anywhere
Location: Sussex/ Normandy France or any place in between
Status: Offline
Hi all,Can anyone tell please.I am removing the radio from my sundance
( when I get back from Swift ) and replacing it with a all in one dvd/cd player with motorized flip up screen.As most of you will be aware the factory fitted radio has a auto switch off. Is it the 12v supply to the radio that is timed or is it the radio ?
Its the radio. There will be 2 12V supplies to the back. One permanently live and one live only when the ignition is on. To disable the auto cut off just disconnect the ignition only connection and connect it to the permanently live one.
Trevor
______________________________________________________________ Not all who wander are lost.
Location: Sussex/ Normandy France or any place in between
Status: Offline
Thanks Trevor
I got so fed up with the auto cut off that I installed a second cd player at the rear of the motorhome.I could never work out why on a 7.5mt motorhome Swift did not fit a pair of speakers at the rear end,I guess it's because they knew that as soon as you climbed into bed the b****y thing would turn off anyway
Its the radio. There will be 2 12V supplies to the back. One permanently live and one live only when the ignition is on. To disable the auto cut off just disconnect the ignition only connection and connect it to the permanently live one.
If it's the radio, what difference will this make? If this works, surely it proves that the switchoff delay is a function of the vehicle electrics, not the radio, and using the connections as supplied by Fiat will have the same effect with any radio.
I've rewired mine so that the radio is fed from the habitation battery, so that there's less chance of running down the vehicle battery during periods without hookup.
The radio will detect that there is no power on the 'ignition' feed, and automatically shut itself off to avoid draining the battery from its 'non-ignition' feed...
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum
UK
Thanks Trevor
