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What I was saying is that you used to lose your presets every time you =
disconnected the battery. It was a problem. But I suppose they can use =
flash memory now.
I guess it=E2=80=99s obvious that the last car stereo I bought was back =
in the 90s.
I recently won one in a raffle at a car show, though. But I had no =
intention of having a radio in the B, and it won=E2=80=99t fit my other =
two vintage cars (and it=E2=80=99s inferior to the unit in my wife=E2=80=99=
s car). I haven=E2=80=99t got around to advertising it yet.
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'66 MGB
> On Sep 5, 2019, at 4:08 PM, Barrie Robinson <barrob@bell.net> wrote:
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> Hello Max,
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> Losing presets would not be a feature as that would cause too many =
problems with punters. Change of battery, disconnect of battery for =
repair, etc etc would cause chaos !!!
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> On 9/5/2019 1:48 PM, Max Heim wrote:
>> IME, when you kill power to a digitally-tuned radio, you lose any =
station presets. But maybe newer units have resolved that issue.
>>=20
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>> Max Heim
>> '66 MGB
>>=20
>>> On Sep 5, 2019, at 8:08 AM, Barrie Robinson via Mgs =
>>>=20
>>> Hello folks,
>>>=20
>>> This is just comments on putting a radio in an MGB.
>>>=20
>>> When I built my MGB GT V8 many years ago I did not put in a radio - =
so recently I decided to put one in. I wanted a remote USB a facility =
and one Pioneer model offered this so I got my local car radio shop to =
put it in. Now, I hate adverts and only listen to two stations. The =
installed radio was great BUT could not pick up the two (weak) stations =
despite a "new all singing, all dancing" windscreen antenna. Disaster. =
Not only this but my battery went flat after not using the car for a few =
days. A nasty problem as electrical leaks are hard to diagnose. For =
the weak stations problem the Radio shop advised a powered antenna - so =
I bought one from Retro Manufacturing - the lasts small one they had =
that would fit in the rear of the MGB - lucky. Mounting the powered =
antenna was awkward especially as the install instructions were WRONG. =
After installation it worked fine - weak stations no problem. But =
battery flattening continued !!!! Then radio man thought that modern =
radios had facilities that connected them to "modern" car computers and =
thus the drain as the radio would keep "on" and chatting even when it =
was turned off. So being an electrical genius I had a kill switch =
installed. Thus no matter what, the radio would get no power allowing =
it to chat to the car computer and drain the battery. It works fine. =
So for those installing a "modern" radio make sure it is not one that =
"talks" to a car computer. As to the powered antenna, a windshield one =
will do you unless you want to pick up weak stations.
>>>=20
>>> Cheers
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">What I was saying is that you used to lose your presets every =
time you disconnected the battery. It was a problem. But I suppose they =
can use flash memory now.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">I guess it=E2=80=99s obvious that the last car stereo I =
bought was back in the 90s.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div=
class=3D"">I recently won one in a raffle at a car show, though. But I =
had no intention of having a radio in the B, and it won=E2=80=99t fit my =
other two vintage cars (and it=E2=80=99s inferior to the unit in my =
wife=E2=80=99s car). I haven=E2=80=99t got around to advertising it =
yet.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">
<div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: =
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;" class=3D""><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
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class=3D"">--</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; =
min-height: 16px;" class=3D"">Max Heim</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 13px;" class=3D"">'66 MGB</div></div></div>
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<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Sep 5, 2019, at 4:08 PM, Barrie Robinson <<a =
href=3D"mailto:barrob@bell.net"; class=3D"">barrob@bell.net</a>> =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D"">
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<font size=3D"-1" class=3D""><font face=3D"Arial" class=3D"">Hello =
Max,<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
Losing presets would not be a feature as that would cause too
many problems with punters. Change of battery, disconnect =
of
battery for repair, etc etc would cause chaos !!!<br class=3D"">
</font></font><br class=3D"">
<div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 9/5/2019 1:48 PM, Max Heim =
wrote:<br class=3D"">
</div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" =
cite=3D"mid:89FB171E-6510-4067-A974-ECDC0CA4C5D5@sonic.net" class=3D"">
<meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html;
charset=3Dwindows-1252" class=3D"">
IME, when you kill power to a digitally-tuned radio, you lose any
station presets. But maybe newer units have resolved that issue.
<div class=3D""><br class=3D"">
<div class=3D"">
<div style=3D"letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;" class=3D"">
<div style=3D"letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;" class=3D"">
<div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px;" =
class=3D"">--</div>
<div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; min-height:
16px;" class=3D"">Max Heim</div>
<div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px;" class=3D"">'66
MGB</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br class=3D"">
<div class=3D"">
<blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">
<div class=3D"">On Sep 5, 2019, at 8:08 AM, Barrie Robinson
via Mgs <<a href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; class=3D""=
moz-do-not-send=3D"true">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div>
<br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">
<div class=3D"">
<meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html;
charset=3Dwindows-1252" class=3D"">
<div text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" class=3D""> =
<font class=3D"" size=3D"-1"><font class=3D"" face=3D"Arial">Hello
folks,<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
This is just comments on putting a radio in an =
MGB.<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
When I built my MGB GT V8 many years ago I did not
put in a radio - so recently I decided to put one
in. I wanted a remote USB a facility and one
Pioneer model offered this so I got my local car
radio shop to put it in. Now, I hate =
adverts and
only listen to two stations. The =
installed radio
was great BUT could not pick up the two (weak)
stations despite a "new all singing, all dancing"
windscreen antenna. Disaster. Not only =
this but my
battery went flat after not using the car for a few
days. A nasty problem as electrical leaks are =
hard
to diagnose. For the weak stations problem the
Radio shop advised a powered antenna - so I bought
one from Retro Manufacturing - the lasts small one
they had that would fit in the rear of the MGB -
lucky. Mounting the powered antenna was =
awkward
especially as the install instructions were =
WRONG.
After installation it worked fine - weak stations no
problem. But battery flattening continued =
!!!!
Then radio man <i class=3D"">thought </i>that modern
radios had facilities that connected them to
"modern" car computers and thus the drain as the
radio would keep "on" and chatting even when it was
turned off. So being an electrical =
genius I had a
kill switch installed. Thus no =
matter what, the
radio would get no power allowing it to chat to the
car computer and drain the battery. It works =
fine.
So for those installing a "modern" radio make sure
it is not one that "talks" to a car computer. =
As to
the powered antenna, a windshield one will do you
unless you want to pick up weak stations.<br =
class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
Cheers<br class=3D"">
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