[Fot] Battery's, Non-TR

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The really frustrating thing about removing a battery without maintaining power is on those anti-theft radio systems.  They require you to remember the codes you put in and if you are like me, you seldom do!

Joe C.
---- Herald948 at aol.com wrote: 
> In a message dated 11/17/2007 4:04:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> WEmery7451 at aol.com writes:
> 
> I was  told to plug a power source into the cigarette lighter socket before
> they  would disconnect the battery.  They said that if they do not do this,  
> some
> Jap cars lock up and have to be towed to a dealer to be reset.   Neither of 
> our
> Mazdas have this feature, since I have had the batteries  disconnected in both
> of them.
> 
> Has anybody ever heard of this  issue?
> 
> 
> ==AM==
> I'm no expert on modern cars, but I've never heard of that, either. One  good 
> thing about the power source in the lighter socket is that it might help to  
> preserve radio button presets; otherwise, diconnecting and reconnecting a  
> battery might cause some computer chip in some cars to reboot or restart. After  
> a minute or so, it should reprogram itself and all would be well again. At 
> least  that's what I'VE heard. ;-)  
> 
> --Andy   Mace (the period Bendix AM/FM is the most sophisticated bit of 
> electronics in  the Herald!)