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Old 02-27-2011, 03:29 AM
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Every time I shut the car off, my aftermarket headunit resets and clears all my settings. How can I fix this? I've run a few searches on this entire forum and different models. After sitting here for two hours, I still have no solution.
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Old 02-27-2011, 05:03 AM
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Well, the instructions had a tiny bit in it about VW and Audis... apparenly, switching the detachable yellow and red wires and swapping them fixes it with no trouble.
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One of those wires is probably dedicated to full time battery power to save settings...every unit I've ever installed had this provision.
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The red wire on you radio needs to have +12 to it at all times.
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