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Do any new car radios come with memory?

  • 15-05-2015 10:42pm
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    GERMAN ROCKS
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    basically need to get a new radio for a tractor. need something which which has its own memory to store stations etc as the tractor has an isolation switch and will kill all the power from the battery. do any radios store the stations themselves without need for power from the battery?


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  • #2
    Pov06
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    Can you not just wire an extra wire to the radio straight from the battery?


  • #3
    GERMAN ROCKS
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭GERMAN ROCKS


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Can you not just wire an extra wire to the radio straight from the battery?

    I could if I really had to but if there were radios available which remember the stations that would be easier


  • #4
    Pa994
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭Pa994


    Any live feed from the battery to the specified wire coming from the rear of the radio will drain very little power from the battery, it won't drain it any noticeable amount just consult the user manual or do a google search for which wire is the live to the radio, iirc it is red to yellow or vice versa


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    You could just use an old analogue radio.


  • #6
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭9935452


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Can you not just wire an extra wire to the radio straight from the battery?

    That would negate one of the reasons for having an isolation switch.
    You could also just say leave the switch on.


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  • #7
    danm14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭danm14


    Volkswagen Beta and Gamma radios definitely do (the ones with built in cassette players from early boras and mk4 golfs) do and can be found on ebay for around 50 euro.


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