radio which will remember its own stations when the battery is disconnected

f140

I think this might be the most apt place to ask this but I need to get a new radio for the tractor. the thing is that the tractor has a master switch which cuts the power from the battery which is turned off every night. Is there a radio available which will remember the stations programmed into it for itself without the need of power from the battery.


if Halfords had one it would be ideal.

MarkR

Have you considered a phone with either an fm radio, or a radio application like tune it? I don't think any of them would have a battery built in that would retain the stations.

Maybe a really really really old one with a manual dial?

CiniO

I'm sure there are radios like that on the market... Just to store station programming in flash memory.
Unfortunately I can't advice one, but keep looking OP, and you will find one. I asked on dedicated forum, if someone will answer me, I'll return to you OP.

dougie-lampkin

If it helps, the standard radio in the mk1 Focus (and probably most Fords of that era) keeps its memory without power. There's tons of them in scrapyards. It's a double DIN, but you might be able to work something out.

colm_mcm

Just get one with an analogue tuner.

Don't the Focus stereos look for a code when you reconnect the battery?

CiniO

From what I was told, most Blaupunkt radios keep their settings and station tunes even after disconnected.

But surely you must check with seller to make sure before purchasing.

kilianmanning

Bring a live feed directly from the battery & wire it into the radio. Radio will have to be manually switched off & on though

colm_mcm

kilianmanning wrote: »

Bring a live feed directly from the battery & wire it into the radio. Radio will have to be manually switched off & on though

Not if its connected to the correct terminal on the stereo.

CiniO

kilianmanning wrote: »

Bring a live feed directly from the battery & wire it into the radio. Radio will have to be manually switched off & on though

Most radios have two + wires. One is always live (that's to keep settings) and other is live only when ignition is switched on.

In OP's case he could plug in first wire directly to battery, and second one to normal feed which turns off when main switch is off.

That way radio will turn off itself after main switch is off, but keep settings.


However I would first try with Blaupunkt radio instead of doing extra wiring.

jca

I've seen master switches in classic cars with a bypass on a light fuse 3A that will keep power to items like alarms radios etc but will blow if a heavyish load is applied. That might sort your dilemma.