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Old 05-21-2013, 01:19 AM
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Hello guys. I recently bought my car and noticed that many times my (stock) Radio resets (goes back to factory settings and loses my saved channels and settings) a lot. I do have a manual and i only got it 2 days ago. I'm wondering if its cause
I some sometimes stall. But sometimes when I stall and quickly turn on the car again all my settings are there. MY clock does NOT reset so that even more weird. I do think it does reset my settings even if I don't stall. any help what it could be

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Old 05-26-2013, 04:33 PM
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drove today fine no stalls. Later when i go turn on my car it was reseted again. I have no idea what it could be
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Old 05-26-2013, 05:52 PM
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Battery connections tight all around?
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Old 05-26-2013, 07:49 PM
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they should be. Car starts up fine. Clock doesn't reset so i think so
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Possibly a bad constant 12v wire to radio? Not sure of the factory coloring but it could be possible. Radio is pulling power through the switched wire when cars on then losing its memory when the switched wire is turned off? Just trying to think up options. I seem to remember radios doing that years ago when I installed but I may be mistaken
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