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To get the wire across to the radio, I looped it through a pole from my venetian blinds, and gently pushed it through behind the steering wheel, until I could reach it through the radio slot, and pulled through the wire: At the radio end, connect a bullet connector to the wire. You...

So, in case there are others out there who are as hopeless as I am and would like some help, this was the solution: The 2009 Passat radio is connected to two permanently live wires coming from the battery. My older radio requires one permanently live wire (to remember the settings and...

Solved. Using a volt meter, I found an empty fuse slot that was off when the ignition was off, and came on when the key was inserted and turned. In there I put an add-a-circuit fuse adapter with a fuse in it. Then I ran a wire from there to the back of the radio, and connected them all up...

Thanks CrossoverOre, Thank you for that clarification. This evening I have been looking at running a wire from the fuse box to the stereo, so it is reassuring you suggest the same thing. My plan was to acquire a add-a-circuit fuse holder, stick a fuse in it, buy a wire and a connector for...

Thanks Slo_Ride, is there any way of switching the red wire to another source?

I'm flattered you think I did anything with the harnesses. It's all store bought. When I bought the radio, I bought the first set of wires to connect it to the car at the time, and the second set of wires are obviously part of the adapter. All I have ever done is plug one bit of plastic into...

More pictures: From car To stereo Antenna adapter Other end of the antenna adapter

You are the master of all knowledge. Pictures are now up showing the connections from the wires coming out of the dashboard to the car stereo.

Hmm, pictures don't seem to want to attach. Sorry about that.

I do. These are the connections in pictures:

Thanks very much for trying anyway, my friend. I was hoping it would be something common, but obviously not. It must have something to do with the previous radio. Maybe the factory installed one has a different power supply.

Thanks for that. Fortunately only the radio side allows me to actually take out the wires, so I would only be able to twist them together. Yellow and red together at the radio end connected to the red wire on the car end without a key in the ignition switches the radio on. The exact same...

I wouldn't dare make such a statement, considering I know so very little about the subject at hand. What I do know is, there is a red wire coming from the car and a yellow wire coming from the car (actually from the adaptor), and if I wire them up to the stereo red-to-red the result is exactly...

That is good to know. Though in this case, considering the result of swapping them around,they appear to be the same.

Have located a wiring diagram, and came across something interesting. The red switched ignition wire was connected to the yellow constant battery power wire. I remembered years ago in one of my cars we had to swap them around because the radio never remembered its settings every time I turned...