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<blockquote data-quote="c17globemaster3" data-source="post: 237421" data-attributes="member: 548443"><p>I'm not real wonderful at hooking up fancy car stereos and such, but I can manage to put in your basic wal-mart sony explode haha. Anyways, I have put a few units in and never had this problem. It seems that whenever I leave the truck (92' ford ranger) sit for about 2 minutes..the cd player it loses its memory. Everything works great in the accs. and ignition position. I figured it might not be getting a constant power supply, but the voltmeter seems to think it is. I don't know much about grounds but i have heard they are pretty important so I checked it and I'm pretty sure its alright also. However, I disconnected the ground wire and turned the ignition to accs. and the unit powered up (somehow that seems a lil strange //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif ....also...if I turn the truck completely off for about 30 seconds and back on again, the memory is still there. I dunno whats going on..im kinda stuck, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="c17globemaster3, post: 237421, member: 548443"] I'm not real wonderful at hooking up fancy car stereos and such, but I can manage to put in your basic wal-mart sony explode haha. Anyways, I have put a few units in and never had this problem. It seems that whenever I leave the truck (92' ford ranger) sit for about 2 minutes..the cd player it loses its memory. Everything works great in the accs. and ignition position. I figured it might not be getting a constant power supply, but the voltmeter seems to think it is. I don't know much about grounds but i have heard they are pretty important so I checked it and I'm pretty sure its alright also. However, I disconnected the ground wire and turned the ignition to accs. and the unit powered up (somehow that seems a lil strange [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif[/IMG] ....also...if I turn the truck completely off for about 30 seconds and back on again, the memory is still there. I dunno whats going on..im kinda stuck, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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