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VW Beta 4 radio

23 Jan 2012 122
We've had a few cold days and my car wouldn't start anymore. It did a few 'wup wup wup-s' and that was it. Today I tracked down my radio to be the culprit. When I measured it today I determined it to have a standby consumption of 1.44W (120mA). And that sucks the battery dry in about 10 days. Something must have broken, as it didn't do that before. I couldn't find any obvious things like blown caps. The main amplifier gets a bit warm without any load attached and there is absolutely no signal reception anymore... DOH!

Passive frequency... whatever

All of it

23 Jan 2012 112
I like these multi-function potentiometers. Maybe I will save them from getting recycled too soon.

Lot's of TDAs on there

It's an old radio

23 Jan 2012 180
They don't make chips anymore. And Austria... I'm shocked.

It's an old radio