CB radio Installation
 

Hello -
Newbie question for the group: I am trying to install a CB radio in my
vehicle. The radio is a Cobra 18 WXST II. The power cord supplied with the
unit has 3 permanent wires - the normal black wire [for the ground], the red
wire [to power the unit] and an orange wire for ??? I am stumped - the
owners manual makes no mention of this 3rd wire in the installation
instructions, the radio manufacturer has no info on their FAQ's on their
website. Any idea's/help from this group would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Uncle Klattu.

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:19:36 GMT, "Uncle Klattu" rluc@[no
spam]verizon.net wrote:

Hello -
Newbie question for the group: I am trying to install a CB radio in my
vehicle. The radio is a Cobra 18 WXST II. The power cord supplied with the
unit has 3 permanent wires - the normal black wire [for the ground], the red
wire [to power the unit] and an orange wire for ??? I am stumped - the
owners manual makes no mention of this 3rd wire in the installation
instructions, the radio manufacturer has no info on their FAQ's on their
website. Any idea's/help from this group would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Uncle Klattu.


I believe the red wire provides power to the radio for
receive/transmit, the orange provides power to the memory so the
channel doesn't reset when the car is turned off. Normally, you'd
hook the radio power lead to a switchable power tap (acc circuit) and
the memory lead will be connected to a continous (non-switched, or
"batt") power tap...


Raymond Sirois KAXN-9546
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
607-733-5745
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000

Raymond -
Thank you very much for the info. I appreciate your time and trouble for
answering my question. See ya' on Channel 19 !!

Robert


"KAXN-9546" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:19:36 GMT, "Uncle Klattu" rluc@[no
spam]verizon.net wrote:

Hello -
Newbie question for the group: I am trying to install a CB radio in
my
vehicle. The radio is a Cobra 18 WXST II. The power cord supplied with
the
unit has 3 permanent wires - the normal black wire [for the ground], the
red
wire [to power the unit] and an orange wire for ??? I am stumped - the
owners manual makes no mention of this 3rd wire in the installation
instructions, the radio manufacturer has no info on their FAQ's on their
website. Any idea's/help from this group would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Uncle Klattu.


I believe the red wire provides power to the radio for
receive/transmit, the orange provides power to the memory so the
channel doesn't reset when the car is turned off. Normally, you'd
hook the radio power lead to a switchable power tap (acc circuit) and
the memory lead will be connected to a continous (non-switched, or
"batt") power tap...


Raymond Sirois KAXN-9546
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
607-733-5745
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000

The orange maybe the one that goes to the battery. Red for ACC and
black for ground. This way when you turn the radio on, it will not
automatically go to channel 9, it will stay on the channel you left it
on...

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:19:36 GMT, "Uncle Klattu" rluc@[no
spam]verizon.net wrote:

Hello -
Newbie question for the group: I am trying to install a CB radio in my
vehicle. The radio is a Cobra 18 WXST II. The power cord supplied with the
unit has 3 permanent wires - the normal black wire [for the ground], the red
wire [to power the unit] and an orange wire for ??? I am stumped - the
owners manual makes no mention of this 3rd wire in the installation
instructions, the radio manufacturer has no info on their FAQ's on their
website. Any idea's/help from this group would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Uncle Klattu.