Well I thought, I would see if I can get a response, or legit answer< had my system wired in today, & the auto elect menioned 61 beetle does not have an accessories on ignition that i knew, regarding the system burning out the coil, how does everyone else get on!! Thanks
Sime

Turn it on/off at the power button on the headunit, but have constant power available wired in.

Or have wired to ign and ony use stereo when car is running.

Or have a separate power switch to enable power when ign is off.

if u dont listen to it when ur not driving then like helbus said just hook it too the ignition circuit

but thats a bad idea if u listen to it a fair bit when the engines not going as u have the ignition on with out the engine running will fry points/electronic ignition/coil and flatten battery real fast

so u can hook it to constant power depending on the unit

my JVC and kenwood decks for instance have standby mode when not on so the face is always powered up

-Joel

straight to the batt with fuses in line to protect it..
you get used to tuning head unit on n off when in the car yeah..
all my early vws have been set up this way..
no dramas

hEY thanks all~ cheers
Sime~

yeah the kenwood is like that but the jvc's the power button still stays lit up all the time which over a few weeks would still discharge the battery abit

i got around it by using the terminal on the ignition switch that operates the buzzer if u open the door and leave ur keys in the igntion.
so my headunit powers up only when i put the key in the ignition but doesnt need to be turned on.
unfortunatly tho this terminal is only on 71 and later bugs
and not even all of them
my 74 1300s both had blank spots where it was meant to be but all my supers have it

-Joel

I've never had an air cooled VW with an accessories
position on the key switch....
there is a Fuse that is live all the time, so you can connect it up to that, and switch the unit on/off when you want it on...
I have a JVC and Light Emitting Diodes use very little power, so having the face plate light up is no problem..
I usually leave My JVC going all the time I drive and park it,
go to the shops and turn it off when i get home...

In older VWs, I used to have a switch to turn the stereo unit on/off...

and Joel,
I've never seen or heard of that key switch that turns accessories on when the key is inserted...
Maybe the switch came from a 1975 or 76 beetle...??
or from an overseas model...
I'd like to have one of those...
In the US they had lots of extra electricals, and they used different wiring diagrams too...

Lee

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Hi Lee,

the buzzers were only fitted to US beetles from 71 on im pretty sure but nealy all of them have the terminal for it on the igniton switch from 71 onwards
from memory its marked S
its a half size spade terminal
but yeah US beetles had alot of extra equipment that we never got like heated back windows, park brake and brake fail warning lights and the seatbelt interlock system which wouldnt let the car start unless the drivers seatbelt was on

i have some chat buddies in the states with Lbugs
and its funny seeing all these features that are just blank plugs in mine LOL

so, does that mean, there isnt evenm a common ignition switch available for an aircooled VW that has an accessories position on it??

thats really awfully annoying, because it might not be just a stereo you want to use occasionally without the car running.