Jeff Strickland

"New Old Jeep Owner" <beep@jeep.jeep> wrote in message
news:BLc0g.386$_s5.209@trnddc04...
> Hello,
>
> I just replaced my factory radio/cassette with a radio/cd player in a 1994
> Jeep Cherokee. The problem is the unit doesn't play when the engine is
> off
> and the key is turned to ACCessory (or whatever it is called or the closet
> thing to it, I don't have the owner's manual and there aren't any markings
> on the keyhole.) I'm pretty sure the cd worked fine in the previous car
> when the key was in ACCESSORY) and it works fine when the engine is on in
> the Jeep. The unit is getting power when the engine is off. (There is a
> little light that blinks when the radio face plate is removed).
>

If the old radio worked in ACC, then the new radio will also work, assuming
it is connected to the same power source.



> Anyway, I looked up a fuse chart in a CHILTON manual for 1994 Cherokees
> and
> there is a listing for a 10 amp fuse labeled for ETR radio/power antenna
> in
> the Chilton diagram of the fuse block that looks like the one I have. I
> don't have the owner's manual and the fuse block doesn't seem to have a
> cover or anything listing what goes where. I have no idea what an ETR
> radio is, but google seems to think it stands for 'electronically tunable
> radio'. The original factory radio was electronically tunable or digital
> tuning at least and worked fine without the fuse (at least the radio did,
> I
> think the cassette is permanently busted). I don't have a power antenna.
> I'm about to stick a 10 amp fuse in there to see if I can get to work. Any
> ideas before I fubar everything?
>
> oh and to the people who said aftermarket radios are ugly in a previous
> thread, yeah it's pretty ugly.

Jeff Strickland

"New Old Jeep Owner" <beep@jeep.jeep> wrote in message
news:BLc0g.386$_s5.209@trnddc04...
> Hello,
>
> I just replaced my factory radio/cassette with a radio/cd player in a 1994
> Jeep Cherokee. The problem is the unit doesn't play when the engine is
> off
> and the key is turned to ACCessory (or whatever it is called or the closet
> thing to it, I don't have the owner's manual and there aren't any markings
> on the keyhole.) I'm pretty sure the cd worked fine in the previous car
> when the key was in ACCESSORY) and it works fine when the engine is on in
> the Jeep. The unit is getting power when the engine is off. (There is a
> little light that blinks when the radio face plate is removed).
>

If the old radio worked in ACC, then the new radio will also work, assuming
it is connected to the same power source.



> Anyway, I looked up a fuse chart in a CHILTON manual for 1994 Cherokees
> and
> there is a listing for a 10 amp fuse labeled for ETR radio/power antenna
> in
> the Chilton diagram of the fuse block that looks like the one I have. I
> don't have the owner's manual and the fuse block doesn't seem to have a
> cover or anything listing what goes where. I have no idea what an ETR
> radio is, but google seems to think it stands for 'electronically tunable
> radio'. The original factory radio was electronically tunable or digital
> tuning at least and worked fine without the fuse (at least the radio did,
> I
> think the cassette is permanently busted). I don't have a power antenna.
> I'm about to stick a 10 amp fuse in there to see if I can get to work. Any
> ideas before I fubar everything?
>
> oh and to the people who said aftermarket radios are ugly in a previous
> thread, yeah it's pretty ugly.

Jeff Strickland

"New Old Jeep Owner" <beep@jeep.jeep> wrote in message
news:BLc0g.386$_s5.209@trnddc04...
> Hello,
>
> I just replaced my factory radio/cassette with a radio/cd player in a 1994
> Jeep Cherokee. The problem is the unit doesn't play when the engine is
> off
> and the key is turned to ACCessory (or whatever it is called or the closet
> thing to it, I don't have the owner's manual and there aren't any markings
> on the keyhole.) I'm pretty sure the cd worked fine in the previous car
> when the key was in ACCESSORY) and it works fine when the engine is on in
> the Jeep. The unit is getting power when the engine is off. (There is a
> little light that blinks when the radio face plate is removed).
>

If the old radio worked in ACC, then the new radio will also work, assuming
it is connected to the same power source.



> Anyway, I looked up a fuse chart in a CHILTON manual for 1994 Cherokees
> and
> there is a listing for a 10 amp fuse labeled for ETR radio/power antenna
> in
> the Chilton diagram of the fuse block that looks like the one I have. I
> don't have the owner's manual and the fuse block doesn't seem to have a
> cover or anything listing what goes where. I have no idea what an ETR
> radio is, but google seems to think it stands for 'electronically tunable
> radio'. The original factory radio was electronically tunable or digital
> tuning at least and worked fine without the fuse (at least the radio did,
> I
> think the cassette is permanently busted). I don't have a power antenna.
> I'm about to stick a 10 amp fuse in there to see if I can get to work. Any
> ideas before I fubar everything?
>
> oh and to the people who said aftermarket radios are ugly in a previous
> thread, yeah it's pretty ugly.