radio days
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radio days
I set up a really cool radio in my 68 corvette...It is mounted in the passenger side glove box...It is really cool until I have to change the station 
I have a remote, but it doesn't do really well when the lid is closed...this is not however the question of this thread.
I still have the stock radio in, because I want to keep a somewhat factory look...and I want the courtesy lights to light up when I have the lights on...
my question is, is it ok to have the radio on with out a speaker load?
I have a remote, but it doesn't do really well when the lid is closed...this is not however the question of this thread.I still have the stock radio in, because I want to keep a somewhat factory look...and I want the courtesy lights to light up when I have the lights on...
my question is, is it ok to have the radio on with out a speaker load?
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From: Valencia (near LA) CA
Originally Posted by terrible_buddhist
I set up a really cool radio in my 68 corvette...It is mounted in the passenger side glove box...It is really cool until I have to change the station I have a remote, but it doesn't do really well when the lid is closed...this is not however the question of this thread.
I still have the stock radio in, because I want to keep a somewhat factory look...and I want the courtesy lights to light up when I have the lights on...
my question is, is it ok to have the radio on with out a speaker load?
I have a remote, but it doesn't do really well when the lid is closed...this is not however the question of this thread.I still have the stock radio in, because I want to keep a somewhat factory look...and I want the courtesy lights to light up when I have the lights on...
my question is, is it ok to have the radio on with out a speaker load?
I think I remember reading somewhere that you can just use a resister as a load to protect the amplifier.
TO help with the question you didn't ask
Xantech makes infa-red extension kits. I think they run on 12v so an install in a car should be painless.~Jay
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To be safe you should add a 8 ohm, 1-2 watt resistor to each channels output. As you will not be "cranking the volume", you could get away with using a 10 ohm or take 3-22 ohm, 1/2 watts and twist them in parallel. Either of these two standard values will be available at Radio Shack.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
