Radio
Radio
Caravan Mode
The standard cabin radio is linked to the CAN-bus system, and has a timer to automatically shut down to conserve battery power.
The MENU control has the option IGN TIME (6th item ↑) where you can change the timer from 20 minutes to 0 minutes and vice versa using the ← and → buttons.
But 20 minutes is too short when parked up. So its good to change the timer to 180 minutes (this IS an option).
- Turn on the radio.
- Within 15 seconds, simultaneously press "FM AS" and preset button "2". Keep them pressed until the display changes. Each time this pair of buttons is pressed, the display will alternate between NORM IGN and CARAVAN.
- Ensure that CARAVAN is displayed. Let go the buttons.
- Then press MENU and check that option IGN TIME shows 180 and can be changed to 0.
Speakers in Camper
TravelTrucks wired the camper speakers (over the camper seats) in parallel with the cabin speakers. But the camper speakers are slightly more efficient, ie louder, than the cabin speakers and they could not be adjusted separately. I have changed this by making the camper speakers the "rear" speakers for the radio — the rear channels in the radio were not being used. Now the sound in the camper can be adjusted separately from that in the cabin, using the radio Fader.
From SuperCheap Auto, I obtained an Aerpro APP053 car radio wiring harness. Any "ISO Female harness to vehicle xxx" would have done, since what I needed was the radio speaker connector with all its pins present. I unjumbled the TravelTrucks speaker wiring, terminating the wires with crimped ferrules, and joined them to the new (red) connector block via two screw terminal strips, one for each of front and rear speakers, i.e., cabin and camper speakers. With some difficulty I extracted the rest of the wires from the OEM connector (i.e. the power and CANBUS wires) and transferred them to the other new (black) connector. The photo shows the result, ready for the radio to be reinserted.
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