View Poll Results: Do you power up/down your unit each time via the knob?

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  1. #1
    Good Citizen
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    Jan 2006
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    Default Do you power up/down your unit each time via the knob?

    I don't really know if it is any better for the V1 to use the knob each time, but I constantly turn off the V1 before turning the car off and turn the car on before turning the V1 back on. Am I alone?

    Is it any better for the unit itself?

  2. #2
    Speed Demon
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    If I remember I try to. If the unit is on, it just reboots the unit when I turn the car back on. Not sure if this is good or not.

  3. #3
    Good Citizen
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    i find it easier to unplug it, then plug it back in, then to twist the knob..

  4. #4
    Radar Fanatic
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    My v1 is on all the time . . I don't plug it back in till my car is started. .

    Sometimes I forget on a quick run into the store I forget.

  5. #5
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    Mine is hardwired to a non-switched wire, if I leave the unit on and shut my car off the V1 would stay on. After about a week or so it became habit to just turn it off and I dont even think about it anymore.


    It could be bad for the V1 to "reboot" itself upon start up, a voltage surge would pop the fuze or fry the unit.

  6. #6
    Experienced
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    I have mine hardwired to a permanent live feed, I switch the unit on after I start the car and switch off when I'm done.

  7. #7
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    I do the same but not hardwired...

    Quote Originally Posted by Ade
    I have mine hardwired to a permanent live feed, I switch the unit on after I start the car and switch off when I'm done.

 

 

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