My Fire Chief has a new 2023 Chevy Tahoe command vehicle with an APX8500 w. O5 head. He has noticed that if he has the car running with the radio on, and walks away from the car with the fob, the radio will power off, and unless he knows to check, will stay off when he would return and drive off. He would need to power it back on manually. This caused him to miss a call the first time he noticed this. I assume this is an issue with the igintion sense power. I have the radio set to soft power off in CPS, as I do all our mobiles and do not see any other option that may affect this. Is it a wiring issue that was done by the installer? Not sure I want to tear into how they wired it as its still under warranty.
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APX8500 powers off when fob is taken away.
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The new GM's have a feature where if you walk away with the engine running and the keyfob it'll beep to let you know, and I think it'll shut off the engine. Should be a setting for that in the controls on the entertainment system.
Might be a wiring issue, also. Make sure it's actually hooked up to an ignition switched circuit if it still does it after adjusting the settings above.
Might be a wiring issue, also. Make sure it's actually hooked up to an ignition switched circuit if it still does it after adjusting the settings above.
