Shutting engine but leave stereo on

[waltzonice]

Is there a way to shut the engine, but leave the stereo on? I know that I can turn off the engine, and then press the start button again with my foot off the brakes, but that would cause a slight interruption to the program that I was listening to.

 

[garg]

Is there a way to shut the engine, but leave the stereo on? I know that I can turn off the engine, and then press the start button again with my foot off the brakes, but that would cause a slight interruption to the program that I was listening to.

You don't have to press the start button, just press the power button on the radio. That should turn the radio back on.
Now I am not sure how long it stays on. I am hoping it times out after a certain time otherwise you run the risk of draining the battery.

I also noticed that when you are running the radio with the engine turned off, the volume is severely limited. I found out when we are trying to party on the beach and couldn't turn the volume high enough. I guess I understand the reason but I wish they had not implemented this feature.

 

[a517458]

in the old lr3, it display a message"low power mode" or something, i can't remember, the volume can only go up to 20. The new lr4 does not show anything, but it did limit the volume when engine is not working...

I agree, I'm really not used to the radio powers off when you push the button...

 

[alexcorral]

How long have you been able to keep the radio on without having battery problems to start later? I went for about an hour at the beach this Saturday and didn't have any problems, but was worried...

 

[mrtp4]

When I turn off the truck, then turn the radio on (with the radio button only), it works fine but about 10-15 minutes later it automatically turns off. So to keep the radio on (say at the beach like alexcorral) it seems I need the ignition on. Then I manually have to turn off the climate control and other things to stop the fans etc from running down the battery.

Is there something I am missing? Seems silly that there is no simple way to turn on the radio and leave it on for an hour...