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Originally Posted by Nomake Wan

Oh yeah, Phil... Kashima-san's 'R' is "Data Points to Read." Look at the Binary version of the read command. Notice that the 'R' is the spot where one would use 00 to read one space, or 01 for two, or 02 for three, etc. That's why I originally used "30 30" as the last two ASCII digits... but it didn't work.

OK. Now that makes sense and it ties up with the description on the ScoobyMonitor site.

Originally Posted by Nomake Wan

I was giving it some thought, though... the 92 is the oldest SVX. Is it possible that the wiring is just...getting old? That the electrical system has just aged more than the 94s and such?

Funnily enough I was thinking the same thing. It could be very well be due to a bad ground somewhere.

Originally Posted by Nomake Wan

Also, what do you think would happen if I were to bypass the VDC input and replace it with a 9V battery? Using an external power source instead of the car's. Would that fix it? Or is it really in the transmission voltage?

I have no idea. You could try it. You will need to keep a common ground between your 9v battery and the car battery.