What does SVX stand for anyways? (part II)

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I found the link http://www.svx.com (it's a Japanese site, a little difficult to read). Just now ran it through the Babelfish website translator (at http://babel.altavista.com/). Much better!

If you click on the 2nd link down, "About SVX," it says that SVX stands for "Subaru Vehicle X". Is the "X" a Roman numeral "10"?

The second missing word is "Pleiades" (name of the M45 star cluster, AKA "The Seven Sisters.") This is the constellation in the Subaru emblem. "Alcyone" is one of the stars/sisters (see a photo of the constellation at http://www.seds.org/billa/twn/m45x.html).

There is some other neat info on the "About SVX" page -- specs and options on the Japanese versions of the car.

Under the 3rd link down, "After Parts" (after-market parts, perhaps?), midway down there is a link to "Installation of audio" . Lotsa neat pictures (really cool seeing the RHD layout, and different environmental control panel; I would love to see a better pic of that).

Now we know what pin 16 is for on the radio connector: "to audio satellite switches" (remote amp power control, I bet; I'll have to search for the speaker/antenna connector in the trunk where I think the other end of that wire goes). You can tell they got the (bad) info for pins 4 and 12 from the Subaru wiring diagram -- says those pins only go to the CD player (they also go to the car's instrument illumination and dimming circuitry).

Take a look at this SVX WAGON !!! http://www.svx.com/amadeus.jpg (midway down the "gallery" page).

I started traversing some of the links from his "links" page. Lots of fascinating sites out there, and a surprising amount is readable via Babelfish.