no it won't work, the only way to "save presets" is to keep the radio powered [with the correct size fuse] - a radio will always have a ground, even with the battery removed from the vehicle, it's the positive side that prevents the radio computer from losing its mind, and that's why the radio will kill your battery with a period of sitting

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics