Dave,
Thanks for the input, I wanted to stress one thing about this radio, it does not have the "SAFE" message on the display. When the radio is powered up it displays 88.3 FM. Thats it, will not tune makes no sound, can not change to CD. The car had the battery disconnected a number of times. Every time the car was reconnected the result was the same for this radio. This radio is a stock VW radio as far as I know. I do need to get a service manual. Unfortunately there are no manuals with this car, why do owners loose or not transferr owners manuals is beyond me. Leave the manual in the car when you sell it. So I do need to look at the fuse, but what leads me to believe it's not the fuse, it does power up with the above mentioned display. This car is going back to the mechanic who worked on it for him to fix a few things that he screwed up, (steering wheel reinstalled out 90 degrees, air bag warning light on, check engine light on, found out the check engine light is on because the distributer was reinstalled out 1 tooth). Anyway, maybe he can find out if he failed to hook something back up.
Thanks again for the input, and I will post what the results were
Ed