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radio in my car works fine for 10min and after that dies
Hi All,
A couple weeks ago my radio in my ford fiesta started to behave very strangely. After around 10-15min of driving, the radio signal became weaker and weaker and at the end I couldn't listen to any station at all. When I stop the car and it has a little bit of break then again I can listen to the radio but after a short period of time is loses ability to catch any signal again. The interesting thing is that when I try listen to any radio in LW (long waves) mode it doesn't have the same problem. CD player also works fine. I wonder what it could be. Is there any chance if I restart it somehow it will work fine again or I just need to go to a ford service company? Please advice. Many thanks, Richard |
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radio in my car works fine for 10min and after that dies
"Richard" wrote in message ... Hi All, A couple weeks ago my radio in my ford fiesta started to behave very strangely. I wonder what it could be. Is there any chance if I restart it somehow it will work fine again or I just need to go to a ford service company? For all intents and purposes, car radios are disposable. It will almost certainly cost you more to have it fixed (if it's fixable) than to replace it. Seriously, it's junk, go get a new one installed. |
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radio in my car works fine for 10min and after that dies
Or if you were happy with the features and sound quality, you can usually
find a used replacement unit for whole lot less at your local salvage yard or by searching E-Bay. Bob "Dave" wrote in message news:Z0xyk.1999$1x6.2@edtnps82... "Richard" wrote in message ... Hi All, A couple weeks ago my radio in my ford fiesta started to behave very strangely. I wonder what it could be. Is there any chance if I restart it somehow it will work fine again or I just need to go to a ford service company? For all intents and purposes, car radios are disposable. It will almost certainly cost you more to have it fixed (if it's fixable) than to replace it. Seriously, it's junk, go get a new one installed. |
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radio in my car works fine for 10min and after that dies
"Bob Shuman" wrote in message ... Or if you were happy with the features and sound quality, you can usually find a used replacement unit for whole lot less at your local salvage yard or by searching E-Bay. Or, like top-posting Bob notes, junkyards are sometimes good. Don't let 'em rip you off though. Ford radios ain't known for their sonic purity. For many years Ford used the car's frame as the signal return ground from the speakers... not a good idea if you know anything about RFI, but it saved them the cost of 15 feet of 18ga wire, maybe $0.50 if that. |
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radio in my car works fine for 10min and after that dies
"Dave" wrote in message news:H1Byk.2052$1x6.929@edtnps82... "Bob Shuman" wrote in message ... Or if you were happy with the features and sound quality, you can usually find a used replacement unit for whole lot less at your local salvage yard or by searching E-Bay. Or, like top-posting Bob notes, junkyards are sometimes good. Don't let 'em rip you off though. Ford radios ain't known for their sonic purity. For many years Ford used the car's frame as the signal return ground from the speakers... not a good idea if you know anything about RFI, but it saved them the cost of 15 feet of 18ga wire, maybe $0.50 if that. Times a few million vehicles. |
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radio in my car works fine for 10min and after that dies
"Richard" wrote in message ... Hi All, A couple weeks ago my radio in my ford fiesta started to behave very strangely. After around 10-15min of driving, the radio signal became weaker and weaker and at the end I couldn't listen to any station at all. When I stop the car and it has a little bit of break then again I can listen to the radio but after a short period of time is loses ability to catch any signal again. The interesting thing is that when I try listen to any radio in LW (long waves) mode it doesn't have the same problem. CD player also works fine. I wonder what it could be. Is there any chance if I restart it somehow it will work fine again or I just need to go to a ford service company? Please advice. Many thanks, Richard Sounds to me like you don't know anything about FM Radio. Just because Longwave can travel great distances doesn't mean that FM radio can. Of course it's going to fade out as you drive farther away from the transmitter. FM carries more data than AM and therefore it doesn't travel as far. |
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