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[Ding a Ling]

My 2006 (face lift) Estate has a Radio Processor that will not behave !!! It just "searches" all the time and never 'locks' onto any Radio Station (unless you are parked under the Transmitter Mast). If you stick with a Pre-Tuned station then it will stay locked a little longer but not much. I figure that the Radio has a fault in the RF feed [eg: Aerial, Co-Ax Cable or RF Amp].
*) Has any one got recommendations as to where to start Fault Finding and How ?
*) Where does the Co-Ax Cable route and where is the inline RF Amp ?
*) Has any one had an Aerial failure, coz I've noticed that the Aerial is 'bent forwards' by the Rear Wing when you open the rear estate door.
Any one seen Dave DND ? [size=8]please[/size]
[size=11]Cheers, Ding a Ling                      :-?[/size]

[Dave DND]

The favourite to fail is the aerial connector cable at the rear of the stereo as the centre core is easily fractured.

Easy to diagnose, but a bugger to perform the diagnosis.

Pull out the stereo and cage and leads so that you can power the stereo up whilst hanging it out of the dash. Tune into a known good radio station frequency and unplug the aerail cable. With something mettallic, or even a wet finger, touch the centre pin of the aerial connector at the back of the radio and see if the signal strength and sound improves. If it does, the radio is OK, and the fault lies with either the aerial cable or the aerial itself.

 

[TheBoy]

I agree with Dave DND above, sounds like the aerial signal is poor, and that invariably is the crap connector on the back

[Ding a Ling]

Thanks for the tip, fella's and sorry for the delayed responce (find it hard to get things done with work eating up large chunks of time) will get me fingers wet asap.
Regards,
             Ding a Ling.............