Why is it the radio on the entertainment unit constantly scans from one station to another - it was alright when I bought the car a year ago but now it seems unable to hold a signal for more than a few minutes(seconds) at a time
Does this mean the unit is at the end of its useful life ? or am I doing something wrong ?
xantia vsx 1.9td on an L plate
Thanks All
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Moderator: RichardW
Does it have a control marked AF or something? If it has its supposed to make the thing search for a stronger signal. The other fun one is the TA - trafic announcement which interrupts everything - and on mine turns on the CD when its finished.
Have a good look for strange symbols and letters in the display and try and get rid of them!
Have a good look for strange symbols and letters in the display and try and get rid of them!
jeremy
The RDS system on your radio will search for a stronger signal if the signal it is receiving becomes weak. it could be that you have a dodgy aerial connection which is dropping the signal level generally. check the connector on the back of the unit is pushed home properly. as a temporary "fix" you can turn off the RDS but this will also disable the traffic announcements (is that a bad thing??).
Ron
Ron
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If it skips around with the RDS turned off then it can't be down to RDS - ie may not be due to weak signal causing RDS to perform seek. Do you have steering wheel controls for station change? - could be a sticking switch on there. If so, try disconnecting steering wheel controls.
Ron
Ron
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2004 C5 VTR HDI 103k
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