C5 car radios

[Peter.N.]

Have I just been unlucky or is this the norm? When I bought my 406 the CD player in the radio didn't work, I bought a secondhand replacement and that didn't either, well only briefly, the one in my latest C5 doesn't either, is this something common to Peugeot/Citroen radios? I have tried cleaning the laser with no effect.

Peter

[Citroenmad]

It is not uncommon for early C5 radios to play up. Most of them no longer turn on and off with the button, I have one radio in the garage which lost the ability to play the radio and threw another which didn't play CDs.

[Peter.N.]

An aftermarket set then.

Peter

[citroenxm]

Hi Peter,

406 units the same, the CD units seem a common failure..

[Peter.N.]

Thanks Paul, I was beginning to come to that conclusion. I have a Pioneer unit in the other C5.

Peter

[addo]

Have you checked the cathode bias?

[Peter.N.]

No, nor the needle in the player

[jgra1]

Peter I have a sony MP40 that should go in there..

[addo]

Throw in a box of medium tone needles and he'll be sold on it.

It's interesting; the radio fault is one found here also - most UK faults don't cross over so readily and I therefore ascribe to the damp. Have people experienced any joy unplugging and replugging the connections a few times? (That worked for the Alfa's ESP gyro sensor.)