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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Car Audio / June 2004Car Radio Keep Losing Favorite Channels Settings
The car radio in my 1996 PathFinder keeps losing the favorite channels settings. Is this something to be expected and accepted? Is there a battery somewhere in the radio that I need to replace? Does this mean this stock radio is dying and need to be replaced soon? I will not mind replacing it because the CD-player in this radio has problem ejecting CD anyway. Thanks in advance for any info. Jay Chan If it's a stock stereo, sounds like you have a blown fuse somewhere that stores your presets; perhaps the cigarette lighter fuse? Check the fuses in the fuse box and possibly under the hood for any blown and replace. > The car radio in my 1996 PathFinder keeps losing the favorite channels > settings. Is this something to be expected and accepted? Is there a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jay Chan In addition to checking the fuses, I would pull the stereo out and make sure all the wiring harness connections are securely fastened (and any fuses behind the stereo, if any). Does the stereo lose your stations each and every time you shut the car off, or just once in a while? Tony  SignatureWhat's more likely? That an all-powerful mysterious god created the universe and then decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or, that he simply doesn't exist at all? And that we created him so that we wouldn't have to feel so small and alone. -Eleanor Arroway, Contact > If it's a stock stereo, sounds like you have a blown fuse somewhere that > stores your presets; perhaps the cigarette lighter fuse? Check the fuses in [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > Jay Chan > In addition to checking the fuses, I would pull the stereo out and make sure > all the wiring harness connections are securely fastened (and any fuses > behind the stereo, if any). Does the stereo lose your stations each and > every time you shut the car off, or just once in a while? Thanks for responding to my post. The stock sterro loses the favorite stations settings once in a while, not all the time. Actually, the same stereo also loses track with which sound track its CD-player was playing before I turn off the car -- but this happens in a much higher frequency than losing favorite stations (let's say 50% vs 10%). Do you still think that this problem is related to the fuses or the contact in wiring? Jay Chan Well, it's not a fuse then. It's either a connection that is working its way loose once in a while or the stereo is bad. Tony SignatureWhat's more likely? That an all-powerful mysterious god created the universe and then decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or, that he simply doesn't exist at all? And that we created him so that we wouldn't have to feel so small and alone. -Eleanor Arroway, Contact > > In addition to checking the fuses, I would pull the stereo out and make sure > > all the wiring harness connections are securely fastened (and any fuses [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jay Chan > Well, it's not a fuse then. It's either a connection that is working its > way loose once in a while or the stereo is bad. OK, I will check the contact of the wiring connections. If this doesn't fix the problem, I will have to find a way to replace the car radio. Thanks. Jay Chan You probably would be cheaper or close to the cost of getting a new stereo. You can get a basic, Pioneer, in dash single cd with detachable face for like $100. > > Well, it's not a fuse then. It's either a connection that is working its > > way loose once in a while or the stereo is bad. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jay Chan > You probably would be cheaper or close to the cost of getting a new stereo. > You can get a basic, Pioneer, in dash single cd with detachable face for > like $100. I meant to check this myself, not hiring someone to check it. I only intend to check something obvious. If I find that this is beyond me, I will get a new car stereo and get someone to install it. Jay Chan |
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