> Radio one thats a old station?
>
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>> We're all old here. What's Radio 1?
>> DaveK.
fitted same radio to a megane yesterday and it sorted radio one no probs
shame it didnt fit into dash very well but never mind that
did the original radio work ok in this respect in your area?
cos if it was ok then the tuner is probably just,well crap really!!!
however with radio stations its sometimes just where you are rather than
what you have
so drive it else where if you think this is the case and retest
if its any consalation at all
i live 4 miles from the radio aire transmitter in Leeds
and despite their latest adverts that they have doubled their transmitter
power
reception disappears at random as i drive to work (nearer to transmitter)
smp1980uk - 26 Feb 2006 13:19 GMT
the old tape deck worked fine. so im guessing unless i did something realy
stupid with the install this new radio has crappy reception. is there
anyway i can get a signal bosster or anything?
Mindwipe - 26 Feb 2006 15:57 GMT
> the old tape deck worked fine. so im guessing unless i did something realy
> stupid with the install this new radio has crappy reception. is there
> anyway i can get a signal bosster or anything?
have you checked the areial connection at the back?
also make sure the aerial base is secure and the connection to it
it may be just a coincidence
if that fails try the radio in another car to confirm the fault and then
take it back
Mark Carver - 28 Feb 2006 08:34 GMT
> the old tape deck worked fine. so im guessing unless i did something realy
> stupid with the install this new radio has crappy reception. is there
> anyway i can get a signal bosster or anything?
Whereabouts do you live ? it might be 98.2 is subject to a powerful
local oscillator image from another station.
Peter Chant - 28 Feb 2006 01:03 GMT
> fitted same radio to a megane yesterday and it sorted radio one no probs
> shame it didnt fit into dash very well but never mind that
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> power
> reception disappears at random as i drive to work (nearer to transmitter)
Just a thought. Maybe lack of signal strength is not the problem, but too
much. Perhaps the input stages of the radio are being swamped. Does radio
1 work fine if you move further from the transmitter? Can you receive
stations at frequencies close to radio 1?
Ideally you could try fitting an attenuator in between the antenna and
radio, but I suspect you have not got one handy. I'm not sure what your
car uses for an antenna. If you can make it cut out reliably somewhere
unscrew the antenna and put in a shorter bit of wire temporary to make one
with less gain (i.e. gets less signal strength) and see if that does
anything.
IIRC some car radios had two differing signal strength settings, one marked
'DX' on one of my parents old cars. If the radio in question has these
modes have a play and see if there is a difference.
Pete

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> Radio one thats a old station?
It's like the Light Programme but they feature popular beat combos...

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