Stereo/Phone/SatNav : - Radio - De-tuning?!

surf4life · Oct 6th, 2008, 12:48

Hello,

I've got a 55 plate s40 sport and have had no problems until this weekend. I preset stations into my car about a month ago i.e. Radio 1 on button 1. This weekend while driving around the radio stations keep detuning and retuning themselves, its normally 0.1 up or down, i.e. i'm listening to Radio 1 on 99.5 with perfect reception and it will detune itself by jumping up to 99.6 or down to 99.4, sometimes it rights itself other times I have to press the 1 button again. This happens every 30 seconds or so. Is this a common problem? Noone has tampered with my aerial, or at least I don't think so.

Also I noticed that even when my screen wash is full I get a low screen wash warning every four or five times I start the car!!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated - cheers!

Ian

7050man · Oct 9th, 2008, 19:37

My 55 plate V50 seemed to loose it's settings about 6 moths ago. NOthing definite, but would not seem to hold a station.

I'm not sure that I may have caused the problem myself, as I hit the factory default reset buton in one of the menus.

Would this have negated any software updates for the radio?

It was recommended to me to clean the inside rear window (where the arial is). I did this but no real obvious improvement.

Clan · Oct 9th, 2008, 20:56

Are you sure this is not the normal RDS system working ? ( scanning transmitters and locking on to the one offering strongest signal )? Have you suddenly started to move around the county a lot especialy up and down those valleys with their repeaters ? When the frequency does change do you still hear the station you were tuned to?

7050man · Oct 10th, 2008, 10:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clan

Are you sure this is not the normal RDS system working ? ( scanning transmitters and locking on to the one offering strongest signal )? Have you suddenly started to move around the county a lot especialy up and down those valleys with their repeaters ? When the frequency does change do you still hear the station you were tuned to?

Well I'm not sure really. It seems that I have to manually retune as the signal seems to degrade as I move to another area with slightly different frequency. Something that I didn't seem to have to do before.

It's not that the station drops out or goes completely, but there is a degradation of signal with noise in the background.
Retuning generally brings it back.

In terms of journeys, no change really. As an engineer I travel all over the south and East with occasional forays to the midlands.

As I said, all of this seemed to occur after I hit the reset default option in one of the menus.

Oct 6th, 2008, 12:48	#1
surf4life New Member Last Online: Aug 11th, 2010 08:59 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cardiff	Radio - De-tuning?! Hello, I've got a 55 plate s40 sport and have had no problems until this weekend. I preset stations into my car about a month ago i.e. Radio 1 on button 1. This weekend while driving around the radio stations keep detuning and retuning themselves, its normally 0.1 up or down, i.e. i'm listening to Radio 1 on 99.5 with perfect reception and it will detune itself by jumping up to 99.6 or down to 99.4, sometimes it rights itself other times I have to press the 1 button again. This happens every 30 seconds or so. Is this a common problem? Noone has tampered with my aerial, or at least I don't think so. Also I noticed that even when my screen wash is full I get a low screen wash warning every four or five times I start the car!!! Any help would be greatly appreciated - cheers! Ian

Oct 9th, 2008, 20:56	#3
Clan Experienced Member Last Online: Today 11:14 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: L/H side	Are you sure this is not the normal RDS system working ? ( scanning transmitters and locking on to the one offering strongest signal )? Have you suddenly started to move around the county a lot especialy up and down those valleys with their repeaters ? When the frequency does change do you still hear the station you were tuned to? __________________ My comments are only based on my opinions and vast experience .

Oct 9th, 2008, 19:37	#2
7050man Master Member Last Online: Jan 25th, 2019 17:19 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kent	My 55 plate V50 seemed to loose it's settings about 6 moths ago. NOthing definite, but would not seem to hold a station. I'm not sure that I may have caused the problem myself, as I hit the factory default reset buton in one of the menus. Would this have negated any software updates for the radio? It was recommended to me to clean the inside rear window (where the arial is). I did this but no real obvious improvement.

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