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TJElite
12-11-2007, 05:39 PM
I had a customer today, who suddenly lost FM. AM still works, as does everything else. Checked the antenna and connections, all were fine. Put in a new unit, and all is well. Basically, it just wouldn't tune FM...seek just kept running the dial, and if you manually set a system, it just wouldn't come in.

This is the first time I've seen this, in over 20 years of car audio.

Just curious if anyone else has seen this.

Toby
88RedRex
12-11-2007, 05:45 PM
we had a 91' Mercury Grand Marquis at the shop and this same thing happened, we were selling it so we didnt care, we told the person that bought it that it needed a new radio havent seen it since
Skittle
12-11-2007, 06:15 PM
Never seen much less heard of the problem.

What kind of unit was being used?
galacticmonkey
12-11-2007, 06:30 PM
Thats how my car is. With the aftermarket HU I didnt get any FM reception, then when I put the stock HU back in i barely get most stations.
the727kid
12-11-2007, 06:33 PM
^^^I know you get reception with that 880 I sold you.
wmartinlsmith
12-11-2007, 07:26 PM
well i have this same prob... but i think its my antenna location and tint.. (it's on the side window, tinted over (mettalic) volvo wagons ftl...

so i just run sirius and dont listen to fm anymore... oh yeah i have a pos sony hu that i got on the CHEAP!
Notladstyle
12-11-2007, 07:36 PM
I bet half these problems are stock signal amplifiers that aren't getting power because the after market harness isn't properly connected.
TJElite
12-11-2007, 07:43 PM
I bet half these problems are stock signal amplifiers that aren't getting power because the after market harness isn't properly connected.


Well, this one is a Jensen headunit, and everything is hooked up properly.

We put it in last week (I don't normally put stuff in that I didn't sell, but this was a good customer), and it worked until yesterday, when the FM just quit. Dropped in a new JVC unit, using the same harness, hookup, and antenna / adapter, and all is well again.

Toby
MCOR
12-12-2007, 08:32 PM
Never seen that one either. Seen some units tune better than others (our display board-prime example), but never FM inop completely. Interesting...
Notladstyle
12-12-2007, 09:05 PM
Dang, another reason Jensen FTL