radio signal

[s_matt]

afternoon all my dad has got himself an ocky vrs on and 2008 plate, he is having trouble picking up radio 5 live which is 909-963 am. Can some one do me a favour and try it on their standard stereo and see if it works please

thanking you

[Deepjoy]

afternoon all my dad has got himself an ocky vrs on and 2008 plate, he is having trouble picking up radio 5 live which is 909-963 am. Can some one do me a favour and try it on their standard stereo and see if it works please

thanking you

It may be a typo, but it's 693 and not 963.

[g_tee]

I'm sure I've had Radio 5 before now because I've listened to the GP on it.

[s_matt]

It may be a typo, but it's 693 and not 963.

sorry it was a typo i was trying to multi task which clearly i am not equipped to do

I'm sure I've had Radio 5 before now because I've listened to the GP on it.

ok thanks for that i wonder why he cant get it

[g_tee]

Is it a Stream Radio he has?

[s_matt]

erm not sure its the one with the 6 cd multi changer attached alone with the aux in

[bucksoctavia]

Radio 5 is fine on mine. But about a year sgo my aerial amplified base went faulty & I lost AM stations only. That was replaced under warranty, the only time I used the warranty in the 1st 3 years!. Perhaps his has this fault?

[bucksoctavia]

Radio 5 is fine on mine. But about a year sgo my aerial amplified base went faulty & I lost AM stations only. That was replaced under warranty, the only time I used the warranty in the 1st 3 years!. Perhaps his has this fault?

[s_matt]

that could be it, do you know how much this item costs and is it a tricky job?

[rustyGT]

I have the same problem..... I can't even get a poor signal..

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[bucksoctavia]

Sorry i do not know the cost as mine was a warranty job. I guess it may have been covered here in the past. Mine is estate & I'm sure they could get to it without removing roof lining, just removed the hard plastic edging by the rear hatch & enough space to do it. Took less thsn an hour including giving it a wash!

[s_matt]

fair one i will look into, thanks for your help peoples

[Jono76]

Very common problem on these cars. The amplifier in the base of the aerial gets water ingress, and the corrosion just stops it working.

When mine went last year, FM was perfectly fine, but I totally lost AM.

New aerial from the dealers is under £30.

Mike

Are the aerials an easy 'self-fit' item or are we talking dealer fit only?!?