Skoda Fabia II 2009 Dance ICE Issue? Please help!

[ORM]

Hello all, 

 

I am new to this site having recently purchased a second hand Skoda Fabia II 1.4 TDi (2009) from a friend. The car is otherwise working very well but was sold to me with a faulty radio/CD issue which I will now explain...

 

Firstly, the radio cannot collect any find radio signals when using the scan button, it simply keeps going past all frequencies. When entered directly into the tuning it is able to get a signal but it isn't great, tends to fizz out a lot. I originally thought this may be simply an antenna issue until I tried the CD...

 

The second issue is with the CD player. Often when getting in the car the system cannot recognize CD's which I know can work. If i keep attempting it will eventually take it, but can skip parts of a song or whole tracks at a time. The actual music played is fine but it is intermittently interrupted by a frequent noise (sounding about every 0.5sec), sounding like a loud clap/fizz. This is not constant, and varies in loudness. After driving the car for a while (i.e. +45 minutes), this issue usually resolves and the CD player works fine with no issues!

 

It could be that these are two separate issues but just wanted to check before I start messing around trying to make the aerial better if its working okay! I would be grateful for any input anyone may have for a possible reason for this, or how this may be fixed!

 

Many thanks and best wishes, 

Oliver

 

P.S. Auxiliary input works fine without issues.  

[promethian]

Def 2 separate issues.

 

The CD issue sounds like a dirty laser lens in the CD player.

 

The scan issue could be an antenna issue, but it may just be the antenna connector is loose in the back of the Dance.

The Dance has poor reception compared other radio's, but it shouldn't be that bad.

[ORM]

Thank you. 

 

Ill check out the antenna connector to see if that resolves it, if not ill have to trace back the connection to the aerial to see where its going wrong.

 

Ill try pick up one of those lazer lens cleaner CD's to see if that does the trick for the CD fault.

 

Thanks again!

Ollie

[Guest]

ORM, welcome to the site. The radio issue, as has been said is almost certainly a aerial issue. Most often it's the signal booster at the base of the antenna. They get moisture in them and it freaks them out so they don't'do their job. Easy fix. The cd could indeed be a dirty laser lens but Dance, and other sets can be prone to not playing 'home burned' cd's unless they are burned at very very slow speed. It should always play any original bought cd though. Overall, the Dance is a good set and quality is ok.