Help! My missus was trying to get to sleep last night, and complained that someone must be having a rave nearby as she could hear muffled music. I went outside to see if I could get an idea of where the noise was coming from, and found it was our car! The radio had switched itself on, none of us had been near the car yesterday as we'd been out since 6:30am. I went to use the car the other day, and when I opened the door the radio was playing, but I thought it came on as I unlocked using the remote key. 

 

Its a 'Dance' radio, and the car is an 07 (56) '2' model. The other thing the radio is doing is to go into 'Phone' mode randomly when switched on, it just keeps flicking in and out of this mode but there's no phone connected and never has been while I've had it. It did go through a phase a while ago of just not working at all, then when I was driving to the main dealer to get the radio code so we could get the cause investigated, the radio started working and has been fine since! 

 

I've about to take the radio fuse (no.50) out now to stop it happening again, but of course leaves me with no radio at all! Does anyone know what's causing this or how to fix it? Or even which other Skoda radios would be compatible to replace it without major wiring alterations? Any help welcomed! 

 

(I'll 'fess up, it's a Roomster but it's somewhat busier in here than the Roomy forums so someone's more likely to see my post, hope that's ok!) 

Edited 22 May, 20179 yr by Whitevanman

Sounds like a poor connection. Might have just came on after being left switched on, as the connection became good. As for coming on by itself, weird! In fact, they should turn themselves off after around an hour if you leave it on after exiting the car. Switch off the ignition, pull the key and it turns off. turn it on again without the key, an hour later, off again. Power saving feature.

 

Perhaps it was a dodgy connection.