Tin Indian
03-23-2003, 08:31 PM
I am not very sharp when it comes to car stereo systems, so bear with me.
I have a 98 TA that came from the factory with an in-dash AM/FM radio and cassette deck combo unit (no disk player)
5 years ago I installed a 12 disk Pioneer CDX-FM128 disk player (visually looks like the stock GM unit). It comes with the player, a velcro mounted display unit, antenna switching unit, and a remote. This player works though the radio. It has a freq modulator in it so you can hear the disc music through the radio on certain selectable radio frequencies. I was told that this was about the only type of player that would work in my car since I have steering wheel radio controls, and the car was not equipped with the factory CD player.
This unit used to sound pretty good...... BUT;
Now I am getting a lot of static when using it. Other radio stations seem to bleed in and ruin the sound of my CD music. Even if I change the freq that the CD player operates on, I still will get bleed-over from other radio stations after traveling for a while down the highway. It never used to be this touchy to radio station bleed-over and static.
Could some kind of filter in it be bad, or maybe the freq. modulator in the CD player be going bad? Maybe the "antenna switching unit"? The music it plays is really getting worse with static and bleed-over from other radio stations.
Any help would be appreciated...
What are my options?
Thanks in advance,
Ron
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<small>[ March 23, 2003, 08:49 PM: Message edited by: Kimchee and Rice ]</small>
I have a 98 TA that came from the factory with an in-dash AM/FM radio and cassette deck combo unit (no disk player)
5 years ago I installed a 12 disk Pioneer CDX-FM128 disk player (visually looks like the stock GM unit). It comes with the player, a velcro mounted display unit, antenna switching unit, and a remote. This player works though the radio. It has a freq modulator in it so you can hear the disc music through the radio on certain selectable radio frequencies. I was told that this was about the only type of player that would work in my car since I have steering wheel radio controls, and the car was not equipped with the factory CD player.
This unit used to sound pretty good...... BUT;
Now I am getting a lot of static when using it. Other radio stations seem to bleed in and ruin the sound of my CD music. Even if I change the freq that the CD player operates on, I still will get bleed-over from other radio stations after traveling for a while down the highway. It never used to be this touchy to radio station bleed-over and static.
Could some kind of filter in it be bad, or maybe the freq. modulator in the CD player be going bad? Maybe the "antenna switching unit"? The music it plays is really getting worse with static and bleed-over from other radio stations.
Any help would be appreciated...
What are my options?
Thanks in advance,
Ron
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<small>[ March 23, 2003, 08:49 PM: Message edited by: Kimchee and Rice ]</small>