Please help with "Freq Modulator" style CD disk changer
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Please help with "Freq Modulator" style CD disk changer 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>
Re: Please help with "Freq Modulator" style CD disk changer Ron,
the switching unit your referring to is called an "FM modulator" box. I've never heard of one going bad before, but that seems like what is happening. Aside from taking everything apart and checking the connnections(always a good idea), you could get in touch with pioneer an get a replacement FM modulator - I would describe the problem to their tech support first just to make sure this is the problem.
As far as that CD player line you were fed--total BS. Not only can you install an in dash CD player, but you can get an adapter to work with your steering wheel controls (it works with Alpines, I believe, but I thought I saw one that was universal and worked with the infared remote eye on the deck <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> ).
Hope this helps,
Brent
<small>[ March 24, 2003, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: NightHawk ]</small>
the switching unit your referring to is called an "FM modulator" box. I've never heard of one going bad before, but that seems like what is happening. Aside from taking everything apart and checking the connnections(always a good idea), you could get in touch with pioneer an get a replacement FM modulator - I would describe the problem to their tech support first just to make sure this is the problem.
As far as that CD player line you were fed--total BS. Not only can you install an in dash CD player, but you can get an adapter to work with your steering wheel controls (it works with Alpines, I believe, but I thought I saw one that was universal and worked with the infared remote eye on the deck <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> ).
Hope this helps,
Brent
<small>[ March 24, 2003, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: NightHawk ]</small>
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Re: Please help with "Freq Modulator" style CD disk changer Brent....
Thanks so much for the reply. You know what.. I am just about ready to throw the whole system in the trash, and purchase a CD player that is "hard wired" in. Not some BS system that plays through the radio.
Ron,
Thanks so much for the reply. You know what.. I am just about ready to throw the whole system in the trash, and purchase a CD player that is "hard wired" in. Not some BS system that plays through the radio.
Ron,
Re: Please help with "Freq Modulator" style CD disk changer thats odd
as far as i remember, in '98 the Fbodies with the CD player didn't have the option for the CD changer, only the cassette players' did, and in '99 the CD player had the option finally
as far as i remember, in '98 the Fbodies with the CD player didn't have the option for the CD changer, only the cassette players' did, and in '99 the CD player had the option finally
Re: Please help with "Freq Modulator" style CD disk changer </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Stew Peddassle:
<strong> thats odd
as far as i remember, in '98 the Fbodies with the CD player didn't have the option for the CD changer..</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's why he got an add on FM changer <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
<strong> thats odd
as far as i remember, in '98 the Fbodies with the CD player didn't have the option for the CD changer..</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's why he got an add on FM changer <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
