car stereo installation

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Printed Date: July 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM

Topic: car stereo installation

Posted By: jeff
Subject: car stereo installation
Date Posted: April 17, 2002 at 2:10 PM

I installed pioneer system in a1981 Ford f-150 my cd player works great
but the radio not so good sometimes it works and sometimes it does'nt
I will be listening to one station and switch to another and it will be static
If i shut the stereo off for a few seconds and turn it back on it might come
back and if it not I keep doing this until it works ,90% of the time I get bad
interferance J

Replies:

Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: April 17, 2002 at 2:31 PM

Make sure that you have a good ground on the antenna. Also make sure that you have good, clean connection from your deck to the radio antenna.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: barkdog666
Date Posted: April 26, 2002 at 4:27 PM

Try looking on www.crutchfield.com I ordered something from them for my car stereo and they sent me a whole bok on my own car. The book included how to replace the antena and radio antena wire in my car. They may have signal boosters as well.

Posted By: the12volt
Date Posted: April 26, 2002 at 7:51 PM

Hi Jeff, one simple check... if you have FM reception and no AM reception, chances are you have a bad antenna or poor antenna connection. If you have good AM reception and poor FM reception or no FM reception at all, then it's likely you have a bad tuner.

the12volt

Posted By: Thinkster
Date Posted: April 27, 2002 at 1:39 AM

Sounds like a problem with the tuner circuit inside the car stereo. It could be an intermittant problem or a thermal problem with a component. My Sony home stereo tuner used to have a similar problem and by turning it off (letting it cool down), then turning it back on, the problem wen't away for a little while. I got some Freeze/chill spray to find the culprit component.

Posted By: danwilson10
Date Posted: May 01, 2002 at 6:47 AM

Would reccomend checking the following:

1 - Antenna connection at radio, If its loose or fraying its bad news.

2 - Connection at antenna. Again if its loose and shabby, replace the antenna and/or wiring.

3 - If you are getting engine interference, try replacing the spark plug wires. These are the main source of interference from the engine. The rubber coating tends to deteriorate after a few years.

If none of the above works, you prob have a faulty tuner. Take the unit back and exchange it!

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Daniel Wilson, enthusiast.