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charlieparker 
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 Topic: Sony DAB radio problemsPosted: 19 Jul 2009 at 2:02pm |
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Hi,
I have a Sony DAB radio fitted to my Titanium and it has an intermittent fault. Occassionally it repeats a short piece of music or whatever I'm listening too. Probably repeats only a seconds worth but it's really annoying. Fault exists across all modes i.e. DAB, analogue, CD etc etc. Has anyone else had a similar fault? Will book it in shortly but will maybe have difficulty getting them to believe me as it will be perfect when I try to demonstrate the fault. |
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bobuptown
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Posted: 19 Jul 2009 at 10:01pm |
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Hi charlieparker Jazz Cool? I collected Kuga Titanium Avalon with front rear parking sensors could of got privacy glass and roof rail but did not want dark glass so got nowt else. Picked Kuga up early Saturday morning covered over 500 miles upto now and have to admit the Sony DAB radio has a mind of it's own like I mentioned in a previous earlier post it's possibly down to user error scanned quickly through operating instructions and thought Jeso why does technology have to be so complicated to understand? having said that I stumbled across a wheels tyres section in main manual read that the Kuga does not have a spare wheel? and it went on to explain about using some sort of sex aid device which squirts rubber into punctured tyres however whilst shopping and curious I lifted up boot carpet to see if it had any floor secret hideyholes and saw a spacesaver tyre firmly bolted to the floorpan so I must of read the manual out of context. The other problem with DAB is no signal available messages and stations that just disappear hang about DAB was supposed to address all those types of analogue glitches wasn't it? I have a portable DAB radio which is totally useless downstairs but manages to pickup most stations in half signal strength, but yet to find any station broadcasting with full signal strength Question: Is Digital TV going to be the next mass public disappointment. Bob.
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bobuptown
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Posted: 19 Jul 2009 at 10:15pm |
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Sorry eat a meat pie earler and having difficulty finishing sentences Moooo charlieparker DAB portables reception improves considerably upstairs. Like I said listening to say Smooth Fm and it jumps onto Radio 1 then onto Radio Cymru which is great because I don't even speak Spanish.
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charlieparker
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Posted: 20 Jul 2009 at 10:15am |
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interesting reply bobuptown, well the bits I could understand were.
The problem is unconnected to digital reception; as I said the repeating happend across all modes digital, analogue and cd, so nothing at all to do with reception. Seems to be related to a common factor which would be the amp circuit or something akin. |
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bobuptown
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Posted: 20 Jul 2009 at 6:13pm |
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Hi charlieparker Lack of understanding? May well be down to all those years of doing those cryptic crossword puzzles . . . I'm afraid lol.
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KugaV
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Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 6:00am |
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Hi Chalieparker, did you ever resolve the DAB radio problem as I too have been experiencing this problem.
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marky
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Posted: 01 Jul 2011 at 1:03pm |
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im new too the kuga , i keep losing reception on the digital staions very annoying . anybody else had problems cheers mark
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bobuptown
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Posted: 03 Jul 2011 at 7:52am |
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Where I live DAB reception is not good, I even have to use our portable Dab's upstairs, bizarrely Kuga's Sony is much better on FM for me.
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BruceKuga
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Posted: 03 Jul 2011 at 8:24am |
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I also think its dependant on where you live at the moment. We used to have intermittent DAB reception in Thurrock, Essex, but in the last year it has greatly improved, with no drop in signal at all now. Maybe the signals are getting stronger.
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Posted: 03 Jul 2011 at 8:41am |
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Hi BruceKuga, odd thing is, when you enter your postcode to carry out a DAB signal coverage check, the signal strength is classed as GOOD?
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