98 explorer radio problems!
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98 explorer radio problems!
The radio has a mind of its own, it seems. It started simply turning itself off while traveling. This became more and more frequent. Now all kind of things are happening. If I press the volume **** one time, the radio will play and the tuner, scan, seek will work. If I turn it off and on again, no functions will work. The volume has recently quite working all together.
What should I do? I have the radio out. Do I have a bad connection or what? Please help.
:-(
What should I do? I have the radio out. Do I have a bad connection or what? Please help.
:-(
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From: Coal Region
98 explorer radio problems!
The buttoms on ur HU are probaly broke. there a little switch inside each button that when pressed will release itself. urs are most likely stuck and/or broke. thus causing the radio to act on its own cause the little switch is getting vibrated. i had it happen with a jensen CD player. best bet it to get it replaced.
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98 explorer radio problems!
I had a stock infinity cd head unit that did something like that. Pressing a button was like pulling an arm on a slot machine, never knew what would come up. It got to a point where I just stopped looking, just keep pressing until I got the desired result, didn't matter which button.
Never found the problem, I just yanked it and put something better in there. I suspect it had a burnt resistor or capacitor somewhere surrounding the IC. Its typical for problems like these to surface in the winter, when the heater and radio is on at same time.
Never found the problem, I just yanked it and put something better in there. I suspect it had a burnt resistor or capacitor somewhere surrounding the IC. Its typical for problems like these to surface in the winter, when the heater and radio is on at same time.
