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Poor reception VW Golf Mk4 Radio

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  • 11-06-2015 12:23pm
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    Moanin
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    I've the factory fitted radio in my 1999 Golf and lately the reception sounds like its fading in and out. Sometimes it's okay and sometimes bad.

    Would this be an aerial problem or a radio problem?

    The CD player is working fine


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    iamthemanwork
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭iamthemanwork


    Moanin wrote: »
    I've the factory fitted radio in my 1999 Golf and lately the reception sounds like its fading in and out. Sometimes it's okay and sometimes bad.

    Would this be an aerial problem or a radio problem?

    The CD player is working fine
    Most likely aerial is at fault.
    Tune radio to a station that you are not happy with the quality of sound.
    Remove the aerial from the back of radio and shove in a piece of wire or narrow screwdriver. Your body plus what you plug into aerial socket are now acting as the aerial. If the reception improves by using this method then it stands to reason that the car aerial is faulty.


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    Moanin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭Moanin


    Thanks. Is there a special tool to remove these?


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    iamthemanwork
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭iamthemanwork


    Moanin wrote: »
    Thanks. Is there a special tool to remove these?

    If the model is Beta or Gamma , yes there is a special tool


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    Pov06
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    Are you using any car phone chargers while you are having signal issues?

    The cheapo ones can cause issues if there is RF interference or ground loop issues.


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    Moanin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭Moanin


    No not using any chargers at all. It's the Gamma version but I haven't had a chance to investigate it yet. the thing is sometimes it works fine and other times not......


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