[W126 Coupe] Radio Goes Blank!

[Andrew Sporner]

Sounds like a cold solder joint somewhere.


On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Mr. G. <prieye at msn.com> wrote:

> The Becker radio in my 300E  does the same crap and a good back hand fixes

> it every time...RG still lurking

>

> ________________________________

> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:58:18 -0800

> From: garysalas at yahoo.com

> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Radio Goes Blank!

>

> your not gonna believe this,,,i have 88 560 sec and the radio was giving us

> all sorts of weird problems.  loud buzzing sounds, numbers flashing all

> different stations...the radio was possessed.  anyhow the first couple of

> times it did i hit the radio pretty hard with my open hand and it fixed the

> problem each time and then it would come back...well the last time i

> thought, well i gonna put in a new cd player anyhow so i smacked good and

> every since, radio works fine.

>

> DCrawford at tompkinsinc.com wrote:

>

> Hello all;

> Any assistance for my radio problems for my 1984 500SEC would be

> appreciated.  Specifically, when it is cold outside (like below 30 degrees),

> often times, but not always, when I turn the key in the ignition and start

> the car, the radio stays completely blank.  The antenna operates properly.

>

> But, my car has a master battery disconnect switch, and when I turn it

> off,then back on, the radio comes on and functions properly.  The radio in

> the car is a later model MB radio that was fully gone thru by the folks at

> Becker, and I had the same problem several years ago while living in Iowa

> with the original radio.  So, my assumption is the problems are not

> associated with the radio.

>

> Any ideas about tracking down the problem would be welcome.

>

> Thanks much

>

> Dave Crawford

> Raleigh (normally quite pleasant and warm), NC

>

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