[W126 Coupe] Radio Goes Blank!

[Day . Ralph]

My 1991 SEC radio does not come on when it is cold, takes about ½ hour of running before the chassis heats up enough for the radio to come on.  Since I am getting rid of the car, I have not sent it to Becker for repair, but they seem well aware of the problem.

Ralph D. Day
Senior Program Manager/ASQ LSS Certified Black Belt
MDA Master Black Belt
Dynamics Research Corporation
(301) 275-9030 (cell)

From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Mr. G.
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Radio Goes Blank!

The Becker radio in my 300E  does the same crap and a good back hand fixes it every time...RG still lurking
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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.  [http://l.yimg.com/a/i/mesg/tsmileys2/18.gif]

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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