My 02 Santa FE radio (Hyundai unit with CD) has suddenly dediced to have
intermittent zero reception on FM all across the band while AM now has
motorboating across the spectrum unless it is tuned to a very strong local
station. Has anyone else here encountered these problems. TIA

 

"R.G. Saunders" wrote:
>
> My 02 Santa FE radio (Hyundai unit with CD) has suddenly dediced to have
> intermittent zero reception on FM all across the band while AM now has
> motorboating across the spectrum unless it is tuned to a very strong local
> station. Has anyone else here encountered these problems. TIA
=================
Sounds like you've lost contact with your antenna!

Good luck,
Harry

 

My radio was doing something kind of like that... But a week later the
battery went out. I replaced the battery, and the radio has been fine ever
since... Could it be the car battery?


//---------------
Kent Andrew (Drew) Spencer


"Harry Smith" <harry@execpc.com> wrote in message
news:be56e5d0c43508f9236cd50e08248267@news.teranew s.com...
> "R.G. Saunders" wrote:
> >
> > My 02 Santa FE radio (Hyundai unit with CD) has suddenly dediced to have
> > intermittent zero reception on FM all across the band while AM now has
> > motorboating across the spectrum unless it is tuned to a very strong
local
> > station. Has anyone else here encountered these problems. TIA
> =================
> Sounds like you've lost contact with your antenna!
>
> Good luck,
> Harry

 

My 2002 Sante Fe battery died too. Hmmm.




"drewspen" <drewspen@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:JFgvb.261592$Tr4.816569@attbi_s03...
> My radio was doing something kind of like that... But a week later the
> battery went out. I replaced the battery, and the radio has been fine
ever
> since... Could it be the car battery?
>
>
> //---------------
> Kent Andrew (Drew) Spencer
>
>
> "Harry Smith" <harry@execpc.com> wrote in message
> news:be56e5d0c43508f9236cd50e08248267@news.teranew s.com...
> > "R.G. Saunders" wrote:
> > >
> > > My 02 Santa FE radio (Hyundai unit with CD) has suddenly dediced to
have
> > > intermittent zero reception on FM all across the band while AM now has
> > > motorboating across the spectrum unless it is tuned to a very strong
> local
> > > station. Has anyone else here encountered these problems. TIA
> > =================
> > Sounds like you've lost contact with your antenna!
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Harry
>
>

 

"drewspen" <drewspen@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:JFgvb.261592$Tr4.816569@attbi_s03...
> My radio was doing something kind of like that... But a week later the
> battery went out. I replaced the battery, and the radio has been fine
ever
> since... Could it be the car battery?
>
>
> //---------------
> Kent Andrew (Drew) Spencer
>
>
> "Harry Smith" <harry@execpc.com> wrote in message
> news:be56e5d0c43508f9236cd50e08248267@news.teranew s.com...
> > "R.G. Saunders" wrote:
> > >
> > > My 02 Santa FE radio (Hyundai unit with CD) has suddenly dediced to
have
> > > intermittent zero reception on FM all across the band while AM now has
> > > motorboating across the spectrum unless it is tuned to a very strong
> local
> > > station. Has anyone else here encountered these problems. TIA
> > =================
> > Sounds like you've lost contact with your antenna!
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Harry
>
>
Actually, the problem seems to be a defective capacitor/s. If the heat is on
high for a while the system will work. This combined with the motorboating
etc on the AM is indicative of a capacitive fault in the system. The dealer
didn't hesitate, just checked the symptoms and ordered me a new one.
Ron