Discovery radio problem

last time I had a problem like that with a radio

I disconnected it from the battery overnight

When power was reconnected it asked for the security code

Perhaps that's the way to go

Perhaps its time to think about replacing a 15 year old radio

But if you're like me ( a tight *r5ed old git ) you wont spend the brass ;-))

DieSea

On or around Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:04:29 -0000, "DieSea" enlightened us thusly:

it ain't always that easy. Mine is only 11 years old, but it talkes to the amp and CD player under the seat. ordinary head units don't talk to the amp, cos I tried one.

but try the extended disconnection, it might work.

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Thanks for your ideas & help - have sorted the problem from trawling some LR blogs - had to simply hold the band button down for 3 seconds & then the option to input the code comes up - easy when you know how! Despite its age, the radio has good sound - has anyone tried a device which sends a radio signal from an ipod which you can tune to your radio?

Tony

Yep, well generic, cheapo, MP3 player rather than an audio fashion statement..

The transmitter is *very* similar to this but I got it from Asda...

A tenner or less is about the right price, beware of the same thing with bigger price tags. Works well enough, battery life isn't that great, not much more than 10hrs from a pair of AAA alkalines. It does have USB input (for power only) so it could be powered from the car.

On or around Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:22:37 -0700 (PDT), Tony enlightened us thusly:

yeah, I've had a couple. The kind you plug in, while less cute and convenient, worked better than a bluetooth one, which introduced quite a bit of noise.

I have some which plug into a stereo headphone jack, they also come with a cigarette lighter adapter so they don't nee batteries, although they will work on AAAs as well. choice of 4 frequencies on mine, and they work well.

Fixed? The one I linked to has 10 programable memories and is fully tuneable from 87.6 to 107.9MHz in 100kHz steps.

On or around Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:22:52 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice" enlightened us thusly:

these were well cheap, but worked nicely for the money. Offered 4 FM frequencies in an area in the band generally devoted to local radio stations, I think.

I had a very nice clever one which in theory you could put a SD card in with music on, did bluetooth and all sorts, it was crap, never found out what format it recognised on the SD card and the thing itself was noisy, even plugged in to the input device, never mind on bluetooth.