LT
Joined: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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I'm experiencing problems with the RDS on my radio. Primarily on Radio 2 & 4. Radio 1 seems to be better.
The reception weakens & the RDS doesn't work. In areas with strong radio reception there isn't a problem.
The problem is very random, it can work perfectly for several days at a time.
All appears to be O.K with aerial connections etc.
My very helpful dealer (T.H.White  ) suggested that it could be a dodgy dry solder connection within the head unit.
So yesterday my head unit was taken out & put into the dealers 56 reg. HSE. With the aim of establishing if it was the unit or the aerial wiring in the actual vehicle.
I drove the dealers HSE for c. 275 miles & all was well at first, the RDS instantly working. I kept pushing the pre-set buttons to take it back to the pre-set frequency & instantly it would find an alternative stronger frequency if required.
But it started playing up again a bit on the M25 & was particularly bad driving down the A303 & across Salisbury plain.
So we assumed it was the head unit.
Today I collected my HSE now fitted with the head unit from the dealers HSE, within minutes of getting onto the M4, Radio 4 was losing reception & the RDS wasn't working. As I got further down the M4 all was fine.
So back to square one. Perhaps both head units have a similar problem. Doubtful though.
Any ideas?
Has the transmission changed for Radio 2 & 4?
I'm really puzzled, it worked perfectly for the first two years.
Last edited by LT on Wed Jul 16 2008 1:38pm; edited 1 time in total
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Alex08
Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Location: Glasgow
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Nothing wrong with your one - it is just a crap radio! They all behave like this without any particular reason. RDS fine one day, confused the next on the same run. Very irritating though.
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 12:42pm |
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Bodsy
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Home, home on the range........
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Yes, RDS is really very poor compared to all the other RDS equiped cars I've ever driven! Much stronger fluctuation in signal quality. TDV6 HSE Black, Black Wheels /MTR's(in the shed!), Black RRS front/rear LR badge (tbf) Black Leather, Black Glass, Black TowB, Shiny Tasmods, Dull Mantec, White (& Orange) Reflective D3 Sticker, Black steering wheel badge, black air intake. Optima & Traxide dual battery setup.
Need black RRS wheel centre caps.
Now with added Engel.....
We D3, therefore we are..........
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 12:50pm |
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LT
Joined: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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But mine was fine for two years 
Have LR improved the radio, wondering if say the 2008.5 unit might be any better?
Anyone with a 2008.5 HSE have similar issues?
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 12:54pm |
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Alex08
Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Location: Glasgow
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Not that I am aware of. I don't think they accept there is a problem!
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 12:55pm |
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Slimer
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My first (05MY) D3 was fine but my current (08MY) D3 has the same RDS problem     
Not so common...
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 1:01pm |
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LT
Joined: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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Well at least I'm not alone.
It really does my head in. I regularly spend 7 hours a day in my D3.
Not much to ask to be able to listen to your radio in a £40k+ vehicle 
Any 2008.5 model owners views on this?
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 1:07pm |
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Alex08
Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Location: Glasgow
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all that is required to kick the RDS in again is to reselect the station. I've given up getting annoyed with it and just push the button.......defeated 
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 1:10pm |
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LT
Joined: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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Sadly not in my case. When it's playing up, I can push the pre-set button repeatedly, it just will not find another frequency. I have to manually tune it & even that doesn't always work. It's as if the radio just can't find good reception at all.
Which is why I initially thought it must be a problem with the aerial.
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 1:17pm |
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London Lad
Joined: 27 May 2008
Location: Suffolk
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Hi all,
My 08.5 MY RDS works fine as far as the audio station frequency switching is concerned but it is rubbish at holding on to classic fm for the navigation updates.
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 5:05pm |
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LT
Joined: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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Thanks for letting me know London Lad.
It would be good to hear from anyone who had similar problems with an earlier model, but who now owns a 2008.5 model.
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 5:23pm |
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NoDo$h
Joined: 02 May 2006
Location: Dodging peanuts
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Reception on my 08.5 SE with Hi-Line HK ProLogic 7 was superb on the run down the A37 from Yeovil. If anything it had too much choice, picking up half a dozen alternative frequencies for the main stations and even picking up KISS FM 
Will monitor it over the next week or so and report if there is a problem.  Going, going...... Gone!
Carbon footprint? I neither know nor give a damn
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LT
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