joz8968

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I have a 1993 WRX with an OEM fitment boggo radio/cassette. When I was parking up at work yesterday, all of a sudden Virgin Radio on 1215AM just 'disappeared' - one moment fine, next dead. Just background hiss if the volume was turned up.

I thought that the transmitter mast might have been at fault and assumed that the station would be back when I left work at the end of the day to go home... but no, same problem. Basically, I can't get reception of any stations - either AM or FM. (I can only receive a few anyway due to it being the Jap's shifted narrow bands).

When I got home, so as to rule out a local transmitter issue, I tuned into 1215AM (and other AM/FM stations) on my tuner indoors, and all is fine.

Do you reckon that the aerial has lost it's connection into the back of the head unit? It's weird, as the unit had been working fine up until then, since I first bought the car on 16th September 2006.

How do you remove the unit? (can't see any obvious way and it's really tight).

Anyone?

myblackwrx

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To remove the stereo you have to remove the surround that has the gear gaiter attached to it as it has 2 arms that go either side of the centre console and stop just below the cup holder tray.

joz8968

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Ah, ta for that.