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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Anyone with/works with ford focus' do you know if there is a fault with the radio on AM as mine crackles so bad I can't listen to it sometimes?

If you know any fixes for this problem that would be great ha!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Anyone with/works with ford focus' do you know if there is a fault with the radio on AM as mine crackles so bad I can't listen to it sometimes?

If you know any fixes for this problem that would be great ha! "

What do you listen to on AM?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Anyone with/works with ford focus' do you know if there is a fault with the radio on AM as mine crackles so bad I can't listen to it sometimes?

If you know any fixes for this problem that would be great ha!

What do you listen to on AM?"

TalkSport

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By *sianmale89Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Anyone with/works with ford focus' do you know if there is a fault with the radio on AM as mine crackles so bad I can't listen to it sometimes?

If you know any fixes for this problem that would be great ha! "

maybe you should take it to some store like halfords etc to get it fixed if it keeps on consistently crackling...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Anyone with/works with ford focus' do you know if there is a fault with the radio on AM as mine crackles so bad I can't listen to it sometimes?

If you know any fixes for this problem that would be great ha!

What do you listen to on AM?

TalkSport "

Oh.

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By *ERGIE6Man
over a year ago

irvine

Could be your ariel m8 ours had problems changed it and it was fine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most definitely the areal. Simple cheap fix.

I would never recommend taking a car to Halfrauds though. I wouldn't even let those morons pump my tyres up.

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By *ERGIE6Man
over a year ago

irvine

Get bee sting ariel cheap on ebay or any decent auto shop

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Cheers people will have a look into it tonight!

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By *uby0000Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

we get same problem so gonna try ariel

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"we get same problem so gonna try ariel"

Awful noise isn't it, to near to any building and it's impossible to listen to so driving through Manchester for example is hideous!

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By *uby0000Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire


"we get same problem so gonna try ariel

Awful noise isn't it, to near to any building and it's impossible to listen to so driving through Manchester for example is hideous! "

hope it works

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Same problem too but vw golf instead. Does my head in on a Saturday afternoon!! If you solve it do let us know

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Same problem too but vw golf instead. Does my head in on a Saturday afternoon!! If you solve it do let us know "

Same here driving back from the football I like to hear the interviews and listen to the late kick off no chance with this car at the min!

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By *lashheartMan
over a year ago

shrewsbury

Does it do it all the time or just when the engine running

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Same problem too but vw golf instead. Does my head in on a Saturday afternoon!! If you solve it do let us know

Same here driving back from the football I like to hear the interviews and listen to the late kick off no chance with this car at the min! "

Best day of the week is back now internationals are over

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would whole heartedly recommend upgrading to a decent alpine head unit, at least one subwoofer...amped off either sundown or audison and a nice pair of components from hetz....stick them on a hertz amp too

Talksport will never of sounded better

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Does it do it all the time or just when the engine running "

Not brilliant with engine off even worse when the engine is on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Could be the earthing of the aerial.

If it matches engine speed....like gets worse the higher the rpm it's the ignition.

Could also be other electrical circuits, I've got a big after market audio install and have had an issue where a component speaker had a dodgy wire and would make a whining sound that matched engine intensity.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Out of interest. Do you have you're phone charging through the cigar lighter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is it a factory fit or have you changed the radio and/or speakers?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Out of interest. Do you have you're phone charging through the cigar lighter"

That makes it worse when I do!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Is it a factory fit or have you changed the radio and/or speakers? "

Original and Changed models re both the same

Speakers are the same

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Out of interest. Do you have you're phone charging through the cigar lighter

That makes it worse when I do! "

That could imply an rather fault. Earth connections are black wires usually connected to bare metal all round the car. The main one usually runs from the battery negative terminal to the chasis leg and then down to the gearbox casing. It's also one that causes the most problems because it gets covered in dirt and corrosion. Un-bolt it, clean the connectors and points where it fits and then re-connect everything.

There may also be an earth behind the head unit that could have come loose.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Out of interest. Do you have you're phone charging through the cigar lighter

That makes it worse when I do!

That could imply an rather fault. Earth connections are black wires usually connected to bare metal all round the car. The main one usually runs from the battery negative terminal to the chasis leg and then down to the gearbox casing. It's also one that causes the most problems because it gets covered in dirt and corrosion. Un-bolt it, clean the connectors and points where it fits and then re-connect everything.

There may also be an earth behind the head unit that could have come loose."

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By *udds lad 2Man
over a year ago

huddersfield

Buy a inline suppresser or a ground loop isolater this should stop the electrical systems on your car interfering with your radio

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not really one for listening to the wireless, but you may want to upgrade to a DAB I did mine a year back and the quality is so much better, also had to buy a aerial booster for my current aerial, DABS are fairly cheap nowadays. Think you can get them in single/double din (not sure what focus size is) but you get loads more stations.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's a good reason why people broadcast in AM. It's cheaper. Whys it cheaper? Because its subject to interference from virtually anything!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Not really one for listening to the wireless, but you may want to upgrade to a DAB I did mine a year back and the quality is so much better, also had to buy a aerial booster for my current aerial, DABS are fairly cheap nowadays. Think you can get them in single/double din (not sure what focus size is) but you get loads more stations."

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