E60 radio reception
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Printed Date: 12-May-2024 at 09:56
Topic: E60 radio reception
Posted By: recardo
Subject: E60 radio reception
Date Posted: 18-February-2012 at 11:46
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E60 Radio Reception - mine seems quite rubbish, is there anything that can be done to improve this?
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Posted By: Andrew Rolland
Date Posted: 18-February-2012 at 11:56
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Any particular area of the country you are having problems in? Mine is o.k. until I go into the wilds of Perthshire, but a friends Fiat Punto which has D.A.B. radio is crystal clear even in Rannoch! Could just be radio broadcast strength. Or you have a problem with your amplifier I think this is in the boot or parcel shelf area as the rear windscreen has an inbuilt areial. Try checking the fuses which are in the boot above the battery behind the offside rear wing. Let us know how you get on. Andrew ------------- Be exclusive and drive a Petrol 5 Series! Current '13 62 F10 535i MSport Auto Previous '04 04 E60 545i SE Auto '03 53 E60 545i SE Auto (Stolen) '98 S E39 523i SE Auto |
Posted By: recardo
Date Posted: 18-February-2012 at 13:07
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I'm in ayrshire, but traveling from the west coast through to the east varies. Real XS is the worst, had really poor reception on this even near glasgow, last week wasnt too bad though..... I'll check the fuses and see if there is anything amiss there ------------- E60 525i (3.0i) M-Sport
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Posted By: recardo
Date Posted: 27-February-2012 at 21:05
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cant see anything amiss with fuses. maybe the radios are just poor? is there anyway to boost the signal / aerial? ------------- E60 525i (3.0i) M-Sport
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Posted By: ken737
Date Posted: 13-June-2012 at 19:38
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Hi, are you still having radio problems?
------------- Who needs petrol anyway... |
Posted By: recardo
Date Posted: 14-June-2012 at 08:58
Hi Ken - still the same, rubbish reception for Real XS (rock radio) others are fine so I have given up. I put it down to a weak transmission for real xs and a crap ariel from BMW!!! still it gives me an excuse to look at buying another car ------------- E60 525i (3.0i) M-Sport
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ken737 wrote:Posted By: ken737
Date Posted: 14-June-2012 at 14:05
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Ah, ok then. You may have to bite the bullet depending on how bad your reception is. As you know, the radio reception is via the top row of wires on your heated rear screen, and this is where the problem will almost certainly lie. There is also an amplifier which can give trouble. Does your remote central locking have good range, ie at least 50 metres? If not, it'll be the amp too. Hope this helps, Ken.
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Posted By: recardo
Date Posted: 14-June-2012 at 17:31
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remote works great, had previously looked at the amp and found nothing obviously wrong. Just having to put up with it and listen to CDs. All the other stations are crap in their own special way ;) ------------- E60 525i (3.0i) M-Sport
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Posted By: Andrew Rolland
Date Posted: 15-June-2012 at 12:55
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Thinking about this again, my sister had the same issue with the Ford radio in her Fiesta, turned out to be a blown fuse within the radio unit itself. Fuse fixed by Ford and it worked fine afterwards.
Might be worth going to BMW? ------------- Be exclusive and drive a Petrol 5 Series! Current '13 62 F10 535i MSport Auto Previous '04 04 E60 545i SE Auto '03 53 E60 545i SE Auto (Stolen) '98 S E39 523i SE Auto |
Posted By: recardo
Date Posted: 28-June-2012 at 16:37
For what they charge I can probably buy a new radio ;) ------------- E60 525i (3.0i) M-Sport
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