Car Radio issue - sound goes away, then comes back after a specific amount of time...

[Default User]

Hi,

I've got a 86 Nissan Stanza and when I turn the radio on, the music comes
on. Then it will go off for a specific period of time, and then come back
on for good. The period of time it is off seems to be growing. The radio
itself looks fine during this music off time, display is good and still
showing the tuned station. Any ideas of where I should start to figure this
out?

Thanks,

Alan

 

[Default User]

Hi Jim,

It has a manual antenna. I think (but I could be wrong) that the fault is
something in the radio. I'll look at the service manual for the car and see
if it shows any sort of time delay. If not that, what inside the radio
would cause something like this?

Thanks,

Alan

 

[Rich Grise]

It has a manual antenna. I think (but I could be wrong) that the fault is
something in the radio. I'll look at the service manual for the car and see
if it shows any sort of time delay. If not that, what inside the radio
would cause something like this?

Nothing you want to mess with. Car radios use some kind of black magick,
and are virtually unrepairable. It'd be orders of magnitude easier, as
well as cheaper, to just toss it and get a new radio.

And don't top-post.

Good Luck!
Rich