Radio Station List Flickering

[Jo1510]

Hi, I have a 19 plate Fiesta and the radio stations are flickering on the Ensemble + and - pages. The one where you can go up and down all the radio station lists.

I’ve tried the radio reset but it hasn’t worked.

Can anyone help please?

 

[Handy Andy]

Did you check your "mast" antenna on the back by the rear hatch - might need to inspect it and see if it's broken.

 

[econoboxrocks]

Did you check your "mast" antenna on the back by the rear hatch - might need to inspect it and see if it's broken.

The antenna is at the front on Euro cars.

 

[Handy Andy]

Thanks, but in the ST's it's still in the front?

No idea on the year (if they changed) either...being '19 - and from what I get off the sites for the EU-side - they all appear to have the whips in the back.

But no matter what, the issue I'm trying to narrow down on, is from the Antenna and it's built in amplifier - the Cable that goes to it provides the power and the return for Ground in the cable and it's coax.

• Looking thru the tons of older YT-vids about the Fiesta radios, they all have non-powered whips and are mounted in the front with a single screw mount underneath - and just above, the front Console interior light.
• The later model rear-fin ones you can get at thru the rear back-passenger interior light to see how the amplified antenna is mounted. But you sill have to pop out the two rear plastic rivets that hold the headliner, and remove some plastic side-panel trim in the back towards the hatch to get room to work with the antenna..

IF it's been damaged; the case can crack letting in water and eventually that can destroy the amplifier leaving you with "static" and stations that used to come in clear can't get tuned in any more and you'll have to "direct-dial" that station on the keypad to even attempt to lock it.

So goes back to the "fin" or whip it uses and if the base is cracked or it's seal to the roof is damaged - from force or otherwise and it needs to be replaced. If it's just the whip, that you may still get, and have at a dealer. Yes thru a dealer - because of the amplifier in the base is "tuned" for a particular length of whip. And only takes a particular threaded base on whip - the thread is 4mm or 5mm and the Arial whip uses two wires one coiled and choked to another to a coil (a wrapping method) to tune AM and FM stations on one whip.

 

[Jo1510]

The antenna is at the front on Euro cars.

Hi, thanks for your reply. The antenna is at the back and isn’t broken.

My car recently went in for a repair on the driver’s side back wheel arch but don’t think that’s got anything to do with it.

I’ve checked for the updates and done the wi-fi but still flickering.