Radio Cuts Out Briefly

[carlosperti]

Hi guys and gals,

any else's radio cuts out very briefly for say half a second randomly? It happens to mine every minute or so.

Asked the dealer if they could check it, unfortunately they couldnt find anything wrong.

Im thinking of recording the radio in my own time and then going back to them with evidence.

On a positive note, received £20 and chocolates from Toyota, so very very pleased overall with Toyota and my little IQ. I love it.

Thanks

[tarquin]

Hi there

I am assuming your experiencing this problem only on FM. Modern radio's have intelligent scanning. If you were on say radio 2 and the signal level became low beyond a certain pre-deturrmined threshhold , the radio through its RDS data which is sent from the radio station idents itself. When the signal level drops the radio searches for a station with the same ident to continue your reception. Normally this is seamless but if there are no stations with-in range it mutes for half a second then goes back to the original signal. Its a pain, it happens all the time in my other car. If it is that what your experiencing, The option can be switched off in the menu. Or it could be muting anyway when level drops rather than letting you hear (whie noise). Hiss.

I know it sounds very technical but hope it helps. P.S the mention of the dealer not finding anything wrong could be they are in a strong signal area on the stations they tried.

David

[tarquin]

Hi there

I just remembered what that service is called . Its 'Alternative Frequency" Try turning it off in the menu "AF"

David

[carlosperti]

Hi David,

thanks for your help, it was very informative. However, I could not see any AF ooption in the menu, I dont believe you can turn this off in the IQ. If I'm wrong please tell me.

I will have to make do with the cut outs for now.

Thanks though mate

Carlo

[tarquin]

Hi carlo

Have you got standard radio or the TNS510 satnav

David