Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 01:11:45 GMT From: sw <starzonenopsam.com> Subject: Re: Dead Radio-Cassette Player - please help!
my 84 saab 900 turbo cassette is dead, its a clarion (misspelled) with equalizer mounted under radio, radio works fine. i beginning to think saab cassettes in the radios are all bad. uk modle. "**.**" wrote: > > "Michael Hargreave Mawson" <OCnopsamFoot.com> wrote in message > news:8fn+jPH7aaA6Ew3Znopsamreave-mawson.demon.co.uk... > > Dear All, > > > > A funny thing happened on the way home from work tonight - the radio- > > cassette player died in the middle of an interview with Ann Widdicombe. > > Whilst I can appreciate the political comment that this implies, I am at > > a loss to know how to solve the problem. > > > > Make and Model: > > The radio-cassette player is a Goodmans GCE 379, which had previously > > been working fine. > > > > Symptoms: > > Sudden and complete loss of any sign of life in the radio-cassette > > player, whilst it was on. > > Motorised aerial retracted, but does not now go up or down when radio is > > switched on. > > Main radio fuse not blown. > > > > Background: > > Had to replace a cracked windscreen today (but I can't see what this > > could do to the radio). > > Radio died at around the same time as I dipped my headlights. > > > > Is there a secondary fuse in the body of the radio-cassette player > > itself? That seems the most likely problem to me, but I don't want to > > go pulling the radio to bits until I am sure there's nothing else I can > > do. > > > > Can anyone help me? Please? I've a long drive ahead of me this > > weekend, and I don't want to have to do it without music... > > > > ATB > > -- > > Mike > > Saab 9000S, 2.0i > > 156,000 miles and counting... > > Hello Mike, > > The problem arrises from the fact that the head unit (radio) is made by > Goodmans and is therefore of p**s poor build quality, it could be a mosfet > in the internal amp, a dry joint thats arc'd to earth or any number of > similar faults. You could pull the lid and see if you can see any dryjoints. > If so give them a tap with a hot soldering Iron and see if the head unit > will work after this. If its lasted a year then thats impressive performance > from a Goodmans. When you look that £100 can get you a kenwood or Sony > single CD player with an RDS/EON tuner then you have to ask is it really > worth keeping the Goodmans and spending time trying to fix it. See > www.caraudiodirect.com for more info on the kenwood or send Jon at > www.incarexpress.co.uk an e-mail. I'm not connected with either company just > a satisfied customer of both. If you want any advice on ICE (In Car > Entertainment) drop me a line. > > Cheers > Matt
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