Sony XPLOD MEX 1GP Car Stereo

babygirlH

Can anyone please help me with my car stereo. My bf brought this for me from USA, imported it over. However when I have plugged it into my car. It is not picking up the radio signals over here? Will it ever? How can I fix this? I am able to play CD's and load mp3 onto it, but I can't tune the radio stations over here.

goldspanners

i dont mean to sound patronising,but you do have the ariel plug connected dont you?

sometimes they have a different kind of connector from oem. you can buy adaptors to suit if you need it.

hewhoisnotintheknow

Isnt US FM phased differentley?

anewman

Also check whether the aerial uses any sort of powered amplifier and if that needs connecting. I don't believe the US FM radio system is any different to the UK's so I think it should work.

goldspanners

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

Isnt US FM phased differentley?

i wouldnt have thought so. its the same waveband surely?

what happens with imported cars to the uk from the u.s.a. i would have thought thier stereos worked fine. i maybe wrong though?

hewhoisnotintheknow

goldspanners wrote: »

i wouldnt have thought so. its the same waveband surely?

what happens with imported cars to the uk from the u.s.a. i would have thought thier stereos worked fine. i maybe wrong though?

im sure on jap cars you need to get something to sort an issue out

Conor_3

Yeah, with Japanese market radios, you need to get an extender as they run a narrower range of frequencies than the UK so you usually find you can only get up to Radio 4.

molerat

The stepping is different on US units. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMERICAN-US-FM-0-1Mhz-band-expander-frequency-shifter_W0QQitemZ130275357459QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item130275357459&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A1%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A2%7C240%3A1318 has one of the items you need.

US units step at 0.2 Mhz, ie 100.1, 100.3 etc whereas we use 0.1 Mhz ie 100.1, 100.2, 100.3.

redux

and medium wave would be different too - our channels go in 9kHz steps, theirs 10

there may be a way to reset it, or it may be dedicated to only that market

babygirlH

molerat wrote: »

The stepping is different on US units. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMERICAN-US-FM-0-1Mhz-band-expander-frequency-shifter_W0QQitemZ130275357459QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item130275357459&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A1%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A2%7C240%3A1318 has one of the items you need.

US units step at 0.2 Mhz, ie 100.1, 100.3 etc whereas we use 0.1 Mhz ie 100.1, 100.2, 100.3.

Thank you Molerat, you so understand my prob....I'll defo shall buy this and see if it works.