Mondeo radio issues

marcarm

Recently I am having some issues with my radio.

I normally listen to one of 2 stations on DAB, but recently I lose the signal more often than I have it, so most journeys are in silence. This is the same whether I am in a built up area or out in the open.

Last night, I switched it back to FM, and using the presets it could not find any stations, going to autoseek. It came up with nothing, not the local radio or Radio 1/2/3/4.

I have had a bit of work done on it recently, but nothing I think that would involve being behind the radio to dislodge the aerial.

I would check the aerial myself but it seems that to remove my stereo involves removing virtually all of the centre console trim to get to it.

Any suggestions or do I need to bite the bullet and get someone to look at it?

System

The aerials go a bit dicky, the one on my normal FM radio antenna on my MK4 Mondeo is, the one on my son's MK6 Fiesta did. The antenna actually unscrews from the mount and can be replaced but you'll need one for a car with DAB as it runs on different frequencies to broadcast FM and is a different length. You're not going to dislodge the antenna socket from the back of the radio and the path the cable takes isn't one you're going to disturb doing work on the car - it goes along the top of the underside of the dash then up the right hand side windscreen pillar.

How to remove the stereo - you have to take most of the centre console apart but most of it just pulls out.

MK4 to 2010:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNsUOutwCkg

MK4 from 2010 onwards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNwxrAr72RA