VW passat gamma radio problems

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Fri 22 Mar 2002 23:03
VW passat gamma radio problems - Ian M
A colleague of mine has got a 3 year old T reg Passat TDi 110 estate which has got persisitent poor radio reception. Th dealer has under warranty changed the aerial, coax cable and Gamma radio (for a recon one) but reception in still rubbish, he mainly listens to radio 4. The dealer seems to acknowledge there is a problem but claims there is no solution and later Passats were OK, but refuses to fit a radio from a later Passat. Has anybody else had problems and found a solution??
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Sat 23 Mar 2002 11:25
Re: VW passat gamma radio problems - Syr Wynff ap Concord y Bos
Listen to a tape / CD instead?

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Sun 24 Mar 2002 19:08
Re: VW passat gamma radio problems - JohnM
Gamma radio in my 97R saloon had very good FM reception - the RDS/EON changed frequencies when reception became poor. (S reg A4 was a lot worse, loosing Radio 4 totally on a particular stretch near Membury on M4).
AM reception though was very poor - Radio 5 was often unlistenable to - my VW dealer managed to remove some interference but acknowledged that the Gamma is set up for FM to the detriment of AM.
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Mon 25 Mar 2002 23:35
Re: VW passat gamma radio problems - cc
I think there were similar problems discussed on vwvortex.com (b5 forum) and clubb5.com
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