'05 STR Psycho Radio
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Hello all,
I'm a new member here.. I have enjoyed my 2005 S-Type R for the last 4 years or so.. been a great car. I do have one gripe, though.. it's with the radio. My STR is equipped with the Alpine touch-screen sat nav, bluetooth, and integrated jaguar iPod interface. Every now and then, my Jag will "mute" the entire radio (AM/FM/CD/iPod/all settings) a few seconds after start up. So, the car will start.. I will get radio or iPod for a few minutes.. then everything goes blank. Sometimes the radio comes back a few minutes later.. sometimes it never comes back. I also can be driving down the road 30-45 min into my journey and the radio can blank out. Usually, restarting the car fixes the issue until the next occurance. On rare occasions I get digital sounding blips and zaps coming from the speakers as well.
I have noticed that my car says "Bluetooth not equipped" (or something to that effect) when I press the telephone button when this mysterious muting occurs. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this or to keep it form happening in the future?
Also, I get absolutely horrible AM reception... whereas my Mazda gets perfect reception.
Psycho radio! Thanks!
I'm a new member here.. I have enjoyed my 2005 S-Type R for the last 4 years or so.. been a great car. I do have one gripe, though.. it's with the radio. My STR is equipped with the Alpine touch-screen sat nav, bluetooth, and integrated jaguar iPod interface. Every now and then, my Jag will "mute" the entire radio (AM/FM/CD/iPod/all settings) a few seconds after start up. So, the car will start.. I will get radio or iPod for a few minutes.. then everything goes blank. Sometimes the radio comes back a few minutes later.. sometimes it never comes back. I also can be driving down the road 30-45 min into my journey and the radio can blank out. Usually, restarting the car fixes the issue until the next occurance. On rare occasions I get digital sounding blips and zaps coming from the speakers as well.
I have noticed that my car says "Bluetooth not equipped" (or something to that effect) when I press the telephone button when this mysterious muting occurs. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this or to keep it form happening in the future?
Also, I get absolutely horrible AM reception... whereas my Mazda gets perfect reception.
Psycho radio! Thanks!
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Ahh.. that's probably one of the TSB PDF documents I tried to view earlier after doing a search.. for some reason this forum asks me to re-log in.. (even though I'm logged in) to view the PDFs.. and when I do.. I still can't view the PDFs.. hah! I don't quite know what's going on. Maybe somebody can e-mail them to me? *hint hint*
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Ahh.. that's probably one of the TSB PDF documents I tried to view earlier after doing a search.. for some reason this forum asks me to re-log in.. (even though I'm logged in) to view the PDFs.. and when I do.. I still can't view the PDFs.. hah! I don't quite know what's going on. Maybe somebody can e-mail them to me? *hint hint* ![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Go back to the new member area and read the rules.
I would strongly suggest you post an introduction and some details.
Some of the mods have upgraded new members quickly who follow the procedures and do an introduction
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UPDATE:
This issue has been resolved!
This is what I did:
First, I reflashed my ACM module with Denison's latest "D2B" firmware.
http://www.dension.com/en/downloads?...o_one=Firmware
More information about the ACM can be found on a forum member's EXTREMELY helpful website here: http://www.jimrothe.com/jaguar/acm-bluetooth/acm.html
This did not solve my audio dropout problems, but it did allow me to use my iPhone 4 to search for music rather than seeing the annoying jaguar lock-out screen.
Next, I took out my old 2007 Navigation DVD in the trunk and put in a 2009/2010 Jaguar Navigation DVD into my system. When I did this, it updated the firmware of my audio system, climate control, navigation, etc. You could see my climate control system changing and on-screen values were blinking. All my settings were wiped in my radio, climate control, nav, etc.
I've been driving around for a week now without a single audio drop-out, popping, cracking, or any of the annoying digital audio static that I had before.
Those DVD Navigation updates do more than just update a map! Maybe that's why they charge $200!
This issue has been resolved!
This is what I did:
First, I reflashed my ACM module with Denison's latest "D2B" firmware.
http://www.dension.com/en/downloads?...o_one=Firmware
More information about the ACM can be found on a forum member's EXTREMELY helpful website here: http://www.jimrothe.com/jaguar/acm-bluetooth/acm.html
This did not solve my audio dropout problems, but it did allow me to use my iPhone 4 to search for music rather than seeing the annoying jaguar lock-out screen.
Next, I took out my old 2007 Navigation DVD in the trunk and put in a 2009/2010 Jaguar Navigation DVD into my system. When I did this, it updated the firmware of my audio system, climate control, navigation, etc. You could see my climate control system changing and on-screen values were blinking. All my settings were wiped in my radio, climate control, nav, etc.
I've been driving around for a week now without a single audio drop-out, popping, cracking, or any of the annoying digital audio static that I had before.
Those DVD Navigation updates do more than just update a map! Maybe that's why they charge $200!
Last edited by nixx; 12-13-2010 at 12:26 PM.
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