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Non-Working Radio & Equalizer / Jeep Grand Cherokee

 
 
CDobyns
 
Reply Mon 16 Jan, 2012 11:21 pm
I own a very lightly used '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, which has not experienced any significant mechanical or electrical problems in the time I've owned it. This model came with the Gold Infinity AM/FM Radio w/Graphic Equalizer and Tape Player.

Just in the past week the radio stopped working for some reason. The strange thing is that the radio, clock and tape player all still seem to be drawing power and displaying their function on the LED displays - but there's no sound (and yes, the volume is turned up). I checked all the relevant fuses and they all seem to be solid. The one thing I did notice which might give us a clue, is the tiny LEDs at the end of each of the equalizer sliders are not lit. And since the problem seems to be an issue of sound and not whether the radio is actually working, what does this tell us? And if it is some problem specific to the equalizer, and the equalizer is integrated into the radio - what's the fix?
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Rockhead
 
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Reply Mon 16 Jan, 2012 11:33 pm
@CDobyns,
that's lasted a long time for a factory radio. the EQ in my truck has been dead for a decade I would guess...

I have a guy that fixes stuff like that, but unless you are really attached to the factory unit, for about the same money you can have something much nicer that is new...
CDobyns
 
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Reply Wed 18 Jan, 2012 08:39 pm
@Rockhead,
Hmm, okay. Maybe there is still some reason for hope this time.

I almost wonder whether the equalizer is really still fine in this case, because I thought I noticed that the radio display was acting "funny" (it's only really noticeable when it's dark). The radio LED display appears to be alternately displaying either the time, an FM station, or the FM station and the tape status display. So, something strange is going on here, and I'm almost wondering whether if the radio/tape interlock is somehow hung up, and is preventing the tape audio output from disengaging and allowing the radio audio output to kick-in (in the past, I've noticed that there's "delay" in the switchover to the radio when you eject a tape). This is all mostly conjecture (and maybe with a hint of wishful thinking . . .). Am I barking up a dead tree?
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