No signal DAB radio

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malcrock
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Post by malcrock »

Hi all .....nearly a year has gone by and I am greatly enjoying the Macan experience....what a car!!! So smooth so delicate yet so aggressive when necessary whilst maintaining all the control and direction of the driver. The cabin is glorious and apart from one or two niggles like the irritating stop start and the poor voice control system, is near perfect.
I was fiddling with the settings via the dash and somehow seemed to have done something that has caused a "No signal" to occur on most of the DAB stations I normally listen to. This happen after initially "data loading" and then just does no produce the sound or signal to listen. Anyone have any ideas what I have done? or is this a fault?? Would be extremely grateful for your thoughts.

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ScotMac
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Post by ScotMac »

Don't tend to use DAB - signal is not so good here.
luvblobs
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Post by luvblobs »

I have the same problem. Previous cars i've had worked fine but the Macan's reception is pitiful (both DAB and FM). I'm bringing it back to my dealer this Wednesday so I'll post again with an update after that.
happy days
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Post by happy days »

Hmmm. Perhaps try - Source - DAB Radio - List - and retune each station in again?Just a thought?
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Tim92gts
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Post by Tim92gts »

Tuning used to be different depending on country, is there a country setting?

Bit of a long shot but was true for FM.
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Rab J
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Post by Rab J »

My Macan had problems loosing DAB radio at times. Just unable to find any DAB stations even though I live in a fairly strong DAB area. After a few goes at changing aerials etc the main PCM control module was replaced. After the change, flawless DAB reception.
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Post by luvblobs »

Thanks for the advice but unfortunately none of the suggestions worked!
As promised here is a quick update involving the dealer. He has told me that there can sometimes be a fault between 2 of the 5 aerials on Macans (Macen?). He HAS come across this problem before and has succeeded in fixing it. My car is booked in for the 4th of December so hopefully there'll be a fix then. Further update will follow.....
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luvblobs wrote: Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:28 pm Thanks for the advice but unfortunately none of the suggestions worked!
As promised here is a quick update involving the dealer. He has told me that there can sometimes be a fault between 2 of the 5 aerials on Macans (Macen?). He HAS come across this problem before and has succeeded in fixing it. My car is booked in for the 4th of December so hopefully there'll be a fix then. Further update will follow.....
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Post by luvblobs »

Well.....car gremlins! The car went back to the dealer and the reception is now perfect. They said they couldn't find a problem. How aggravating. The radio has been perfect since but on a side note, the dealership did fix two rattles. One at the front console charging point and one in the middle, top of the dash at the plastic grill. I'm now wondering was the radio fix coincidence or has it something to do with these repairs? For me, I don't care as long as it continues to work.
Sorry to anyone else with this problem, i'm afraid I haven't been much help.
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