Local Area Thread Radio Problem

[greg_the_grenadier]

Hi there!

We have already driven about 14000km with our Grenadier and are actually very satisfied. So far, only two things bother us particularly badly: the heating and the radio.

The radio sometimes becomes independent at FM. It starts a channel search, which runs backwards.
In addition, it sometimes stops with FM.
The names of some stations are not displayed or displayed incorrectly.

If a transmitter cannot be received, the error "8D" or "9D" is displayed. Then I have to start a channel search that doesn't always solve the problem.

DAB usually runs. Sometimes there is no reception and the error message "8D" appears again. Then I have to start a channel search again.

The tiles (at FM and DAB) are constantly empty. After the transmitter has been selected, the tile changes and shows the logo of the transmitter.

Does anyone else have similar problems and were able to solve them?

Greetings,
Greg

 

[NoAge Hunter]

Hi there!

We have already driven about 14000km with our Grenadier and are actually very satisfied. So far, only two things bother us particularly badly: the heating and the radio.

The radio sometimes becomes independent at FM. It starts a channel search, which runs backwards.
In addition, it sometimes stops with FM.
The names of some stations are not displayed or displayed incorrectly.

If a transmitter cannot be received, the error "8D" or "9D" is displayed. Then I have to start a channel search that doesn't always solve the problem.

DAB usually runs. Sometimes there is no reception and the error message "8D" appears again. Then I have to start a channel search again.

The tiles (at FM and DAB) are constantly empty. After the transmitter has been selected, the tile changes and shows the logo of the transmitter.

Does anyone else have similar problems and were able to solve them?

Greetings,
Greg

Yes- same story here! The tiles do not show anything and the sound of the selcted station is randomly interrupped for a second or so. Nothing that is dramaticly- but it sucks….

 

[jkloy]

Yes- same story here! The tiles do not show anything and the sound of the selcted station is randomly interrupped for a second or so. Nothing that is dramaticly- but it sucks….

I have the same experience...not always, but every now and then short interruptions

 

[klarie]

I have the same experience...not always, but every now and then short interruptions

Yes I noticed that too in areas of low reception with DAB. FM I never use.. The station call sign / logo appears after a few secs once the station is selected. The radio does not store the logos but reads it from data stream.

 

[greg_the_grenadier]

Sometimes the radio switches between mono and stereo. This is also very annoying, especially on longer distances.
I wonder if these problems are more due to the software or to the antennas. You could change the hardware, but you would need an update for the software.

 

[IGL]

Hi Greg,
it seems that you're driving my Volvo XC60 MY19. From time to time no tiles, stops playing and it doesn't matter if it's DAB+ or FM . In a way I'm used to it now and looking forward to the Gren experience.

 

[Hannes01]

Wieso schreibt man im Deutschen Forums teil auf englisch?

 

[greg_the_grenadier]

Es ist keine Pflicht, auf englisch zu schreiben. Aber damit wird die Reichweite erhöht und es melden sich evtl. weitere die zufällig auf dieses Thema gestoßen sind.

Grüße

 

[Hannes01]

Und so wie ich im englischen Teil tw mit Übersetzer arbeiten muß können sie es auch im deutschen Teil tun.

 

[sean0809]

I have decent DAB reception however I only get the generic antenna logo on every station and not the actual station logo (that I get on every other vehicle). Also it only stores 5 channels and I can’t find a way to list all the channels?
Any idea?

 

[IGL]

Und so wie ich im englischen Teil tw mit Übersetzer arbeiten muß können sie es auch im deutschen Teil tun.

Moin, ich verstehe die ganze Aufregung wegen deutsch oder englisch nicht. Es nennt sich D-A-CH, und die Schweiz ist vierprachig. Sollen etwa alle nicht deutschsprachigen Schweizer sich ein anderes Forum suchen? Das wäre sicher nicht im Sinne von D-A-CH. Chacun à son goût, n'est-ce pas?

Hi, I don't understand all the fuss about German or English. It's called D-A-CH, and Switzerland is quadrilingual. Should all non-German-speaking Swiss people look for another forum? That would definitely not be in the interests of D-A-CH.Chacun à son goût, n'est-ce pas?

EDIT: Das wäre sicher nicht im Sinne von D-A-CH. That would definitely not be in the interests of D-A-CH.

 

[minidok]

Toleranz, wir respektieren und ergänzen uns, haben Freude am Austausch und helfen einander. Der Grenadier, ein Fahrzeug das zum Entdecken der Welt und anderen Kulturen einlädt.

 

[SiMsound]

I´ve heard from our Grenadier dealer (Becker + Tiemann Wunstorf Germany) that there is some trouble with the DAB+ reception but they don´t what is the problem. If we get a Grenadier (we are also located in Wunstorf) we can make a check what is the problem. Antenna and or the radio itself.

 

[Wolf68]

I took delivery of my Grenadier MY24 on Feb 24th and they have taken out the DAB in the radio altogether! So now I only have FM/AM, which is not quite what you want nowadays. According to my dealer it may get restored with the next software update.

We‘ll see…

 

[MarkusN]

I have had the same problems since the beginning. The worm is probably in it in several places.
After a tip from my dealer, I discovered that the ground connection of the antenna is mounted above the paintwork and is therefore not receiving a proper ground. Since I have solved the problem, some stations are also delivered during the DAB station run.
The other problem is probably to be found in the software. I can find stations and save them (5), but when I change stations, the whole thing is blocked again and strange error messages appear.

However, I fully understand the problem. There have only been radios in cars since 2023! (Irony off).

greets, Markus

 

[SiMsound]

We have a Grenadier acutally in our shop (for valdating a plug and play soundsystem). After driving my DAB test route I can say the Grenadier received DAB like all other cars.
The reception is good and there is no problem. When we have a bit time we can check the antenna amplitude.

 

[MarkusN]

We have a Grenadier acutally in our shop (for valdating a plug and play soundsystem). After driving my DAB test route I can say the Grenadier received DAB like all other cars.
The reception is good and there is no problem. When we have a bit time we can check the antenna amplitude.

Hi SiMsound

What kind of plug-and-play sound system are you testing ?

I have now driven 20000 km with the Grenadier and am extremely happy with it. The only thing that really annoys me is the DAB+/FM radio.

It seems that INEOS still has no solution to the problems. Of course it's not vital, but it would be nice to be able to listen to music in the usual way.

 

[Persontrek]

I’ve had similar problems with my radio before, especially when it comes to losing signal or the station names not showing up right. So, I know that it’s such a pain when you have to keep restarting the channel search, and it still doesn’t fix everything.
One thing you might want to consider is switching to a digital portable radio. These tend to have better reception and are less prone to the kinds of glitches you’re describing, especially with DAB.

 

[emax]

Diesen Thread hatte ich bislang kaum auf dem Schirm, weil DAB aus meiner Sicht ja durchaus kein Thema jenseits des Teiches ist. Das kann soweit auch so bleiben.

Zum Thema Deutsch oder Englisch möchte ich allerdings anmerken, dass es zur Reichweitenerhöhung, wie weiter oben erklärt, ja die Möglichkeit gibt, gleich im Kernforum zu schreiben. Das ist also kein Argument.

Ansonsten ist hier gegen Englisch grundsätzlich dennoch nichts einzuwenden.

Allerdings haben es nicht alle so leicht damit. Deshalb fände ich es einen freundlichen Zug, im D-A-CH Forum auch in der Spreche zu schreiben, die im genannten Sprachraum nun mal dominant ist.

Es kann jeder selber entscheiden. Aber Nachfragen von anderen Mitgliedern, die mit Englisch nicht so gut zurecht kommen, kann man auch freundlich zur Kenntnis nehmen und es damit gut sein lassen - oder demjenigen bei der Wahl der Sprache sogar entgegenkommen. Zurechtweisungen sind jedenfalls fehl am Platz.

Klar ist: Englisch ist nicht überall automatisch die Lingua Franca, und ganz sicher nicht hier im D-A-CH Forum. Deutsch ist hier willkommen und m.E. auch sehr angemessen. Eine diesbezügliche Bitte anderer sollte also mindestens toleriert werden.

 

[Pauli]

I have the same problem. In FM and DAB+ the radio station images remain blank, at most the advertising is shown. The stations are constantly interrupted. It's not the reception, because in the city it's perfect. It's incredibly annoying to listen to music or news when the most important thing is missing. I hope there's a solution soon.The channel search sometimes works on its own

Bei mir ist es das gleiche Problem. in FM und DAB+ bleiben die Radiosender Bilder leer, maximal die Werbung wird dargestellt. Die Sender werden ständig unterbrochen. Am Empfang liegt es nicht, den in der Stadt ist er einwandfrei. Es nervt ungemein Musik oder Nachrichten zu hören, wenn das wichtigste fehlt. Ich hoffe es gibt bald eine Lösung. Der Sendersuche macht sich auch manchmal selbständig