GT5088

Didn't know if anyone could answer a couple questions I have concerning my stock radio in my 88 fox body mustang... they may sound stupid, but please bear with me...

1. During the daytime, I can read the digital display that shows the radio station playing, but at night time it will not appear. I tried screwing with the dimmer control, but no dice. Has anyone else ran into this?

2. The clarity in my radio is perfectly fine, all of my normal stations come in clear. The only problem is that for some reason, when I use the scan button, all it does is flip through every station, never landing on anything, even though manually I get all of the local stations...I didn't know if anyone ran into this ever...

I think my radio is shot, and I need a new radio, but didn't know if anyone else had a solution...

Thanks for reading my rambling!

Ryan218

mine did the same, i bought a kenwood and now i have nonthing, cant get no sound from the thing!....

Ren 89

I think it just may be time for a new radio. If you get an aftermarket, I would still keep the stock radio around. The guy I got my car from had the stock radio/CD, I still kick myself for not takin it with me when I bought the car.

GT5088

yeah, thats not a bad idea...there's a guy who sells the stock cd players with the amps fromm the early 90's foxes...i was thinking about going that route because I want to keep the interior stock.

GT5088

Thats really weird... not to sound sarcastic, but have you checked the wires for power?

svopaul

This is simple, your bulb is out and just needs to be replaced.


Probably has an issue with the antenna signal and that could be internal in the radio or you could try removing the plug from the back(antenna plug) and cleaning it up and reinstalling it....it's been a lot of years and possible that dirt and some corrosion are compromising the signal.

If you want to keep it original there are companies that do repair work on stock radios....otherwise it may be cheaper to just go with an aftermarket one.

GT5088

thanks for the help Paul! I don't have to work tomorrow so I'll try what you suggest. Hopefully it works

Ryan218

ya i have power...everything is hooked up right, when i plug the head unit it i get a pop from the speakers and then no sound from a cd or the radio Ive been told that the factory amp may be an issue but i cant find an amp in my 88...its not behinde the radio or under the passenger seat

GT5088

I think from the factory they only came with amps with it came from the factory with a CD player...thats what I have been told, but I could be wrong....has it ever worked?

Ryan218

yeah, when i got the car it had no radio in it...

i had a spare from a 97 f-150 sitting around and the plug ins on the back are the same for a mustang (cool huh) so i plugged that in and it works fine...but with a cd player no go cant get any sound.

theedge67

I had an 89 Mustang a while back, and it had the Premium Radio from the factory. It did have a seperate amp somewhere behind the radio. I found it when I replaced it with a CD player. The stock radio was a am/fm/cassette, no cd.

Ryan218

how big was it? becasue all i see is carpet and i didnt see anything when ihad the dash out for the nre heater core eithher?

theedge67

I think it was like 4x6 or something similar. Not terribly big, and I can't even really remember where it was located. I just remember it being there. I took it out probably 9 years ago, so memory is a little foggy.

GT5088

yeah I think I had one on my 87...but my 88 is just a casette... whenever I have looked into putting a CD player in my car everyone always says I need an amp, so you might fall into that category..

svopaul

The cars with premium sound ALL had amplifiers and 87-92 were located behind the between the front of the console. In 1993 the amplifier changed and was located under the passenger front seat. CD was not an option in 1988...only Cassette with an optional equalizer(which is fairly rare).

If you are not using an original radio from a Mustang then that could be part of your problem.

Ryan218

the radio from the 97 f150 works perfect i get sound from all speakers, i try the cd player and i get nonthing from it.

GT5088

yeah, there's a guy that has a website that sells the factory cd players and amps either together in a package or separate...I have been looking into it because I personally don't like the look of the aftermarket cd players...

Ryan218

ya id just like to get this cd player to work!!

crutchfeild said they think the headunit is bad so there sending another one out.

theedge67

Yeah, if the radio part works the CD part must be messed up. Probably not related to the install, Crutchfield is probably right.

Ryan218

we will see....they send it out today..should be here by friday!