Radio Text On Replaced Stero

[jimbobfruitbat]

Just had the stereo replaced on my C4 VTR+ EGS - the one which plays MP3s. The CD player had packed in after 9 months, freezing CDs halfway through, and then refusing to eject them.

 

Now, it's been replaced, but I have noticed that I can't appear to activate the function for radio text - by that I mean the text which scrolls along the display for each radio station (e.g. on BBC stations it displays the current program and what's coming up). I just wondered if it is just me who has forgotten how to activate it - or could it be that a different model stereo has been installed? It is still the one which plays MP3s, and everything else appears the same, just this one feature.

 

Hardly the end of the world, but a bit annoying.

[BigJohnD]

I just wondered if it is just me who has forgotten how to activate it -

Switch on the Radio, and press "MODE" to display all the radio details, Station, Frequency, etc.

 

Press "OK" on the radio.

 

You should see this screen:

 

http://bigjohnd.250free.com/CitC4/rdssearchmode.jpg

 

Activate Radio Text by scrolling and pressing "OK".

[jimbobfruitbat]

Now that's interesting - that's kind of what I expected to see. What I get, is the same biut minus the option to activate radio-text.

 

I think I've been given a different radio!

[BigJohnD]

Well it sure ain't there.

 

I can only think they've fitted a really one which didn't haven't the facility, or it's been disabled in some way.

 

I should ask the dealer about it, and perhaps show him the photo of my readout.

[jimbobfruitbat]

I took this feed to the dealer, so they knew what I mean. They replaced the radio, only to find it still didn't have the Radio Text. They then "updated the configuration" (some kind of software update I presume) and hey presto the Radio-Text feature appeared.

 

No doubt, they didn't really need to replace the radio the second time, and all that was needed was to update the config.

 

Anyway, the advice is - if Citroen replace your radio, make sure that they update the software configuration when the replacement comes back!

 

Cheers

[BigJohnD]

Anyway, the advice is - if Citroen replace your radio, make sure that they update the software configuration when the replacement comes back!

Good to hear you're up and running.

 

And yes, cars are as much electronic as mechanical these days.

[u4coffee]

I've just had my radio replaced due to having the exact same fault.... and have noticed the same issue with the RDS text.

 

After a search on Google I found this forum and it seems the solution... Thanks :)