AM and FM grayed out

[derk]

I just installed my Z110BT, everything seems to work, CD, IPOD and HD radio but the regular AM or FM are both grayed out. Does this have something to do with HD radio being installed. On my old F series and D3 I had both, HD radio and regular AM and FM. Any suggestions?

 

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[VBLUE42]

I just installed my Z110BT, everything seems to work, CD, IPOD and HD radio but the regular AM or FM are both grayed out. Does this have something to do with HD radio being installed.

 

Yes, FM/AM is now on your HD tuner.

[rgarjr]

yeah dude, I have HD radio as well and it does disable them.

[derk]

Thanks, I kinda figured this was what was going on. I guess since HD automatically switches from HD to regular depending on reception this makes sense.

[mazda_3]

I appologize if this is a stupid question but do you have to pay for a subscription to hd radio? i have satelite which i pay for which is fine and i love it but i would like to get better reception on the radio if possible

[rgarjr]

HD radio is free, u just need to get the Pioneer module for it. It won't help improve reception though.

[mazda_3]

thanks for the reply, is the upgrade worth it?

[rgarjr]

for people that don't have XM it is well worth it. But if you XM, you're going to most likely be listening to that most of the time, since you're paying for it.

 

The HD box is only like 100 bucks it's not that much.

[mazda_3]

i love my xm and yes i mostly listen to it but i dont mind putting in the 100 or so to get it just want to know if it is worth it what does it really do do you notice a drastic difference over the normal radio? again sorry for the questions just there is not much to read about this feature

[felixgun]

I previously had XM radio on my Avic-D2 in my old car but then I canceled the subscription because I got a new vehicle and upgraded to the Z110BT. I left the XM component in my old car so I no longer had it. Now not having it, Yes i think XM radio is well worth it and I definitely should not have canceled the subscription.

 

I got HD Radio installed when I got my Z110BT instead since it was free. BUT, HD radio is worthless unless you live in certain bigger cities (google HD radio stations to find how many your city has) and have a lot of HD radio stations. I did not do this prior to installing this component so now I have an option of three HD radio stations which are all equally terrible music and will never ever ever use until my area (Lafayette, LA) gets more of these stations so I just use the FM function from within HD radio (since AM/FM is turned off).

[felixgun]

i love my xm and yes i mostly listen to it but i dont mind putting in the 100 or so to get it just want to know if it is worth it what does it really do do you notice a drastic difference over the normal radio? again sorry for the questions just there is not much to read about this feature

 

No, there is no drastic difference over normal radio. If anything, when it switches from normal to "HD" I can hear the radio station volume automatically turn lower once it fully switches over.