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F90bt & HD RAdio Module - No Audio when tuned to HD Radi

By justindenton · Feb 18, 2009in Problems/Troubleshooting💬 5 posts👁️ 779 views
Posted Feb 18, 2009 · 00:14 UTC#1

I installed the F90bt.. and I hooked up the HD Radio module. I can access the HD Radio, I and tune channels, I can even get call signals back of the radio stations. But I can't hear any audio. Any ideas what I'm missing? Everything else works perfectly.

 

Thanks,

 

Justin

Posted Feb 18, 2009 · 00:21 UTC#2

Did you get an antenna splitter so your car's antenna goes to both the radio and the HD tuner?

Posted Feb 18, 2009 · 00:46 UTC#3
Did you get an antenna splitter so your car's antenna goes to both the radio and the HD tuner?

 

That's what I had to do if you want to keep the MSN, if not slap the antenna into the hd unit and forget about the regular fm

Posted Feb 18, 2009 · 01:14 UTC#4

No I don't have the antenna splitter. I have the antenna ran directly into the HD Unit. figuring that would carry the audio signal over the BUS cable. Do I need the antenna in both? does the HD Radio module not carry analog signal as well?

Posted Feb 18, 2009 · 04:36 UTC#5

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere on this board that the symptoms you're describing are due to the IP-BUS cable being in the wrong port on the HD Radio Module. Control without Audio...

 

You will also want to get that antenna splitter so you're MSN Direct will work. I can never get AM on my HD module either, so I use the AM tuner on the F900 for AM.

 

I got my Antenna Splitter from Crutchfield for $5-ish. It's a Metra part.

 

Good luck with the HD Radio, I received a replacement today because mine would go into this mode where there was 100% static on every channel: Analog & Digital. I'm hoping that's not a "feature".