[A4] Radio Noise

[Ti Kan]

Rocky Mullin writes:
> ... 
> 	i saw a picture in my first audi owner magazine spam that they
> sent me that showed one of their cars in some chamber full of antennae
> of incredible variety.  the article waxed teutonic about how swell they
> were at testing and steeling these cars against interference.  i guess
> the never tested to see if their own god damned brake lights would fuzz
> up the radio.  FM radio, CD, tape and GPS nav system all work flawlessly
> through the same audio system.  if i never listened to AM, i'd never
> know.  i like where you're going with the antenna theory.  i had no idea
> they put it in the glass.  i've not taken note of how the defroster
> adds into the mix.
> ...

You have a problem somewhere that the dealer is unable to correct.
That's not the normal "mode of operation" and therefore the argument
about Audi's interference testing is rather moot.  My 2001 S4's radio
works just fine, both AM and FM...  No noise induction from any of
the car's own electricals that I could notice.

-Ti
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