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Old 03-08-2006, 04:40 PM
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About once a month, my radio forgets its bass/treble/fader settings. Presets are strangely unaffected. Anyone else have similar problems?
Old 03-08-2006, 06:01 PM
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Default Don't want to alarm you, but...

THEY are getting ready to take you to the mother ship. I would suggest this as a solution:



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Old 03-09-2006, 01:44 PM
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Damn, I had a feeling it might be THEM. I lined the softtop with tinfoil, but apparently that wasn't enough.

Seriously, though, I can't for the life of me figure out why just one portion of the memory will go stupid like that. I guess I'm stuck taking it to the dealer, but I'm pretty sure that they'll say that they can't do anything unless I get lucky enough for it to happen the day I take it there.
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what model radio do you have?
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The Becker Head Unit is the weakest link in current model Porsches. My phone is hooked up to it through a Motorola Pro install kit, and about every 3rd call, the radio blanks out, all presets go to '0' and I have to reset the damn thing.

Becker knows about it, yet does nothing to resolve. Sucks. Same goes for my old '99, had 3 head units, all crap. Becker is the problem. Best of luck.

Do you have anything connected to it?

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Old 03-13-2006, 11:28 AM
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I'd have to pull out the manual to get the exact model number, but it's an '03 with the Bose package. And I don't have anything connected to it as far as I know. There's always the possiblilty that the previous owner may have tapped into it for some reason.



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