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Indesciminate scanning of audio system

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by dave conlon, Feb 9, 2015.

  1. dave conlon

    dave conlon Junior Member

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    Hello everyone. This is my first post, been a 2012 Prius, type III owner since September. Have researched this forum and it is loaded with many helpful solutions and upgrades to various problems, but I haven't been able to find an answer to this:

    I have a audio/nav system. I will be listening to a fm radio station and all of sudden it begins scanning the stations. I have discovered the only way to stop the scanning is to push the Volume Control on the steering wheel. All other buttons on Audio/Nav are unresponsive. The whole thing freezes up. when I depress the steering wheel button the audio just stops at whatever station it is on and continues playing. Then about 1-2 miles later it starts all over again.
    Anyone else have this problem and found answer????
     
  2. dave conlon

    dave conlon Junior Member

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    I see no one could answer this.
    I thought I would tell everyone what happened.
    I fabricated my own sun-shield out of cardboard. It fit "perfectly" by sliding it into the space between the NAV buttons and screen. EXCEPT (which I was unaware of at the time) for the space where the SEEK button is located. The cardboard was holding the SEEK button down, but intermittently. Once I determined this was the problem, a simple scissor cut to that part of the shield so it would not go into the space solved the problem.
     
  3. frodoz737

    frodoz737 Top Wrench

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