weirdest thing from car radio tonite; 2004 subaru forester. Pulled into driveway radio off the whole trip & suddenly music was coming from it?! Checked radio light: it was off. No matter where I turned the volume, it played the same loudness that it came on at & couldn't turn it so low as not to hear it. Alright, can't do anything to turn it up, down or off so turned it on & it came on to my regular FM station I'm always tuned to, playing a different tune at different volume. Turned it off & it was off, no sound now! No CD in the player & I'd never heard that tune before anyway. Anybody care to explain. Yes I hadn't had a drink in weeks & my wife heard & saw the same thing.
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Anonymous-0
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Was George Burns or Morgan Freeman sitting in the passenger seat? 2x4 Almighty! LoL Dave
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Dad use to talk on his CB in the house and it would come over the AM radio in the truck in the driveway (everything off). Scared he!! out of me when I was a kid. Ever saw the movie "Christine"?
Dave
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Tony in SD
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First off let me say that I use to be a FCC licesened broadcast engineer and worked for several stations in that capacity. Both AM and FM. So what you are saying is possible. However, are you sure that it was your FM station and not an AM. As I said It is entirely possible for this to happen if all conditions are right with an AM station that is close by. I dont know of any way this could happen with FM.
All it takes for this to happen is a strong enough AM signal, a detector (a rusted joint) to detect the signal and you have sound. I have heard music from a rusted tower joints while work at the station. Some people with loose fillings sometimes hear music for the same reasons.
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All it takes for this to happen is a strong enough AM signal, a detector (a rusted joint) to detect the signal and you have sound. I have heard music from a rusted tower joints while work at the station. Some people with loose fillings sometimes hear music for the same reasons.
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yes was FM. 90.3 public radio my radio was tuned to. Mystery station didn't sound like an AM station, was playing musical tune but not the style of public radio or what you'd hear on AM either. Thats why I thought it might be CD player but radio/CD was off & nothing in CD anyway.
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Modern car radios are always powered on, even when they're off. Also, they all have microprocessors that control their functions through solid-state rather than hard switches. My guess is there is a bug in the radio's firmware that allowed it to get in a condition where it was partially turned on.
You don't say whether the problem went away after you turned the radio on, but if it didn't you might have to disconnect the battery to force the radio into a "hard reset".
You don't say whether the problem went away after you turned the radio on, but if it didn't you might have to disconnect the battery to force the radio into a "hard reset".
Tom in TN
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2X4,
I can ofter hear music from my bedside radio late at night when the radio is not turned on. It is very faint and I can't normally distinguish what music is playing, but I can hear it.
Did you ever have a crystal radio when you were a kid? My brother and I each built crystal sets back in the 1950s when we were kids. We lived in Notheastern Ohio. We used to listen to WWVA from Wheeling West Virginia and to WCKY in Cincinnati. WWVA used to broadcast "The Barn Dance", sort of like the "Grand Old Opry".
WCKY had advertisements on there for buying chickens. Money back guarantee for any chicks that were dead when they were delivered.
You ain't just hearing things - they're real.
Tom in TN
I can ofter hear music from my bedside radio late at night when the radio is not turned on. It is very faint and I can't normally distinguish what music is playing, but I can hear it.
Did you ever have a crystal radio when you were a kid? My brother and I each built crystal sets back in the 1950s when we were kids. We lived in Notheastern Ohio. We used to listen to WWVA from Wheeling West Virginia and to WCKY in Cincinnati. WWVA used to broadcast "The Barn Dance", sort of like the "Grand Old Opry".
WCKY had advertisements on there for buying chickens. Money back guarantee for any chicks that were dead when they were delivered.
You ain't just hearing things - they're real.
Tom in TN
It wasn't the intro music to Michael Savage's talk show was it?
Last night at the restaurant, one of the guys was showing off his new Ipad. It stared playing Michael Savage's show and he couldn't get it to stop...
My money's on a computer glitch... These radios don't have transistors and resistors and capacitors anymore... Everything's computerized and done on chips, so there's nothing to get that "crystal radio" effect.
Last night at the restaurant, one of the guys was showing off his new Ipad. It stared playing Michael Savage's show and he couldn't get it to stop...
My money's on a computer glitch... These radios don't have transistors and resistors and capacitors anymore... Everything's computerized and done on chips, so there's nothing to get that "crystal radio" effect.
Janicholson
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The tuning modules and the power amplifiers in modern radios are subject to issues such as stray naturally occuring hard radiation and EMI. in some cases the transistors and micro components in the chips are able to be turned on, and stay on, as mentioned below. We are bombarded with signals from every broadcasting antenna in use. These include satelite radio, regular broadcast radio, TV signals ham, and thousands of other FCC approved and non-approved international signals. To me it is a miracle that stations can be selected among the plethora.
I owned a home in San Jose, CA that was (when purchased) ungrounded, and at the apex of a local station's antenna array. Every thing in the house with a speaker attached played that station, including the phone, CD players, and the sterio when playing taped music. A complete rewire and grounding rod, plus a new phone entry system with shielded wires fixed it. Jim
I owned a home in San Jose, CA that was (when purchased) ungrounded, and at the apex of a local station's antenna array. Every thing in the house with a speaker attached played that station, including the phone, CD players, and the sterio when playing taped music. A complete rewire and grounding rod, plus a new phone entry system with shielded wires fixed it. Jim
Tom in TN
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Goose,
You bet - Cincinnati, ONE, Ohio. A few years ago I was mentioning to my grandchildren that I remembered when ZIP codes were invented. As with most technological innovations, they were just shocked that there was a time when ZIP codes didn't exist.
Tom in TN
You bet - Cincinnati, ONE, Ohio. A few years ago I was mentioning to my grandchildren that I remembered when ZIP codes were invented. As with most technological innovations, they were just shocked that there was a time when ZIP codes didn't exist.
Tom in TN
My brothers and I built a crystal radio in the early 70's. Didn't get good reception, but the static was good. ;-)
WHLO and WWWE wer the big stations that I remember. That was before FM came into favor. WHLO used to have a big day at Chippewa Lake Park back then.
Where in northeastern Ohio did you live?
WHLO and WWWE wer the big stations that I remember. That was before FM came into favor. WHLO used to have a big day at Chippewa Lake Park back then.
Where in northeastern Ohio did you live?
Years ago, there were lots of article on people receiving radio stations through their teeth and radiators, pipes and ironwork. Lot of problems with radio signals over telephones, too. Foxhole radios for GI's used to be pencil lead, razor blade and headphones. Made a couple with germanium diode inside of single headphone. For antenna clip onto good ground like phone dial or refrigerator. Usually got two stations at once. Dave
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