calebsscarlet Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Hi all, I'm a newbie to the Reatta community. Just purchased a 1988 Buick Reatta a few days ago and working out a few kinks. One of those is the radio. The radio will scan, tune to a station, but all I hear from the speakers is crackling and popping like a radio station that has dead air. I am trying to use a Bluetooth device that broadcasts through a station through the radio but ever station I tune to, nothing. Even without using the device the radio will not play. When I went looking for the problem I discovered that the antenna had been disconnected but when I reconnected it, there was still nothing. Hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Welcome to the forum! Popping and crackling is usually cause by bad capacitors in the radio and/or bad speakers. The original speakers have paper cones and will rot and come apart over time. Reatta Owners Journal - Radio Capacitor Replacement 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebsscarlet Posted June 5 Topic Author Share Posted June 5 I figured out my problem. The balance of the speakers was off. The radio had been situated to play from the only speaker that wasn't working. When I rebalanced the sound it started to play. Something so simple I just didn't think to check! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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