Tuesday, December 29, 2009

My friggin radio is starting to get on my nerves

I bought a new radio to replace the crappy stock radio on my Chevy Silverado truck. I went with the Jensen VM9313 in-dash video player. I figured it might be nice to have a DVD as well as a CD/MP3 player. I've had this radio for about 6 months and everything seemed to be fine for a while but now I am having all kinds of problems with it. The most annoying one is the radio keeps cutting out on the right side. It happens randomly and it can last anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes. Initially I thought that perhaps there is a problem with the speakers but this problem only occurs when listening to the radio. I have a feeling that it has something to do with the HD receiver add-on device. Unfortunately I do not believe that I can listen to the radio without that device since the antenna plugs into that instead of the radio itself.

I bought this unit from Crutchfield and did not get the extended warranty so now I have to deal with the manufacturer directly. What a complete pain in the ass this is turning out to be.

Well, wasn't that a great birthday present. [sigh]