Dash Radio's Motor Homes

I have had two dash radios die in cars.. Both modern, and my parent's I had to pull it and take it into a shop for rebuild.

Now back in my parent's day it was a better quality radio

Today a good number of 'em are made you know where or in another country both of which are kind of lacking in quality control.

I do have horror stories.

Some of the automobiles that I restored still had working tube type radios. With today's electronics I would think that vehicle radios should last forever. I know that the current TV's are much more reliable than those a few decades ago.
I am guessing that most of the failure comes from mechanical issues caused by the constant earthquake environment that our motor homes endure. Components that are shaken loose/damaged are the main causes of failures. I don't think the same quality exists in aftermarket radios that are used in most RV's.

The Magnadyne radio in our previous Monaco Dynasty was just junk. It couldn't pick up a good signal 15 ft. out of a major city. The car radio always worked much better.

When I would set the tow vehicle up for towing in the mornings and running through the gears, I would search for a radio station in the car first, about 50% of the time, I could get it on the Magnadyne, sometimes not. What irritated me is that when I would 'scan' for a radio station in the motorhome, it would stop on 'staticiky' stations. ???

The radio in the new coach is much more car-like for reception. I'm not sure of the brand, it does have the Garmin GPS system built-in.

I should have changed the radio in the Dynasty, I would just play CD's in non-signal area's. I never did sign up for Sirius radio, I have this thing about paying for radio. LOL!

MM.