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AM Radio is dead

TurnThePage
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My '15 Ram 1500 with the Uconnect 8.4AN radio has no AM output. No sound at all. Doing a scan finds no stations at all. Suggestions? Should I pull a fuse or disconnect the battery? It's not that I use it that often, but there are times when local news, or immediate traffic or weather reports would be nice.
2015 Ram 1500
2022 Grand Design Imagine XLS 22RBE
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Bill_Satellite
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Explorer II
TurnThePage wrote:
My '15 Ram 1500 with the Uconnect 8.4AN radio has no AM output. No sound at all. Doing a scan finds no stations at all. Suggestions? Should I pull a fuse or disconnect the battery? It's not that I use it that often, but there are times when local news, or immediate traffic or weather reports would be nice.

Hasn't AM been dead for something like "forever"?
What I post is my 2 cents and nothing more. Please don't read anything into my post that's not there. If you disagree, that's OK.
Can't we all just get along?

wa8yxm
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Explorer III
There are a few components unique to the AM or FM band and it is possible for one to fail wile the other works

Question does your radio have a line in? and does that work?

On my Class A the Am/FM antenna on the roof is.. well .. Not worth much.. My Effective range is close to how far I can throw a snowball. In august (Ok so I joke a bit).

I use an inverter to power my smart phone so I do not get a ground loop issues (lots of nosie) then feed the audio out from the cell to the AUX in on the dash. (See option 2 below if you don't have an aux in but FM works) Point the browser to WTWW.US then hit LISTEN tab and Transmitter 2 (html) and enjoy "The Greatest Hits of All times"

WTWW (We Transmit World Wide) is a shortwave station (5085 KHz) or 3 in Lebanon TN (T2 is 5085) YOu may find the ads a bit strange (I don't stores I shop) but The music is good.. THey have a new Instant Request system too (different tab use a different device or open new tab to use it) Kind of neat.


Option 2: If your FM works but no aux in you can get a small FM Transmitter at most Audio / Best buy Truck stop stores designed specifically to handle that problem.

Oh my car also does Short wave and I can do it in the motor home too.
Home was where I park it. but alas the.
2005 Damon Intruder 377 Alas declared a total loss
after a semi "nicked" it. Still have the radios
Kenwood TS-2000, ICOM ID-5100, ID-51A+2, ID-880 REF030C most times

rk911
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Explorer
pauldub wrote:
Is only AM dead and FM works?


that was my question, too. if FM is dead then that would suggest an antenna connection issue. otherwise you could try to reset the vehicle computer by disconnecting the battery for 30-minutes. that has worked for me for other issues on my Jeep Liberty.
Rich
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pauldub
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Is only AM dead and FM works?