I jumped in to my Two month old 03 TT, started up and no sound coming from my radio. The radio appears to function normally, in every respect with the exception of audio. No matter what I did, not a peep. Has anyone else experienced this problem or have any ideas as to what I might try. My dealer is an hour away and he wants it for a full day. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

I had this problem in the Boxster. I am sure you have troubleshot, so your next step (as I did), is to bring your car into the dealer. Unless its a hardware problem, it is a quick fix.

 

Common problem. The next time it happens, try turning the car off, locking the doors, then getting back in and testing it. It's a problem with the amplifier...it will need to be changed.

 

It's not the amplifier. I had the same problem this past week. Check out the manual. The radio turns itself off if you leave the car for a long period of time (I didn't but I had the door open without the key in the ignition for a while). The manual gives directions - something about locking, then unlocking with the key and then unlocking with the remote. Check the manual. After following the directions my radio worked fine.
David

 

David,
Just tried it out. the audio works great. Every thing back to normal. Thank you very much my friend.
Mike

 

JMT,
I had this problem, or one similar - the radio would appear to turn on, but no sound. If pdutta2000's solution doesn't work, here's what I did: Have the radio on with the engine running (no sound). Then, leaving the radio on, turn the engine off, remove the key, and restart the engine. The radio should produce sound. The problem (I had) occurs when the engine is turned off with the radio off. If you leave the radio on when you turn the engine off, the radio should (usually) play when you start the engine again. It is true that PCNA's (original) problem solution is to replace the amplifier. That didn't work for me, though. My dealer then replaced my radio (after discussions with PCNA) and re-entered the codes through the "Bosch Hammer." It is working fine now. BTW, two other problems also seem to have resolved themselves. The CD changer kept moving CDs in and out of the cartridge for an interminably long time after loading a cartridge, and the rear spoiler would frequently (~30% of the timne) display an error code when automatically deploying (and would not retract properly). It might be that the only thing that really needed to be done was to re-set the codes, but I cannot be certain.
Fred

 

I've had that same problem. It seems that if you stop the car, then turn it back on again, the electronics "re-boot" and the radio is fine.
I would NOT replace the amp.

Pity that this occurs in a 116k car, but not in a Honda

 

"Pity that this occurs in a 116k car, but not in a Honda"

I could'nt agree with you more. The car is fabulous, but this sort of thing is really inexcusable.

Thanks for all the helpful comments.

Mike

 

I had the same issue too - same solution too.
Agree - it's pathetic that this should happen at all.

 

While not addressing your problem, I do want to address the comments about this not happening on a Honda....

Well, of course not!!! Honda sells millions of vehicles and has much more of an ability to stamp out problems like this. A Porsche is a very low production vehcle, in comparison, and there are bound to be some issues. Compare it to a Ferrari and the Porsche is absolutely bulletproof. With Italian cars/motorcycles it is simply expected that things will fall off or break from time to time, it goes with the territory. Fact is, there will be some issues in the Porsche and if it is just a radio needing resetting once in a blue moon I can deal with it (but of course would want it addressed and fixed). If I am buying a car for its stellar reliability I would be buying a Honda.

The bottom line is that for an exotic performance car the Porsche TT is probably the MOST reliable car made today, and for that I commend Porsche.

 

Michael W: You couldn't be more correct. I bought the Porsche as a more reliable (and faster) track car compared to my Countach. The exotics always need attention and often the engineering just plain sucks. Again, it comes with the territory.

 

Get real, Michael W. and ColorChange. We are talking about just the radio. Not an exotic radio, or any other type of radio, but just a radio. With the tens of millions of radio's produced each year, there is absolutly no reason that Porsche can not supply a radio that is at least as relible as one in a $20,000. Honda.

 

JMT:

The problem has nothing to do with the radio it has to do with the Porsche electronics that control when the radio is turned on and off. Before you tell others to get real perhaps you should take some time to understand where the problem is?

The Becker units used in the 996TT are very proven and are used in many other cars. The problem isn't with the radio unit itself and thus your comment of "there is absolutely no reason that Porsche can not supply a radio that is at least as relible as one in a $20,000. Honda." is not relevant as the Becker unit is arguably just as reliable as any radio in a Honda.

 

Michael W. Your above statment, as it relates to my original post, is both ridicules and incoherent. In other words I do not know what the H you are talking about.

I asked for help because I lost all audio on my radio. I received many very helpfull posts and because of them, my radio now works perfectly. I thank all for there very kind help. You, for what ever reason, have decided, that because, I expected my radio to work correctly for more two months, have a level of unreasonable expectations. Please keep your unhelpful opinion of my expections to your self.

I will not comment on your level of expectations. You have made them quite obvious. Mine are, have been, and will always be very high. That has served me very well in life and I was never told that I was unfair, even from Porsche.

This is my last post on this thread.

Mike

 

Its probabaly Dr. Ferry looking down and sending you a message to forget the artifical sound of a radio and listen to that engine and exhaust, thats music to the ears.