Radio cutting out

I have joined the forum, literally because of this problem, I have a prestige lux with the 825 watt Meridian system, I have had the Car for a week, having bought it with only 5000miles on the clock.
The problem is identical, the Stereo cuts out every minute or two for about 5 seconds then restarts. As others have reported the crackle can happen even if the stereo is off.
I doubt it's a loose connection, the cut out period is always about 5 seconds, never longer as would happen with a loose connect, presumably ?
My current theory is the iPod is corrupting the system in some way so I am trying to remove the iPod and see if that sorts it, has anyone else found that removing the iPod sorts the problem ?
I am also going to try the fix with the tv, setting it to usa.....will see soon enough.
Poor at best ! Still, it's booked in at the dealer in a week, let's see if they say ' no one else has the problem '....

Its a known fault, and is being worked on, all info in the thread.

Thanks all - the joy of the 'net is sharing information like this.

Mine's been doing this for about a month and before I take it I thought I'd have a nose on here and lo!... Mine was just radio initally (only listen to DAB) but then noticed it on USB and iPod too. Therefore figured it was an amplifier problem.power issue more than a signal issue but x-isle's diagnosis makes all manner of sense.

My car lives between that there London and Suffolk and as of yesterday was still at it...
I shall wait it out a bit longer as it seems better to wait for an actual fix than tune into US telly (not that i watch the UK one in the car). Oh and I'm Merdien 825 too!

Tosh, LR recommends the USA work-around, until they solve the issue properly. It simply means your TV will not work, but the other sources should then work as normal with no crackle.

I have the same problem. Just spoken to Land Rover. They said it's a problem with interference from 4G signals where the TV setting is trying up update the software. They are looking into the issue. The only way to stop it is to switch the TV region to USA. This should solve it for now until a patch is issued. But it means you have to switch it back to UK to watch TV.

Same problem here! I was booked in with the dealer last week but cancelled as LR still don't have a solution. I tried changing the language setting to US but it hasn't made any difference - still cutting out on DAB/FM/CD...

Ange - welcome to the forum - if sounds like you are resetting the wrong thing to USA. I think you are selecting the SatNav voice/ region to USA!
You need to select the TV tuner from the first/ home page menu then go into the settings for the TV and select USA NOT from the satnav settings!

(01-10-2013 12:46pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  Ange - welcome to the forum - if sounds like you are resetting the wrong thing to USA. I think you are selecting the SatNav voice/ region to USA!
You need to select the TV tuner from the first/ home page menu then go into the settings for the TV and select USA NOT from the satnav settings!

Thanks XFullFatTim, I'll give that a try - the 'boy' at the dealer didn't sound too sure when he was telling me. These new fangled machines look good but they're a bit more complicated than my old Classic Range Rover - haha!

It's dead easy to change it yourself, no need to trust a pimply geek to do it and from what you say, get it wrong! If you get the owner's manual out of it's secret compartment in the glove box and go to the TV Tuner section it tells you there how to do the region change as well!

(01-10-2013 01:15pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  It's dead easy to change it yourself, no need to trust a pimply geek to do it and from what you say, get it wrong! If you get the owner's manual out of it's secret compartment in the glove box and go to the TV Tuner section it tells you there how to do the region change as well!

When I had the car serviced, the 'pimply geek' didn't even know where the 'secret compartment' was, so couldn't find my book (despite me telling the garage where I'd left it) to stamp it!