I just replaced the cupholder between the front seats- had to remove console due to crud locking it in place. now all I get is static on am radio- fm is fine ??????

 

you mean you once had AM reception? you're lucky. i never had anything but static on AM channels.

 

Yeah, me too. Is there a fix?

 

Well there is a connection for both the AM and FM radio on the back of the radio, you might have knocked off the AM antenna connection.

 

You need a removal tool to pull out the radio. Also, if you disconnect the battery, then you need the radio code. You should be able to find the toolon google "audi tools".

 

Are you saying there is a seperate ant. connection for the AM radio and another for the FM radio??

 

Yup, on the back of the radio, one is called the ZF wire, the other is called the HF wire.

 

Is it difficult to remove the radio to check the am antenna?

 

A6hcw,

Mine is a 97 A6. In the garage on the rack for near or longer than a month with batt disconnected. Got the car back, radio still worked, all the presets same as before. CLOCK didn't run. Tripmeter was zeroed.

3 weeks or so ago. my batt died. AAA jumped it, drove to parts house, checked batt, totally dead, bought new, kid says "I gotta get the lighter battery to keep radio, etc., live." I said never mind. It won't lose anything. Right. Put the batt in, radio worked as before, tripmeter zeroed, clock off by 20 minutes or so.

My old Audis, from 90 back thru 79 never lost the radio when I had the batt disconnected, either to repair them, or to replace batt.

What models DO lose radio presets and codes? None of mine ever have. My 97 is Bose system, so imagine if they HAD a code loss, this one would. My old one was Blaupunkt, I think. That, too, should have but didn't.

Removal tools are arched wires with hooks on both legs. They unlock the radio keepers and hook onto the radio chassis to allow you to draw it out. I think you can go to the parts houses, Advance, Autozone, etc. and buy them. I don't KNOW that. I bent my own out of brazing rod.

Cheers,

George