My stereo (factory fitted system, Clarion head unit, radio & single CD on a Peugeot 206CC 2.0l, 02 reg) has always been fine until the last week or so. I've noticed that I now lose my radio reception after travelling for about 25-30 mins. (And, no, it's not always on the same journey and that it's just gone out of range!) I can have a perfect signal, then it goes 'staticy' for a minute or so, then it loses all stations and starts to auto-search which picks up nothing but static. It seems to do this both with FM and AM. If the car is then left overnight, for example, I'll have perfect radio reception again when I turn on the next day - but, again, it fades after 25-30 mins. Turning the radio off and on again doesn't simply cure the problem though. The same thing happens even if I'm listening to a CD - I can flip over to the radio after 20 mins and it's fine... go back to CD and flip back to radio again 10 mins later and it's lost all reception.
I can't imagine what could cause this sort of fault. Faulty unit, something getting hot and needing time to cool down, a lose antenna (but why then always work lose after a similar length of time?).....???
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Reluctant to take it to a Peugeot dealer and get fobbed off and ripped off. Might try my local ICE specialists soon. I'm not remotely technical, so the chances of me sorting it myself are slim, but I'd rather have some idea of what it might be before I take it anywhere.
