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(TA367-0814) BTR - poor radio reception / abnormally long PI-Seek time

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Bulletin Nbr: TA367-0814
Date: ........... May 2008
Market: All
BTR - poor radio reception / abnormally long PI-Seek time

VEHICLES CONCERNED

Saab 9-3 MY07

Saab 9-5 MY06-07

BACKGROUND

Customer can experience poor radio reception and abnormally long PI-Seek time.

CONDITIONS

New EHU SW (software) released for improvement and fix of poor radio reception and PI-Seek function.

SYMPTOM DESCRIPTION

The new SW will take care of following fault symptoms :


1. AF (Alternative Frequency) turns off sometimes if AF is set to off in manual seek mode, after radio is turned off/on.

New software will save the AF setting. For description of the AF function, see Owner’s manual.

2. Abnormally long PI-Seek time can occur at poor radio reception level. New software will improve and speed-up the PI-seek handling.

3. Frequent start of PI-SEEK at low radio reception level when recalling an RDS preset.


New software will check longer for the correct PI code after preset recall and will not so often perform a PI-SEEK

ACTION

Download new EHU SW according to TIS 2008-1 update 1.

NOTE! After performing the SW update the AF function must be activated before returning the car to the customer.

Car Model 9-5 M06 9-5 M06 9-5 MY07 9-3 MY07
SW (software number) 12783195 12783196 12783150 12783152
SW (software number) 12769620 12769621 12769622 12772900 12772901 12772902 12778047 12778048 12778049 12771699 12771700 12775804 12765712 12765711 12773893 12773892 12774897 12774898
Comment Only necessary when exchanging a radio (column left) with a unit produced after May 07


Important !

No radio units must be changed due to bad radio reception before testing this new SW