alpine radio problem

i recently bought a 2000 vogue with an aftermarket kenwood stereo fitted. big mistake, it looked ridiculous. i was sent the origional alpine type radio by a freind in america, who said it would work fine.
sure enough, i fitted it and everything works, apart fron the front speakers, and it wont tune into staions on even number frequencies, i.e. 102.0, 102.2 etc. it will ony tune to stations with odd numbers, i.e. 101.9, 102.1 etc. is this because its american spec? and do you think the speakers are a radio problem, speaker problem, wiring problem or amp problem?
any advice welcomed. thanks in advance guys.

I'm sure the tuning is due to american spec. What type of HU are you after?? I have a RR HK, tape, radio, cd compatible that I am using in my garage for a radio - and it accepts UK stations!!

Regards,

Steve

Try puting the alpine model no: into google and see if it will give you the spec and wiring diags and go from there. I used to have a slitty import and the radio would only accept certain freq so it got deleted and replaced

The one i have has ISO connectors. If you can photograph your current one you could compare. Should be a straight swap.

US Spec Alpines only tune with odd numbers after the decimal as that's FCC radio standard spec. I've had a couple of US market radios and that seems pretty standard. AM radios go up in 10s instead of 9's as well, so you can't get many stations on AM over here either. Talk sport is 1 out.

hi mate,,
no problem you need a band expander... just plugs into the ariel socket , and a live and earth.job done.....

all imported jap cars have them fitted when they come into this country

there not dear eather, £20.00 tops.... auto leads make them

hope this helps
mick

I dont know about the speaker problems because i got an alpine head unit fitted to mine and they work fine. The head unit that was in it before had a sat nav system built into it (not the one with the screen but the one with just the arrows on the head unit itself) there where two antenna cables going to the head unit, one for the sat nav and one for the normal radio, we connected the sat nav one to the alpine unit by mistake and the radio reception was pathetic, but after looking closer behind the dash we located a second antenna lead for the normal radio antenna, we plugged that in and it works fine now. May have been just mine but check to make sure there isnt two antenna leads because the vehicle may have had a Land Rover Sat Nav head unit in it before the Kenwood was fitted.

excellent replies fellas,
g13sjc, its the origional alpine xqd model ive put back in, i wanted to keep it as standard as poss, i will try the band expander, thanks mickobrien.
i'll let you know how it goes.