HELP noise from radio, band frequcys?? Options

[Nigel]

hello

just got my celica, its am import and the sales man said the band frequancy needs to be changed because its a japan station or somthing, anyway they have converted it to UK band but there is a noise even when I switch it off, when i turn it up loud the rear speakers crackle.

what is it and how can i change it?

[neophile]

Hi, I had to get a band expander for my radio too - without it I could only get 2 stations.

In my previous car I got the same staticy noise after turning off the radio and twisting the volume. In my case, the previous owner hadn't soldered/clamped the speaker wires and instead had just twisted them together and wrapped them with insulation tape.

As soon as I redid the wires (with solder) the noise was gone. I guess it has something to do with the metal wires oxidising?

Hope this helps