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Car Cd Player V Potholes
I bought a "newer" car on Saturday. It's a super little car, a Kia Picanto, 06 reg with 40K on the clock. I have three months warranty.
I have noticed when I drive over potholes or raised manholes, the CD player jumps and stops playing for about a second or so.
Is this a warranty problem and also can it be fixed? Thanks
I have noticed when I drive over potholes or raised manholes, the CD player jumps and stops playing for about a second or so.
Is this a warranty problem and also can it be fixed? Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I doubt that the warranty covers this problem because it's not really a fault....CD players vary in how well they deal with major "vibrations"....some cope very well and others (yours included) not at all well. The cheaper the car, the cheaper the CD player fitted and the poorer the performance, in general.
It's worth a mention to the garage you got it from - they might offer to swap it for you. I've done 160,000 miles in my car (Volvo V70); I use CDs which I've created myself with MP3 tracks and never have a problem with skipping or pausing. Car CD players need a suspension system in them to allow for road shocks and also have an electronic buffer to try to minimise the effect of shocks. In other words the disc is read and several seconds of the music is put into the buffer before it starts playing then, when you hit a bump and the laser reading the disc loses its place, it plays from the buffer until the laser can find its place and fill the buffer again.
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