Hissing on Yamaha mini hi-fi on one frequency

HeidiHeidi

I have a 15+ years old I think (can't remember exactly when I bought it) Yamaha mini hi-fi.

It's still working perfectly, but there's an intermittent hissing on one station that fades in and out, but is never entirely gone, when listening to Lyric FM. Sometimes it's just a faint hiss, sometimes it winds itself up to full on interference and then fades again.

Every other station is crystal clear 100% of the time.

I have Lyric tuned to 96.7FM, which is the frequency given for the Dublin area, and I've tried sliding up and down from there but haven't found another frequency that's clear to receive.

I've tried hanging the aerial up high, and checked the connection, neither makes any difference.

Does anyone out there have any idea why this is happening, and is there anything else I can do to get rid of it? As I say, the device is working perfectly otherwise, every other station is absolutely perfect, and it's especially annoying when listening to classical music, particularly when I have the volume up higher (which is often).

vectra

Sounds like the signal is weak.

Do you have a "stereo/mono" button? If so try Mono.

Does it have cd player etc? and hissing from their?

An outdoor ariel may help if it is just lyric fm.

L1011

Try 95.2 for Lyric, that's the Louth frequency but blasts in to a lot of Dublin. 98.7 is another option in some areas.

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121913719#Comment_121913719

It's literally just with Lyric, every other station is fine, def not the cd player.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121913745#Comment_121913745

I'll give those a go, thanks!

vectra

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121913861#Comment_121913861

I can see no other reason so than weak stereo signal.

Outdoor ariel an option?