I miss the seek button!

[PoorManQ45]

Does anyone else remember the seek/scan button that car radios had from the early to mid 90s?

You press the button and it scans through the radio stations. It usually paused for 5~10 seconds then continued. When you heard something you liked you pressed seek again to stop the scan.

This feature was beautiful! You didn't have to press a bunch of buttons when nothing but commercials were on. You could just let the radio cycle through in hopes that atleast one station had something good on it.

I wonder why they got rid of this feature.

[Red coupe]

I wonder why they got rid of this feature.

Because

You could just let the radio cycle through in hopes that atleast one station had something good on it.

Now a days all hope is lost, and radio manufacturers have simply given up.

Next year the new models that only only have the channel for ipod tuners come out.

[Jesda]

I also like this feature. Late 90s Buicks and Oldsmobiles have preset scan, which gets the job done.

[MinisterofDOOM]

My LS has seek buttons--up and down--and it's not from the mid-90s.

(Not my car, but exactly the same interior and radio). I wish it was 87*F outside.

[RCA]

Yup my parent's Altima has them and I still use it when my stations are cluttered with sh*t. Many times I stumble on a new station and it becomes a new present. It's like radio Darwinism.

[lino]

I still have it .

[frapjap]

The lady's mom has a a new Hyundai SUV that has a scan button. I miss it, too!

[93coupe]

Michele and John's car have this feature.

[Otto.]

I thought just about every car from the last 30 years had this?

[Bmore-coupe]

I thought just about every car from the last 30 years had this?

at least 20

[Jesda]

They all have seek, but they dont have scan.

[AppleBonker]

If you push and hold seek (for maybe 1-2 seconds) on most cars it will scan for functioning frequencies. At least that's what I remember. I don't normally use stock stereos...

[MellowZ32]

I still have it .

+1

[Papi Chulo]

There is nothing good on FM radio.

[Mr1der]

commercials! and Led Zeppelin! sadly...it lacks sarcasm.

<---the lollerskate has a scan button.

[Ace2cool]

My Busaru has a scan button. But that falls into the category of 90s cars.

[Dattebayo]

The S12 has a seek button...

[Loki]

[threadjack]How do you like the SVX? There are two for sale in my area for not much money and I was unaware of their existence til I saw the listings.[/threadjack]

[MinisterofDOOM]

I used my scan button last night and discovered two more half-decent classic rock stations. So I've now doubled my chances of hearing a song that doesn't suck on FM.