quick radio question

[newI30owner]

hi im new tothe site and infinitis and just picked up a 96 i30 the other day. radio seemed fine but now it doesnt seem to display anything when i start the car. i can do anything with it but i turn it off and back on and nothing dissplays. after about 20 mins or so it seems to fade in and display just fine. also i listen to my ipod through the casette and it ejects it after about a min and doesnt seem to want to stay in until i eject it, is that normal?

thanks

[newI30owner]

it has the bose audio system in it as well i forgot to say.

[the converted]

That's definitely a internal radio issue. If you want to try to get it fixed, there is a thread stickied at the top of this forum with a guy that repairs radios. If you want to replace it, it's not terribly hard and just requires an adapter to make the new radio work with the Bose.

[newI30owner]

thank you for the reply, yes i would love to replace it with an aftermarket one in the future. also my antenna isnt retracting all the way nor extending all the way. would a new one fix that problem?

[the converted]

New radio wouldn't fix that, but you can however get a new mast and replace that instead of the whole antenna assembly.

[newI30owner]

what is a mast and how much would that run me? id replace it myself if its simple enough. owned dodge all my life so this is a bit new to me lol. im sure i could tackle it. thanks for the fast replys!

[the converted]

It's the part that goes up and down. http://www.autopartswarehouse.....html

99% of the time there is a problem, the plastic teeth have stripped out. Replacing the mast is the cheapest and easiest way to fix it. The quality of the replacement antenna assemblies is a little bit questionable anyway unless you go with oem.

[newI30owner]

alright cool, thank you so much, one last question lol. wheres the cd changer located by chance? i cant seem to find it lol