AM/FM Radio is a safety issue

[IanNubbit]

From what I found online, Nissan did this for the first generation Frontier up to 2004. This was over a decade before the backup camera mandate.

The frontier started it generation before last in 2005 and still had radio delete options, mainly on work truck trims. But it was still there. After searching looks like 2019 was the last year they had the delete option

 

[jonboy108]

I don’t understand the fetish for AM radio as a safety issue. My first cars had AM only, but when WMMS came on the scene in my hometown of Cleveland OH, I installed an FM converter in my VW bug and never looked back. Since 1971 or so, I’ve only listened to AM for MLB games. I have tried to tune in to the AM frequencies listed on signs along the road, but never got much in the way of useful information. My latest cars don’t have a “radio” in the sense of a AM receiver- they get everything from the internet. Like others have posted, “there’s an app for that”.

 

[tgpii]

What about Sincgars, Harris, Frs, Murs, CB, Ham, Gmrs, Fm, Am radios?

 

[tgpii]

What about Sincgars, Harris, Frs, Murs, CB, Ham, Gmrs, Fm, Am radios?

CB radios where a factory option on vehicles, some companys have/are fazing out AM radios.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

What about Sincgars, Harris, Frs, Murs, CB, Ham, Gmrs, Fm, Am radios?

What about Sincgars, Harris, Frs, Murs, CB, Ham, Gmrs, Fm, Am radios?

What about Sincgars, Harris, Frs, Murs, CB, Ham, Gmrs, Fm, Am radios?

What about Sincgars, Harris, Frs, Murs, CB, Ham, Gmrs, Fm, Am radios?

CB radios where [sic] a factory option on vehicles, some companys [sic] have/are fazing out AM radios.

Why four different posts with the same text in three different threads? Forgive me for not understanding your question, can you better explain your point?

Edit: And now two more?

What about frs, murs, cb, ham, frs, gmrs, harris, or sicingar [sic] radios?

How about frs, murs, cb, ham, frs, gmrs, harris, or sicingar [sic] radios?

 

[tgpii]

Frs, murs, weather, police scanner, fire scanner, and cb installed in a slate pickup since there is no AM/fm radio?

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Frs, murs, weather, police scanner, fire scanner, and cb installed in a slate pickup since there is no AM/fm radio?

Do you use any of these on a regular basis?

 

[tgpii]

Do you use any of these on a regular basis?

Use them for what? Lol

Honestly, I would just go cb.

 

[IamSpotted]

What about Sincgars, Harris, Frs, Murs, CB, Ham, Gmrs, Fm, Am radios?

CB radios where a factory option on vehicles, some companys have/are fazing out AM radios.

SINCGARS? Nobody is getting one of those with the internal guts still intact. Harris is a brand of Radio so what model are we talking about? Might as well bring up the MBITR while you're at it.

FRS/GMRS are an option. I've been thinking it would be fun to have CB, GMRS, and a trunking scanner in the truck. Covers the bases for me.

 

[tgpii]

SINCGARS? Nobody is getting one of those with the internal guts still intact. Harris is a brand of Radio so what model are we talking about? Might as well bring up the MBITR while you're at it.

FRS/GMRS are an option. I've been thinking it would be fun to have CB, GMRS, and a trunking scanner in the truck. Covers the bases for me.

Sincgars are a pain, if you been in the military you know. Frs/grms/cb and scanners do they require a licence? Is a truck scanner different from police/fire scanners? I tried to google radio shops near me and not much luck.

 

[IamSpotted]

Sincgars are a pain, if you been in the military you know. Frs/grms/cb and scanners do they require a licence? Is a truck scanner different from police/fire scanners? I tried to google radio shops near me and not much luck.

FRS and CB radios don’t require a license. GMRS shares some frequencies with FRS but allows more power, detachable antennas, and repeaters, which is why it does require a license. The good part is it’s just a simple FCC license (no test), and it covers your immediate family under your call sign.

For scanners, a trunking scanner is what you need for modern police/fire/EMS systems. Most agencies now use trunked radio systems instead of simple fixed frequencies, which requires a scanner that can follow those systems. Keep in mind some departments are also moving to encryption, which means they can’t be monitored at all even with the right scanner.

 

[tgpii]

I am.a newbie when it cimrs to.non am/fm radios. Is frs just a cheaper/less power/walkie talkie verson of grms? Can you get a frs/grms/ cb all in one? The Slate dash board looks perfect for cb/frs/grms. I hear that the antenna is another story. Since the slate is composite the atenna has to be grounded to the metal frame?

 

[KevinRS]

I am.a newbie when it cimrs to.non am/fm radios. Is frs just a cheaper/less power/walkie talkie verson of grms? Can you get a frs/grms/ cb all in one? The Slate dash board looks perfect for cb/frs/grms. I hear that the antenna is another story. Since the slate is composite the atenna has to be grounded to the metal frame?

Pretty much correct. I haven't looked into the radios available now to know if there are combo units. On antennas, I know that when Radioshack was still around, about half the CB or HAM antennas they carried were "no-ground plane" type, many of which were designed for glass mount, cable from radio went to a little box that adhered to the inside of the glass, with the antenna whip adhered to the outside. That type should be adaptable to a custom install no drill through the roof panel or similar instead of through the glass.

 

[tgpii]

Hello I’m new on the forum and this is my first post. A Slate could be in my future if it is ever equipped with a sturdy trailer hitch and an AM/FM radio.

It doesn’t seem like Slate is planning to install AM/FM radios as standard equipment even though they are standard SAFETY equipment. It’s imperative to be able to receive weather, road condition, and emergency information from the local channels you see on road signs—not something easily available from a cell phone, if at all.

Also such radio needs to function within the vehicle’s electrical fields—not necessarily something available off the shelf somewhere, and assurance of reliability really needs to come from the automaker.

The cost would be very negligible if integrated universally and it would likely save lives every year.

Why is this not happening? I would think it would be common sense.

Other ICEV are fazing out AM.

 

[tgpii]

If you ditch the radio, then please ditch the A/C, cruse, and cup holders. Make it cheaper. In 1996 I had my first car an 1987 toyota pickup. Regular cab, am/fm casset(cd were in by 1997), 4 speed manual, no cruise, and no A/C.