Vauxhall Astra H - Vauxhall Astra H - CD turns itself over to radio

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Sat 4 May 2013 20:39
Vauxhall Astra H - Vauxhall Astra H - CD turns itself over to radio - andy2286

I have a '06 plate Vauxhall Astra Club 1.7l diesel. Recently I've noticed that occasionally whilst playing a CD it sometimes turns itself over to radio for no apparent reason and I end up being fed traffic reports from radio 1 or something along those lines.

I think RDS or whatever it is turned on, could this be the answer to my problems if so, how do I turn this off?

Apologies for the poor writing, I'm not very technically minded.

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Sat 4 May 2013 23:32
Vauxhall Astra H - Vauxhall Astra H - CD turns itself over to radio - bathtub tom

I'd suggest you've got Traffic Announcements (TA) turned on. They're supposed to interrupt whatever's playing.

Have you read the instruction book?

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Sun 5 May 2013 10:05
Vauxhall Astra H - Vauxhall Astra H - CD turns itself over to radio - veloster

not really a technical issue more of a read the instructions issue.,,read the manual and turn off the traffic announcements job done,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Tue 7 May 2013 04:17
Vauxhall Astra H - Vauxhall Astra H - CD turns itself over to radio - andy2286

I couldn't actually find the instruction for the CD player at the time (have since) and google was no help to me.

A friend of mine clocked onto what it was as it happened again with him in the car.

Thanks for your help anyway, much appreciated!

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