First off, thanks for your reply and yes I live on long island. I did consider buying a new head unit, but supposedly, the cd changer would then be incompatible. Unless ofcourse, I wanted to buy a new becker silverstone radio for which I would have to empty my bank acount and maybe sell off a few fingers to be able to afford. I am going to attempt to check all the things you talked about. You mentioned the internal battery? Would that be included in one of the things you have listed or is that a separate issue and could be solely at fualt for my dilemma?