BECKER Radio ID help

[eastsidebimmer]

Hi folks, I recetly purchased this from a fellow faq'er -- and as a child of the 80's I'm not familiar with the band preset identification.

I can tell you that it is a Becker Europa Model MU, Mono Universal set.

What I don't know is anything about "band" BC ? It also shows "M" and "U" on the dial along w/ "FM" and "BC"

Anyone have any thoughts or advice? a Google search comes up empty.

I have not tested it yet.

Ben

(to clarify--I was born in the 70's--I just don't remember much of the good parts)

[TTyMiller]

Try this site it may help. I'm not certain on your presets.

http://www.oldautoradio.com/index.html

[visionaut]

BC would seem to = AM (from the numbers on the dial, running from just under 6 to 16, though you most tend to see it as numbers like 540 to 1600). My other guess is the U and M are trying to indicate frequency range. (FM stations are numbers in MHz like 93.3).

HTH...

[Blau02(MN)]

The U is, Ultrakurzwelle, (UKW)=Ultra short wave. This is refering to the wavelength of our FM broadcast band. M is just mediumwave, AM broadcast.

Blau=Long time radio nerd.

[eastsidebimmer]

(nt)

[Blau02(MN)]

I believe that is simply "Broadcast."

[Guest Anonymous]

Greetings,

It seems we're pretty much on the same path. I grabbed a nice Becker AM-FM monaural MU from a '73 Mercedes-Benz and was searching for information last night. Try Becker North America, which maintains a terrific website with removal instructions, operating instructions, replacement parts of all kinds, MP3 plug in conversion, restoration services, etc. Nothing short of incredible! See the below listed link:

http://www.beckerautosound.com/Classic/classicparts.html

...or if that doesn't work as intended, try simply:

www.beckerautosound.com ...and seek out the 'Classics and Restoration Parts' section.

Best regards...

Mike K.