Ford Radio Display Says 'alarm'

[talksy]

Hi, I got in my car this afternoon and after driving for a minute or two, put on the radio. It said on the screen ALARM. The radio was playing fine in the background, and I could change channel no problem, but the display kept saying ALARM.

I switched it off and left it for a bit, and then it was fine, ALARM has now gone.

Any ideas on what it meant?

[vibeone]

London Pirate messing with the national emergency RDS flag?

[jeebowhite]

certainly sounds like a possibility! I wonder how many others in London saw it if that was the case...?

[Preee]

just Googled this and it could very well be an illegal broadcast , i like your thinking vibeone

[jeebowhite]

maybe this is where we find out Vibeone was out and about down london way with a large tower out the sunroof :D

[vibeone]

Haha...

You sometimes get a test Alarm in tunnels too - Dartford etc when they're testing the emergency broadcast systems.

[talksy]

Haha...

You sometimes get a test Alarm in tunnels too - Dartford etc when they're testing the emergency broadcast systems.

Ahah.

Thanks for all of the posts.

I was actually very near a tunnel at the time. I bet it came from there!