# Bad audio from Pirate Radio **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 25, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/bad-audio-from-pirate-radio/6702 "2017-12-25T11:40:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SmokeyOdin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@SmokeyOdin](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/SmokeyOdin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/bad-audio-from-pirate-radio/6702/1 "2017-12-25T11:40:15Z")
Hi, I’ve followed all the setup instructions for internet radio, and when it rebooted sound like an alien laser going off rather than normal music, I’ve uploaded a video of what it sounds like incase anyone knows what the problem might be: [https://streamable.com/8b5my](https://streamable.com/8b5my) Anyone got any ideas on how to fix it? Many Thanks ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/bad-audio-from-pirate-radio/6702/2 "2017-12-25T13:00:24Z")
Best guess is an install glitch. I’d start over with a fresh install of Raspbian Jessie and run the one line installer again. If it does the same thing again then its likely a hardware issue. ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/bad-audio-from-pirate-radio/6702/3 "2017-12-25T13:02:00Z")
I guess you could try just rerunning the one line installer again, before starting over from scratch. It won’t hurt anything and might save some time. ---
**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/bad-audio-from-pirate-radio/6702/4 "2017-12-26T10:33:46Z")
Alien laser is a new one to me! I’d recommend trying our experimental PiratePython radio install, which you can just extract to a blank SD card and fire up with minimal configuration. It’s a good debugging step in any case. [http://get.pimoroni.com/pirateradio-v20171113.zip](http://get.pimoroni.com/pirateradio-v20171113.zip) Once unzipped to an SD card- all the files should be at the root of the card - you need to edit `wpa_supplicant.conf` with your WiFi configuration, and `playlist.m3u` with your playlist choices. ---
**Author:** ![SmokeyOdin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@SmokeyOdin](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/SmokeyOdin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/bad-audio-from-pirate-radio/6702/5 "2017-12-26T10:54:20Z")
Hi, Thanks both for replying, I did try alphanumeric’s suggestion and it still sound the same even tried it on jessie and still the same audio problem. I’ve also tried the PiratePython suggestion, but when I get to the login screen it wont let me type anything in (and if its one of them hidden password things it wont log me in when I press enter) Thanks again ---
**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/bad-audio-from-pirate-radio/6702/6 "2017-12-26T11:02:01Z")
PiratePython is designed to be headless, and already set up and ready to go. You just edit the config files from a host computer. It does sound like there’s something else amiss, though. Perhaps a hardware issue. It’d be worth emailing us at [support@pimoroni.com](mailto:support@pimoroni.com) for a replacement pHAT BEAT. ---
**Author:** ![SmokeyOdin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@SmokeyOdin](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/SmokeyOdin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/bad-audio-from-pirate-radio/6702/7 "2017-12-26T11:15:26Z")
I got it to “work” but it still sounded the same so I’ll drop an email this morning for a replacement Thanks for the help