Poor Radio Reception???
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Poor Radio Reception???
The radio reception in my 02' TL-S has recently gone to shit and I can't figure out why. Last Friday when I got in the car the stations that I normally pick-up were really bad reception wise and it hasn't gotten any better. I live in Northern Virginia and I can barely pick up DC101...which if you live around here know that is bad when you can't pick up that station. It has a very strong signal.
Anyway...I check around the headunit and the antenna connection in the rear is fine, and nothing looks out of place in the rear window. What in the hell could be causing this to happen?
BTW: Stock head unit..no navigation
Anyway...I check around the headunit and the antenna connection in the rear is fine, and nothing looks out of place in the rear window. What in the hell could be causing this to happen?
BTW: Stock head unit..no navigation
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Originally Posted by elduderino
I believe your car has an FM amp to boost signal off of the window antenna.
Have you added any aftermarket amp?
Class D amps jam that amp often.
Have you added any aftermarket amp?
Class D amps jam that amp often.
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Originally Posted by disgookonfiya
do you have metalllic tint? b/c i heard that can mess up the reception....
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It happened right after they changed the battery? Hm, you checked the settings on the headunit. I know I started having bad reception here after the big T-storm we had here.
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Originally Posted by optomos
It happened right after they changed the battery? Hm, you checked the settings on the headunit. I know I started having bad reception here after the big T-storm we had here.
Could this amp that throws the signal to the rear antenna have gone bad or surged randomly?
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Originally Posted by elduderino
It could have gone bad, yes... the HU throws power to it to turn it on and I think that is shared with the amp, so you'd have no audio if it weren't getting power from the HU.
I guess I'll see what the dealership wants to charge to look at it. I just don't want to pay them x amount of dollars to fix it when I could use the money to upgrade to a nice aftermarket head unit. I had Alpine in all my Integra's and loved em' so I'm step up and get another.
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Originally Posted by CJams
Did you add any window tint? Not just metallic. Any at all?
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No, it would not. You need to have the FM amp checked by a pro with a wiring diagram - in other words,probably at the dealer.
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Originally Posted by CJams
Werd! It wouldn't just happen out of no where. Sounds like you have sometype of fm amp issue. Did you add any other electronics that might be messin with the signal?
Also there are no other electronics except Nextel cell phone which isn't hard wired, and it still does it even if I don't have the phone in the car. If anyone else has Nextel they know when in coming calls are coming becasue the radio gets stetchy for a couple seconds before it rings because of the direct connect signal in the phone
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