enkne11 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I've had my z1 installed for a week now, and one thing I've noticed is that It gets horrible reception. At first I thought it was because something wasn't hooked up so after looking at it I realized it wasn't hooked up to my stock antenna. This improved the reception, however it is nothing near what I had with my stock headunit. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there anyway to correct it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tillithz Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 what vehicle? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSUV Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 You know, I have read about this problem before in previous posts and as I recall, one person used an antenna amplifier and it resolved his problem quite well. I gotta tell you, the FM reception on my Z1 is FANTASTIC. I mean, I can hardly change one digit of the tuning without getting a station in. I don't even have enough memory slots to save all of the channels that come in clearly. I was amazed at how much better my FM reception was with the Z1 over my stock radio. I guess I'm just one of the lucky ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tillithz Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 well the kind of vehicle would be most helpful, only because if the actual ant. lead was omitted from the original install, it is possible that the factory ant. amplifier was not connected as well.. not to mention other factors such as tricky ant connections and installer insights that may have gone overlooked. but anyways, let us know with what vehicle or put in an amplifier, your options are to either do it right possibly, or spend money doing it another way. up to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
enkne11 Posted January 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 sorry... its for an 05 altima se-r Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sevkatia Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 sorry... its for an 05 altima se-r Then it does sounds like antenna amplifier power-on wire was not connected. I had same exact problem in my 2003 Maxima until I checked its wiring diagram and connected that wire. (There is a power antenna wire in Z1's harness that could be used for that purpose) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSUV Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 That is correct, there is a wire for this. If I'm not mistaken, there is also a setting in the AVIC-Z1 to turn the power antenna feature on and off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
action Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 That is correct, there is a wire for this. If I'm not mistaken, there is also a setting in the AVIC-Z1 to turn the power antenna feature on and off. You, in fact, are mistaken. The feature allows you to have the AVIC send power to the antenna all the time, or only when the radio is on (i.e. turn off during CD/DVD playback, satellite radio, etc...) You can't actually turn it off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tillithz Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 maybe it would be better to get that far first, so make sure the remote/radio turn on lead is connected. then you can go into the settings and configure it afterwards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSUV Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 My mistake, I guess that I never really learned what that feature was for because I saw no need to use it. I saw it when I was briskly browsing through my Z1 features the other night. Thank you for quicky correctng me. We don't want bad infrmation on here. Especially if its critical in nature. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
enkne11 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 The lead is in. Its a blue wire which was connected and it did improve reception, however I'm still not getting the same reception I used to with my BOSE unit. Im positive because I live in a valley and all our other cars can pick up radio stations, but when I try to tune them in with the z1 they are fuzzy and fade in adn out. I used to be able to hear them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tillithz Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 did you check the actual ant. lead itself, NOT THE BLUE wire? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
enkne11 Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 its still not working, any other advice? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
enkne11 Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 bump, still having the problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cntrylvr79 Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 TRy hooking the blue wire in the altima harness to the red wire in the altima harness. Leave the blue wire of the z disconnected. Also where did you ground the avic. Last question, is your rear window tinted? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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