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Hi guys! I have one weird problem with FM/AM reception

By Chris_1818 · Jul 12, 2008in Problems/Troubleshooting💬 10 posts👁️ 1,095 views
Posted Jul 12, 2008 · 04:41 UTC#1

I hooked everything up right, i get decent sound from FM but AM is shot.

So, my problem is this. I live in NYC and I get good FM reception once I'm on my driveway parked. But as soon as I put my car on Drive and start driving, the quality decreases and reception cuts off. I went to my job 15 miles away from home(Long Island) and as I got further away, I would get NO RECEPTION AT ALL. FM is shot and AM is shot. I thought it might've been a loose connection and blamed it on it but once I got close home, I would get signal from the FM. As I'm 2 miles from my house, i got full FM reception with some static but if I was at a red light(again, within 2 miles of my house), I get full non-static fm reception. What am I doing wrong?

Oh yeah, everything is hooked up correctly. VSS works and did the bypass as well.

Posted Jul 12, 2008 · 05:04 UTC#2
I hooked everything up right, i get decent sound from FM but AM is shot.

What am I doing wrong?

Oh yeah, everything is hooked up correctly. VSS works and did the bypass as well.

 

Lol, I always get a kick out of that qoute. It's hooked right, but probably not.

Since you didn't bother to post what kind of car or details, I can only advise you to check your remote turn on lead that you hooked up "correctly". The vehicle may have a amplified glass antenna.

Posted Jul 12, 2008 · 05:17 UTC#3

Antenna has two leds and I bought the adapter. Antenna wire from the d3 is hooked up to the Antenna adapter.

My car is a 2006 Honda Civic EX with glass antenna. And Yes, I installed the booster correctly.

Posted Jul 12, 2008 · 06:48 UTC#4

Maybe the antenna adapter is faulty or wrong. What kind of adapter is it? Do you have a picture or a link to it?

Posted Jul 12, 2008 · 16:29 UTC#5

I bought the Scosche HAAB antenna adapter

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Posted Jul 12, 2008 · 19:21 UTC#6

so I rechecked my wiring and tap the blue wire on the antenna adapter to the blue connector on avic wiring for the antenna then tap it into the acc wire since I have the glass antenna. Unit stays on all the time(no key on the ignition). I don't know what's going on really so I cut that wire and hooked the blue wire to the blue wire adaptor and I get the same signal loss when im 2 miles away from home.

Posted Jul 14, 2008 · 05:43 UTC#7

Use a meter, verify the blue still has output.

Also check the pins inside the adaptor, they may have got bent or pushed out some.

Posted Jul 14, 2008 · 16:56 UTC#8

They're all fine. I'm getting a metra antenna harness to replace this scosche. I mean, I wonder why it's clear when I'm at home yet when I'm 2 miles away(whether it's north, south, east, west), the reception goes non-existant lol.

Posted Jul 14, 2008 · 18:51 UTC#9

that is weird considerng its tough to get a good reception in the city, at least wit gps (i live on LI, anytime i go out of state i go thru the city and thats what happens)

Posted Jul 15, 2008 · 17:32 UTC#10

Got my metra radio harness. Hooked it up and viola. But it sounds cutoff at time as if a wire is touching something metal which causes a static noise. Oh well, I can live with that. Time to fully try it out tonight when I head to work