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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 02:31 AM
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Seems like over the past few month's my C5's radio reception has gotten worse... Tonight it got really bad, and i wiggled the wire on the connector to the windshield and it helped. Didn't last long though, I read that the antenna is amplified and the amplifier can go bad? Tomorrow I'm going to try to remove the connector and clean the connection, maybe it might help?
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 04:43 AM
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when you find the problem let me know please. My 99 does the same thing.
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 01:09 PM
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I'm about to go check it out, sometimes it works okay and sometimes it doesnt... It's really pissing me off though because my cd player stopped working, and i use my ipod fm transmitter (barely works now).
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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ok just cleaned the connection with steel wool and it seems to be working fine again... for now!
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