Poor AM Reception w/ New Head Unit
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Poor AM Reception w/ New Head Unit
I recently installed a new Alpine head unit, and hooked up the stock antenna connector to the Alpine with an adapter I purchased from Tune-Town. FM reception is great. but AM reception is very, very bad. By pulling the connection apart halfway, I was able to improve AM reception slightly, but obviously a half-plugged adapter is not the way to go. So, any ideas or suggestions? I'm wondering if I got a bad adapter; perhaps a swap would help fix things?
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Re: Poor AM Reception w/ New Head Unit (MVP)
Heh heh, to be honest, I don't listen to AM hardly at all, either. The new Alpine has XM built in, so I now listen to that 99.9% of the time. But I would very much like to have adequate AM reception so I can listen to local college football games when the season comes around.
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Re: Poor AM Reception w/ New Head Unit (Racer_X)
I have the same problem with my Kenwood. Absolutely terrible AM reception. FM is great though!
I just think aftermarket manufacturers don't spend a lot of time tweaking the AM tuners. They must figure nobody is going to use it or something. The only aftermarket head unit that I've seen that actually did a decent job was the Pioneer Supertuner III series.
I just think aftermarket manufacturers don't spend a lot of time tweaking the AM tuners. They must figure nobody is going to use it or something. The only aftermarket head unit that I've seen that actually did a decent job was the Pioneer Supertuner III series.
