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Apr 17, 2008 | 10:01 PM

04DevilR1

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Coupe Radio Reception???

Anyone have an idea as to why my FM radio reception is terrible? Is this common for the coupes...where exactly is the antenna?

Apr 17, 2008 | 10:38 PM

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Antenna is in the windshield and I believe in the back glass also. The reception could always be better, but I can't say it is all that much of a problem in mine.

Apr 17, 2008 | 10:46 PM

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make sure that the rear antenna is attached it can come of very easily

Apr 18, 2008 | 01:51 AM

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I've never had a problem with reception.

Apr 18, 2008 | 02:58 AM

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My antenna is in the rear glass. I have never had an issue with radio reception. Of course I only drove in bigger cities that had really strong signals so my experiences may be moot.

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Apr 18, 2008 | 03:13 AM

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Never any problems, even when distant from the FM towers I get a reasonably good signal (AM works differently from FM signals).

I agree, check your antenna connector.

Apr 18, 2008 | 03:46 AM

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Apr 18, 2008 | 07:02 AM

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antenna's in the glass...mine works great.

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Apr 18, 2008 | 07:03 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe

Antenna is in the windshield and I believe in the back glass also. The reception could always be better, but I can't say it is all that much of a problem in mine.

The AM antenna is in the back window and can be affected by the heater grid if some of the grid lines have microscopic breaks in them. There is a TSB out on this addressing the issue. The FM antenna is in the front windshield. You could be having the grid line issue.

Apr 18, 2008 | 10:15 AM

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I swamped out my sound system and my reception sucks now , there is a post in here
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1117959
about how to fix it , I will try to find the dirrect link , do you have a stock radio?

If your problem is with a replaced unit , see post #4 here
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...65&forum_id=20
I have not tried this yet, have not had time....

Last edited by mojo1; Apr 18, 2008 at 10:18 AM.

Apr 18, 2008 | 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by mojo1

DANG, how did I miss that post. I knew about the module and I think I tinkered around with it before. Guess I know what my project is this weekend......

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