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MMD	01-08-2019 02:48 PM

FM Radio reception

Wondering what the consensus is regarding the FM radio reception quality in the C7. My 19 GS FM radio reception is horrible. One of my favorite local FM radio stations I use for weather, news is a 50,000 watt station and is located about 50 miles away. Every car I ever used never had a problem receiving this station. My GS struggles to pick up this strong signal no matter where I am in town. In the Corvette this station sounds like the station is 200 miles away. Very surprised it can't receive stations any better than this. Other local station exhibit marginal performance as well. Is this normal for C7? Is there anything the dealer can do to improve the reception on the FM band? TIA.

Larry/car

01-08-2019 03:21 PM

My 2014 and now my 2017 both have good radios. No problem receiving XM or FM, not sure about AM. I do miss HD radio that the 2014 had.

ROD BROWN

01-08-2019 03:25 PM

Don't know

I am in the same boat.FM in my car is full of static.Sounds like the radio is redeiving two stations at once.Rod

Sids04

01-08-2019 06:08 PM

I have never even tried the am/fm radio in mine lol... I use satellite or stream Amazon music via Bluetooth from my phone.

c54u	01-08-2019 08:11 PM

2017 Stingray with no fm reception problems.

Take you car to the dealer and let them verify that the antenna connections are secure at both ends and do a test on the antenna wire continuity.
If that checks out ok, it is probably the fm tuner hardware that needs to be replaced.

jimmbbo

01-08-2019 08:33 PM

My '17 Stingray has great FM reception of my usual station for at least 50 miles....

Aramis76

01-09-2019 12:03 AM

Every time a car has a "hidden" antenna instead of a good old metal rod sticking up from a body panel, it will have reduced receiving capacity.

Of course some will hide that with some sort of amplifier, but still, if you receive poorly, it will amplify the noise too.

Having said that, if something being broadcasted on FM is very important to you, maybe the station streams online and you could feed that from your phone via bluetooth.

HorsePower Junkie

01-09-2019 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by c54u (Post 1598647860)

Excellent suggestions, simply had not thought of that, just thought it was a crappy radio or crappy antenna.

Thanks for the suggestions! :thumbs:

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HorsePower Junkie

01-09-2019 12:12 AM

I will confirm that the dealership will not need to perform a 92 MPH test drive prior to leaving it for them to work on...

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Skid Row Joe

01-09-2019 12:19 AM

As contrasted with my assorted Mercedes-Benz' the past 30 years, and my Fords, the Corvette seems to have less receptive capabilities. The only bright spot is the Sirius Satellite radio my C7 3LT has. Chevrolet needs to put external antennae on these cars. The integrated ones aren't working.

MMD	01-09-2019 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by HorsePower Junkie (Post 1598649091)

I will confirm that the dealership will not need to perform a 92 MPH test drive prior to leaving it for them to work on...

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Excellent suggestion, simply had not thought of that, Thanks for the suggestion!

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