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The usual culprit here is a poor ground at your radio antenna. The antenna is located in a pretty hostile environment due to salt, dirt etc.
A good spraying of silicone spray (safe for plastics) on the underside of the antenna mount and a careful tightening should improve your reception.
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If only time you have poor reception is when you turn other things on in the car. This is called interference. There is nothing you can do about it. Other than to turn off the other component that is causing the interference. or Try getting an aftermarket antenna and relocating the antenna further away from what is causing the interferences.If only time you have poor reception is when you turn other things on in the car. This is called interference. There is nothing you can do about it. Other than to turn off the other component that is causing the interference. or Try getting an aftermarket antenna and relocating the antenna further away from what is causing the interferences.
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It may be more of a design flaw oppose to a actual problem. However, you can purchase signal booster that simply plug between the radio and the cars antenna.
If the antenna is on the front, pop the hood, and locate where the antenna wire connects to the bottom of the antenna and make sure it is connected well. If everything checks out there, you will have to pull the radio from the dash, and look at the back of it. There will be a large black wire by itself connected to the radio. Push it in to make sure its connected as well. That could really be your only problem unless your radio happens to have a fault on the inside which is extremely rare. Hope that helps
I would suggest installing what is called a filter capacitor.You can get these at most car audio shops or a electrolytic capacitor rated at 16v or higher and around 30uf (the capacity is not very important) you connect it from the Positive to the Negative on the radio. The idea being a capacitor will allow the A/C current (noise) to pass through to ground without going into the radio and this is usually the cause of poor reception.
Another possible cause could be simple a poor quality antenna, some manufacturers are going cheap on the antennas since most people don't listen to the radio anymore. You could try to screw an antenna off of a different car onto the base on this one and see if that clears up the problem, they are a some-what universal thread.
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