very weak FM signal after switching to ALPINE deck
05-16-2009 | 12:26 AM
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very weak FM signal after switching to ALPINE deck
Hey, I had stock 05 WRX player, all the radio stations were very strong. After replacing it with Alpine Mp3 player can barely find one station that has decent signal. I got booster, didn't really help. Signal gets better when I move antenna wire around (next to deck)..but only for 1 second
I ran my subwoofer wire next to antenna, do you guys think that can cause bad "reception", electomagnetic field from 12V subwoofer wire can cause it?
I ran my subwoofer wire next to antenna, do you guys think that can cause bad "reception", electomagnetic field from 12V subwoofer wire can cause it?
Last edited by 1JavaBlk_in_Sac; 05-16-2009 at 12:31 AM.
05-17-2009 | 04:49 AM
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You probably did not connect the power wire in the harness for the antenna amplifier. Beginning in '04 Subaru went to the in-glass antenna in the Impreza with an inline amplifier, it's very common when installing an aftermarket HU to neglect the wire for it. There's a thread on NASIOC in the Car Stereo section that discusses this in detail.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...hreadid=464212
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...hreadid=464212
Last edited by Mulder; 05-17-2009 at 07:51 AM.
05-17-2009 | 08:18 AM
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You probably did not connect the power wire in the harness for the antenna amplifier. Beginning in '04 Subaru went to the in-glass antenna in the Impreza with an inline amplifier, it's very common when installing an aftermarket HU to neglect the wire for it. There's a thread on NASIOC in the Car Stereo section that discusses this in detail.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...hreadid=464212
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...hreadid=464212
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