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radio reception bad when antenna plugged all the way in
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<blockquote data-quote="ccrs8" data-source="post: 7368682" data-attributes="member: 634011"><p>Yesterday I went to Best Buy and got a 12" Metra antenna extension cable to see if putting that between the antenna cable coming from the car and the HU would help (I had read on a Subaru forum that that fixed their problem), but it did not help. The same thing happened - when I put the male plug at the opening of the antenna port on the HU I got clear reception, but pushing the plug all the way in made the reception go bad.</p><p></p><p>The car is a 2006 Impreza Sport Wagon (regular, not a WRX). It has no enhanced audio components - everything stock, no subwoofer. It has an embedded window antenna that requires the power antenna to be hooked up, but I made sure that I did that (I learned that mistake from an earlier after-market radio I installed that originally got NO radio as opposed to the weak radio signal I'm getting now).</p><p></p><p>The radio I'm having trouble with is a JVC KD-R800. As a sanity check, last night I reverted back to the stock radio and everything is working great - crystal clear reception miles away just like my wife's car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ccrs8, post: 7368682, member: 634011"] Yesterday I went to Best Buy and got a 12" Metra antenna extension cable to see if putting that between the antenna cable coming from the car and the HU would help (I had read on a Subaru forum that that fixed their problem), but it did not help. The same thing happened - when I put the male plug at the opening of the antenna port on the HU I got clear reception, but pushing the plug all the way in made the reception go bad. The car is a 2006 Impreza Sport Wagon (regular, not a WRX). It has no enhanced audio components - everything stock, no subwoofer. It has an embedded window antenna that requires the power antenna to be hooked up, but I made sure that I did that (I learned that mistake from an earlier after-market radio I installed that originally got NO radio as opposed to the weak radio signal I'm getting now). The radio I'm having trouble with is a JVC KD-R800. As a sanity check, last night I reverted back to the stock radio and everything is working great - crystal clear reception miles away just like my wife's car. [/QUOTE]
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