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Originally Posted by burniksapwet
And you still got nothing huh? Damn that sucks. Do you have any wild ideas that I can do that might work? Like I said I already went as far as adding an external antenna ala civic hybrid. I got it to b a lil bit better but still crappy. Would going to hd radio be better? Problem is z2 is not hd radio ready. I think its time to get a z3.
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I wish I had more but I'm kinda out of ideas. That wire you have to power on the antenna adapter is to power the antenna amplifier. Most or all antennas that are integrated into windows need an amplifier to work properly, without the amp powered the signal sucks. In my wonderings of why my FM sucked even though that wire was hooked up I wanted to know if the antenna amp was actually on, but didn't have any information as to where to find it.
At one point I swapped in a JVC single din radio since I was having problems with my Z2 (high temp heat lockup, Pioneer released a DIY fix). I think I still had crappy reception with this radio but it was a bit better (got like 5 channels instead of 2 but they still had too much static).
Do you have tinted windows? I tinted mine almost immediately and I've heard of some people losing reception with tinted windows. I'm wondering if the antenna amp is working but the stock radio is a lot more sensitive? That would explain why my 2 decks sucked yet when I swapped the stock deck back in for trade the reception was perfect...
I don't know much about HD radio. I think it works off of your existing antenna, but the signal is digital on the HD stations.