Radio Reception

[Moatmonster]

G'day all,

I have a retractable radio aerial on the patrol, the reception i get on all fm/am stations is bloody bad to say the least. I thought the interference might have been caused by the large UHF antenna i had on the bullbar but after removing that the problem persists.

The previous stock nissan radio had the same problem so i don't think its the radio unit. I'm actually wondering if the snorkel is the cause of the problem because of the close location to the aerial.

Has anybody else got this problem with flaky radio receptions or maybe a solution?

Cheers
MM

[fracster]

Could be something as simple as a bad connection between the ariel and the bodywork.Maybe take it off, give it and the mounting area a clean up and refit..

[Winnie]

My radio is woeful and I don't have a snorkel. Put a booster in but still no good

[taslucas]

My reception is pretty bad too. It's the same before and after I fitted the stainless snorkel. It's got a JVC head unit too so I would have thought that would be good enough quality. My vs Calais had perfect reception everywhere

FanTapstic!

[threedogs]

Check the earth wire on the antenna/radio

[jack]

Same here, woeful reception both before and after snorkel.
I asked Nissan at my last service and they checked it against a similar model with inbuilt antenna, same poor reception. Looks like it's the antenna and not the radio, as mine has the Eclipse radio and the other Patrol had the standard radio. My XTrail could hold the same station for 130km but struggle for 60km with this.

[stevogq]

I've got perfect reception same retractable aerial, I'd check your connection firstly at the radio
cheers stevo.

[jack]

Sorry just realised you were talking about a retractable aerial, sorry mine is built into the rear size window. Still get woeful reception with it.

[mudski]

I had great reception before I put in a double din head unit. Now it's bollocks! Go figure. Snorkel won't affect it at all.

[Morton]

I had the same issue, fitted an aftermarket antenna & it sits next to my UHF antenna, now perfect reception, it plugged straight into the back of the head unit, now all I have to do is kill the power to the rectractable unit to stop it going up & down, it get stuck alot anyway & Nissan wanted $600-800 for a replacement unit, cant remember the price but the bloke on the Nissan counter learnt a few new swear words that day, cost me $100 for the antenna from a radio shop & a mount from ARB, heaps more flexible, cant really damage it with a branch etc, happy days

[Alitis007]

I made an adaptor to use the retractable arial and the one in the passenger side rear window and my reception is fantastic aslong as its up all the way but i get a little bit of crackle whe the HID's are on but thats normal interference from the ballast.

[93patrol]

Yeah aftermarket arial definately better than standard poo


Just tap it in just tappy tappy tappy

[Maxhead]

Mine was average before and after installing 7" stereo. Time to upgrade the aerial me thinks!!

[Moatmonster]

Yeah, it's looking like an upgrade too, maybe what fracster said, remove and clean but it's in a prick of a spot.Only want to do it once.
Can anybody recommend an after market aerial. I see Aeropro have them,they seem to be a good product.

[93patrol]

I disconnected my aerial and just run my iPod on shuffle on a new head unit can't stand the dribble on the radio now and with 30 odd gig of music I don't really hear the same song twice


Just tap it in just tappy tappy tappy

[fracster]

Yeah, it's looking like an upgrade too, maybe what fracster said, remove and clean but it's in a prick of a spot.Only want to do it once.
Can anybody recommend an after market aerial. I see Aeropro have them,they seem to be a good product.

I have to leave mine in fields on occasions, cows being nosy sods tend to chew the arials, so I fit one of the flexible rubber ones ( the eleccy one didn`t work anyway).

I can vouch they are in a stupid place and are fiddly to replace. Wing liner had to come off and you need small hands and thin arms, I have neither alas.Bugger.

[Clunk]

Well mine works just lovely jubbly thanks, whether its fully up or fully down :D:D:D

To tap, or not to tap: Well it's obviously tap because this is the signature hey!!!!!! Duh

[fracster]

So does mine Mr Clunk.

But we`ll not gloat, well, not much anyway..........................:D

[stevogq]

I guess I shouldn't complain also I can't even play cd's :/
cheers stevo.

[Alitis007]

Yeah, it's looking like an upgrade too, maybe what fracster said, remove and clean but it's in a prick of a spot.Only want to do it once.
Can anybody recommend an after market aerial. I see Aeropro have them,they seem to be a good product.

My brother had terrible reception in his import skyline and i think he ended up buying an amplified internal arial like the ones they use in hotrods, i'll let you know after i speak to him.

[Clunk]

So does mine Mr Clunk.

But we`ll not gloat, well, not much anyway..........................:D

You may not gloat but I sure as hell will!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahah, its about the only thing in the older clunker that's works properly, apart from me that is!!!!!! ;) :D

To tap, or not to tap: Well it's obviously tap because this is the signature hey!!!!!! Duh

[fracster]

You may not gloat but I sure as hell will!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahah, its about the only thing in the older clunker that's works properly, apart from me that is!!!!!! ;) :D

To tap, or not to tap: Well it's obviously tap because this is the signature hey!!!!!! Duh

I think i`m slowly beginning to "get" some of the humour on here................not bad,eh.......:D

It is like when you walk into a pub full of strangers for the first time, it gets a bit of getting use to the crack.

[Clunk]

I think i`m slowly beginning to "get" some of the humour on here................not bad,eh.......:D

It is like when you walk into a pub full of strangers for the first time, it gets a bit of getting use to the crack.

Aye mate, it doesn't take long to understand the babble but I best stop hi-jacking the thread before I get into trouble again!!! Lmao

To tap, or not to tap: Well it's obviously tap because this is the signature hey!!!!!! Duh

[Alitis007]

Try this http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com.au/viewitem?itemId=360575844492&index=13&nav=SEARCH&n id=09625104825 maybe with an adaptor for 2 into 1 to get a stronger signal??