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Old 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?
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Old 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
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Originally Posted by Mulder
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.
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this for sure.
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Old 05-17-2009, 01:13 PM
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I DID, checked everything twice.
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Old 05-19-2009, 03:07 AM
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Did you hook the antenna wire to the antenna wire on the deck or the remote wire? some decks have both. Did you add tint with the install?
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Old 05-19-2009, 05:54 PM
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Fixed. Thanks guys
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