anyone else having problems with bad radio reception?

[oscarh1214]

Hey guys, I am new here and this is my first post on this forum.
Ok now that we got that out of the way I'm here to see if anyone else besides me had any issues with bad radio reception?

[Rogue One]

Is your system stock, and would you be opposed to putting in an aftermarket head unit?

[oscarh1214]

Thanks. The reason I made this thread is because when i was having trouble with my radio reception i searched the internet for answers but i couldn't find any. So I want to help anyone that is having this same problem that I was having. first of all whenever I changed out my factory head unit with an aftermarket unitI noticed that my radio signal was terrible I looked around on different forums when I saw a lot of people having the same problem I thought that it was normal for this car to have bad reception until I did several experiments to find out why I was getting such bad. reception since I like listening to the radio.
I have an SE model so I did the factory amplifier bypass like this. http://www.240sx.org/faq/articles/stere ... s_amps.htm
After that I switched my power antenna with a manual antenna which by the way is fully functional I got rid of it for two reasons 1every time I turned on my radio it made my car look like an R/C car 2 because I wanted to get a smaller cooler looking antenna as well.I ordered part #28200-70F00 from Nissan to switch the power antenna over to the manual.well when I did this it seems like my radio reception got a little bit worse so I went 2 Best Buy to buy another Nissan Diversity Antenna Adapter thinking mine was bad untill I decided to flip the connector where the two prongs are and after I did that it was like day and night I was picking up almost every single radio station in HD even with my short stubby antenna I got from craven speed. I couldn't believe after 2 weeks of searching the Internet for answers no one has posted this easy troubleshoot.

[oscarh1214]

Sorry I would post pictures but I don't know how.

[Rogue One]

Sorry I would post pictures but I don't know how.

We have an incredible SEARCH feature on this forum. How to post pictures using photobucket

[oscarh1214]

Ok thanks! I will try to upload some pictures we I get a chance.

[waxdnuggz]

Not to thread jack but I get bad reception when I plug my phone into my car charger. But only when my phone is plugged in then the charger is plugged in I get normal reception. Any ideas?

[oscarh1214]

It sounds like you have a ground issues.

[sastringer]

Hey oscar1214, I have dealt with the poor reception forever! I would love to try your easy solution but I'm a little confused. What exactly did you do and was it the antenna you messed with?