OK... not sure anyone else has had this problem. But on my '96XJ w/my aftermarket Alpine Unit... the AM reception cr@pped out on me about 1 yr back and the FM reception has been getting worse and worse... and for the last month or two I've barely been able to pick up even the strongest local stations.
I had thought perhaps my Alpine HU receiver had gone bad due to the fact it's about 6 yrs old and had been in 2 vehicles now... well that was ALL wrong.
I had been searching here and reading... and someone mentioned they fixed their radio reception by simply plugging the antenna cable back together. There is a 'connection' behind the passenger side kick panel where the antenna cable that plugs in to the back of your Head Unit connects to the cable that connects the actual antenna mast on your fender. Well... mine had simply come apart. Don't really understand the design, but there is a spring that was in-between the HU cable and the Mast cable and they had simply come un-plugged. Well I plugged them back in, taped them up w/electrical tape so that they would NOT come apart again and WALLAH!!! AM and FM signals at full-strength again. It's amazing how refreshing the small things are once you've gotten 'used' to them being gone.
I'm glad I didn't buy a new radio or antenna before getting to the bottom of the problem first.
I had thought perhaps my Alpine HU receiver had gone bad due to the fact it's about 6 yrs old and had been in 2 vehicles now... well that was ALL wrong.
I had been searching here and reading... and someone mentioned they fixed their radio reception by simply plugging the antenna cable back together. There is a 'connection' behind the passenger side kick panel where the antenna cable that plugs in to the back of your Head Unit connects to the cable that connects the actual antenna mast on your fender. Well... mine had simply come apart. Don't really understand the design, but there is a spring that was in-between the HU cable and the Mast cable and they had simply come un-plugged. Well I plugged them back in, taped them up w/electrical tape so that they would NOT come apart again and WALLAH!!! AM and FM signals at full-strength again. It's amazing how refreshing the small things are once you've gotten 'used' to them being gone.
I'm glad I didn't buy a new radio or antenna before getting to the bottom of the problem first.