| frankjv |
| Has anybody had problems with the radio signal eg: weak stations. If so has anyone added an antenna booster or other item. |
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| nwaring |
| We have actually found the reception to be good which is surprising. Living on the shores of lake Erie we tend to have major problems here with reception for whatever reason. Our cell phones don’t work well (call 911 here on a cell and you get Canada), radio stations 50 miles away don’t come in good, TV with an antenna is a joke. But the MDX actually IMHO does really well compared to our other cars. |
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| rvehock |
| I also have noticed that my MDX has excellent radio reception. I also own a 2000 3.2 TL and the reception on the TL is much worse than the MDX. |
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| roadrunner |
On our road trips I have very pleased with the great FM range which means you are NOT constantly having to find new stations. I can't comment on AM since I never listen to it.
By the by, have you found the two band feature which allows you to autoscan and program stations where you are without messing up your at-home settings?
Meep Meep |
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| msu79gt82 |
... it appears a little better than in our old Expedition.
As far as trips go we listen almost exclusively to CDs on trips so have not tried tested the radio much. |
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| frankjv |
| Thanks for all your imputs, It seemed I was getting better reception from my radio when I had my Durango . Must just be the area or wattage of those stations. Thanks. |
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| AtlantaMDX |
quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
On our road trips I have very pleased with the great FM range which means you are NOT constantly having to find new stations. I can't comment on AM since I never listen to it.
By the by, have you found the two band feature which allows you to autoscan and program stations where you are without messing up your at-home settings?
Meep Meep
Someone mentioned this before. I've definately got to try this out! |
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| Redwing |
You've got to try that radio alternate station option. Just be carfeul when going back to your presets. If you don't do it correctly, it resets them. Happened to us the first time. Although, the worst that happens is that you have to rest the originals.
Happy Listening! |
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| msu79gt82 |
| I can't keep up with you and your avatars;) Nice:D |
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| ghost |
quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
On our road trips I have very pleased with the great FM range which means you are NOT constantly having to find new stations. I can't comment on AM since I never listen to it.
By the by, have you found the two band feature which allows you to autoscan and program stations where you are without messing up your at-home settings?
Meep Meep
RR, want to elaborate on this one? Heaven forbid I should try to dig it out of the manual! :) |
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| Redwing |
You hit the scan buttom, on the Touring it's on the lower left. The radio then does an auto scan and repopulates all the presets. When you hit it again it returns them to the original presets. I know this was discussed on the thread elsewhers and -yes- in the manual in the audio section.
Try it - you'll like it! |
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| TheWorm |
| On the touring the button is lower left and is labeled A SEL. Press once for a scan and temp preset of local AM/FM stations that come in well. Press again to restore your hometown presets. |
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| ghost |
| Well that sure saves me from reprogramming my stations each time I return from a trip. Doh! (smacks head) |
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| AtlantaMDX |
quote:
Originally posted by ghost
Well that sure saves me from reprogramming my stations each time I return from a trip. Doh! (smacks head)
Silly me, I used to always use FM2 for that. Does anyone know if the A.Select reprograms FM2 as well as FM1 and AM? |
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| Redwing |
Yup,
It does them all, both fm's and the am. |
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| Harwin |
| Does anybody have any experience with an antenna booster to improve the weak am reception? |
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| DaleB |
| Believe or not, I think there is a booster (ant. amp) built into the system. |
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| mdxgray |
| My 01 Base has very poor AM reception and not great FM. After discussing this with the dealer several times with out any action I pulled mine beside a new one on the lot and turned both radios on. After that the dealer installed a new radio but I could not tell the reception was any better. I have given up and installed XM |
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| gpg |
| I've noticed that the '01 MDX I bought recently has much worse AM reception that my '04 TL. I used to sit in the parking garage at work and listen to the radio over lunch, no way I can do that with the MDX. |
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| TheWorm |
There is a Service News and Techline summary to improve AM reception. It is *not* a TSB. My previous dealer (Concord Acura, which sucked) denied its existence.
My new dealer (Pleasanton Acura, which is good) specifically mentioned it and then printed it out for me. It has to do with cleaning connections on the antenna base, or replacing the antenna assembly (both require pulling down the rear of the headliner).
It made a world of difference.
The inital reference is in the Feb04 issue of ServiceNews; I don't know the date of the subsequent techline summary. |
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| gpg |
Big thanks to TheWorm! I finally got around to getting my AM reception taken care of. When I described the problem over the phone to the service advisor you could just tell he was starting to blow me off until I gave him the details from your post.
Just got the MDX back today, they tried everything mentioned in that Techline summary and ended up doing a "Goodwill" replacement of the antenna. Huge improvement.
This place is great! |
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| nightguy |
| Very important to be able to get AM. AM radio rocks ! :18: |
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| ArtK |
I had a very similar solution. For several years, I found worsening AM reception in my '02 MDX and the dealers offered no help. Then, after I complained for the third time and they were made aware of the problem through a tech bulletin, they replaced an antenna connection and added "dialectric grease(?) as an insulator and the reception was again splendid.
Over the next two years the reception deteriorated again, and the same fix was performed again with splendid results. Clearly, there is a design flaw here, and i hope Acura will recognize this when my car is no longer under extended warranty. But the fix is extremely effective, if only for a few years. |
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| cbarry |
Worm,
Can you scan and post the Service News and Techline Summary showing how to improve AM reception. Is this something I can do myself?
cbarry |
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