I've searched and been unable to find anything similar to my situation.
When I bought my 80, the radio (FM, it's all we have up here) reception sucked. However, the antenna operates better than my old 80 or any of my friends for that matter, but the reception is much worse than in any other 80 I've driven in the Aspen area. Goes up and down smoothly, regularly lubed. So I thought it was my radio (OEM). Recently, I swapped my Toyota OEM stereo for a Lexus OEM stereo with the disc changer. When I did this, I hoped that the reception would improve. It didn't, it continued to suck.
Could there be a possible bad connection somewhere? Any ideas would be helpful. I don't want to replace the physically working OEM antenna with an aftermarket one if it can be avoided.
I did make sure there was a good connection between the head unit and the antenna cable.
Thanks!
Nick
When I bought my 80, the radio (FM, it's all we have up here) reception sucked. However, the antenna operates better than my old 80 or any of my friends for that matter, but the reception is much worse than in any other 80 I've driven in the Aspen area. Goes up and down smoothly, regularly lubed. So I thought it was my radio (OEM). Recently, I swapped my Toyota OEM stereo for a Lexus OEM stereo with the disc changer. When I did this, I hoped that the reception would improve. It didn't, it continued to suck.
Could there be a possible bad connection somewhere? Any ideas would be helpful. I don't want to replace the physically working OEM antenna with an aftermarket one if it can be avoided.
I did make sure there was a good connection between the head unit and the antenna cable.
Thanks!
Nick