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XM Antenna Placement
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:49 pmby phillyclaude
Hello,
I recently got the Audiovox XM unit, with the little button antenna. For now, for simplicity's sake it is sitting on my dash, but reception isnt super in that location.
Where did you place your antenna? Will I get a stronger signal with it on the rear deck or roof? If you mounted it on the roof, is it possible to run the wire under the weatherstripping around the back window? I wouldn't wanna do this unless its all clean and nice. Thanks in advance,
Claude
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:48 pmby bassthrive
I have my sirius antenna on the rear deck and the reception blows.
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:17 pmby MCOjerry
Mine in on the rear deck lid, great reception top up or down:
Mine was installed at Circuit City. $100, all wires hidden and power is tapped behind dash (no plugging into power outlet).
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:44 pmby Yanks0114
bassthrive wrote:I have my sirius antenna on the rear deck and the reception blows.
I have my XM antenna there and have had good results. The only time I lose the signal is when I drive in an area covered by trees.
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:48 pmby ---CAMRAZY---
My girl's gen 2.....
Not noticeable at all, and still gets reception as those ugly visible ones....
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:00 pmby PXLpainter
Mine's mounted on my dash in the center close to the window and I get decent reception there as well. Only dropouts I get is parking garages and tunnels (duh) and the occasional super-wide overpass gives me about a 2-second drop.
Milt - you gotta lose that ugly window decal and get some Rain-X Latitude 1-piece wiper blades!
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:31 pmby blaK
PXLpainter wrote:Mine's mounted on my dash in the center close to the window and I get decent reception there as well. Only dropouts I get is parking garages and tunnels (duh) and the occasional super-wide overpass gives me about a 2-second drop.
Milt - you gotta lose that ugly window decal and get some Rain-X Latitude 1-piece wiper blades!
Funny you brought that up, I just got them this sunday YaY. Night and day bro's.
No one sells them by where I live.
Sry for hijak
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:43 pmby ---CAMRAZY---
What do the blades have to do with this thread???
Yeah, the sticker is for the parking lot at her work...
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:52 pmby PXLpainter
---CAMRAZY--- wrote:What do the blades have to do with this thread???
Yeah, the sticker is for the parking lot at her work...
Not a damn thing!! LOL!!
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:46 pmby PhreakdOut
Back to topic...
I know, another Gen2, but this might help.
I placed mine above the rear window. I found the reception better on top than at the base of the rear window.
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Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:43 amby ---CAMRAZY---
The other car........
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Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:59 amby audionut71
I have mine on the back of the roof and the reception is better than when I had it on the front cowl. The weatherstripping on our cars is a bit of a b#^ch, but with a little patience ( and a couple of pick tools) it looks perfectly normal.
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:28 pmby viper1400
I have my sirius antenna on the top of my roof.
It took a little work though, I took the antenna down the rail of my passenger door, through the rear passenger arm rest panel, into the trunk, and then between the windshield and the frame (the wire is tucked away inside the weather molding).
My reception is great.
The reason that a few of you might have problems with the antenna inside the care is that our glass is treated with some stuff that blocks out some light. Also, putting it in the rear deck, the FM/AM antennas that are built into our windshields interferes with Satellite radio signals.