I have an 08 Coupe Ltd and I live in the Seattle area. My radio reception is not very clear -- certainly worse than my other vehicles. Any advice? Thanks.

 

Do you have window tint on the rear window? That's what interferes with the reception on our coupe. I've toyed with the idea of going with an external antenna. But it's my wife's car and she doesn't really care.

 

Well, it's just what came with it -- which is a fairly light one. I see that the Roadster version has an external antenna which makes it easier to play with.

 

I have tint on my back window but never noticed static. Then again, I never listen to the radio anyway. Too many commercials and not enough music. I always listen to CD's.... better sound and no political chit chat or commercials after every song.

 

I have static on the AM portion only. I do have tint, however, I had the static before I installed it.

 

I wish somebody had an answer for that. I've alway's been disappointed in the reception in the Crossfire's. I like listening to the radio for a little verity sometimes, I'll have to keep watching this thread.

 

The tinting material will have an effect on the reception, it has some kind of metal material it is made with, you have to make sure they install the correct tinting, they have two kinds one for antenna's in the glass, and then the stock type glass with no antenna, also it could be the antenna booster not working properly or not connected, which is located behind the trim parts on the rear gate/lid itself, I think at the top passenger side.

 

I know on older GM radios, the AM portion was sensitive to tuning (alignment). They had an adjustment that was easy to get to with a long thin scredriver. Maybe there is something similar with this radio?

 

I have a 2004 Coupe with only 14,000 miles on it so far and I have never been able to get a good signal through the radio. I was wondering if there was anyway to boost the signal as well although I think an MP3 player will probably be a better investment.