E36 radio reception

[wanfalah]

Is it common for e36 to have a bad radio reception? or is it my player need to be thrown away?? :dunno: happened to my previous e36 318 oso....* was told that e36 uses the internal antenna placed at the rear glass, true aa?? if so, can use other antenna??Thanx in advance for any input.... tocey..tocey

 

[Vanquish]

Hahahahah ... as much as I wanna say "throw away your player and get a new un" I shall hold my horses. Nothing new, bro ... most E36 develop this problem after a year. I went thru 3 HUs in the past and trust me - they all had the same issue.

My installer indentified the cause as being the built antenna built onto our rear windscreen - 2 options being either to replace the whole thing ( which I think may or may not be possible ) or hook up a new internal antenna ... Bosch makes some nice ones which can be hooked up along the lines of our front windscreen. To me, I decided to live with the problem since I hardly tune into radio.

Cheers,

 

[nikazwaa]

The internal Bosch antenna Vanq mentioned is really good. Been using it on a couple of cars and very satisfied with the results. Just doesn't receive too well in basement parkings. Hehe...

When I had my E36 last time, I encountered the same problem. Somehow, problem solved after I changed to a new HU.

But please, please don't consider external antennas. You'll spoil the lines of the car. I've seen some people do this. Ewww...

Oh... since we have a new ICE section, I'm towing this there k:

 

[wanfalah]

Bosch antenna huh.... thanks bros!
Hope to find it here in Perak or have to turun kl again..
hope it is not so expensive..