"E Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in message
news:C03C4258.F256E%epmeyer50@msn.com...
>
> Well, there's your answer. My Infinitis have both the back window and an
> antenna whip. My Nissans have the whip. My '00 Acura TL just has the
> back
> window wire. There are certain places I go where the Nissans get good
> reception and the TL gets nothing.

I haven't found any problems with reception on either band with my '01
Accord with the antenna in the rear window. Come to think about it, no
problem with the '97 Accord with the same style antenna.

 

AZ Nomad wrote:
>> Many modern vehicles have the radio so integrated into the vehicle that
>> it is very difficult to cleanly replace them with an aftermarket unit.
>
> True, but within a few months there always an aftermarket kit to allow
> radio replacement.

i dont know how some of the new toyotas and fords are going to fare. a
lot of em look like it *is* only one panel for all the controls. then
what? are skosche and ai going to have a kit that includes a whole panel?
>
> Worst case I ever worked on was a friend's grand am which had the interior
> lighting controlled by the radio! We ended up pulling the circuit board from
> the radio, connected it to the factory harness just to controll the lighting
> and stuffed it behind the dash
>
> I've never seen any hondas that pulled that crap. Replacing them is usually a
> 30 minute job including making up a harness adapter.

the civics with the factory alarm. pure boneheadedness.

 

E Meyer <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in
news:C03C4258.F256E%epmeyer50@msn.com:

> On 3/13/06 6:45 PM, in article umoRf.30793$dg.19040@clgrps13, "Brian
> Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote:
>
>>
>> "E Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:C03B60EF.F241A%epmeyer50@msn.com...
>>>
>>> Does it have an antenna or just the wires in the back window?
>>
>> The wires in the rear window are the antenna.
>>
>>
> Well, there's your answer. My Infinitis have both the back window and
> an antenna whip. My Nissans have the whip. My '00 Acura TL just has
> the back window wire. There are certain places I go where the Nissans
> get good reception and the TL gets nothing.
>

Nah...had a 2004 Accord which had no problem. 2006 CR-V with external
antenna does the same thing.

 

AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com> wrote in
news:slrne1cfb7.3o4.aznomad@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.***.net:

> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:27:11 GMT, Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I drove 6 different Accord EX sedans (4cyl, cloth) and they all had
>>the same crappy reception of local FM stations. I had rented a Nissan
>>recently...no problems.
>
> Instead of whining about, just replace it. In twenty five years of
> driving, I've never kept one stock stereo.
>

List on the changers is around $2000. I want what I paid for.

 

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:49:53 GMT, Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:


>AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com> wrote in
>news:slrne1cfb7.3o4.aznomad@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.***.net:

>> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:27:11 GMT, Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I drove 6 different Accord EX sedans (4cyl, cloth) and they all had
>>>the same crappy reception of local FM stations. I had rented a Nissan
>>>recently...no problems.
>>
>> Instead of whining about, just replace it. In twenty five years of
>> driving, I've never kept one stock stereo.
>>

>List on the changers is around $2000. I want what I paid for.

Yikes, you were raped!
You were overcharged about $1500.