How much worse is the reception after installing?
1785354
Not too much. All the major stations and ones I would get HD radio come in fine. The far distant ones that I never got before my truck are now a little statiky but not horrible.
1785355
I haven't checked the difference in reception since I only listen to Sirius -- I just got the antenna so it wouldn't scrape the top of my carport and also looks much more streamlined.
1785356
Not good at all...I'm in your typical suberb approximately 60 miles from a major city. If I hit "scan" on my radio, it will only stop at one station which is our local radio station. Even if you only listen to FM for traffic reports or whatever, it'll drive you nuts. Save the money
1785357
I have had this antenna installed on my 2013 F150 for over a year, reception is terrible once you get outside of the city, I live in ATL, GA. I am buying the 13 inch antenna that is supposed to have better reception. The look of the antenna is great, so if you only listen to Cd's or your ipod it will not matter.
1785358
I listen to AM talk radio so its not to bad with AM. But when listening to FM music you will loose a lot of stereo quality. I do anyway here in Lou,Ky. We are not on flat ground around here. I put my factory antenna back on. I personally don't recommend it.
1785359
Depends in and around town not bad. Get out way from the city or in tunnels is not so good. I am in Germany so they transmit at much lower wattages and use different frequencies. My opinion or thought is, it would work better in the US, but not much. I still like it, and will keep it on my truck.
1785360
This antenna IMO is only good if you want to get rid of the larger factory antenna or you only listen to Sirius/XM, as AM/FM reception is worse (I live approx. 35 miles outside of a major city) and the AM/FM stations were barely coming in.
809098
Hi Susan,I have enjoyed mine now for three years. The reception is affected by the weather I have noticed. Usually what I do is put it in the cradle over night and have it record the programming I like. That way when I go to the gym in the mornings I have several hours of music available to me. The signal inside the gym is intermittent and it is affected by the structure of the building. So if you don't mind this it will be an awesome portable satellite radio I absolutely love mine.
1762114
I have not had any issues with reception. In fact, for the price, this is an incredible product. My TV is on the same floor about 50 feet away.
707216
No. I can get close to 90 degrees and probably get some reception at the 180 degree direction. There isn't anything there to verify this. But the signal coming it an about 120 degrees in non-existent.
279479
Mine was A&T; E sevice (extended range) and resulted in no apprent signal gain whatsoever
877617
Try cutting the antennae wire internally. I get zero radio interference and the static isn't as bad because the range from box to radio antennas doesn't matter anymore. For me it's a lot better
1300208
I don't know, it didn't work for me. I hooked it up and still didn't get any reception.
1167634
It does provide better reception.............depends on your surrounding stations and topography
1352284
I haven't had any issues with reception due to the phone. Its all been the provider, although even that has been very little to none. Been a pretty good phone for me!
2024039
I do not recomand it, I had problems with the signal after installation. Anyhow it looks better in the picture than in reality. with this case the phone looks not so nice anymore and some signal and wifi problems appear.
1159928
Not a great product. I would upgrade if I were you. Mine has terrible reception and a constant buzz.
1772666
The base station is in my office, the office is concrete block. The warehouse is metal and adjacent to the office. The reception starts to fade toward the back of the warehouse which is 160'. However walking outside the warehouse reception is bad unless you are near a door. NO COMPLAINTS about this system. handsets get abused and they are about 3 yrs old still working!
2210251
I was told that the placement of the antenna within the tablet makes a huge difference in reception. If its buried in the middle somewhere, reception could be poir. I returned mine. Piece of junk.
2067939
Not at all. The box faces to the right in our case and receives the signal from anywhere within about 15 feet. We have this TV mounted behind our front desk at the hotel where I work.
1924564
You will get better reception. Mine is working fine in the middle of the room. You can also buy more cable to get it closer to a window.
1834291
Hi. I find that some days the reception is better than other days. Today, the reception is perfect. I would keep it plugged in and see if the reception improves and then you would have to accept that on some days you will have bad reception (which I know will be annoying).
630108
It unfortunately has bad wifi reception even with dual antenna. What I did was open it up and wrapped a copper wire around the antenna and now I get 3-4 bars at 4-8mbps. You could also solder a copprer wire to the antenna as well.