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Car Forum / Hyundai Cars / October 2004Sonata AM Reception - Horrible
To All, I have a 2003 Sonata V6 with the stock radio/CD player. The AM reception is simply horrible, very week. What can be done to improve the reception and signal strength? I would appreciate your help. Regards MR I've never noticed this problem with my 03 Sonata LX. Which factory stereo do you have? >To All, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >MR Seems prety standard for Hyundai. My 02 XG350L AM really is bad and my wifes 02 Santa Fe is bad too. Still, I try to look at it like I got a $10000 discount on a car for poor AM reception. Overall the cars have been good. :) >I've never noticed this problem with my 03 Sonata LX. Which factory >stereo do you have? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >>MR Hi PC, I agree, the car is running like a champ. The reception problem is a minor annoyance and I was hoping for an easy solution. MR >Seems prety standard for Hyundai. My 02 XG350L AM really is bad and my >wifes 02 Santa Fe is bad too. Still, I try to look at it like I got a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>> >>>MR Hi Jason, thanx for responding. I have the base model Sonata V6 which comes with the basic AM/FM Radio and CD player - I don't have the model number readily available, I'll have to check the owners guide. MR >I've never noticed this problem with my 03 Sonata LX. Which factory >stereo do you have? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >>MR Hrm... That makes it more difficult for me to help. I have the LX model with the double-din head unit. I can say, however, that my car does not have this problem with AM stations. That would say to me that it's either the head unit or that your wiring is faulty. I would check to see if your antenna was wired incorrectly (a good portion of them were and this causes poor AM reception). I believe that there is a TSB up on WebTech (http://www.hmaservice.com/webtech) that will tell you how to fix the problem. >Hi Jason, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>> >>>MR Jason, my AM/FM/CD model # is H260. Thanks for the link, I will check it out. MR >Hrm... That makes it more difficult for me to help. I have the LX >model with the double-din head unit. I can say, however, that my car [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>>> >>>>MR I have the 2002 elantra gt, and my AM reception is not the best either, but I discovered that when my cell phone is plugged in the lighter outlet; the reception is markedly worse. > Jason, > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >>>> > >>>>MR > To All, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > MR I can't find it on google but there was a thread a couple of months ago regarding this. If I recall correctly there are 2 connections to the antenna in the rear glass and these can be reversed on accident at the factory causing the problem your having with the AM reception. >> To All, >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >glass and these can be reversed on accident at the factory causing the >problem your having with the AM reception. Hi Pookeybrain, very interesting. I would like to search for this further. Do you have any ideas what the subject header for the thread was? MR I believe this is what MR was thinking of: http://www.hmaservice.com/webtech/iindex.asp?id=394880476#_394880476 However, in my experience with 1. Hyundai 2. 40 plus years in electronics 3. Glass antenna's I think that this is just a radio with poor "rejection" (get multiple channels on one freq) and poor "sensitivity" (can't bring em' in) :) A "real" antenna might help. I guess you could buy one for a few bucks and just plug it in the back of the unit. I would expect it to improve. By the way, AM likes long antenna's. The longer the better. I also think Hyundai is aming for the young crowd, who under 25 listens to AM??? PC >>> To All, >>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >MR > To All, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > MR Our Santa Fe and Sonata both have crappy AM reception.Any signal booster available? >I have a 2003 Sonata V6 with the stock radio/CD player. The AM >reception is simply horrible My XG300L has about as good an AM radio as you can find BUT you wouldn't know it because the computer hash from this that and the other uP on board simply covers up the signals. I wonder if that might not be the real problem. You can turn the engine off and, with just the radio and accessory equipment on, the only complaint is that the AM bandwidth is too narrow for good fidelity. But nothing is wrong with the sensitivity of the receiver. Fred, W8OY jfriley@ieee.nospam.org I am currently fighting with the dealership about the AM reception of my 2004 Sonata. Quite bad. They don't believe there even is a problem because the AM stations are near the dealership. Even there, there is some static. Go further away and majot statis. The 2005 Sonata Courtesy Car has crystal clear reception. The antenna is retractable...not rear window. Does the reverse connection issue affect this as well? >They don't believe there even is a problem because the >AM stations are near the dealership. They know there is a problem. It's one of those things, however, that they have no solution available to install. The computer and ignition noise is just not well enough contained to allow AM reception. To make it better, the car would have to be subjected to thousands of dollars of noise suppression wiring changes and modifications. And we both know that isn't going to happen. I work in the broadcast industry and I own a XG300L. The fact that I still own it is an indicator of how much I like the car despite its poor AM reception. What you have to do now is decide whether the radio reception ability is the basis of the bargain. If it is or was, tell them you ain't gonna take it any more and give them back the car. And do it the right way so you're protected--with a lawyer's help. Ford, Crysler and GM make cars that are full of engineering hours to suppress noise in the AM band and, perhaps more importantly, to prevent noise from entering the system, i.e., a cell phone won't crash the ABS system. If you want superior AM performance, you need an American-made car. My solution to my daughter's inability to listen to Radio Disney while in my car was to put Sirius Satellite Radio in. I get bluegrass for myself so that's a neat trade since I get to keep my Hyundai. I love the way the XG's noisy electronics do traction control and the superior operation of the ABS system. I was in Lebanon on a job before the war started and in a year and a half in and out, my favorite vehicle was the Hyundai accent. We rented a couple from the local dealer and they were the toughest, most efficient vehicles we had. And the AM reception on those was just marginally better than on my XG. Cheers. Fred, W8OY jfriley@no.spam.airmail.net > >They don't believe there even is a problem because the > >AM stations are near the dealership. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > Fred, W8OY > jfriley@no.spam.airmail.net -------- I own a Ford, a Buick and a Hyundai. My Hyundai has the best AM reception. I like to listen to a station that is far away. My Hyundai is the best. Geoff |
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