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Wantathreelitre   
Sat Jul 08 2017, 12:07pm
Joined: Jun 14 2017
Member No: #3179
Location: Forest Town
 Whilst the stereo system is superb for CDs, the radio for any station is impossible to listen to. Aerials IMHO in glass are rubbish, but what can i do about it? A new rear window with aerial would cost mega dosh.
Sevenman   
Sat Jul 08 2017, 12:42pm
Joined: Jul 05 2015
Member No: #2241
Location: Herefordshire
 Perhaps there is a connection fault somewhere?

The radio in mine finds plenty of stations and stays locked on well. No issues with reception when trecking across the country.
pattersonoxford   
Sat Jul 08 2017, 02:03pm
Joined: Feb 09 2010
Member No: #48
Location: Oxford
 My radio has always had good reception and sound for the 9 years I've owned it.
Ciaran   
Sat Jul 08 2017, 06:00pm
Joined: Mar 31 2017
Member No: #3087
Location: .
 Sounds like a fault.

I'm not sure where it is on the C6, but most cars that have an aerial in the glass have a small booster box which amplifies and cleans up the signal. If this, or the connection to it is suspect, you'll get poor reception.

My Dad had a succession of Sierra Sapphires in the 90s which all encountered this problem, the booster box embedded in the boot would eventually fail, resulting in terrible reception, poor holding of stations and any Medium Wave station would turn to static if the car drove under an overhead power line, requiring the radio to be powered off and back on before it could receive any MW stations again.

I'm unfamiliar with the exact C6 setup but it will be something similar.
e3steve   
Sun Jul 09 2017, 09:52am
Joined: Jan 21 2013
Member No: #1163
Location: Warsash, Hants & Palma de Mallorca, Spain
 The RT3 in my 2.7 does, at times, revert to mono reception, so I guess Magnetti Marelli, along with other tuner manufacturers, have a licensed version of Philips's "IAC" -- Interference Absorption Circuit -- first seen within their FM radios in the 70s. The reception is generally always good, though.

The RT5 in my other C6 doesn't seem to suffer is the same way; stereo reception seems pretty solid.
 

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