for socal (405/605fwy) people. does the HD Radio kick in and out often?

[Pinky]

Originally Posted by RAWR BRZ

I noticed if I have my phone on my lap (not sure if charging has anything to do with it, I have a charger connected to the car charger not the usb that is always connected when I am in the car) it will sometimes do that, if I leave it on the passenger seat it doesn't or very very very rarely... happened like once. So I am assuming.... bad bluetooth connection?

Lol I do the same thing

[WRM]

Originally Posted by tracerit

are any of the aftermarket antennas stronger?

I am cross posting from

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...t=17327&page=2

where I got LOL'd at for my car's looks but this is what I did.

I have had pretty good luck with an 18 inch antenna I bought from ebay. It is much better than the stock antenna to pick up HD radio channels, especially those secondary HD ones.

It is not perfect but that is why you have a USB port and Bluetooth audio.

In the picture below are my items in order of preference.

1. Super small USB drive to play my MP3 collection. I believe this is the smallest size you can get so it is unobtrusive in the USB slot. The rubber USB boot cover from the car hides it pretty well. Since it is so small, it is impossible to accidently knock it out of the slot.
2. Smartphone, in this case an iPhone 4s. I use this to play podcasts and such. I power this to the 12V power in the armrest. Since the USB drive takes the USB slot, I connect this to the radio using Bluetooth audio. If you use apps like Google maps, you can actually hear turn by turn directions from the car speakers.
3. An 18” antenna to listen to HD radio.

The 7” OEM antenna I just store in the trunk.



For those of you who want to see how the 18” antenna looks on the car, here is a pic. I have been using this for a long time so it looks fine to me.

[RAWR BRZ]

Originally Posted by WRM

I am cross posting from

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...t=17327&page=2

where I got LOL'd at for my car's looks but this is what I did.

I have had pretty good luck with an 18 inch antenna I bought from ebay. It is much better than the stock antenna to pick up HD radio channels, especially those secondary HD ones.

It is not perfect but that is why you have a USB port and Bluetooth audio.

In the picture below are my items in order of preference.

1. Super small USB drive to play my MP3 collection. I believe this is the smallest size you can get so it is unobtrusive in the USB slot. The rubber USB boot cover from the car hides it pretty well. Since it is so small, it is impossible to accidently knock it out of the slot.
2. Smartphone, in this case an iPhone 4s. I use this to play podcasts and such. I power this to the 12V power in the armrest. Since the USB drive takes the USB slot, I connect this to the radio using Bluetooth audio. If you use apps like Google maps, you can actually hear turn by turn directions from the car speakers.
3. An 18” antenna to listen to HD radio.

The 7” OEM antenna I just store in the trunk.



For those of you who want to see how the 18” antenna looks on the car, here is a pic. I have been using this for a long time so it looks fine to me.

Haha makes it look like an RC car