accent_racer

Ok this one is a head scratcher. i bought a shorty antenna off ebay that looks like the ones that come on s2000's. when i put it on the accent, i get horrendous signal. when we put it on my friends civic he gets a great signal. we both have alpine cd players. would would cause me to have really bad signal with it when he gets great signal. i know its 2 completely different cars but an antenna is an antenna. it shouldnt matter what car its on.

no_name

Have you been able to put your stock antenna back on to see if your signal is normally fine? Try the antenna with some other stuff; some home theatre setups can attach to external FM antennas.

daytonmvp23

Is his or yours wired to have a signal amplifier for the antenna? Sometimes this makes a difference. I would suspect his is wired with amplification where yours is not.

bdiggy

Since I bought my Elantra in 04, I have had a horrible signal no matter what antenna was on the car. Maybe it's a Hyundai thing, lol?

Visionz

I have an S-2K antenna on my car and I get a really strong signal. No issues at all with it.

daytonmvp23

I installed an aftermarket shorty on the tib and have had no problems with signal. But if I remember correctly I also had to go get a wiring adapter to make it work right. I either had 2 male or 2 female ends and had to get a wire to fit both.

Also the easy answer is to make sure the antenna wire is plugged into the stereo. I missed that step the first time I messed with a stereo system and wondered why it wasn't working lol.

majik

My Genesis Coupe has a shark fin antenna. My 2009 Murano is similar, but has a short stub sticking out of it.



My GC gets a horrible signal on one radio station (102.5), but everything else works fine. The Murano picks up that station without a problem.