2001 Altima Antenna reception

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Topic: 2001 Altima Antenna reception

Posted By: tjmutlow
Subject: 2001 Altima Antenna reception
Date Posted: April 08, 2005 at 7:13 AM

I have a 2001 altima, repalced the factory with Panasonic 9800. The reception is terrible, it does not have the normal Nissan plug, so I did not need Antenna adapter. I tried other radios in there and same problem. The antenna is in the back glass. Any help be appreciated.

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Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: April 09, 2005 at 12:18 PM

The antenna is amplified. Go buy a Metra 70-7550 and connect your Panasonic's power antenna lead to the blue lead on the metra harness.

Posted By: tjmutlow
Date Posted: April 10, 2005 at 8:28 PM

I looked at the harness, and the problem is that where the blue wire pl;ugs in the harness, does not match up to any wire in the factory harnees, the slot is empty.

Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: April 11, 2005 at 8:31 PM

Try the factory radio. Does the reception improve? If so, try backprobing the factory harness for another wire that shows 12v when you power up the unit. Ensure this is not a dimmer/illum wire. Put the aftermarket in, and try powering this other wire.

If you have no change with the factory radio in place- still bad reception- there's a problem with the antenna itself.

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