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Old May 17, 2002
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Antenna sucks

I hope I not the only one, but my radio reception suck no matter where I go....sometimes when I am driving and a good song comes on I go to turn up the vol and the damn song changes and something else plays.....they shoulve actually put a short antenna on the back window or something like the focus or something...not having a antenna sucks...that integrated rear windown antenna does not work well
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I agree the window antenna does kinda suck if you don't live in the city. I kinda like not having an antenna on the exterior though, keeps it clean.
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I notice some stations are louder than others with this antennae deal. No a huge complaint but they did get rid of this feature in the CIVIC HYBRID, I wonder if they figured this out.
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i havent had a problem with reception on my antenna
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i was wondering if i should put an antenna like the one on the hybrid on my coupe. maybe it'll make it look more 'euro' or something. i dunno. just a thought i had.
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Old May 18, 2002
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reception is fine for me, whats the deal?
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my reception is great, and I REALLY like not having an antenna sticking up out side my car!
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Old May 18, 2002
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I agree with spaceman Bob...my reception is great...taking into account that I like in a mountain area
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My reception is fine but I think it is better with the external one. I had the same in my 00 accord and again it was fine but could have been better.

I think they went to the internal because the external ones get messed up at car washes and such, and the electric ones experience the same abuse and they just never hold up long from my experience. Stick it on the inside of the car, a little loss of reception, but none of the issues associated with external antennas.
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Old May 19, 2002
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ya, my recption isnt that good either but I live in the city.. so maybe that makes the difference [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
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maybe bad reception could be the problem of your receiver??
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my reception sucks, but i like not having a external antenna
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I've had no problems with my reception on my stereo, could it be that you're in a area with bad reception,IE: country, hills, buildings, stronger antenna towers? 2¢[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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Never had any probs with reception, but with havin mp3 playback on my stereo i dont really listen to the radio much anymore, but hey, if having no big rod antenna works for nokia as a sales pitch, why not honda?
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