wickerbill

Any ideas on why I can't tune any AM stations since I installed my new Alpine 9857 last week? FM comes in fine, but AM just scans and scans. Even if I tune into a really strong station manually, it's just static. Any ideas I should try before taking it back and exchanging it for another unit? I used the wiring harness adapter and I ended up using the ground wire in the harness instead of grounding it to the chassis like the alpine manual recommended. Could that be the problem? I wouldn't think so, but I just wanted to see if anybody had some easy suggestions on what I might have done wrong so I wouldn't go through the hassle of exchanging it only to find out that the receiver wasn't the problem. Thanks.

captainbk

I just installed my new aftermarket head unit, and now the radio doesn't seem to work?
The S2000 uses an amplified antenna. Chances are, when you wired up your new HU, you didn't connect the power antenna lead (thinking that there is no power antenna in the S2000), and that is your mistake. The S2000's amplified antenna gets its power from the power antenna lead.

wickerbill

Really? Interesting. FM seems to work OK though. I'll try that tonight and see if it helps. Thanks for the tip.

wickerbill

I guess I should have read the FAQ. Sorry. I'm new around here.

wickerbill

Thanks for the help. That took care of the problem.

PJK3

w00t.