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Originally Posted by SunSoaked
That was an awesome reply! I didn't even have an issue and still enjoyed reading it. I learn a lot from just reading the posts.
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I like to help, when I can. Electrical is the one thing I'm good at. I'm slowly getting there with mechanical and engine work. I spent a good portion of my teen years + a decade or so wiring and re-wiring car stereos. At one point I had a company sponsored car and competed. Nothing super serious, but after so many cars and systems, you get a feel for it. Hell, when I bought my daily driver (an Altima :/ ) it had 15 miles on it when I took the head unit completely apart to try adding an RCA out. ended up fabbing a custom connector / adapter which worked for my needs.
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Originally Posted by Funstuie
Quick update. I fixed the reception issue with the head unit. I pulled it out of the dash (it’s held in by friction and spit). There is two antenna cables back there. One goes to the dash/window but whatever it used to connect to is long gone. The other goes to the back of the cab. At some point someone fitted an antenna in the step well on the passenger side. I can only presume it was a whip antenna. Anyway there’s a hole in the cab but the antenna and mount are long gone. I went to orielly and got a side mount antenna. Hooked it up (there’s already holes for a mount) and I now have reception on the radio. It’s still a crap radio with no other connectivity option but at least I can listen to the radio. The speakers are not bad as it turns out.
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Awesome, sometimes it's the little things that give you the extra umph to push you into completing another project and soon enough you're 'done' (pro tip: you are never done). I had a feeling it would be that antenna wire. There's no reason for a head unit to get some stations but not get others except for a bad antenna lead. If you look in the LMC catalog, you can find a new antenna adapter to replace the one that goes to your windshield... assuming you wanted to do that.