Poor FM radio reception (2013 HSE Lux)

I'll try mine tomorrow always use DAB or iPod. And welcome to the forum nutts MY13 HSE LUX Aintree Green
MY57 SE Stornoway Grey. Gone
Nissan X Trail
Discovery V8 LPG
Series II Land Rover

DAB very patchy but excelent when there is reception

Tried mine on FM no problems on any stations locally or national stations. MY13 HSE LUX Aintree Green
MY57 SE Stornoway Grey. Gone
Nissan X Trail
Discovery V8 LPG
Series II Land Rover

Hi thanks for that. My radio on FM (DAB preferable but bad reception in my area) tries repeatidly to break up possibly indicating a bad ariel connection somewhere or the signal needs boosting! On a trip out with a friend today his 2014 HSE Lux was perfect on the same chanel.
The local dealer has drawn a blank so far so not sure what to do next.

Mine has bad reception too. But only when I put the rear window de-mister on. '09 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto
19" shadow chrome wheels
Lago Grey

Previously, '00 Freelander TD4 GS Manual

Thanks for that but my rear screen does not seem to affect it. Still hoping something or a piece of advice will turn up to rectify the problem eventually!

Radio reception now sorted-
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Following a few visits to my local dealer and a demonstration trip out with their workshop controller plus a comparison trip in one of their vehicles also a few calls to technical, they said certain parts were needed to rectify it!

My pride and joy was booked in for the work and in them checking the vehicle it was found that the ariel was disconnected in the headlining of the boot! No parts needed after all !
This has transformed my enjoyment of my motor and it's fantastic sound system. It is brilliant on FM now and also on DAB. My area is a little patchy on DAB within a short distance of home traveling North and East.

I had cause to use FM on Monday for the first time, as I was driving through the Welsh mountains. The DAB signal was less than useless, yet got Radio 2 fine on FM. Sounded fantastic, and not too dissimilar to DAB on the Meridian system. Glad you got it all sorted. Foraging near Gaydon....
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MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

Have found that mine is very patchy in the area north of Skipton up to the Lake District. Both in DAB and FM. One Discovery, gone
Now on third Freelander 2
2013 HSE Auto Orkney Grey

Cheers

My FM was very intermittent but had it not been I would not have queried the quality of the DAB not having had experience of it before in a Freel2, even the local dealer said that it was patchy round here in East Lancashire!

At least it's all sorted now and I can enjoy the music system as it was intended.

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My 2013 HSE lux Orkney Grey 29090 miles

I really hope the government doesn't force us all to go "digital only" and abandon the analogue frequencies. Where I live, significant areas are MW-only, not even FM. In the house it's either MW or Internet.

I think we should have gone the American route, with satellite radio rather than DAB. Having tried it in Canada, it's fantastic.

Some years ago from 2pm to 4pm there was a shortage of satellites over Australia so farmers could not sow their crops. Hopefully there is a spare satellite.

In Australia forget about FM for distance. It has to be AM and even then you have better chances of reception at night. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Now they've had a mess around in your headlining, watch out for an annoying rattle that you can't quite place, that turns out to be the rear window washer pipe coming loose up there. (Speaking from bitter 2 visits to the dealer experience) Fuji White MY13 SD4 Dynamic
gone: Rimini Red MY10 td4_e XS

Just done a trip from Skipton to Robin Hoods Bay over the North York Moors.
Radio reception was extremely patchy on both FM and DAB.
DAB was continually 'screeching' and FM was intermittent crackle. Reception not bad as we went past Fylingdales!
The car has been in twice before with this reception problem and it's going in again.
The numerous posts on this topic clearly shows problems with aerial connections.
I just cannot believe that all the owners living in this area are putting up with this, so this makes me believe the problem still exsists in my car. One Discovery, gone
Now on third Freelander 2
2013 HSE Auto Orkney Grey