About a year and a half ago I installed a cheapie mechless head unit (no cd player) in my van. Model is a Pyle PLR34M. It had an aux/USB/SD input, which is what I was looking for, so it worked for me. However, ever since I installed everything, the FM and especially the AM reception has gone way downhill. I live about 20 miles from where most of our local stations broadcast from, and reception is fine there. But if I venture towards the city, it seems that stations turn very 'staticy', and start to pick up other surrounding stations. I made sure that the antenna was inserted into the head unit properly, the scan mode was set to 'local' instead of 'dx/distance'... i also ensured that the antenna amplifier wire was hooked in properly, as my van uses window grid antennas that have a power supply. Those are getting power fine. I remember reading some reviews on this head unit that the reception was poor, but I usually put that down to people not knowing how to install things properly. As far as distance reception, that's roughly the same as it was before... for example, i routinely make a trip to the west side of the state for work. I can almost pinpoint where my usual stations will start to fade out, and that hasn't really changed. The only thing different is that it seems other stations start to fight with that frequency a tad sooner. Do I just need a better head unit?
