Annoyed by poor radio reception in my Colorado 2014. Travelling from Melbourne to Townsville luck to pick up 1 or 2 stations in Northern NSW and Southern Ql;d. Would a bigger aerial on bullbar make a difference. Any ideas appreciated.
Hi Terry,
From my experience, AM reception of modern cars can be crap because overseas they generally only use FM now. So the tuners are not very good. Some aftermarket brands of radio can have a "super tuner". The standard small car aerials can have a booster built in under the roof which also favours FM. :)
A bigger aerial always helps. I think now-a-days the country is serviced by local FM stations in the larger towns with limited range, so search for them when close to a town. The days of a big AM aerial servicing the whole countryside seem to have faded. :)
Jaahn
Phil C said
11:17 AM Jul 4, 2015
Id keep the antenna and put a ford ranger under it, that's cause Im a ford man. lol
Seriously, you may have a few bad connections or corroded connections. Try these and see if it makes a difference. Are there any hi gain antennas for the colly? Check with your dealer.
Cheers
The Hats said
07:37 AM Jul 5, 2015
Phil C wrote:
Id keep the antenna and put a ford ranger under it, that's cause Im a ford man. lol
Seriously, you may have a few bad connections or corroded connections. Try these and see if it makes a difference. Are there any hi gain antennas for the colly? Check with your dealer.
Cheers
HAHAHA Phil you beat me to it was gunna say keep the Antenna and put a Troopy under it ..
Mate there are several Hi-Gain antennie avalable as an after market unit that would attach to you bar or roof rack Olbis in Brissy have a few but most radio supply shops should be able to help you
Cheers
The HAts
Phil C said
10:21 AM Jul 5, 2015
The Hats wrote:
Phil C wrote:
Id keep the antenna and put a ford ranger under it, that's cause Im a ford man. lol
Seriously, you may have a few bad connections or corroded connections. Try these and see if it makes a difference. Are there any hi gain antennas for the colly? Check with your dealer.
Cheers
HAHAHA Phil you beat me to it was gunna say keep the Antenna and put a Troopy under it ..
Mate there are several Hi-Gain antennie avalable as an after market unit that would attach to you bar or roof rack Olbis in Brissy have a few but most radio supply shops should be able to help you
Cheers
The HAts
Love ya work Hats, and its good to see you back with us again.
Im still very much thinking there may be a sloppy connection or feeder issue.. Never mind.. BTW a Troopy is also a great tug..
Cheers
navynurse said
10:33 AM Jul 5, 2015
Giday Terry,
I've got a 2014 Collie too, but haven't had any trouble with radio reception on either AM or FM.
Maybe a quick call to Holden may be of assistance. I'm sure that other owners will give you better advice than me so good luck.
Allan
Highwayman said
09:41 AM Jul 9, 2015
Terry 1st let me say hope you are well after that ordeal with the hospital.are you walking ok? Well terry don't have too many friends but the ones I have r gold ..1 of them & you r so good with these things downloaded music to a stick..which u hvplenty I uv not stopped listening all the way don't need the depressing news but then different strokes... Dr smith (rover )solved the problem of reception in puters& Tele yes buy bigger aerial works a treat in difficult areas..I think his about 40 ft extendable ...more infor see him cya
Sarge9 said
08:27 PM Jul 16, 2015
tcp99 what did you go with... I too have a Coli that wont find a station... on seek it just annoyingly selects static every .5 on the FM dial and not much better on the AM side. If you happen to google to fins the local (ABC) station signal you can sometimes do better... well, I did once....
And as for the Ford jokers... Holden built the fault in so the competitors had something to say they did better... LOL. What are we gunna be driving in three years time... or is it just the badge on the front that counts???
Annoyed by poor radio reception in my Colorado 2014. Travelling from Melbourne to Townsville luck to pick up 1 or 2 stations in Northern NSW and Southern Ql;d. Would a bigger aerial on bullbar make a difference. Any ideas appreciated.
Terry
The Phantom
From my experience, AM reception of modern cars can be crap because overseas they generally only use FM now. So the tuners are not very good. Some aftermarket brands of radio can have a "super tuner". The standard small car aerials can have a booster built in under the roof which also favours FM. :)
A bigger aerial always helps. I think now-a-days the country is serviced by local FM stations in the larger towns with limited range, so search for them when close to a town. The days of a big AM aerial servicing the whole countryside seem to have faded. :)
Jaahn
Seriously, you may have a few bad connections or corroded connections. Try these and see if it makes a difference. Are there any hi gain antennas for the colly? Check with your dealer.
Cheers
HAHAHA Phil you beat me to it was gunna say keep the Antenna and put a Troopy under it ..
Mate there are several Hi-Gain antennie avalable as an after market unit that would attach to you bar or roof rack Olbis in Brissy have a few but most radio supply shops should be able to help you
Cheers
The HAts
Love ya work Hats, and its good to see you back with us again.
Im still very much thinking there may be a sloppy connection or feeder issue.. Never mind.. BTW a Troopy is also a great tug..
Cheers
I've got a 2014 Collie too, but haven't had any trouble with radio reception on either AM or FM.
Maybe a quick call to Holden may be of assistance. I'm sure that other owners will give you better advice than me so good luck.
Allan
Terry 1st let me say hope you are well after that ordeal with the hospital.are you walking ok? Well terry don't have too many friends but the ones I have r gold ..1 of them & you r so good with these things downloaded music to a stick..which u hvplenty I uv not stopped listening all the way don't need the depressing news but then different strokes... Dr smith (rover )solved the problem of reception in puters& Tele yes buy bigger aerial works a treat in difficult areas..I think his about 40 ft extendable ...more infor see him cya
tcp99 what did you go with... I too have a Coli that wont find a station... on seek it just annoyingly selects static every .5 on the FM dial and not much better on the AM side. If you happen to google to fins the local (ABC) station signal you can sometimes do better... well, I did once....
And as for the Ford jokers... Holden built the fault in so the competitors had something to say they did better... LOL. What are we gunna be driving in three years time...
or is it just the badge on the front that counts???
Sarge