I recently added an amp to my 2016 Accord Coup with a 10 sub. After the installation, I noticed that my FM signal was about 80% what it once was. I stress 80% because the antenna is obviously working and everything is hooked up - Only thing I can come up with is some interference.
EXAMPLE: HD station I listen to I use to could pull about 40 miles north of the transmitter site. Now it's roughly 25 to 30 miles north. So the reduction in signal is slight but noticeable.
So there are two other unrelated issues (bluetooth was disconnected and I hear a pop in the speakers every time my locks engage) so I decided to take to a professional last weekend. To fix those two other issues, he wants to install a Audio Signal Processor and I'm wondering two things:
1- What could cause the slight (and I mean slight) reduction is signal reception after connecting my amp?
2- Could the Audio Signal Processor help with the reception? I know it helps sound (output) but wonder if it could help with gain from antenna or stereo.
3- Is it perfectly normal to notice a slight reduction in reception when adding aftermarket amps/speakers and to gain quality sound sacrificing other qualities is part of the game and I should just get over it?
NOTE: Thought about installing a signal booster but did that a few years ago on another car radio and while it amplifies fm radio distant signals, it also amplifies the ones around me and I lose any filter so anytime I go near a radio station (FM or AM), my signal would just go nuts so I'm not even playing that game again.
EXAMPLE: HD station I listen to I use to could pull about 40 miles north of the transmitter site. Now it's roughly 25 to 30 miles north. So the reduction in signal is slight but noticeable.
So there are two other unrelated issues (bluetooth was disconnected and I hear a pop in the speakers every time my locks engage) so I decided to take to a professional last weekend. To fix those two other issues, he wants to install a Audio Signal Processor and I'm wondering two things:
1- What could cause the slight (and I mean slight) reduction is signal reception after connecting my amp?
2- Could the Audio Signal Processor help with the reception? I know it helps sound (output) but wonder if it could help with gain from antenna or stereo.
3- Is it perfectly normal to notice a slight reduction in reception when adding aftermarket amps/speakers and to gain quality sound sacrificing other qualities is part of the game and I should just get over it?
NOTE: Thought about installing a signal booster but did that a few years ago on another car radio and while it amplifies fm radio distant signals, it also amplifies the ones around me and I lose any filter so anytime I go near a radio station (FM or AM), my signal would just go nuts so I'm not even playing that game again.
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