[Doghouse]

That is the same thing I notice. The radio is no where near as good as CD. It is almost as if the gain is not set high enough for the radio. The reception is poor, compaired to my maxima.

I will call in tomorrow and talk to them about it.

 

[Doghouse]

My dealer is looking at it today, PLEASE if you feel like we do about the RF radio, call NISSAN!!

Here is my observations

Radio is 1/2 power of CD
Aux is 1/2 power of Radio


CD playing KICKS A$$!
rest of radio is better than what I had for a stock head unit, but not what it should be.

 

[Doghouse]

geece1

here is how you properly reproduce part #1 of the problem:

set the volume to 5

play the CD Player
play the radio with a powerful local station (1/2 volume of CD)
put CD into a "Walkman" and play it via AUX. Make sure volume on "Walkman" is all the way up (you cannot hear it until vol on R/F is set to 10)

The SSV turns up the volume when accelerating, what is noticed is the station fading / loosing "RDS or stereo" when accelerating.

 

[Doghouse]

We are starting to get close to the same page now.

On all of my high quality home theater equipment, and most amps which have multiple inputs, there is a bias or level control. Some are hardware some are soft/firmware.

These need to be leveled so as you switch from one to another they provide the same dB level from the output. My wife's 04 Maxima has the same style of radio, and it does NOT change in volume from one mode to the other. She also can receive radio stations I cannot when we are parked next to each other.

This is what we want Nissan to review with R/F and fix. Find why reception is so poor, and adjust the amp to provide even output levels.

 

[Doghouse]

CALL NISSAN!

There is nothing the dealer can do but make sure the wires are plugged in. Most of us have check this and nothing is disconnected. I would guess something needs to be done to the receiver mechanicaly (replacement would be nice!)