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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 12:15 AM
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I have an Alpine mp3 deck with Sirius Satellite radio in my 2005 Bonneville GXP which originally had the Monsoon. I hooked up the Alpine deck to the factory XM sharkfin antenna on my roof which works fine. Sirius is good, FM radio is good, but the whole AM band is just static. Any ideas?
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 04:23 AM
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u dont need it.. no one listens to AM anyhow... hehe
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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heres an easy fix
switch to FM lol
jk bud, no ideaaa
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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thats all am ever is..lol hey people use am for sports but if you have sirius or xm why do you need am or fm lol honestly couldnt tell ya just curious as to what u use am for
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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 04:39 AM
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I was going to use it for local sports broadcasts that aren't on FM or Sirius...but that is all. It'* also kind of hard to explain to your wife that your big fancy stereo system can't tune in what her $39 system can!
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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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Does the unit require an external AM antenna?
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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 11:33 AM
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just a normal antenna hookup. Maybe the AM unit is bad
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