Is200 Le Radio Reception

[Capt Ted Striker]

I have bought a new IS200 LE Auto and am delighted with the car. It was also pleasing to find this forum on the net. Whilst the car is excellent I have read that radio reception can sometimes need improvement with an aerial booster.

I am new to the forum and sorry if this has already been covered but any advice would be most welcome.

Thank You

[ifraz]

Hi Capt Ted, welcome to the Club mate. B)

We have a couple of LE owners who can answer this question for you. But I would be surprised to hear if the reception on the LE is not as good as the standard IS.

[Scorpion]

Haven't got an LE but an IS all the same and i dont have any trouble with the reception.

Ooops forgot to say hi and welcome B)

[Capt Ted Striker]

Thank you for the welcome, help & quick reply!

Ted

[Andy Freeman]

I got an LE and your not wrong

Mine is patchy

[Scorpion]

Really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whys that then?

[Andy Freeman]

whether mine is any worse than a standard IS i dunno.

But my reception in my Megane was a lot clearer and crisper.

I get a fuzz in the back ground on local stations that i did not have in my last car

PS. Great choice of car ;)

did you get is from Lexus Liverpool ?

[Andy Freeman]

I have bought a new IS200 LE Auto and am delighted with the car. It was also pleasing to find this forum on the net. Whilst the car is excellent I have read that radio reception can sometimes need improvement with an aerial booster.

I am new to the forum and sorry if this has already been covered but any advice would be most welcome.

Thank You

where about have you read this, i would not mind a look

[ifraz]

I got an LE and your not wrong

Mine is patchy

I'm surprised...... :o

[Andy Freeman]

I got an LE and your not wrong

Mine is patchy

I'm surprised...... :o

me 2

[Scorpion]

I cant see why it would be different.

[TonyGoose]

I'd agree radio reception isn't the greatest.

Maybe it's worse on the later (slot at top) units ?

Oh btw, there's already an amp in the base of the aerial.

[Andy Freeman]

I cant see why it would be different.

wen i eventually get 2 my 1st meet we can compare.

But i cant see there LE having a diff unit to the other models, that wud be ludicrous.

Maybe it is about expectations? (Cant see the renault being betta tho )

[Andy Freeman]

I'd agree radio reception isn't the greatest.

Maybe it's worse on the later (slot at top) units ?

Oh btw, there's already an amp in the base of the aerial.

oh well a booster prob wudnt make any diff then.

Cheers 4 ya input, i neva knew there was ever anything other than a top slot Mr un-Educated over here

[Capt Ted Striker]

Thanks Andy. Saw the reference at the Top Gear Webclub Page. The section is titled The Car Knowledge.

http://dotm1.net/t.asp?l=23421&i=6758824

Alex

[Capt Ted Striker]

Tony

Thanks for your mention of there already being an amp in the base of the aerial. The Top Gear site did not make it clear - the me that is- if the problem needed a booster or has already been cured.

Reading it again in the light of your comments suggests that issue -if there was one has been solved.

How long have boosters been installed in the aerial base?

Captain Ted

[kev dood]

I did notice that the reception, although good, is not great. I think the radio is trying to be to clever in its jumping about to find alternate freqs etc. Also, I don't think it does it fast enough. Radio 1 for instance can break up a little, loose the stereo, and only after a while does the radio think, Oh I shall hop to another freq which is stronger!!

Think its probably down to the Tuner sensitivity more thn anything else. Anyone know who they use?

[Kremmen]

I agree with the sensitivity with regard to changing stations.

If I have it set to 'TP' then when I leave work out at Woking and with Heart106.2 tuned it thinks it is not a 'TA' station and promptly looks for another one.

The reception of Heart106.2 right out on its limits is no worse than my last car though.

I put it down to the sloping aerial. When I'm approaching Woking the signal is 100% but it takes a couple of miles when facing London for it to achieve 100%.

[stevenage_saint]

I don't know if it is me but if I am on the BBC stations I do get a drop in reception in the country lanes to work at times. What is worse even in St. helens I get the traffic news for BBC Leeds and Sheffield. So the radio can not be that bad as my old Primera never got that!