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    Veteran Member Three Rings vwnobby's Avatar
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    Finally got my Sirius reception back thanks to this DIY....

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    I have been dealing with horrible Sat. radio reception for over a year now. It got so bad that during my 30 min commute to work, I pobably had a total of 5-10 min worth of signal reception. When the signal did cut out it would take 15-30 seconds to come back. I was convinced that it was the Sirius satelite module itself.

    I came across the above post yesterday and decided to give it a shot. Well, during my commute to work today I have reception the whole way in!!! It did cut out when I went under overpasses, but it would cut out for no more than 2 seconds.
    As a bonus I can now lock/unlock the car from over 50ft away where before I had to be no more than 10ft from the car.

    I think my main issue was actually the dirty contact on the rear window. Cleaned them, hit it with scotch brite and bent the prongs back a bit to give them more tension and that did the trick.

    So happy it all works I thought I'd share.

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    Veteran Member Four Rings pezgoon's Avatar
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    Does that radio amplifier actually work with the satellite radio! I noticed driving my mothers a4 her satellite radio reception is terrible, in mine I use an external satellite radio because I like pausing and rewinding the stations but have wanted to adapt my radio to the cArs antenna so that I don't have the black magnet one anymore but have been afraid I would have awful reception. If this will work then I may finally do it :)


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    Veteran Member Three Rings vwnobby's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by pezgoon View Post
    Does that radio amplifier actually work with the satellite radio!
    I didn't think it would, assumed sat radio reception would have something to do with the shark fin, but I guess it boosts the signal somehow.
    All I know is that I was blown away by the fact that I could actually listen to Sirius all the way to work today.
    2.0T MTQ | Revo Stage II+ | APR HPFP | 034 Engine Mounts | 034 HFC | 034 Turbo Inlet | ER SMICs | TT 2.5" DP | Magnaflow 16601 DP back | K&N Drop in filter | ECS Snub mount | RS4 Rear Sway bar kit | B5 lowering caps | "D" piston DV | TyrolSport Caliper Bushings | S4 Front Calipers/Carriers/Rotors | Goodrich SS lines | StopTech Street Performance Pads (Porterfield R4 for track) | AWE Vent Boost Gauge | NGK (4644) BKR7E (replaced NGK Iridium BKR7EIX-11)

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    Veteran Member Four Rings pezgoon's Avatar
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    Nice I'll have to try it on my mothers car and see if it helps, I am going to still do it to mine so that I can open doors further than five feet away though haha


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    2005.5 6mt A4 2.0 94k miles
    2010 Q5 3.2L 6at 160k miles

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