Radio/150 Prado.......Need help.

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I had no complaints with my 2011 150 Prado on my recent "hay river" trip......except one. The radio is totally useless. Outside of a town.....no radio. Even where i live in the sunshine coast i can lose reception. Any member here, done something with their radio's to give them better reception. Would appreciate some input, thank you.

[JeffH Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JeffH]

An external antenna is probably the only thing that will solve your problems. The reception on my 120 is crap too, made worse after putting a metallic tint on the window with the embedded radio.
When I did my Hay River trip last year theere was a Pajero in the group with an aftermarket external antenna and he was picking up AM radio right through the desert.

[smakb Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close smakb]

If they put window to tinting on that was the wrong type it will destroy reception. I have not had an issue with reception but that is on FM. I have never tried AM.


Steve.

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Thank you......couldn't even get AM........no problem with my radio in the 100 series I used to own.

[Kowolski Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kowolski]

Radio in the 150 is the best I've ever had in any car. Good reception both am and fm. I was recently on the sunshine coast and had great reception all over the coast on am and fm.

If receptions bad in a 150 there are only really a couple of causes.

- Most likely...someone's put metal film tint on the side rear windows where the antennas are. That will absolutely kill reception. A good indication of this is if AM reception is particularly bad or non existant, AM gets affected more than FM.

- Antenna wires disconnected or damaged.

- Not sure if this next one applies but a number of cars have a small antenna amp near the antennas, these sometimes fail. But I'm not sure if Prados use amps.

[outback7 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close outback7]

Radio in the 150 is the best I've ever had in any car. Good reception both am and fm. I was recently on the sunshine coast and had great reception all over the coast on am and fm.

If receptions bad in a 150 there are only really a couple of causes.

- Most likely...someone's put metal film tint on the side rear windows where the antennas are. That will absolutely kill reception. A good indication of this is if AM reception is particularly bad or non existant, AM gets affected more than FM.

- Antenna wires disconnected or damaged.

- Not sure if this next one applies but a number of cars have a small antenna amp near the antennas, these sometimes fail. But I'm not sure if Prados use amps.

Toyota put my window tint on......I need to check them out.