Chris La Mantia Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 I bought a 2009 Dodge Journey SXT that has the stock radio/satellite (not the UCONNECT touchscreen). That radio had good reception. I immediately swapped it out for a Chinese android head unit. The radio reception is really poor. Now, this same head unit was in my Intrepid and it was great. But still, could be a bad head unit. Lived with it. Replaced the head unit today, same deal. I am suspicious of the antenna adapter. The radio has a space for the old fashioned large antenna connector. The 2009 has a small connector like a VW (it seems to be different from later years). I ended up with a Metra 40-EU10 antenna adapter. Is there a better adapter to get from the small 2009 antenna to the old fashioned large antenna? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjboston5676 Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 my 2010 had bad reception on the stock unit after i did some things behind the dash. i then later swapped in a new stereo and it had bad reception too and i eventually figured out it would come and go by wiggling around the antenna cable behind the stereo. seems like they may have used crappy connectors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris La Mantia Posted January 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 I ended up putting in an ANT-208 antenna amplifier. It fixed up my FM band. Didn't do anything for AM, fortunately I don't listed to AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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