Thread: Radio Xtreme Installed and Reviewed

Sorry to hear this. I was really hopeing it was going to be better than you said it was. After not having a FM reciever in my car I kinda miss it. But I can wait till a better one comes out.

It sounds like you had 4 main problems

1) damaged product
2) Poor Reception
3) Alternator Whine when connected
4) Didn't mute on exit

My comments and contrasts:

1. When i recieved my product there was nothing damaged. It sounds like yours got damaged during shipping and you should file a claim. Mine was packaged kinda wierd but it arrived okay. Also it did take a while for shipping. I don't know if it was 2 weeks becasue i wasn't waiting on it.

2. Mine has good reception when connecting to my cars antenna. Maybe try a booster?

3. Alternator whine is from induced noise. Probably a grounding issue with your PC. Try grounding the Mobo to the PSU. Even though the noise wasnt there before whenever you add a new component to the system you have to suspect everything. Try moving the cables to not cross any power lines. I don't know your setup but if you are using your mobo's sound card they are usually pretty crappy. Mine has no whine

4. Sounds like an issue with frodoplayer. You may want to post that in the froddoplayer forum

Sorry you had a bad experience and got a damaged product. I would have to rate it a B+

Cheers

Originally Posted by antimatter

It sounds like you had 4 main problems

1) damaged product
2) Poor Reception
3) Alternator Whine when connected
4) Didn't mute on exit

My comments and contrasts:

1. When i recieved my product there was nothing damaged. It sounds like yours got damaged during shipping and you should file a claim. Mine was packaged kinda wierd but it arrived okay. Also it did take a while for shipping. I don't know if it was 2 weeks becasue i wasn't waiting on it.

2. Mine has good reception when connecting to my cars antenna. Maybe try a booster?

3. Alternator whine is from induced noise. Probably a grounding issue with your PC. Try grounding the Mobo to the PSU. Even though the noise wasnt there before whenever you add a new component to the system you have to suspect everything. Try moving the cables to not cross any power lines. I don't know your setup but if you are using your mobo's sound card they are usually pretty crappy. Mine has no whine

4. Sounds like an issue with frodoplayer. You may want to post that in the froddoplayer forum

Sorry you had a bad experience and got a damaged product. I would have to rate it a B+

Cheers

1. Went ahead and opened it up. Couple of broken plastic tabs. Doesnt affect functionality.

2. May give that a shot.

3. Grounding issue with the antenna itself. The sleave going to my external antenna is grounded. I disconnected that lead and the whine is gone BUT reception is even worse.

4. You may be right. I will.

Been using Radio Xtreme for a week now. Went to radio shack and got adapters to hook stock car antenna up to the FM unit. Very happy with reception and sound quality after I put a 10db inline antenna amplifier on. Now going to try a stronger amplifier and see if it gets even better.

Batman

Originally Posted by Batmanatthenewb

Been using Radio Xtreme for a week now. Went to radio shack and got adapters to hook stock car antenna up to the FM unit. Very happy with reception and sound quality after I put a 10db inline antenna amplifier on. Now going to try a stronger amplifier and see if it gets even better.

Batman

Got a link to what you are using?

Yes Batman post links on both products please. The amplifier that you are using and the stock convertor

Cheers

Well i have to mention that i got the antenna cable installed and I also get that friggen alternator whine. I haven't tested it out but i would like to know how you guys are connecting this the Radio Xtreme USB module. Post links

I faired about the same with my USB extreme, reception was poor, marginally better than the dlink, but also the audio went loud and quiet every 10-20 seconds. This was most annoying.

So it's still sitting around waiting to be played with properly.

Craig

Yea mine did that too. I am not to satisfied with the quality. It was pretty cheap though so i am not too dissapointed. What other options do we have though besides this and the DLINK?