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Thanks, GeorgeMJ. That’s what I was thinking of doing, mounting another. I was just hoping there would be a quick fix or some step I was missing. Also, my FM comes in fine so no worries there. 

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TJay74
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*** UPDATE ***   Back from the dealer, engineers did as I thought and had a flashed module with them. Just had to wait on it to be installed and paired to my VIN and we were off on the road test.  

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Ok, just got off of the phone with the Chief Engineer and 2 infotainment engineers. GM is waiting on the infotainment vendor to finish their side of the update, they have to tes the update out and are

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NEW 2014 GMC Sierra has HORRIBLE Radio/HD Radio reception. There was a pretty long post about this before with a good amount of people on it. I've concluded they are pushing XM so hard that they mad

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You might want to check the antenna connection, though, as there are situations where the FM would work well but not the AM.  A poor connection would cause that, allowing the high frequencies of FM through the small capacitor created by the bad connection but blocking the lower AM frequencies.

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WLC Enthusiast

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GM has ended my paid Sirius radio. Still no fix for our radio reception? Wonder how the new models reception is?

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Banshee8732 Enthusiast

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I didn't read through this post, but I had horrible XM reception in my 2015 Sierra Denali. Any little tree branch, building, anything would cause it to cut out. It was to the point that I couldn't even listen to it while driving on residential streets. I had thr shark fin antenna replaced. It works great now. 

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tnchevy Senior Enthusiast

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That's great but this thread is about regular radio reception, not satellite reception.  I have never been a big fan of the sound of satellite radio, to compressed and not near the sound quality of CD IMO.

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Rafael Alonso Enthusiast

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I had a 2014 silverado 1500 WT with the cheapo 3inch screen radio and my reception was great and I had FM HD channels.  Now with my 2018 2500HD with a bigger screen radio I don't get HD channels but reception is ok 

Anybody could tell me how to get HD channels I'm in the DFW area and there is plenty of HD to go arround.

tnchevy Senior Enthusiast

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Either your truck radio doesn't offer HD or you don't have it turned on.  My suggestion would be to get your owners manual out and read up on it.

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flyingfool Senior Enthusiast

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On a side note, has anyone tried doubling the lenght of the antana to see if this helps..?

I can't read the entire thread, but how about swapping in Alpines radio version for our Trucks, and make GM pay the bill?

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SS502 Senior Enthusiast

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On ‎7‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 2:22 PM, tnchevy said:

That's great but this thread is about regular radio reception, not satellite reception.  I have never been a big fan of the sound of satellite radio, to compressed and not near the sound quality of CD IMO.

I'm guilty...I incorrectly bundled radio and satellite into the same category. I agree 110% on the sound quality statement, the CD is much better...so is the HD FM reception. 

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Tonka857 New Member

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2014 Silverado Z71 radio is changing screens on me when in radio mode on main touch screen and the dashboard screen. Anybody had this problem before?

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mojohn Enthusiast

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I want to re-install the stock AM/FM antenna mast. Of course, now I can't find the threaded adapter, it goes between the base and the mast.  Anyone got an extra they don't need? 

 

Thanks ,

John

2017 Silverado LT

Eddie 70 Senior Enthusiast

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On 8/26/2019 at 7:54 PM, mojohn said:

I want to re-install the stock AM/FM antenna mast. Of course, now I can't find the threaded adapter, it goes between the base and the mast.  Anyone got an extra they don't need? 

 

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John

2017 Silverado LT

When I got my 2014 it had a shorty antenna on it and radio reception was awful. I thought it was the shorty antenna so I went to the junkyard and pulled a few different types of antennas. These did not fix the FM reception to my liking but, my point to you would be try hitting the local pull a part and seeing if you can grab the part you are looking for.

 

 

Did anyone ever get FM radio reception better than factory yet with the stock radio?

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flyingfool Senior Enthusiast

flyingfool

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just build a new antenna, take your oem one, and double the length, this will guarantee way better reception...

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George Sylvester Mitchell New Member

George Sylvester Mitchell

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My wife drives a 2017 GMC Acadia and the radio has the same issue with reception being staticky on stations that are crystal clear on my 2015 Impala radio and was on her older Lexus.  It is annoying and we too wonder how to correct it if possible.  Will be searching for more information or upgrade.

 

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