HelloNewman

I've been putting up with awful XM reception for years. Recently it had become unbearable except for my long bridge commute over open water.

So, I got down to researching and figured out that the XM tuner is mounted on the trunk overhead in my 2010 G Sedan and that it has a Pink connector for the antenna in - referred to as a "FAKRA" connection.

Bought this little Audiovox antenna on E-bay for cheap. It has the ready-made FAKRA adapter right on the end of it.

Terk XMicro2 XM Satellite Radio Car Antenna

Guess what? Reception is 10X better with the little puck antenna tossed on my rear shelf behind the headrest. Hardly any signal loss. It's magnetic and I read reception may be best with a steel plate under it. I bought an electric plate for a buck at Lowes and it does seem to make a difference.

I say Damn You Dealer/Stealership!!!!! because I brought it in under warranty a good while ago and they claimed all was up to spec and that I should talk to Sirius XM.

I have to wonder how many faulty antennas have been sold to us Infiniti consumers followed by some bull from the dealer?

blueis300

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My dealer sucks and replaced the antenna but it didnt solve the issue. They wanted me to let the tech take it home to duplicate? They smoking crack lol. Was going to try and get them to replace the stereo next. Maybe Ill make a print out of all the problems everybody else has and how they resolved it.

KEG97

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OP- Can you post pics of where in the antenna input is located? Thanks!

HelloNewman

Not so easy to post a picture, trunk panels are back in place. But, here's a sample pic from a G35 I think. What you see is a stacked arrangement. The XM unit is sandwiched between some sort of blue tooth phone box and the trunk overhead. Laying in your trunk, you have to reach past the blue tooth box up higher to the square pink connector for the XM antenna. I also used a mini screwdriver to fiddle with the connector to loosen it. It was in a bit tight or maybe had a clip. I just pryed around it where I could. As shown in the picture, imagine the stacked unit flipped over and mounted to the overhead. The round pink female is the plug in.

I also read that some G's have it mounted on the bottom, in the back corner behind the spare.

blueis300

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https://www.myg37.com/forums/audio-v...reception.html

I was hoping the dealer had an actual fix. Seems like everybody has to fix it themselves.

smilinsteve

Bumping an old thread.

My XM reception is ok, but cuts out under bridges more frequently and for longer periods than the Sirius radio in my Explorer.

I can live with that. My main complaint with XM is the sound quality, which is not up to par with IPod through the USB. I suppose that's to be expected, but I'm wondering if a better antenna could improve sound quality, and not just reduce the number of lost signal events.

The antenna purchased by the op gets mixed reviews on Crutchfield. Any other options?
I'm also wondering if it would be possible to splice into the antenna wire and have 2 antennas instead of replacing the OEM?

G37sPhoton

my 2011sedan was having the same issues for some time, loosing reception under a frggin light pole wire or something so insignificant that i just about gave up and only listened on the highway where there are no obstructions. finally fed up, took the car to dealer and they changed out the antenna , and voila- near perfect reception, it only goes out under bridges now, so that fix worked for me

martik00173

I did this fix. It worked great. Thanks

bbender4961

Thanks for the tip.

I bought a Terk Antenna and plugged it straight in the receiver in the trunk. I set the antenna back behind the seats near the rear speaker for now and ran the wire through the armrest cradle.

My reception is near perfect now after struggling with poor reception for years in some locations.

This is the link I used:

https://www.xm-radio-satellite.com/t...tom-connector/

Erwin Mehlig

Which one ? The NEW dealer antenna or the aftermarket antenna?

Thanks
Erwin

martik00173

from ebay Terk XMicro2 XM Satellite Radio Car Antenna

martik00173

Erwin Mehlig

Perfect !! Thanks !!

Carol Alpiner

I just installed the Terk antenna in my 2012 G37x and got a "check antenna" message.
The included adapter plug sure appears to be properly seated in the radio.
Anyone have a similar experience or fix for this?

UPDATE: Discovered I just had to push a "little" bit harder on the plug. Felt a nice "click," and now all is well. Works great; MUCH better than weakening factory sharkfin.

GeezerB

Where does it plug in? I just bought it & can't figure it out.