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Poor Radio Reception on my E82 When Engine is Running??

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#1 ·
I put a thread up awhile back regarding poor Radio Reception. Basically Listening to Radio 1 and its listenable but breaks up and not crystal clear. I noticed a few weeks ago that when I parked up the reception was poor but the moment I switched the engine off it was crystal clear. Does anyone know how I can cure this? Surely I dont need an old school susspressor?! :eek2:

I thought of a way around it and something I really wished my car had, DAB. I spend ages fitting the Autodab unit (glovebox out etc) to find that it works perfectly..........until I turn the engine on and its un-listenable, just so much interference. Has to be with the FM aerial as normally DAB stations would just cut out completely in a poor area. Surely there is a problem somewhere?? :?

My 1st BMW and waited 18 months to find the right one with the right spec but im slowly losing faith in it!! :eek2:

Please Help!
 
#3 ·
The only thing I hvae plugged in the usb is a memory stick.

I have sorted the poor DAB signal with engine running thanks to jammy78 I made the mistake of getting the GPS aerial and Antenna plugs the wrong way around. I thought the blue would resemble the blue/green plugs on the cables autodab supplied and like most fakra aerial plugs but not in this case. So relieved that issue is sorted however should I want to listen to normal FM I still have the issue of bad reception :?