hello,
i just installed my first deck ever and noticed that when listening to fm radio, there's noticable static. my stock deck never had any static, unless due to bad weather. i know i didn't buy this unit just to listen to the radio but it's irritating. any suggestions? thanks.

 

Pull it out and make sure you plugged in the antenna. Also, make sure the antenna didnt come unplugged from the factory connector.

 

Yea.....what he said.

 

check your connections..

 

Just so you know too there are tuner (am/fm) sensitivity adjustments in the menu of Alpine radios, especially their high end pieces like the 9887, give that a shot too. If that doesn't do it and it's tight behind the deck make sure the ground on your battery is nice and tight, reception quality is directly related to ground path in a vehicle, and if it is poor it's possible Mitsu beefed up the internals of the OEM deck to counter act that

 

i use to have this same problem with my alpine deck....couldn't get any stations in good...

 

I have the same issue with my 9885. All connections are good and the ground position is the same one I used on a different HU that had no reception issues.

 

X2.

 

Check your ground! Both on battery and the unit.
Can you also post some pics!

 

wierd, mine works great!

 

I also have new Alpine deck and I ge tbad reception on the radio but all stations. I checked my connects and everthing is good, I guess maybe I should change my ground position...

 

I just wanted to let you know guys, I just switched my ground to the bolt behind the glove box, thats where all my ground is mostly located and all the static was gone away. To give you a better picture where the bolt is, when you take off the glove box, its on the left side.

Also, Does anybody have any good suggestions on good settings on the Alpine units, like bass and others?

 

I think I spoke to soon, I was just driving the car and the radio became static again. I believe the problem is in the wiring harness.

 

It's not your wiring harness. If it were, then all your other sources would have static as well.

 

How were you able to get the 9887 to line up? I was trying to install mine and the brackets from the stock radio sit too far up, which in turn makes the 9887 stick too far out. The other issue is that I can't even get the radio trim back over it because of that. Any help would be great. Thanks.