TominPT

Ever since I bought my car ('05 with Mark Levinson sound) a few years ago I have been dissatisfied with the AM and FM radio reception - it's poor, noticeably worse than the reception of the stock radio in my VW's and F-250. I can barely pick up the stations in Seattle 35 miles away as the crow flies, and they go in and out as I drive around or get farther away. Is this normal and if not what can I do to fix this?

rkw77080

Please give these steps a try...

NEbiker10

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Im in the minority but I think the Mark Levinson system in general was not that great for the price paid. The reception in my car with the glass in great shape is meh

Kansas

If you have decent cell phone service where you drive, a healthy data plan and if you have an aux-in or Bluetooth interface in your LS430, you can stream a high percentage of radio stations from the Internet. There's a Bluetooth interface from VAIS that might work for you: https://www.vaistech.com/product/sl3b-l/

We stream local Kansas City radio stations from the Tunein radio service regardless of where we are - in our own vehicles, in rental cars, in hotel rooms, etc. Sound quality is usually excellent. For example, when we were in Seattle for a week last year, I streamed my wife's favorite Kansas City radio station from my Android phone to a portable Bluetooth speaker every morning in our hotel room while we got ready to go out.

I just looked up about ten random Seattle/Tacoma radio stations in the Tunein app on my Android phone and found them all!