I've just replaced the factory radio with a nice Kenwood and ran into a problem. It's not pulling in any radio stations. The CD/mp3 business works fine, but I don't know why the radio doesn't. The antenna is plugged in the back for sure. Any ideas? Is this a known problem? I have the angled antenna (not power) over the driver's door on a 1998 Legacy Outback.

 

TIA

my only thoughts on this would be that you need a seperate ground for this radio,maybe the antenna is not a ground[most are but some not],try a ground from the case of the unit to a known ground.

You know, just a few days ago before I replaced the radio everything was working fine. At one point out of curiosity I tried pushing in the antenna to hide it so I could, for example, take the car to a car wash. It wasn't too happy going in, and I didn't want to force it, so I pulled it back out. It moved in and out less than one inch. I guess I noticed the next day that I couldn't get any radio stations on the factory radio. I thought something might have happened with the radio, but I'm getting the feeling that something's up with the antenna. Anyone have any ideas, or am I just going to have to take that antenna apart?