Ok, so NT2000 and I are trying to figure out what the matter is with a PCATS tuner which we tested on our cars. Even though it looks perfect, its signal seems to be significantly lower or poorer than both my previous tuners (both original Empeg ones). The car install is virtually identical. The signal bars on the display behave as if the tuner is receiving a full strength signal, but the audio is much poorer than it was with my previous empeg tuner. It's as if the antenna was all at the sudden less powerful, and I can't figure out why. The extension is streight, and I think I went through all that I could find in the FAQs.

In the city, I get some apparently random noise even with some of the strongest stations (and even if the signal indicator says there's a full, perfect signal). In my house in the mountain I simply don't receive stations which I used to.

What could it be? What should I look at?