Is Radio Antenna printed on front windshield?

toy4two · 09-07-2025, 09:02 PM

Does your windshield bottom right have a BMW logo?

Do you have black lines embedded anywhere in the front glass that could be an antenna or is the antenna built in somewhere else in the car like the shark fin and all F10 radios suck at pulling in FM.

On my new to me F10 the FM radio is abysmal vs my other cars. The front windshield has no BMW marking on it like I would expect a factory windshield would have so I suspect its been changed in the last 15 years.

Qsilver7 · 09-09-2025, 08:22 AM

The radio aerials are built into the rear windscreen...and which ones you have is determined by the market you're in. for example, the USA market doesn't have TV aerials nor do we use DAB (digital audio broadcast) signals. In the US we use HD signals which coincide with the band the signal is being broadcast on (AM or FM etc).

Qsilver7 · 09-09-2025, 08:47 AM

Satellite radio frequency in the USA market is SDARS (satellite digital audio radio service)...and that aerial is in the shark fin/roof aerial...along with the telephone aerials.

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Qsilver7 Major General 6494 Rep 9,812 Posts Drives: F06 650ix GC / F15 X5 50i Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Indiana, USA iTrader: (0)	The radio aerials are built into the rear windscreen...and which ones you have is determined by the market you're in. for example, the USA market doesn't have TV aerials nor do we use DAB (digital audio broadcast) signals. In the US we use HD signals which coincide with the band the signal is being broadcast on (AM or FM etc). Attached Images __________________ 2015 F06 650ix Gran Coupe`(Moonstone/Cohiba Brown)\| 2014 F15 X5 50i MSport (Space Gray/Mocha) Become a BMW CCA member! Click HERE to join and feel free to use my BMW CCA member #191509 as a referral. Last edited by Qsilver7; 09-09-2025 at 08:46 AM..
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Qsilver7 Major General 6494 Rep 9,812 Posts Drives: F06 650ix GC / F15 X5 50i Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Indiana, USA iTrader: (0)	Satellite radio frequency in the USA market is SDARS (satellite digital audio radio service)...and that aerial is in the shark fin/roof aerial...along with the telephone aerials. Attached Images __________________ 2015 F06 650ix Gran Coupe`(Moonstone/Cohiba Brown)\| 2014 F15 X5 50i MSport (Space Gray/Mocha) Become a BMW CCA member! Click HERE to join and feel free to use my BMW CCA member #191509 as a referral.
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