FM expanders
#1
FM expanders
I would like to know if somebody on this forum is using an FM expander with his jap unit?
I have a jap Panasonic unit and installed an FM expander recently which I bought on ebay. Installation is peanuts and I connected it to the cigar lighter connector for power.
Now, I am quite dissapointed, although I can get all radio stations, the interferences are awful while driving, a simple road with houses on both sides makes listening a pain iun the a**.
I wonder if it's due to the expander being crap or the fact that it is connected to the cigar lighter which is not suitable for such things?
Tks,
Ramon
I have a jap Panasonic unit and installed an FM expander recently which I bought on ebay. Installation is peanuts and I connected it to the cigar lighter connector for power.
Now, I am quite dissapointed, although I can get all radio stations, the interferences are awful while driving, a simple road with houses on both sides makes listening a pain iun the a**.
I wonder if it's due to the expander being crap or the fact that it is connected to the cigar lighter which is not suitable for such things?
Tks,
Ramon
#3
not sure about this, as Japanese or US units do't have RDS anyway. I read somewhere on the net that you would need a properly tuned expander in order that it works perfectly.
I have it connected to a better source now than the cigar lighter and it's ok now, not so many interferences now, a few but ok.
I drove a Renault Espace (company car) recently and the radio reception in that car was worse than my jap unit with the expander....
I have it connected to a better source now than the cigar lighter and it's ok now, not so many interferences now, a few but ok.
I drove a Renault Espace (company car) recently and the radio reception in that car was worse than my jap unit with the expander....
#4
I've one fitted, well I did until a few days ago... It was useless : a very few stations were ok but many were crappy reception or other stations coming in and overpowering the signal for the station I'd tuned to etc. Why I put up with it for so long I don't know but I gave up and have fitted a new Sony XPLOD HU Maybe a better expander might have done the trick but I've heard of others with similar problems so didn't bother trying.
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