JohnMc

Hi, hope somebody can help. I fitted a new cd Tuner and pocket in place of the double din unit in my 98 Wagon, fitted perfectly after a bit of work but I've got bad reception on the radio. All wires are connected and I tried another head unit but it's the same.
Hopefully someone can help.
Cheers
John

alcazar

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You HAVE got the aeriel up, haven't you?

Might sound daft, but I've done it a couple of times myself

Alcazar

JohnMc

It's an import wagon, aerial is on the rear middle of the roof.
Cheers
John

alcazar

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OK...........is it connected? And WHY is it there? My '98 car has the aeriel on/in the o/s "A" pillar.

Alcazar

JohnMc

Every Import wagon has the aerial on the rear middle of the roof.... And yes it is connected.
Any helpful suggestions?
Cheers
John

agent003

same here...very bad reception on my wagon import

Any ideas?

TIA

alcazar

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OK, was it working BEFORE you took the old unit out?

I don't know enough about radio reception, but is it possible that the aeriel isn't good enough for the new unit? (A bit like my TV at home: I had to buy a booster for the aeriel when I got a new TV, but the old TV worked fine )

Is it possible to buy a booster for it, like you can for a TV aeriel?

If it were me, I'd be contacting an ICE specialist.

Alcazar

agent003

Whell.. on myne (my94) when i got it someone had the not so clever idea of cutting the connector that linked to the original stereo and decided to bodge a standard iso connector with tape instead of just getting an adapter

I have since rectified this by replacing the tape with bullet connectors.

The aeriel at the back is a bee sting one and doint know if it would need some other wire connected to the unit in order to amplify.

There are still some wires from the original loom on the car that remain disconnected but since I have no schematics as to what they are I left them like so

The actual aeriel cable had also been cut being that there was no plug and i rectified this by going to a breakers yard and cutting one off a car and patched it in.

The stereo I have in there is a pioneer same as I also got on my other car and reception on that is flawless.

If no one here has some other ideas on this i do think it will be a trip to a specialist.

WBR

JohnMc

The Import radio worked fine- think a trip to the Audioiman is on the cards.
Cheers
john

James Neill

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Read this - you may have the same problem as me

https://www.scoobynet.com/ice-2/5531...reception.html