Terrible Radio Reception

[sturb25]

Hay guys,

I guess im wondering if anyone else has shit radio reception and what can be done to improve it.. Its generally pretty fine around the city but has some areas where its completely crap and as soon as you get past around the 50km mark from the city the radio becomes non existant.

When i bought the car it had a jap radio it it which only had a very narrow band and it was really bad so i put my aussie cd player in and that made it marginally better but its still crap.

Is anyone else having this same problem and what have you done about it?

Stu

[chook]

Hay guys,

I guess im wondering if anyone else has shit radio reception and what can be done to improve it.. Its generally pretty fine around the city but has some areas where its completely crap and as soon as you get past around the 50km mark from the city the radio becomes non existant.

When i bought the car it had a jap radio it it which only had a very narrow band and it was really bad so i put my aussie cd player in and that made it marginally better but its still crap.

Is anyone else having this same problem and what have you done about it?

Stu

just make sure you connected power to the antenna amplifiers when you installed new head unit, from memory it is the wire linked to the antenna plug behind the head unit.

[wolverine]

x2

[66yostagea]

X everybody

[sturb25]

just make sure you connected power to the antenna amplifiers when you installed new head unit, from memory it is the wire linked to the antenna plug behind the head unit.

Does it need positive 12v power to that plug? that would probably explain why my radio is so shit!!

[chook]

yep, if your radio has antenna power wire (ie, 12V only when radio is on, not cd), otherwise should have an amplifier/acc wire, connect straight to it.

[Mr GTS4]

i'm in the same boat. i don't remember a power wire connecting to the antenna when i was in there last.. is there a booster you can buy for it?

[chook]

nothing to buy, factors amplifiers are hidden away behind rear door, your power wire will be there.

[sturb25]

nothing to buy, factors amplifiers are hidden away behind rear door, your power wire will be there.

I finally deciced to try this power amplifier thing and i cant seem to find the wire. At the back of the loom where the aerial plugs into the back of the stereo i have to plugs, one smaller than the other. The bigger one plugs into the back of the stereo. I follow that back and it goes to a black socket type join, i follow it back further and it goes to a white plug with one wire coming from it, that wire goes straight back into the main loom. Im pretty clueless when it comes to car electrics. Can u please help?

Thanks

Stuart

[chook]

Ill send you some pics either this arvo or tomorrow.

[Bis-e Bee]

Ill send you some pics either this arvo or tomorrow.

While on the top of Radio Reception, I've still got the factory m35 A/V set-up but what I'm wondering is what will I pick-up in the way of Digital Radio with the Hawk Ranger III once installed?

I will mostly be in the Blacktown / Granville regions.

[chook]

same as your dig TV at home, abc and sbs radio only.

[chook]

OK, blue wire is my antenna power from my head unit (so amps on come on ONLY when i select radio). This goes to the white wire (bottom arrow), which in turn feeds 12V to yellow black wire (top arrow) and on to amps. You may have had your wires cut, so may not have original block like mine.

[66yostagea]

Off topic but in Chook's pic. What is the corrugated plastic pipe at the top of the pic for. What is it connected to???

In the 25G it does not connect to anything.

[chook]

pretty sure it is cabin temperature sensor, plugs into dash, left and below of steering wheel where the sensor is, the job of this pipe is to draw air past the sensor when the air con is on. If you dont have climate control, mighten have this sensor.

[66yostagea]

pretty sure it is cabin temperature sensor, plugs into dash, left and below of steering wheel where the sensor is, the job of this pipe is to draw air past the sensor when the air con is on. If you dont have climate control, mighten have this sensor.

AFAIK it has climate control. The A/C unit is the same as RS. It has the temp sensor mounted behind the front bar but only has dash sensor on pass. side of dash.

The part the pipe fits to in the pic is not there.

[sturb25]

OK, blue wire is my antenna power from my head unit (so amps on come on ONLY when i select radio). This goes to the white wire (bottom arrow), which in turn feeds 12V to yellow black wire (top arrow) and on to amps. You may have had your wires cut, so may not have original block like mine.

Thanks all sorted. Its still not 100% but what can you expect when you live on a mountain. Its alot better than its ever been. At least it doesnt drop out all together. Thank you very much