Frequency Converter not working.

[davinjones]

As everyone else with a japanese head unit, I had the problem that my stereo only goes from 70 - 90 mhz.

I went to Autobarn and got the frequency converter which says it changes the frequency by 20mhz. So in theory Fox Fm im melbourne 101.9 would tune in as 81.9. Thats all good, but I took the dash off last night, plugged it in, put the stereo back in all excited i can listen to something other than Lite FM, and it didnt do anything! It was exactly the same, all i could get was Lite FM 89.9.

I think the adapter had already been put on, because the 2 prong thing is plugged into a cable splits into 2 different plugs. One of the plugs looks like the normal australian looking ariel plug, the other is a bit smaller, not sure what it is.

So i put the australian looking plug into my converter, and then the converter to the head unit, and grounded the black wire.

The problem is i dont want to buy another head unit, cos its an awesome sony xplod head unit, double size, plays cd's AND md's, has a remote. Looks pretty expensive.

My question is what is more likely?

1) Convertor is faulty

2) I did something wrong (theres not that much to it!!)

3) It wont work for my head unit

Any help is much appreciated!!

Thanks,

Davin

[BADHAB|T]

Wire goes to ACC not earth.

[davinjones]

Wire goes to ACC not earth.

Thanks mate. Works great. I guess next time I should look at the instructions a bit more carefully. :Oops: