M23 Spire 0 Posted April 1, 2008 Corrado has had a JVC Stereo / CD player added at some point but It has never picked up a AM or LW radio signal. FM is fine though. Any obvious reasons? Just a little annoying thats all. Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattkh 0 Posted April 3, 2008 Hi The bottom of the aerial on the roof is an amplfier. Make sure there is 12v going to the amplifier when you turn the radio on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolrado 0 Posted April 3, 2008 the problem is the vast majority of original antenna base amplifiers are full of water and knackered, the amplifier circuit can be removed and bypassed which usually improves the signal quite a lot and you can run an in-line amplifier instead which are pretty cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M23 Spire 0 Posted April 3, 2008 Cheers. I'll have a look at the weekend. Is the aerial easy to remove? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolrado 0 Posted April 3, 2008 Cheers. I'll have a look at the weekend. Is the aerial easy to remove? yeah quite easy, you need to carefully remove the plastic trim that runs along the back of the headlining by pulling it down (may help to get a wide flat screwdriver blade behind it and pop each clip out carefully) then pull the headling down just enough to unplug the aerial cable and unscrew the large nut on the base of the antenna. You will need a soldering iron to bypass the knackered circuit by the way. Remove the screws in the base of the antenna and pull the metal base away from the plastic cone (might be quite stubborn), this should reveal a lump of (probably wet) foam which has the circuit board inside, remove that and connect the shield of the coax cable to the metal base and the centre core to the brass stud inside the plastic cone that connects to the aerial. OR replace the aerial with a cheaper non amplified one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
