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Title: radio booster thingy
Post by: vdubnut on 25 January 2010, 12:48

Hi all

Trying to improve the recption on my radio...... bought a booster of ebay....which cable do you conect the blue wire from the booster to... If it helps.... to get the radio to work i had to have the red and yellow wires connected to the live feed as it needs a perm live....any help appriciated!!

Cheers

Andy

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: Wayne on 25 January 2010, 13:11

Blue wire would be the electric aerial feed wire on the head unit.

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: vdubnut on 25 January 2010, 13:36

cheers wayne....just tried that and as soon as i connect the wire reception gets worse LOL!! looking more and more like ill ahve to bite the bullet and change the wing ariel..... :laugh: any ideas if its easy to run the new ariel?

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: Wayne on 25 January 2010, 14:08

Quote from: vdubnut on 25 January 2010, 13:36

cheers wayne....just tried that and as soon as i connect the wire reception gets worse LOL!! looking more and more like ill ahve to bite the bullet and change the wing ariel..... :laugh: any ideas if its easy to run the new ariel?

Easy enough to do, just remove the arch liner.

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: FOREST GREEN on 25 January 2010, 14:27

I attached mine to the red positive, it works a treat now, even in the lock up!!

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: vdubnut on 25 January 2010, 14:50

lol think im cursed....tried on red same made its worse!......

do you need to take out the whole cable or is there a connecter under the arch

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: harlemex on 25 January 2010, 15:17

I have had the same prob. I tried every wire i could find and it just made the reception worse. I have a roof mounted aerial and it appears to be wired ok, but I would say it doesnt work at all. When i do get reception, it is just being  recieved by the stereo itself and not the aerial. ie the roof aerial does nothing at all. :sick:

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: Mikester on 25 January 2010, 15:19

I found my radio rubbish with or without booster. Its a mk3 thing...

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 25 January 2010, 15:51

Quote from: Mikester on 25 January 2010, 15:19

I found my radio rubbish with or without booster. Its a mk3 thing...

+1 Just stick to CDs or your iPod, 2000+ tracks on random will see you through for weeks lol!

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: GuessWho on 25 January 2010, 17:07

The radi that came with the car wasn't bad at all, when I put a new one in the ISO had to be taken out and a new one fitted, it was then sh!t.

The old ISO had a little box on the orange wire, I put that on and it was better!

Title: Re: radio booster thingy
Post by: robz on 25 January 2010, 17:31

well i cut the whole thing off the other day when i fitted a wing with no aerial hole (booboo on my part) and its no different, lol...
can ya get the electric aerials working again once they have died, or is it something thats dead proper??