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General => Car audio => Topic started by: BobbyT on 21 February 2008, 13:53

Title: what does this hook up to??
Post by: BobbyT on 21 February 2008, 13:53

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/Toofunkyhouse/PC5-52.jpg)

i have this in my car but what should i connect the blue wire to? cheers

Title: Re: what does this hook up to??
Post by: Mikester on 21 February 2008, 15:05

I removed the whole unit of that and it stilll works fine. But when it was plugged in there was a blue cable from the headunit......

Its an amplifier?

Title: Re: what does this hook up to??
Post by: Horney on 21 February 2008, 15:08

Signal amp for FM/AM?

Nick

Title: Re: what does this hook up to??
Post by: remapped on 21 February 2008, 16:40

am sure that amps the FM signal

if not mistaken i connected the blue lead to then head units power antenna lead

Title: Re: what does this hook up to??
Post by: Mikester on 22 February 2008, 00:42

Yeah, well i removed mine and it still gets a fine signal. But i think it just goes to the ignition power lead.

Title: Re: what does this hook up to??
Post by: Ruji on 22 February 2008, 01:12

it seems common practice for a lot of the VW family to have these in there cars when they change to an aftermarket head unit.
something to do with the loss of signal strength wen removing the factory fitted one.wierd.
a lot of the dubs are stil fine without em but theyr always recommended to put em in.
i have a mk3 golf gti...wen i bought it.....it cum complete wiv a decent but non mp3 sony head unit...and wen i removed it to look at the back v it..i noticed i had one too.]
the majority of dubs i'v removed radios from have had em in.even sumtimes rigged up to the factory fit radios.

the lil blue wire goes to the radio remote....its a lil amp in essence and needs its own power supply.
the aerial itself plays the ground and the blue wire to live...but use the remote output from the radio or the "att" being the electric antenna output...same thing pretty much..it jus assures that its only active wen the radio is turned on.
:-)

Title: Re: what does this hook up to??
Post by: BobbyT on 22 February 2008, 09:36

cheers guys, will get this hooked and see if it works  :smiley:

Title: Re: what does this hook up to??
Post by: BobbyT on 06 March 2008, 10:35

right got round to connecting this wire up to my head unit and now i have full reception! result, i guess the stubbys do pick up like stock!  :wink:

Title: Re: what does this hook up to??
Post by: russ-vdub on 06 March 2008, 10:38

good stuff!

Title: Re: what does this hook up to??
Post by: lee_lee08 on 25 March 2008, 10:41

That thing got ripped out of my car!
It was stopping my stereo from turning on! there was too much noise frequency interupting with the power to my stereo. I ripped it out plugged it in normally and it all works fine. apparently theres an earth running through the aerials on VWs
My stereo will not turn on with out my aerial connector plugged in! Weird huh? and with that aerial booster connected it wouldnt come on at all!