poor radio reception

[_turtle_]

hi guys, i just got new speakers installed at the rear and ever since that happened i've got really bad FM radio reception. could be a coincidence, but i'm thinking a wire or something has come loose at the back? the headunit was not touched at all. can anyone point me in the right direction towards a wire or anything?

i took a look in the boot and on the left hand side if u remove the panel theres a bunch of wires there.

btw i have a vdo head unit and the reception for radio has been clear for 2 yrs, now theres hissing and some static, depends which area i drive through.

cheers

[HoeTrain]

hi guys, i just got new speakers installed at the rear and ever since that happened i've got really bad FM radio reception.  could be a coincidence, but i'm thinking a wire or something has come loose at the back?  the headunit was not touched at all.  can anyone point me in the right direction towards a wire or anything?  

i took a look in the boot and on the left hand side if u remove the panel theres a bunch of wires there.

btw i have a vdo head unit and the reception for radio has been clear for 2 yrs, now theres hissing and some static, depends which area i drive through.

cheers

All I can suggest is, disconnect the back speakers and see if the hissing disapears, then take it from there. It could have somthing to do with earthing...

[_turtle_]

thanks, i'll give that a shot. i really have no idea about these things.

[_turtle_]

doesn't look like my speakers are grounded? does anyone know if this is necessary? if so how do i do it? just connect a wire to the metal and then to the speaker?

thanks

[BOoStEr]

Don't ground your speakers. That could damage your headunit.

What car is it? Where is the antenna?

[_turtle_]

Its an R33, the antenna is at the rear left. I think i'll open the boot and take out the rear left panel again and see if i can see anything wrong with the antenna leads, last time i took a look there a bunch of wires there and i didn't know which is which.

Didn't think it was necessary to ground the speakers? I thought you just need to ground the headunit.

I'll take some pics tomorrow.

[NuGGeT]

i have poor radio reception aswell. but i have new speakers h/u ect. would be intresting if u find out why.

[NuGGeT]

i figured out why i have dodgy reception. when i installed my h/u i cbf going out n buying an antenna coversion plug, so i just soilded the wires together ect and i had an ect wire coming from somewhere so i left that unconnected. i think its the windscreen antenna thats not plugged in? but thats why its dodgy on mine.

i play cd's all the time anyway

[_turtle_]

hey nugget, wot windscreen antenna? i thought that was on the r32's.

anyways just wondering if anyone knows what the following pics are, i took em from the rear boot, left handside, opened the panel there were the jack sits.

[NuGGeT]

u might be right, but i know i have one wire coming from the antenna wire that isn't connected to anything