Tv Antenna

[manc01]

Hi there,

I have been playing around with a couple of antennas for my in dash Digital TV unit which has dual antenna outputs. I have heard that mounting antennas inside of the bumpers may be a good option especially as I have very dark tint on my rear window. I was wondering if someone could advise me of what my options are? Any links would also be good.

[Carbon 34]

your options, a stick on the glass grid type, not real good and wont pick up while moving

a stick style, amplified, wont worl well for digital tv -radio

a suction cup or magnet style short stick antenna, like they use on PC's, some work while parked, mounted inside the car and close to the city towers.exteral magnet works a tiny bit better if mounted on the roof but looks shite and not a perm mount.

and they make a flat panel one, havent test it but it looks like hell for a car, RV it would be ok

my solution is a amplified DAB -TV shark fin, you can get Digital tv and radio in motion if your not in the bush, I dont watch tv while moving its not legal...the same antenna is used on high end euro cars for DAB as a factory option. the top merc's, audi's, VW's and a few italian exotics use the same one. the plugs come for each model car and plug right in , not nissan of course, solder required and new solder on plugs to fit your radio/tv tuner, antenna cost retail is 200 australian dollars and requires a hole in the roof. not for the DIY person, the roof is two layers with a 10mm gap in the R34 , there is a trick to getting the drill bits thru the roof without buckling it or nuking the paint ,, something you measure ten times before drilliing, headliner has to be removed 100% on R34.

this is the antenna before being screwed tight to the roof, sorry low quality camera and low light when I took the photo. it actually looks factory , and is less then the size of my pinky finger long. much smaller then other radio antennas, you still have to supply analog antenna as well, on some radios

Edited December 23, 2011 by Carbon 34

[Carbon 34]

pm sent

please note this antenna is available in DAB audio and DVB-T tv and now there are a few other options but most wouldnt look to hot on a skyline

some of these antennas are 5volt some 12 volt so beware, and most need SMA or FMA conections depending on the radio used. which means order the right one or hack off the plug and put on the right one from jaycar

they have diversity antennas 2-4 stick on glass antennas but you need a bigger car for that and you must have a diversity box split out for it . amplified one

you can put some in front and rear bumpers or inside plastic or fiberglass spoilers but you loose a good ground plane for the signal so dont expect miracles. or even mount them inside the car in the rear deck or under the dash cap works on some antennas

DVB-T (digital TV )is much harder to get on the move and even at home can be flaky on new digital antennas so understand that in advance its not perfect

and in 99% of the time you still need a regular antenna for AM/FM as well which I dont use nissans crappy antennas for either. but another amplified one not on the outside of the car

and they require at 19mm or bigger hole in the roof on the outside layer, inside they need nearly a 30mm hole so you can get a socket into the nut to tighten it inside a double layer roof skin.on cars like the R34

Edited December 29, 2011 by Carbon 34