Aerial connector

[JH32]

On the aerial on my car it has two little pins that go into the back of the standard stereo.

Can you get adaptors to fit the usual one prong type connector?

[Guest GR33DyMANGO]

y dont u go to coventrys.... maybe marlows and buy the proper connector..... then cut the wires going to your old connector and join them to the new one?

[JH32]

Surely it would be better to have an adaptor so you dont lose any sound quality by cutting the wires and soldering them or whatever.

[hippy]

yeah u need a converter ... connects 2 pins into 1.... tyr a car audio shop.. costs about 30 bucks ...

[JH32]

Cheers hippy

I went to a few car audio shops this morning and no-one had one, so I ended up cutting the original wire and buying a new connector. Then wired it all up and it works a treat

[predator]

great work - if all else fails, cut off the connector and rewire a new one that you can find the male/female combo

[JH32]

you won't believe it .... when I said "it works a treat" ... I found that was only in the garage

as soon as I drove outside the reception was shithouse!

heheh ... how can I make the reception better?

Can I wire a whole new wire from the actual aerial in the glass or is it too hard?

[Guest GR33DyMANGO]

... why dont u just put a satelite dish on the roof? im sure that'll 'work a treat.'

all u'd need to do to get to the aerial would be to wire it off the new connector u just made. maybe you could run wire from there to a mobile phone aerial on the outside of your car. that way it'd look good at the same time... well maybe???

[ix9]

my car came with a double-din head unit that got great radio recpetion.. after putting in my previous deck, the radio reception is all crackly and has static... so much for being an expensive deck huh?

If you DO find a solution James let me know hey... im in the same boat..

[riggaP]

Does the aerial come up when the radio is turned on??? If I doesnt this is the cause of you problem. You may have to reconnect the other wire which signals the auto aerial... Its the only thing I can think of...

[JH32]

Originally posted by Strich9ine

my car came with a double-din head unit that got great radio recpetion.. after putting in my previous deck, the radio reception is all crackly and has static... so much for being an expensive deck huh?

If you DO find a solution James let me know hey... im in the same boat..

will do mate.

I'll try playing with the wiring a little

[JH32]

Originally posted by riggaP

Does the aerial come up when the radio is turned on??? If I doesnt this is the cause of you problem. You may have to reconnect the other wire which signals the auto aerial... Its the only thing I can think of...

rigga, my car doesnt have an aerial that extends

it's just one of those aerials that's in the glass.

the only thing i could think of was that the metal in the garage construction was boosting the signal.

which means the car's aerial is probably shit

[blx]

Just wanted to say that there is a convertor and you can normally get them from JB's

hope this helps...

[Henros]

JiMiH,

If your aerial plug has two pins, you must have 2 aerials. Skyline factory headunits use a dual diversity system for radio reception. When you wire your new plug, make sure you connect to the extendable main aerial (the thicker of the 2 co-axial wires) and NOT the sub aerial in the glass. The SUB aerial in the glass is no good for FM, which is why you're getting crappy reception. If you don't have an extendable main aerial (either auto or manual), I suggest you install one to improve reception. Also, make sure all connections are nice and secure, preferably soldered.

Cheers.

[JH32]

ahhh damn!

I was talking to R33_Cam about this earlier ... as my R32 doesnt have an extendable metal aerial. It only has one antenna in the rear glass and one in the front!

[adam 32]

why dont u just put a satelite dish on the roof? im sure that'll 'work a treat.'  

hahahhahahahahhahaha good one

jimi, youll need to buy a connector (which youve already done) and take it somewhere to get it joined to the wires professionally. the reason your reception is shit, is beacuse youve got shitty contacts from the wire to the outlet. if you want a good result take it to an auto electrician or car audio place, they wont charge more than an hours labour ($50ish max)

[JH32]

cheers adam I think I'll have to

[SupaFly Skyline]

When i put my stereo into my 'line i bought a adatpter thingy for like 16 bucks, put it in there and it works good