Poor radio reception after fitting aftermarket head unit

[fishtoasty]

after fitting an aftermarket radio to my lcr my recption on the tuner seems really poor. its all connected up properly as far as i am aware. any ideas what could be causing this issue. i am sure it was ok for a while after i fitted my radio. now the reception is just rubbish.

any ideas would really help. thanks.

ross

 

[DannyC87]

you will need an aerial booster mate; £10 from halfrauds

 

[fishtoasty]

do you have a link to a picture of what they look like as i thought i already had one but maybe not haha

thanks for your quick response

ross

 

[DannyC87]

 

[fishtoasty]

cheers yeah i dont have one of those. i will give that a try cheers

ross

 

[DannyC87]

it should sort it. the original seat radio has an aerial amplifier built in; aftermarket ones don't tend to; so an external one does the job. You need to tap the blue wire into a switched live in the radio harness. Blue wire in the harness will work from memory.

 

[Squintstream]

My standard aura unit reception is not the best. Out of interest, if I fitted one of the above amplifiers would it boost the reception too much and have a negative impact?

 

[DannyC87]

My standard aura unit reception is not the best. Out of interest, if I fitted one of the above amplifiers would it boost the reception too much and have a negative impact?

not sure to be honest... one way to find out

 

[car_guy143]

The signal booster is in the aerial booster itself, not the radio (factory or aftermarket). The factory fitted radio just has an output that sends power up to the booster in the aerial. Aftermarket radios don't do this as not all car aerials have a booster built in. Buy the adapter and it will definately improve your reception

 

[DannyC87]

The signal booster is in the aerial booster itself, not the radio (factory or aftermarket). The factory fitted radio just has an output that sends power up to the booster in the aerial. Aftermarket radios don't do this as not all car aerials have a booster built in. Buy the adapter and it will definately improve your reception

i stand corrected

 

[car_guy143]

i stand corrected

lol just going off the info i've seen on these boosters. Whatever though, it does it's job and that's the main thing

 

[Squintstream]

Thanks!

Think I'll be investing in one

 

[LEE69]

If you have the standard aerial with an after market headunit, you need to make sure there is power going to the aerial, as it was standard, or it just wont work, ok it will but it will be a weak signal.

You need to make sure number 5 in the bottom block is getting power from the aftermarket unit

By lee69

 

[LEE69]

Also whilst you are there do this mod to the number 3 pin too

http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/aftermarket-radio.html