no radio

[96terrano]

this has been bugging me for a long time now but, when i took my cd player and black centre dash fasia out my old rotten swb and put it in my good lwb (vents were broken) i stoped receiving any signal, so i thought it was the aerial. got a new aerial plugged it into the radio and still nothing it worked in my swb with the rear roof aerial but not with the wing aerial. so when i was removing the roof lining from the swb, i took all the aerial wire and aerial roof mount out and plugged it in to my radio and still nothing . it worked perfectly in the swb but not in the lwb even though i put the complete aerial from it in :banghead:doh:nenau any ideas??? im getting tired of listening to CDs all the time:doh

 

[makeitfit]

Was your old swb an import as they often have some sort of frequency booster thingy :nenau

 

[briggie]

aerial not earthed properly :thumb2

 

[96terrano]

Was your old swb an import as they often have some sort of frequency booster thingy :nenau

nope it didnt have any japanese or spanish parts it didnt have any sort of booster or band expander from what i could see

 

[96terrano]

aerial not earthed properly :thumb2

i touched the aerial against the metal but still nothing. the radio got a tiny bit of sound but then went. its mostly just static noise

 

[briggie]

perhaps your radio itself needs to be earthed to the car rather than just the aerial ,,,, there shouldbe a earth connector on the rear of the radio

or it is possible you may have damaged the aerial socket when unplugging it

 

[96terrano]

perhaps your radio itself needs to be earthed to the car rather than just the aerial ,,,, there shouldbe a earth connector on the rear of the radio

or it is possible you may have damaged the aerial socket when unplugging it

there was a pink earth wire for the touch screen but i earthed it to the metal bar in the dashboard.

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

there was a pink earth wire for the touch screen but i earthed it to the metal bar in the dashboard.

but did you check if the bar in the dash is actually earthed? a meter will show you if it is :thumb2

 

[96terrano]

but did you check if the bar in the dash is actually earthed? a meter will show you if it is :thumb2

Yep defo earthed because when I disconect the wire the screen cuts out.

 

[briggie]

if the aerial socket on the back of the radio isnt damaged . ie by pulling the aerial lead out you may have inadvertantly pulled the connections at the back of the socket ... if that is not the fault ( and its a bit rare , but it does happen ) ...... then your problem is a earthing problem , be it on the radio ( not a good enough earth ) ..... or the ground ( earth ) on the aerial coax is most likely your problem

 

[briggie]

to recap

you have sound when playing a cd ..... audio stage is ok then

you have fm hiss ..... tuner is ok then

just needs a " clean signal " in my opinon

 

[96terrano]

to recap

you have sound when playing a cd ..... audio stage is ok then

you have fm hiss ..... tuner is ok then

just needs a " clean signal " in my opinon

I think it's probably a weak earth. I'll add some good thick 12 volt wire to the short pink wire and earth it to a more conductive place on the body. I'll try and add some pictures so you can see better what I mean. Thanks everyone for the help:thumb2

 

[96terrano]

do you think it could need a booster:nenau

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

try snapping the Aeriel off and replacing with a bent coat-hanger, used to work well on Cortinas :augie

 

[96terrano]

try snapping the Aeriel off and replacing with a bent coat-hanger, used to work well on Cortinas :augie

no need, ive got it working. took the inner wing out and removed the corroded aerial and motor fitted a a new aerial and a volvo 850 aerial amplifier and it works:clap i will put pics on

 

[lacroupade]

try snapping the Aeriel off and replacing with a bent coat-hanger, used to work well on Cortinas :augie

whats a Cortina?

 

[makeitfit]

whats a Cortina?

Bloody heathen

 

[96terrano]

My uncle said a ford maverick is just a ford escort on steroids:naughty:doh

 

[96terrano]

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bottom of tho broken aerial

 

[96terrano]

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