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Morning all.
Was trying to fix my R33's power aerial last night... it doesn't go down that last section.
You'll have noticed that there is an aerial built in to the rear window as well. Having dismantled the power aerial i started looking around the car a bit more. Looked behind the head unit, and the aerial wire that comes out of the depths of the car is actually two wires, connected together. It terminates in a plug with an outer conection (grounded screen), and two same-sized pins.
Getting the test meter out suggested that the pins were little to do with each other, which initially puzzled me.
The socket (attached to the radio) that this plug goes into has two holes, for the pins. It looked like one of the simly wasn't connected.
So I tried connecting the plug at 180 degrees from normal... and the radio worked perfectly! (remember that the power aerial is in my garage at this time.) so it seems that the power aerial is totally not necessary.
I think i'm going to use the window aerial, and close the power aerial hole with a painted rubber bung.
Does anyone know the history or reasoning behind this dual aerial thing???
Jon
Was trying to fix my R33's power aerial last night... it doesn't go down that last section.
You'll have noticed that there is an aerial built in to the rear window as well. Having dismantled the power aerial i started looking around the car a bit more. Looked behind the head unit, and the aerial wire that comes out of the depths of the car is actually two wires, connected together. It terminates in a plug with an outer conection (grounded screen), and two same-sized pins.
Getting the test meter out suggested that the pins were little to do with each other, which initially puzzled me.
The socket (attached to the radio) that this plug goes into has two holes, for the pins. It looked like one of the simly wasn't connected.
So I tried connecting the plug at 180 degrees from normal... and the radio worked perfectly! (remember that the power aerial is in my garage at this time.) so it seems that the power aerial is totally not necessary.
I think i'm going to use the window aerial, and close the power aerial hole with a painted rubber bung.
Does anyone know the history or reasoning behind this dual aerial thing???
Jon