2003 2.0R Legacy band expander problems

[Guest]

I have been going mad trying to get my Japanese radio to tune in to the New Zealand stations.

Not one of the band expander plugs I have seen on the net match up to the dual socket on my Kenwood GX201JE stereo. Apparently I have my antenna built into both rear windows and there are 2 inputs.

This is my console

The stereo unit out

back of the Kenwood GX201JE, aerial lead on the left

the lead from the back of the unit went down the side to the passenger foot well but was so tight I could only just manage to get my fingers to it. After some searching about the dual antennas I found this

That was easy to access and i found the plug there was the same as the one under the dash.

male end

female end compared to normal aerial connector

Any ideas how I can resolve this problem?

Do I need both antenna connected? Replace those connectors maybe?

[Peg]

 bigROBOTbill said:

I have been going mad trying to get my Japanese radio to tune in to the New Zealand stations.

Not one of the band expander plugs I have seen on the net match up to the dual socket on my Kenwood GX201JE stereo. Apparently I have my antenna built into both rear windows and there are 2 inputs.

This is my console

(snip)

Any ideas how I can resolve this problem?

Do I need both antenna connected? Replace those connectors maybe?

suubyduuby had one for sale back in July, after he bought the wrong one for his BH. I think you can get one for a BP for about $30 from Eds Auto (09) 550 7256 (http://tinyurl.com/3laejxz down near the bottom of that page)... or if you use Ebay they start around US$1 (http://tinyurl.com/3wlhmd9) and get up to about $15 (http://tinyurl.com/3hnyk5g).

Search for "Subaru Antenna adapter" on there... They don't seem to call them aerials.

I bought a fascia kit from Japan for my BP. It had an adapter similar to this included. The square plug should be clipped in to a holder back there just behind your head unit.

[Guest]

Cheers, but that connector would not fit the double one on my unit.

[Peg]

 bigROBOTbill said:

Cheers, but that connector would not fit the double one on my unit.

Then you probably need the pair, like this http://tinyurl.com/3evlkfd, with a band expander between them.

Or you could talk to these Trademe sellers? http://tinyurl.com/3sbnznb ... That's a closed auction, but he has current ones. I see by the questions on that auction he can do adapter pairs as well.

[Sphinx]

Which band expander have you placed on yours? I find that the Nissan 2007+ band expander looks so much like the male-female connectors described above.

What do you guys think?