Crap reception

[Guest]

Hey lads and lasses

Am having a real issue with my reception. Is there such a thing as a wireless antenna booster or something of similar description? Like my standard radio for the aesthetic look....

[Joker]

moar details please

Legacy? Wrx? does it have an aerial or just the ones stuck on the glass like a Bh/Be

what area are you in

band expander? Coat hanger for a aerial?

[Guest]

2002 WRX. Aerial is in the glass and I am located in Auckland.

Band expander is installed, just seems extremely average reception wise!

[resurrection.inc]

 Evokillaz said:

2002 WRX. Aerial is in the glass and I am located in Auckland.

Band expander is installed, just seems extremely average reception wise!

what mhz is the band expander? i have sold boosters for holdens before which sit in between the aieral lead and the unit. im sure they must be able to work with subaru aswell. the one i supplied the customer had the euro style ends on it so just need to switch to jap ends

[Guest]

Not sure what mhz it is... whats the cost man?

[resurrection.inc]

 Evokillaz said:

Not sure what mhz it is... whats the cost man?

ill have a look man cant remember the cost off the top of my head

[Joker]

install a proper aerial is the fix...

[Guest]

The glass antennas in WRX run an amplifier that needs to have 12V to amp the signal. The wire for this is located below the 12v+ wire in the loom at the stereo. It is usually a white or pink or blue wire. Check if this wire has power on it. If not you can cut it and connect it to the ACC wire (usually yellow/red or yellow/green) and that should sort it.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

foresters run the amplifier too, but fyi, don't backfeed a supply for it... tends to cook things, and smoke out the inside of your car. oops

[spark_38]

Try a proper (non Jap 76-90MHz) radio, and since you're in Aucks - look for one with RDS. The new Pioneer ones like DEH-6350SD or 8350SD are good options.

I've found the newer cars with amplified windscreen aerials to be a lot better than the older automatic up/down ones or the A-pillar pull-up types.

[reaperblitz]

Side note- would using a direct 12v power to your head unit (instead of via loom) increase volume and aerial signal / reception?

The car is a forester but this is the first time iv used a harness to loom setup versus a fused 12v straight from battery.

I mean if it doesn't get better, il just run all speakers off an amp instead of off the H.U

[spark_38]

yeah clean power and ground feeds would generally help. the factory ones split thru many looms... even the ground wire commons to about 4 and is grounded somewhere along the loom. get the clean metal chassis directly behind headunit mounting and ground it there. use star washers and locking washers where possible.

[reaperblitz]

Thanks. Appreciate it