poor Radio reception in legacy

[chaminda]

I know this problem has been discussed a few times - especially in other forums

I fitted a aftermarked panasonic unit and the Fm reception is crap.!

I read that there is fm amplifier which need power - This is supposed to be supplied by pin 14 on the connector - But my original connector doesn\'t have anything connecting to pin 14!

The original unit in my legacy was a kenwood unit - Was a bit weird as it had two connectors (male and female) for the antenna.

The antenna is a rear windows heater based one - goes into a small metal box (marked clarion (?amplifier)) and then at the front gives out a male and a female connector.

This unit which i thought was the booster doesn\'t have any power input - just the two inputs from the window and gives out two coaxial cables which eventually becomes a male and female connector

Anyone come across this problem? Is there another wire I should feed power to? Or is this the best reception I\'ll get?

thanks

[94 Leone]

There are two antenna in the car, I\'m pretty sure you\'ll find, one may be tucked down somewhere.

And it may be just as much old head unit issues as it is bad reception, could be dodgy wires somewhere. Lots of possibilities.

[Joker]

start of what model?

BH had window mounted antenna and were poor from factory

edit : read it : found you have this, sux to be you

[4foot]

when i did my BE i had to get a female to male extension. There was both male and female plug just down on the bottom left which I always thought was for the left and right antenna.. but anyway with the extension cord it fitted all the way up to the pioneer unit i put it (the original Macintosh unit had both a male and female cord that went down to join @ the plugs ... where as a jap radio just has a plug needing that little extra length) Ive never had poor reception ... touch wood ...

[94 Leone]

 JoKer said:

start of what model?

BH had window mounted antenna and were poor from factory

edit : read it : found you have this, sux to be you

haha, hey mine\'s not too bad, I used it once towing my car to the yard and home when I was doing the exhaust; worked fine with the pioneer HU I have, sweet reception.

-just read above post, it seems pioneer are the biz for BH\'s haha

[mike wilson]

I have just installed a sony explode headunit in my wrx and have the same problem. The antenna is wired up at the headunit and on the rear window antenna. Any ideas on what i can do to get clear recption?

[spark_38]

Are you guys in Wellington by any chance?

I\'ve found the area to have the worst FM coverage - esp when driving along SH2 to Upper Hut, or near Horokiwi into town - almost no/weak signal. Classic Hits used to be the strongest signal back when they were on 90.0, but the switch to 90.1 seems to have dropped it slightly; hence why some stations have two freq\'s, from different transmitters to compensate for the hilly terrain

I think the Welli signal from Kaukau must be bounced towards the Cook Strait, as local guys can pickup Welli freq\'s from Blenheim.

Having been down south for the last month: Blenheim/Nelson/Canterbury offer excellent signal - being flat terrain helps a lot also.

Mines a Pioneer 6450BT with RDS in a BF5 legacy with a dodgy aerial.

[Cloud]

Having issues with this in my v7 is there a booster I can use to boost the factory window aerial reception? Have hear there a aftermarket arial that can be mounted in cabin and have good signal