Technical Poor radio reception

[Alps500]

resurrecting an old thread again!

Replaced the aerial base
- first one was new but the wrong type as it was only a single cable one (I needed two cable as my one has DAB radio) - so returned
- second one was a used one from a 6 month old car but looked like it had water ingress - so returned
- third one was a brand new one

none of the above fixed the radio reception I will try and plug the aerial directly to the back of the unit to see if that works to rule out the wiring in between.

any other ideas?

 

[A1EK]

resurrecting an old thread again!

Replaced the aerial base
- first one was new but the wrong type as it was only a single cable one (I needed two cable as my one has DAB radio) - so returned
- second one was a used one from a 6 month old car but looked like it had water ingress - so returned
- third one was a brand new one

none of the above fixed the radio reception I will try and plug the aerial directly to the back of the unit to see if that works to rule out the wiring in between.

any other ideas?

Check the plug at the back of the car in the roof.

 

[Alps500]

Check the plug at the back of the car in the roof.

Thanks, FIXED now, thanks for the reply A1EK, however it definitely wasn't that.

In the end there were two problems.
1. Original aerial base was knackered with water ingress.
2. where some work must have been done to the car in the past looks like the aerial wires were sheared/burnt?!? near the rear panel whoever done the work had repaired two other wires but the Aerial and DAB wires were bare and touching each other and bodywork which was what the issue was. I repaired the other wires properly and re-insulated both aerial and DAB wires. All good now. Tried the old Aerial but that was definitely dead.