Radio and aerial

[lookingfora944]

Hi all, I was wondering if someone can point me in the direction of how the aerial system works on the 944. I have an aerial lead plugged into my stereo but cannot receive and stations.
There does not seem to be a visible aerial anywhere on the car, nor can I find an amplifier of any sort.
Where should I be looking for these things?

Thanks

Mike

 

[Hairyarse]

Hi Mike

Aside from the early cars, the aerial is the line down the centre of the windscreen, which may explain why you can't find it []

Exactly how it all connects and works I can't help you I'm afraid

Cheers
Andy

 

[stevie d]

Provided you have a reasonable signal where you are simply connecting an aerial wire from a domestic hi fi system (or any decent length of copper wire ) should get you radio reception . If not then the problem may well lie with radio unit itself rather than the car aerial .

 

[Lowtimer]

The cars fitted with the windscreen aerial are also supposed to have a signal booster. Sounds as if yours may be missing / defective / not plugged in.

 

[lookingfora944]

Hello,

Cheers for the replies, yes there is a strip of copper inside the front windscreen. So that's what it is, lol, I have been wondering that since I got the car!
Also, it is a brand new stereo so it's unlikely that is at fault. I suppose I could try tracing the aerial lead to see where it terminates. Is there no signal booster then?

 

[Lowtimer]

Your car had a signal booster fitted when it was new. Whether it has one now remains to be seen.

 

[lookingfora944]

Well I found where the windscreen aerial plugs into and the wire is pretty corroded, I stretched it out a bit, cleaned it up and insulated it and can now good a low signal strength on some FM channels. Sounds like the booster may be faulty/missing

 

[Pastry]

there should be a black wire taped to the aerial coax wire thats the feed for the booster, i connected it to the power aerial supply (blue wire on sony head unit)

 

[lookingfora944]

There is indeed a black wire with a clip taped to the coax cable, but it is not attached to anything. I was looking at it earlier and thought it might be an earth. Should this bea attached to one of the stereo wires you think?
Might explain things

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Yes - it should be connected to a lead for a power aerial - usually blue - mine was like that!

 

[bmnelsc]

Be sure you connect the wire to the power antenna lead on the stereo and not a permanent 12V wire - otherwise you'll have a dead battery in no time. Try this link http://www.connactivity.com/~kgross/FAQ/944faqst.html. Helped a lot for me.

 

[lookingfora944]

Yes I have connected it to the blue wire, just wrapped it around the existing one temporarily and I now have radio. I will sort it out properly next weekend when I have a bit more time.
Thanks once again for all the help

 

[Northern924]

Always good to read a thread you missed and see it fixed in the end []

 

[Frenchy]

Yep another fix, well done forum