squizxr

Hello peeps, ive got a mk4 xr3i, and my radio reception is shite!! I bought a aerial booster off ebay but it hasnt really helped!! The aerial for these is in the rear screen, reckon id be better with a aftermarket windscreen mounted one?? I listen to MW quite alot as i listen to Talksport during the day, but i cant hear a bean

Edit: Like one of these; http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=w....c0.m270.l1313

Cheers

T666 FRS

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Squiz if you find me a plain rear screen, you can have mine. I've already got an aerial that I found underneath that poxy shark fin

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

always had awful reception in my mk4's would suggest a windscreen mounted one like you say!

Doug

What radio unit are you using ?


Regards Doug.

Oranoco

The standard aerial is amplified in the Mk4 anyway and is in the rear screen. There is a small wire (white and blue iirc) that is the remote turn on for th eamplifier in the tailgate. I found my reception improved hugely as a result of connecting this after 6 years

Glenn_

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I was gonna say try another radio. My dads focus's radio reception kept going poor and i put a new radio/cd player in and its been spot on.

squizxr

I didnt have a clue who you was til see 'shark fin' There could only be one ha ha!! Il bear that in mind Tel, will see if this can be fixed fist tho!!

Its got a wanlky LG one in atm as my Kenwood broke, altho reception was poor with both!!

Oranoco, im gonna go try find that wire, cheers

squizxr

Nice tag Mancsy Bumder

Found the little blue box in the boot, all the wires were connected, soon as i tuched the black cable coming out (looks like the main aerial cable) the reception popped and made interferrance noise!! Ive left it so it works but guessing every bump i go over is going to effect it

XRT_si

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Worst case mate, buy one of these:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...m_vc=IOV4PLPZ1

They've worked well in the past to cure similar reception problems.

squizxr

Yea theres one of those in the Rat Si, works alrite til ya start the engine, then interferrence loosing all signal Pretty much the same as the ones on ebay, jus £10 dearer