Poll - Radio Reception Issues On Double Din

[MARKUK]

Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT

Watching with extreme interest

Orders popcorn

Uploading the Videos to YouTube at the moment...

will be posting in apx 10 minutes !

[Teflon]

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

Cliff

[Teflon]

Just hunted out the vids (impatient or what!).

Very impressive results - does the extra bit of co-ax impact on the radio reception at all?

Short answer to your question in Vid 2: yes please!

Cliff

[MARKUK]

All,

Here is how I have fixed this....

This is a Video showing what the reception of both Radio & TMC is like now...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fj7fnwr7WI


And here is a video of how I achieved it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MptyCKwinFw

The cable that I have attached to the Aerial on in the passenger side rear pillar feeds into the NEW amp...





And then this feeds the TMC only...

The Radio is fed as it should be from the Car's own Aerial feed...so I have removed the need for a splitter...

Comments welcome !!...

[MARKUK]

Originally Posted by Teflon

Just hunted out the vids (impatient or what!).

Very impressive results - does the extra bit of co-ax impact on the radio reception at all?

Cliff

in short NO !!!

In all the channels I tuned into there were NO issues, with the exception of 774 Mhz in the AM band, but I can live with that !!! ( Now Sorted !! see below )

This is far the BEST option for those of us with the Radio / TMC inputs...because I have taken the feed before the Car's amp gets it, it seems to be fine

Tell you what though...I am worn out !...taken about 12 hours over the last two days of trying this, trying that, every configuration I could think of and then today I have tried
various methods and this is the best 99.9 % Pefection !
Just got to put everything back now but it's raining again !

***EDIT***

Just been back and put the screws etc back and made sure all the connections were solid...I can now get at least six AM channels - all with good reception 774 mhz is now much better.

See below for the videos...

AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHKpOY0hvdU

FM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsbfj6WrooQ

TMC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXtr-pIlj3w

Now the cost !....

To build and including postage will be £35 per unit..

That will include fully built Amp, including the cables in and out + the extension cables..I will leave the end of the 1st cable on so you can adjust how much you need to trim it by to fit.

The price allows me to make £5 after the Paypal charges etc, which given that it will take over an hour per unit to build I think is fair..

Whether or not Sean will pay for these ( if it's for a DD bought from him of course ) I don't know...if your watching Sean, what would you like to do here ?....

[madone]

Fantastic Mark

I would like to really thank you for all the hours of work you have put into solving the problem.

Can I have one please?

Let me know when you want mark 1 returned

[HarryM1BYT]

Hi Mark,

I'm truly cob smacked that it works so well.

Am I understanding it correctly, that you have tapped onto the input to the Rover amp? I would have thought that would seriously degrade the signal into the amp. I suspect in part, that the inner which has had its outer screen removed, will be picking up a lot of the signal.

Where are you intending to fit the new amp? I suggest that could be fitted alongside the Rover amp and be tapped into its 12v supply.

I'll be very impressed if I can get Aire FM that good - the tranmitter is located at Tingley, by the M62 BTW. I'm only 7 miles from it.

Those AM stations sound good too, I have never been able to use it due to background noises.

Finally, when do we get them?

[MARKUK]

Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT

Hi Mark,

I'm truly cob smacked that it works so well.

Am I understanding it correctly, that you have tapped onto the input to the Rover amp? I would have thought that would seriously degrade the signal into the amp. I suspect in part, that the inner which has had its outer screen removed, will be picking up a lot of the signal.

I have tapped into the INPUT to the Rover amp, so not to degrade OUTPUT from the amp...That seemed to give the best performance.

Where are you intending to fit the new amp? I suggest that could be fitted alongside the Rover amp and be tapped into its 12v supply.

I have installed mine behind the Glovebox so the boost is just before the H/U, although I am sure it can be done at the other end too. Personal choice I think..
and I didn't want to degrade the voltage getting to the Rover amp..

I'll be very impressed if I can get Aire FM that good - the tranmitter is located at Tingley, by the M62 BTW. I'm only 7 miles from it.

I couldn't get Radio Aire OR Capital AT ALL before, when using the splitter ! and I live 27 miles from Leeds !...

Those AM stations sound good too, I have never been able to use it due to background noises.

I am not really an AM listener, but wanted to make sure it worked for those who are

Finally, when do we get them?

I guess the first thing is to see who wants them, then I can give an estimate on timescales, as there's no point doing them in dribs and drabs as that just increases on postage costs for the bits required..

[Teflon]

Hi Mark,

definatly interested here. Just say when you need the £35.00.

Cheers,

Cliff

[MARKUK]

Thanks Cliff,

Will give it a few days to see if anyone else wants one and then take it from there...

Will move the post into a new thread...