Non Rover aerial question

stevemac · 23rd February 2010, 15:06

I bought this aerial for my daughters Polo the other day. It seems to work OK but I am not sure what the long red wire is for. The black is a standard lead to the radio. There is a short wire that I assume is an earth. Any ideas what I do with the red wire

Cymrudragon · 23rd February 2010, 15:58

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Originally Posted by stevemac

I bought this aerial for my daughters Polo the other day. It seems to work OK but I am not sure what the long red wire is for. The black is a standard lead to the radio. There is a short wire that I assume is an earth. Any ideas what I do with the red wire

Connects to a 12v supply for the aerial booster built into the box, black earth.

David Lawrence · 23rd February 2010, 18:32

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Originally Posted by Cymrudragon

Connects to a 12v supply for the aerial booster built into the box, black earth.

Yes, I bought the same one on saturday and installed it in the 75. Works a treat and you can hide it behind the rear pillar, with the aerial elements up against the black shade band on the glass. Works well too

trebor · 23rd February 2010, 18:43

where is it from as i am having some aerial issues ?

David Lawrence · 23rd February 2010, 19:13

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Originally Posted by trebor

where is it from as i am having some aerial issues ?

Got mine from Halfords £14.99 but there seem to be a lot on eBay too.

What I did was tap in to the 12v supply for the Rover diversity amp, and soldered an aerial socket on to the funny looking connector in the rover amp so that I could use the original wiring. It meant all I had to do was take the rear pillar cover off to complete the job. The best part was you can completely hide the new aerial behind the cover, you'd never know it was there.

Departed · 23rd February 2010, 20:00

Most radios have an output for the amp so use this rather than a permanent supply to prevent battery drain, though it won't be a huge amount.

On a 75, the supply to the exisiting amp is the right one. On other cars you may need to run a wire, and on some like later VWs and Audis, they are phantom powered. That is, the power comes up the same wire the signal goes down.

stevemac · 23rd February 2010, 20:04

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Originally Posted by trebor

where is it from as i am having some aerial issues ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...T#ht_707wt_935

stevemac · 23rd February 2010, 20:06

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Originally Posted by Cymrudragon

Connects to a 12v supply for the aerial booster built into the box, black earth.

On a standard radio plug, which wire can I tap into. Would that be red as well?

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