Aerial Connection

[TMODAlpha]

Hi, I have finally fixed my aerial, but like with my old astra the connection at the head unit end is dodgey. Bascially if its at a certain angle with a certain amount of pressure the signal is perfect.

Tried everything I can think of. The head unit is an alpine. Get a better signal with a paperclip directly in the connector than the aerial

 

[Mr Skint]

hmm, thats weird, though my ariel is **** too

 

[TMODAlpha]

Anyone? Think this is just an alpine problem... Havent had it with either the standard headunit or a JVC one. Just this one. Hmm

 

[Alex]

I usually use a little bit of duck tape around the connection to keep it nice and snug

 

[Andy_Mk3]

I got half a roll of leccy tape holding mine at the perfect position

 

[TMODAlpha]

Lol @ Andy

Alex, tried it with insulation tape, and its still very tempremental.

Will it ever work?!

 

[Alex]

Try duck tape as it's stronger

 

[TMODAlpha]

Haha, love it. Will give it a go, but its going to be a right ******* to get at the right angle and pressure.

Bloody thing, tempted to cut it and solder it and use a different connector.

 

[Andy_Mk3]

I put a new connector on mine bit its still not great, the wire in the core of the aerial wire is very thin and hard to get into place

 

[Crispy-Astra]

How long you had this problem? maybe in the cold and wet some water got in and made the cable wet? if it has a little nip in it then that may cause interference problems. Have you checked the whole run to make sure it's all good? another way round it is maybe get a whole new run of wire and a connector, and then tie your new cable onto the end of the old one with some tape and pull it through, that will defo rule out the cable. It maybe poss be that the wire in the connector has broke and when you put it in a certain possition then it connects the wire....could be a number of things or may just be that alpine is rubbish
oh would tv wire work? its a bit thicker, just a thought....

 

[TMODAlpha]

Really want to avoid running a new cable. I know the connector is thin in the middle because i snapped mine in the silver astra trying to get the bloody thing working. I think it must just be alpine, all my other stereos have been fine. Gutted.

Trying to think of a way around it.

 

[Crispy-Astra]

I've just got a new cd player that works with my ipod for £60! =D my old one is a panasonic, it's not brilliant but works alright, u can have it for £25 posted? it'll be something until you get a decent one.

 

[TMODAlpha]

My head unit is decent, its just the aerial connection that doesnt agree with the Astra. Thanks for the offer though.

 

[Crispy-Astra]

no problem m8, the only other thing you could try is to solder the aerial to the connector, if you mess it up a new connector isnt much off ebay, pennies tbh. may work and create a better connection, it cant really make it worse, id say suck it and see. Good luck.

 

[TMODAlpha]

That was my next port of call... considered soldering it directly to the connection. Just dont want to mess up the end on my alpine headunit. Alot to chuck away.

Hmm, might be a better way to adapt it... we shall see. The connector itself on the aerial side seems ok, just the fit that isnt great between the 2. Also isnt a lot of cable to play with on the Astra side. I'll get it sorted, just wanted to see if anyone else had similar problems. Thanks everyone.

 

[Crispy-Astra]

if you want more cable your side then crimp more onto it. Should be a red straight through crimp if im right in thinking. Have you checked the input slot on the back of your alpine headunit that theres no grime in it? had a similar problem the other day at work, we got a low reading for the kitchen sockets, turned out 3 of them were just grimed up, cleaned them and reading was fine.

 

[Andy_Mk3]

I had to put a new connector on mine, was about a quid off ebay.. seemed to improve it but it wasn't a very tight fit, so on with the leccy tape