Re: Headunits (AM reception)

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>I just put a new deck in my car and the AM band does not work or come in.  The
>car did this same thing with my old deck.  So I figure it's something with the
>antenna.  My car has the plain old roof mount antenna.  Antenna and power are
>both connected.  I have the power for the antenna connected to the remote turn
>on from the deck for power amps, and motorized power antennas to turn on.
>Anyone else even seen anything like this?  Any ways to fix it?

Easy answer:  your roof mounted antenna amplifier is fried.  You can
replace it or bypass it...both of which involve pulling down the headliner
to some degree.  I've got the same problem and I'm leary of pulling down
the headliner and not getting it back together perfectly. :/

==Brett

 \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '92 Passat 16v (Winter+) | - brett@netacc.net

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