Had the head unit stolen from my BM about a week ago.
Much of the wiring just yanked from the dash.
Another Kenwood head unit was fitted at the weekend, and it appears to be
working well. Except. The radio can't be manually tuned, and scanning only
easily finds 2 local stations. Repeat scans find 2 more. Once or twice it's
found Radio 1, and that's it. No other BBC stns at all.
Could this be the affect of having an unpowered aerial amp?
The Bentley book appears to show the aerial being powered from the radio, so
maybe that particular wire has broken behind the dash somewhere.
I know only the basics of fitting car radios, so any advice, pointers, would
be appreciated.
Mike.

"Mike G" wrote in message
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Had the head unit stolen from my BM about a week ago.
Much of the wiring just yanked from the dash.
Another Kenwood head unit was fitted at the weekend, and it appears to be
working well. Except. The radio can't be manually tuned, and scanning only
easily finds 2 local stations. Repeat scans find 2 more. Once or twice
it's
found Radio 1, and that's it. No other BBC stns at all.
Could this be the affect of having an unpowered aerial amp?
The Bentley book appears to show the aerial being powered from the radio,
so
maybe that particular wire has broken behind the dash somewhere.

More than likely, the RB manula will also have the schematic so you can
easily detect which wire powers the RF amp.
However you can get the correct aerial adaptor see a site like in car
express for the adaptor with the phantom feed for the aerial amp.

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"Mike G" wrote in message
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Had the head unit stolen from my BM about a week ago.
Much of the wiring just yanked from the dash.
Another Kenwood head unit was fitted at the weekend, and it appears to
be
working well. Except. The radio can't be manually tuned, and scanning
only
easily finds 2 local stations. Repeat scans find 2 more. Once or twice
it's
found Radio 1, and that's it. No other BBC stns at all.
Could this be the affect of having an unpowered aerial amp?
The Bentley book appears to show the aerial being powered from the
radio,
so
maybe that particular wire has broken behind the dash somewhere.

More than likely, the RB manula will also have the schematic so you can
easily detect which wire powers the RF amp.

I'd like to put a meter on the amp, to see if it's powered or not.
At least, I would if I could find it.
Looked under the back seat, and behind the n/s boot trim.
I've had a suggestion it's behind the 'C' pillar trim.
Trouble is they didn't say which one. :-)
'94 525i saloon.
Mike.

"Mike G" wrote in message
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"Mike G" wrote in message
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Had the head unit stolen from my BM about a week ago.
Much of the wiring just yanked from the dash.
Another Kenwood head unit was fitted at the weekend, and it appears to
be
working well. Except. The radio can't be manually tuned, and scanning
only
easily finds 2 local stations. Repeat scans find 2 more. Once or twice
it's
found Radio 1, and that's it. No other BBC stns at all.
Could this be the affect of having an unpowered aerial amp?
The Bentley book appears to show the aerial being powered from the
radio,
so
maybe that particular wire has broken behind the dash somewhere.

More than likely, the RB manula will also have the schematic so you can
easily detect which wire powers the RF amp.

I'd like to put a meter on the amp, to see if it's powered or not.
At least, I would if I could find it.
Looked under the back seat, and behind the n/s boot trim.
I've had a suggestion it's behind the 'C' pillar trim.
Trouble is they didn't say which one. :-)
'94 525i saloon.
Mike.

The VW phantom feed the 12v via the RF connector, standard fit Blaupunkt
offer this 12v hence an adaptor for non standard head units....