Upgrading DAB radio reception

[Tree]

I did think about putting ferrites on but moving the camera has sorted it.


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[rickandbev16]

Hi,
yes I have fitted a Sonichi S100 (Halfords) to my 2014 Blingo.
I carried out the usual research, and decided if I was to fit a "proper" DAB radio with all the harnesses for column controls and FF reverse sensors I was likely to run into warranty problems for the mods involved. 
After a lot of thought I fitted the S100 on the top of the dash on the right, and mine is secured with bluetak (yes !!) and the amazing thing is it looks OK and is really secure. I tried a stick on windscreen aerial, but although the  reception was OK on the motorway I got a lot of dropouts in town, so I ended up with a magmount aerial (again Sonichi from Halfords). I routed the aerial feeder to the back of the car along the roof line, tucked under the top of door rubbers etc, and it is virtually invisible. The aerial itself works OK amazingly if stuck to the inside of the tailgate ( Yes !!), but I have now gone the whole hog and stuck mine on the outside at the back of the roof. Again feeding the wire under the tailgate rubber. 
This whole combo works great, and was cheap about £55 all in. If I am parking in a dodgy area the aerial comes off the roof and on to the inside of the tailgate, thus preventing theft.
I hope the above helps, and PS I dont work for Halfords (!!)
Cheers, Richard

[Jon Proudfoot]

I have a 66 reg XTR with 7" touch screen. DAB reception (and FM come to think of it) was awful in weak signal areas. I thought it was normal until I used a C1 curtesy car which had superb DAB reception. The dealer could not do anything other than check software version which is up to date. I took a gamble and got the aerial changed by Plymouth Car Sound and now I have fantastic DAB in places where I never used to get it. It used to cut out in any dip or tree lined road - now it is great. Clearly the stubby arial is useless!!!
My Berlingo has the glass roof and we could not find an arial which had GPS that could mount on the sloping roof so we fitted a DAB, FM and AM arial and a separate GPS just under the roof - GPS is not affected by the glass/fibre roof so everything works. Radio 5 Live at last!!!!!

[Egg on Leggs]

I think every factory in china just puts a CE mark in the mould for everything they make these days.

There is CE and there is CE.

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