Radio

bryan56
bryan56 Forum Participant Posts: 2
edited February 2016 in General Chat #1

Hi folks, i have only had my camper 2 weeks, and everything is brilliant apart from loosing radio reception while driving. I have put a powered indoor glass attatch ariel on, and this is slightly better. I even tried a new Pioneer radio, which was worse,
so took that back for a refund. Any sugestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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  • volvoman9
    volvoman9 Forum Participant Posts: 1,053
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    edited February 2016 #2

    Hmmm...........Thats the sort of thing that happened thirty and forty years ago.Nowadays its very rare not to get a good signal on a car radio.I would say it has too be some sort of ariel/signal fault.I,m not sure how many different types of car ariel there
    are nowadays.Has the ariel got a good grounding ?

    peter.

  • bryan56
    bryan56 Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited February 2016 #3

    Grounding is spot on Peter, I am going to try a rubber outer aeriel tommorow, and see if that cures the problem. I will just run the lead through the window at first before I make a permanent fix. Swapped a nearly new car for this, and its iritating me.
    But having said that, in parts of Cumbria, i could loose reception on the car, and that had a very good dab radio, and was new with shark fin boosted aeriel.

  • volvoman9
    volvoman9 Forum Participant Posts: 1,053
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    edited February 2016 #4

    I suppose like phones you can still get blind spots in certain area,s.

    peter.

  • Mr H
    Mr H Forum Participant Posts: 356
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    edited February 2016 #5

    If it is a new radio it might be a DAB signal issue. I stopped using mine (DAB) in preference to FM which gives a more reliable signal although still having interference in some areas.

    The DAB radio was constantly changing channels trying to pick up the best signal.

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