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[Tony]

Hi all

Been a while since i have been here Good thing i guess, car has been running fine.

The car is a 1995 Opel Omega 2.0l CD Estate (German Left Hand Drive)
Now since i have been lending the car to my brother inlay my radio reception is a big fat ZERO, i have bought a new radio and it is still ZERO reception, now the car does not have a external antenne on it, so i am guessing that it is in-bedded in either the front or rear screens, i can not see any sign of it on the windscreen, but not really sure what i am looking for, so i think that it maybe in with the heated rear screen. I can not see any damage to the element in the rear screen and the heated screen works perfectly.
 ;)So if it is in bedded in one of the screens could you please confirm which one, so i know which one will accidentally get a stone flicked up at it from another car, or Vandals throwing stones at it, in which case i will be needing a new screen from the insurance

Or any other ideas less drastic.

Thanks

Tony

[Elite Pete]

Hi Tony

IIRC The aerial is part of the rear window, you also have an aerial amplifier which I think is located by the rear wiper motor. Sorry for the short reply but im off out now. Im sure someone will be along to give a better answer soon  

[Grumpy]

If you have 2 vertical elements in your heated rear window, then that is
your aerial. Check all the leads for condition and continuity to the heated
rear window and your amplifier.
As you have an estate, I would pay particular attention to the area where
your cables move and flex when you open and close the estate hatch.
Also examine every line of the element on the rear window.
You can get some special silver paint to mend any breaks or scratches.

[x25xe]

I think that there is also an Antenna connector in the loom leading up to the radio.  This is, I think, to be found in the passenger footwell and has been the source of problems in the past.  This is for RHD cars, so not sure if yours is the same.

I find that radio reception is pretty poor even when tuned to a strong station.  No substitute for a "proper" antenna I think.

[zirk]

On the Estates with rear Window Aerial the coax cable is fed from the top of the Roof of the car to the rear Door, near the rear door hinges, its including with some other cable inside a rubber gromet. Sometimes the rubber gromit comes loose and or the cables start to bend with the door being opened and closed.

I would start there first,  check the condition of the Coax Cable is it bent or damaged, if it is you can normally pull enough out to do a repair, check both the coax screen and the inner conducter, the inner is quiet small only one wire, also check its not shorting together or broken.

Hope this helps, good luck.

Chris.

[Tony]

Thanks all

All fixed now, cable was broken inside the the flexie rubber gromet next to the tailgate hinge, not sure how long it will last though before i have to renew the cable.

Thanks all

Tony