Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: feeutfo on 12 March 2012, 09:23:35
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Any fix? It's an ncdc 2015 in a saloon. Afaik the aerial is the rear window heater element, and the aerial/mouse on the roof is for the phone.
Does the radio aerial have an amp to boost signal? If so can it be tweaked or a more "boostyer" one be fitted?
Ta
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Sadly, unlike external antennas, the signal strength from the internal rear screen aerial is of such poor quality, that the use of inline modulators is really not advised, as the extra joints and circuitry degrade the signal even further to a point that it is too weak for the head unit to receive.
Any boosters will just give more "Mush" as the signal is too poor to start with.
either External aerial or Wireless modulators are the way to progress forwards
:y
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Any insertion loss specs for the modulator?
Connector insertion loss should be of the order of 0.3dB
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I reckon it matches mine, for reception, and no uphill gardener HK unit in mine ;)
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Not that I can see :-\
http://www.harmankardon.com/resources/Brands/harmankardon/Products/ProductRelatedDocuments/en-US/OwnersManual/DP1_US_revB_f.pdf
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Sadly nothing in there.
A basic setup could be resistive so quite lossy, slightly more advanced would use a transformer which are good from an insertion loss perspective.
A good system would be electronic!
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Change the roof aerial for an aftermarket tri-state one, GSM/GPS/FM and the signal will certainly improve.
Hirschmann and Bosch are worth searching for
;)
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This one any good?
http://www.bluespot.co.uk/car-audio.aspx/arpndt01m-aerial
With tv ;)
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This one any good?
http://www.bluespot.co.uk/car-audio.aspx/arpndt01m-aerial
With tv ;)
Yep, thats the sort of thing, although it must be said that you can get them without the Chav Fin if you wanted it to look more like the original antenna.
BTW, the TV side is redundant here, as was intended for analogue, not diigital !! Which may offer a good bargaining chip as the aerial is now obsolete !!
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Dab, no? :-\
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This one any good?
http://www.bluespot.co.uk/car-audio.aspx/arpndt01m-aerial
With tv ;)
That one says it's discontinued, but apart from that minor issue.. if you find one at a decent price (i.e. less than the OE aerial base), see if they'll offer a discount for two - I could be tempted seeing as how I broke my OE base :-[
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Was trying to avoid the BMW type shark fin ones tbh. :(
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I'm not all that fussed about looks - I went looking for a suitable replacement before (actually, I think Dave pointed me to one) but the price was somewhat eye watering and pretty similar to the OE replacement price :(
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Lost all reception now, emulater as well. Bit of soldering at the weekend by the looks...
I've been meaning to have the HU out for a while now anyway, as the cc temp knob has gone all unresponsive again, air flow sensor was found to be dislodged when the emulator was wired up.
Another job for the weekend. Sigh... ;D
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Nope, scratch that, emulater was on pause :-[ ;D
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So are you currently getting radio, or is it only emulator that is working?
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Radio is very poor, crackly, breaking up.
Emulator works, now its not paused. I only went to emulator Chanel as the radio was hopeless. The screen was displaying a track, but I was hearing nothing but static. So assumed the soldered connection had failed, and went to cd's.
Next journey, ignition off resets the emulator, so had music playing already.
Anyway, emulator now works. Radio still poor at best. :(
Still need to source a tri state roof aerial.
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Radio is very poor, crackly, breaking up.
Emulator works, now its not paused. I only went to emulator Chanel as the radio was hopeless. The screen was displaying a track, but I was hearing nothing but static. So assumed the soldered connection had failed, and went to cd's.
Next journey, ignition off resets the emulator, so had music playing already.
Anyway, emulator now works. Radio still poor at best. :(
Still need to source a tri state roof aerial.
One from an Elite Estate?. NCDC and Telematics type, wouldn't look too out of place on a Saloon.
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Radio is very poor, crackly, breaking up.
Emulator works, now its not paused. I only went to emulator Chanel as the radio was hopeless. The screen was displaying a track, but I was hearing nothing but static. So assumed the soldered connection had failed, and went to cd's.
Next journey, ignition off resets the emulator, so had music playing already.
Anyway, emulator now works. Radio still poor at best. :(
Still need to source a tri state roof aerial.
One from an Elite Estate?. NCDC and Telematics type, wouldn't look too out of place on a Saloon.
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If that would work for fm/am gps and gsm, might be a simple answer.
But I thought the fm aerial was in either the side or rear window on the estate as well? :-\
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http://www.techmall.co.uk/products.php?product=Car-Antenna-for-AM%7B47%7D-FM%7B47%7D-GPS%7B47%7D-GSM%7B47%7D-DVB%252dT-ALL%252dIN%252dONE
http://www.renair.co.uk/2J-Antenna/products/GPS-Combined-Antennas/2J850B%20car%20combined%20antenna%20%20in%20R&D.html
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Radio is very poor, crackly, breaking up.
Emulator works, now its not paused. I only went to emulator Chanel as the radio was hopeless. The screen was displaying a track, but I was hearing nothing but static. So assumed the soldered connection had failed, and went to cd's.
Next journey, ignition off resets the emulator, so had music playing already.
Anyway, emulator now works. Radio still poor at best. :(
Still need to source a tri state roof aerial.
One from an Elite Estate?. NCDC and Telematics type, wouldn't look too out of place on a Saloon.
:-\
If that would work for fm/am gps and gsm, might be a simple answer.
But I thought the fm aerial was in either the side or rear window on the estate as well? :-\
Broken glass sensors for the alarm as far as I know, early Estates used the rear heater element, later ones uses the roof Antenna, something to do with the coax breaking / wear on the rear door hinge on the early ones.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-GSM-PHONE-SATNAV-AERIAL-/110842938047?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19cec102bf
any good ??
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-GSM-PHONE-SATNAV-AERIAL-/110842938047?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19cec102bf
any good ??
Afraid not no FM, Hmm, seen that before somewhere.
:-X :-X ;)
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-GSM-PHONE-SATNAV-AERIAL-/110842938047?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19cec102bf
any good ??
Afraid not no FM, Hmm, seen that before somewhere.
:-X :-X ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D
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http://www.techmall.co.uk/products.php?product=Car-Antenna-for-AM%7B47%7D-FM%7B47%7D-GPS%7B47%7D-GSM%7B47%7D-DVB%252dT-ALL%252dIN%252dONE
http://www.renair.co.uk/2J-Antenna/products/GPS-Combined-Antennas/2J850B%20car%20combined%20antenna%20%20in%20R&D.html
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Yeah been trying to find something a bit less BMW tbh. But that might have to do. :y
Be nice if it's footprint was big enough to cover the old one too.
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Yep - roof antenna for FM on my Elite estate .. it's still a shocking aerial, though, with shocking reception (even worse now I've knackered it :-[ ) - but an OE aerial base is close to £200 IIRC!
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If its that bad, you have a problem.
Check the car's antenna loom is still firm in the Uphill Gardener unit - seem to remember its a wanky connector...
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Radio is very poor, crackly, breaking up.
Emulator works, now its not paused. I only went to emulator Chanel as the radio was hopeless. The screen was displaying a track, but I was hearing nothing but static. So assumed the soldered connection had failed, and went to cd's.
Next journey, ignition off resets the emulator, so had music playing already.
Anyway, emulator now works. Radio still poor at best. :(
Still need to source a tri state roof aerial.
One from an Elite Estate?. NCDC and Telematics type, wouldn't look too out of place on a Saloon.
:-\
If that would work for fm/am gps and gsm, might be a simple answer.
But I thought the fm aerial was in either the side or rear window on the estate as well? :-\
Estate base is too big to follow the curvature of a saloon roof, when you bolt it down the front edge doesn't touch the roof - been there, tried it, failed!