ASAP information+opinions for Android Headunit.

[miiser]

Originally Posted by 06YarisRS

Head unit looks awesome! Looking forward to your impressions.

After 3 days trying to fix the radio reception which was terrible, I finally found the problem. I had to stop acting like an idiot and then use the correct connector for the antenna. (I was using a tv antenna connector and I thought it will be the same. Wrong !)

Now everything is perfect. But the radio still has static sounds. every fm station is playing but all of them have static issues..
any idea on how to fix this? How to make it better ?

Is this a problem only on these Android HUs or in every 2 din conversion (pioneer etc) ?

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[kevinj93]

There is an amplifier in the antenna base that needs 12 volt power applied. Without the power, the radio reception is very poor. From memory, on my series 3 this was a black wire thag runs with the antenna lead. Most after market radios will have a switched 12 volt output that can be used to power the antenna anmplifier.

[miiser]

Originally Posted by kevinj93

There is an amplifier in the antenna base that needs 12 volt power applied. Without the power, the radio reception is very poor. From memory, on my series 3 this was a black wire thag runs with the antenna lead. Most after market radios will have a switched 12 volt output that can be used to power the antenna anmplifier.

I did that Kevin. I found the wire (it was a blue one) and I plugged it on an unused connector wire with an AMP tag sticker on it.
But still nothing..


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[miiser]

The factory antenna connector with the 2 wires you mentioned :



I thought by plugging it in the amp connector wire I would have better reception. But it exactly the same... with or without

Maaaybe a blown fuse of the antenna amp?
Which is the fuse for it?


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