Jake F6 Donating Members 327 Member For: 21y 5m 9d Location: Melbourne Posted 11/12/11 10:24 AM Share Posted 11/12/11 10:24 AM Hi guys,I have been struggling with terrible radio reception for quite a while now on my FG F6 - Binks Ford could not fix it either.... :f*ckyou:So today, I inspected the rear windscreen (where the glass integrated antenna is), all looked ok. I then took off the passenger side C-Pillar cover, to reveal a connector box which has both the demister and the antenna plugged into it. All plugs were in tightly, however I unplugged them, and plugged them back in just to be sure.What do you know - perfect reception, even on AM which was previously non-existent !!!I'm very happy. Give this a go if you have poor radio reception.Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobramad Member 824 Member For: 19y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/12/11 10:37 PM Share Posted 11/12/11 10:37 PM Great work mate, shows that a simple check can actually make a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 17y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 13/12/11 05:08 AM Share Posted 13/12/11 05:08 AM Good result, you told Binks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake F6 Donating Members 327 Member For: 21y 5m 9d Location: Melbourne Posted 28/12/11 12:05 AM Author Share Posted 28/12/11 12:05 AM Ok an update.The radio reception is cr@p again...I think that the little connector box (which apparently is also an antenna amplifier) might be ro0ted.I can get the reception to become good, just by disconnecting the and reconnecting the wires to this box, but it then goes back to being hopeless a few minutes later.It's as if I'm resetting this amplifier box by disconnecting power, but it goes back to cr@p after a few minutes... I might have to get this box replaced by Ford.Anyone heard of this?Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG50T Member 568 Member For: 20y 10m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/12/11 07:20 AM Share Posted 28/12/11 07:20 AM Mines sh*t too, I thought it was the window tint affecting the antenna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskool Member 144 Member For: 18y 10m 9d Posted 28/12/11 10:30 PM Share Posted 28/12/11 10:30 PM I had a different issue, when rear demister turned on, the radio reception would disapear. Ford could not work out why it was happeneing, so replaced the entire windscreen under warranty. Luck y for me becuase apparently it would have cost approx 800 to get Ford to replace it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike47 Donating Members 33 Member For: 15y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: 2145 Posted 29/12/11 03:03 AM Share Posted 29/12/11 03:03 AM Mines sh*t too, I thought it was the window tint affecting the antenna.My AM reception disappeared after I got window tinting on rear window. According to the guy who did my tint this is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake F6 Donating Members 327 Member For: 21y 5m 9d Location: Melbourne Posted 11/05/12 07:32 AM Author Share Posted 11/05/12 07:32 AM Ok an update.The radio reception is cr@p again...I think that the little connector box (which apparently is also an antenna amplifier) might be ro0ted.I can get the reception to become good, just by disconnecting the and reconnecting the wires to this box, but it then goes back to being hopeless a few minutes later.It's as if I'm resetting this amplifier box by disconnecting power, but it goes back to cr@p after a few minutes... I might have to get this box replaced by Ford.Anyone heard of this?Jake.Ok - I think this time I fixed it for good!I actually purchased an "FG radio amplifier / booster box" from FTG Autosalvage, but whilst testing with this new box, and my one at the C-pillar, I relaised what the issue was....The box is earthed by the bolt thta holds the it mounted to the C-pillar, but this point actually seems to provide an extremely poor and intermittent earth connection!The solution - see picture attached, I got an alternat earth which seemed much better from an adjacent bolt. Now the reception is flawless!Another issue that Ford warranty was unable to fix, and I had to fix at my own expense and in my own time....Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanBatman G666E Turbo!!! Member 1,008 Member For: 14y 11m 7d Gender: Male Posted 11/05/12 08:07 AM Share Posted 11/05/12 08:07 AM Sorry but what is AM radio dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 13y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 11/05/12 08:59 AM Share Posted 11/05/12 08:59 AM Great work on continuing on with this thread after awhile! And looks like a decent fix has been found. Maybe fords in general have sh*t earthing? The one in the engine bay causes trouble to some people too I've read.Well done again and thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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