Help with cd player arial

[Ibiza02]

hi there can anyone hopefully help me with a problem i have with my cd player.

somehow when taking my old cd player out the nib in the middle of the acutal wire behind the dash that plugs into the back of aheadunit has snapped off meaning that i cannot use the radio? i breifly spoke to seat and they said i full arial woould have to be replaced which cost £22 plus fitting whihc i wouldnt like to guess how much...

can anyone tell m if there is an alternative solution i could do to solve my problem as i miss the radio always use to listen to it but havnt for while now...

cheers


chris

 

[Damoegan]

You can buy the end connection from any good car shop, even halfords!

If you take it to a place like that they will do it for next to nothing mate, its only a 2 min job

 

[Ibiza02]

yeh mate but i used to work at halfords and it aint as easy as that haha!!! the actual arial connector that is fitted to the car and the wire is whats snapped you couldnt buy a adapter from halfords as you would have to chop the end off and fit new one which couldnt be done as it would just be wiring then... so by looks things am going to have to get new arial all together but i wondered if there was a alternative which could be cheaper to do

cheers

chris

 

[RichieRich]

no alternative that i know of im affraid.... at least the areial cable is cheap just not the labour costs.... i could do all the wireing just not the roof lining bit... lol

 

[Ibiza02]

yeh thats the thing richie i could wire the adapter in fine but as its one whole peace i dont fancy taking my headlining off and putting it bk onneatly!!!

 

[RichieRich]

i know what u mean mate... its quite easy to get the cable to the head lining just not the rest of the way....

 

[m11kkg]

Am I missing something (probably my marbles)? But why cant you just chop the broken end off and crimp on another? Surely its just like doing the aerial for the TV..

Mick

 

[CHR15B]

Am I missing something (probably my marbles)? But why cant you just chop the broken end off and crimp on another? Surely its just like doing the aerial for the TV..

Mick

Yea, thats what I was thinking...

 

[RichieRich]

i have no idea if you can do that or not... i havent seen any type of "repair kits" for car radio ariels to be honest....

 

[CHR15B]

i have no idea if you can do that or not... i havent seen any type of "repair kits" for car radio ariels to be honest....

You wouldn't need one...

Just trim back the cable Chris, get an RF jack for a TV and see if that fits on the connection on the back of the radio (Probably will) then job done.

 

[sport seat]

What are you lot talking about. Halfords is not the only option; find a local, proper specialist, they will replace the aerial end itself, CHR is along the right lines - trim back the inner core very carefully, this should reveal a thick wire/strand, the outer 'hairy' is also required to touch the replacement end at the base.