After working in Circuit City Roadshop, I have seen a good 4 VW's with aftermarket stereos/bad reception/stock fuba. I found that in all of the cars I've seen, the bad reception was caused from either 1)the installer forgetting to hook up the power wire to the amp, therefore not using the amp at all with drains the signal, or 2) the amp being burnt out, probably from a dumb installer shorting the amp out. Believe it or not this is very easy to do, as the amp is designed for a 12v signal, some installers connect it to the main power input into the radio. BUT, most alternators reach 14.4v when running, so the amp blows after a short while. The fuba power on lead should always be connected to the amp turn on/remote/power antenna lead of the radio. HTH, Denis
[email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/29/00 5:04:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Also, I've noticed that every VW I get into that has an aftermarket stereo > has worse radio reception than a stock heidelberg. What's up with that? >> > i noticed this when i switched to a new alpine 7838 which is a very good > radio, is there something about the self amplified Fuba that makes the > reception not so good with a radio not designed for it? is there something i > can do to cut down on interference? > -Mike > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
