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Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:47 pm
by emily_mx5
Hi all, so I recently took all the trim out of my boot (fixing leaks).
The base of the antenna connects to a little silver box which connects to the black radio plug.
The little silver box has a thin red wire coming out of it, not attached to anything, its just floating around.
What is it for/should it be connected somewhere?
I have a NA6 (eunos)
Thanks
Re: Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:51 pm
by Regie
Not a power wire for electric aerial?.
Re: Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:27 pm
by emily_mx5
I didn't think NA6 had power aerial?? I think the box is oem, it has jap sticker on it and the plug is wrapped in that foam that all oem plugs are wrapped in.
Re: Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:32 pm
by Jeo
My imported NA6 V Special has a power aerial...
Re: Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:09 am
by Basho
Mt Aus delivered NA6 has no ABS, power steer or aircon but it has an OE power aerial and power windows. it's so reasuring that the luxurys were not missed .
No silver box or red wire in there though, are all your radio stations showing the actual frequency they broudcast on ?.
Re: Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:44 pm
by joe5084
The little silver box is either an amplifier or a frequency shifter for Japanese radios.
joe
Re: Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:11 pm
by emily_mx5
Jeo wrote:My imported NA6 V Special has a power aerial...
Thats pretty cool I wouldn't mind a power aerial haha, is yours later than a 1990?
Basho wrote:Are all your radio stations showing the actual frequency they broudcast on ?.
Not with the original jap headunit, but I just changed to an australian clarion headunit and they are now.
joe5084 wrote:The little silver box is either an amplifier or a frequency shifter for Japanese radios.
joe
That would explain why my reception is sh*t!!
Does anyone know if I can bypass the box??
Also, the red wire actually has a green stripe.
Re: Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:01 am
by Basho
Have you tried giving the little siver box the flick and connecting the aerial wire directly into the antenna ?
Re: Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:26 am
by hamx5ter
emily_mxV wrote:Jeo wrote:My imported NA6 V Special has a power aerial...
Thats pretty cool I wouldn't mind a power aerial haha, is yours later than a 1990?
if that power aerial from the nb8a will fit, you can have mine .. just swapped it out for a stubby so young slackers like you can add weight..
Re: Red wire at base of antenna?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:08 am
by Jeo
emily_mxV wrote:Thats pretty cool I wouldn't mind a power aerial haha, is yours later than a 1990?
93 AFAIK