I pro installer said that my antena doesnt work becuase there is not kit for it yet. Isnt an antena an antena? I know i have a power antena. What can i tell him i shouldnt be having problems with an antena.

THanks

There is an antenna adaptor availible for that car. It's a 40-ni12.

thanks man who carries it

i don't know, google it.

doesnt sound like a pro installer to me

And who said I'm a pro installer? Sides I'm getting a little over doing all the leg work. He's got the info at least.

not talking about you jackass, referring to his first post

Bite me bitch. I didn't see that part. I swear it's my 87 year old brain..

I had the installer put it in and now my stations sound horrible. Any way i can fix this myself now. It has static and fades in and out. The little dish on the avic the bars do not go pass 2.

Thanks

Do yourself a favor, take it back to the place that did it. Most shops are very picky about customers going in after them and trying to fix things. You may fix the problem, you may not. If you don't and something else happens the shop may void your installation warranty and say now you have to pay them to fix the problem. My guess is though that the power antenna lead on the antenna adaptor is either not hooked up, or the power antenna output of the avic doesn't supply enough current to turn on the factory antenna amp. The latter can be fixed by moving the power antenna lead of the adaptor to the accessory wire of the radio.

i really dont think they would do anything cause they said that aftermarket stereos dont do very well with radio. I might take it somewhere else.

You might want to at that point. In fact I'd stay way from the shop that did it then.

i really dont think they would do anything cause they said that aftermarket stereos dont do very well with radio. I might take it somewhere else.

um yeah find a new place to shop that isn't manned by idiots.

I took it to another place and the guy said what cntry said. The power probably didnt get connected or its not amplifying. 45 bucks. Going to take it on this thursday. You would think that you can get AM and FM with no problem i guess they did not know what they were doing or didnt want to bother.

You probably need to do the same thing I did on my '07 STI. Since our antenna's are in the rear glass window you'll need to supply the Antenna cable that goes from your HU to the Harness a 12v source. You'll have perfect reception again after that.

Yeah i think thats the ticket there. Hopefully i will get good reception. I like my ipod but maintaining 1k songs is too much work. Need my AM 570 sports radio. LMAO

You probably need to do the same thing I did on my '07 STI. Since our antenna's are in the rear glass window you'll need to supply the Antenna cable that goes from your HU to the Harness a 12v source. You'll have perfect reception again after that.

Not sure what that means, can someone explain it? I have a 2004 Mercedes C32 that I purchased an amplified antenna adapter for. I hooked the power lead on the adapter to a switched 12v source, not the HU. Since the antenna is in the window, I didn't hook up the antenna power lead thinking this was just to make the antenna go up and down. I have a complete aftermarket system. I don't use the stock amp or speakers. New wires ran to the trunk and then to the speakers.

I have lousy FM reception. Didn't test the AM reception as I don't every listen to AM.

OK, been searching. Apparently I *may* have to hook up the Blue wire to the antenna booster power control terminal. Not sure where that is. Is this the switched lead from the car?

However, I'm confused. On page 6 of the installation manual, it says "do not connect the blue lead to the power terminal of the antenna control." Then on page 10 it says "if the vehicle has a glass antenna, connect to the antenna booster power control terminal."

???

I just installed a D3 in my '06 C-Class and the reception is non-existent. I used the Scosche VWA4B adapter. Has anyone had any luck with this adapter or should I get a different one.

I just finished my avic d3 instal on my 07 Altima but my radio reception is terrible.... does any one know which wire I need to connect to on my vehicle. Thanks!

for the mercedes guys, you have to hook up the antenna turn on as well as the antenna booster in the aftermarket antenna adapter. so thats the power antenna turn on (solid blue) to the antenna adapter blue wire and to the blue wire in the harness you used. altima guy same thing just use acc power the red wire to power your antenna.

So let me see if I have this right for the Altima.... I connect the blue wire from my antenna adapter to the red wire and thats it??. Is the red wire from the vehicle harness or from the avic? Is that the accesory wire? Do I have it right?? What about the blue wire coming from my head unit??

I think I'm confused on whether I have to connect two or 3 wires and where to locate them. Thanks so much for the help.... everything else is working perfectly!!

connect the red wires together with the blue wire from the power antenna lead

Crutchfield has the antenna adapter for 10.00. Once you connect it you have to connect the blue wire on the adapter to the antenna control wire on the D3 harness.