Burty
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Post by Burty on Aug 4, 2005 14:17:27 GMT 11
Greetings
Ive got a recently imported 1995 MU with a Clarion radio/cassette and a Clarion CD player.
Unfortunately the radio is limited in band and even with a 10-12mhz FM band expander that plugs in via the aerial cable, it will not pick up Christchurch radio stations.
The local 'Car Audio' shop reckons my only option is a new Head Unit (car radio) - but this will mean replacing the CD as well !!!
Does anyone have a more pragmatic approach to increasing the band of my 'existing' system??
Cheers
Burty
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Post by James W on Aug 4, 2005 14:30:25 GMT 11
What is the orignal frequency band and why is the 10-12MHz expander not enough?
Is it faulty?
Can you specify a Calrion model? I can do some research for you posssibly.
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Post by Graham on Aug 5, 2005 0:41:18 GMT 11
My '95 MU came with clarion equipment as well. It had a band expander fitted during compliancing which is nice, but the thing must have lasted about 1 month before I replaced it with the great stereo from the other car that had a tree land on it. (the car, not the stereo).
IMO, unless you listen to AM talkback radio, then you must upgrade. An OK headunit with CD player can be picked up for under $200 these days, and that would free up one of the holes in the dash to store your wallet/phone/whatever, or even a few CDs.
Oh yeah, the band expander let me listen to all stations that are popular - 97 through to 105.7 FM.
Ciao, GRaham.
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Burty
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Post by Burty on Aug 5, 2005 7:07:10 GMT 11
Cheers for the advice
The original frequency band is 76 - 90. The chap at SuperCheap advised that the band expander would only get me 10-12 mhz either way so apparently Im only going to get 75 - 91, still not enough to get the popular stations (and Im not a massive fan of AM talkback)
The Model Number of the Radio/Tape is PI-9668N
Cheers, Burty
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Post by geeves on Aug 5, 2005 7:15:53 GMT 11
90 + 12 = 102 Untill my casset dyed one of these worked fine
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andy
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Post by andy on Aug 6, 2005 8:13:40 GMT 11
A band expander will work fine for your application. I recommend getting a 10mhz one as it makes it alot easier to work out what station's are which. obviously its easier to add 10 to the radio frequency than 12  They are fairly easy to fit, just plug it inline with your existing aerial and feed it power from your acc source |
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Post by Harry on Aug 6, 2005 22:07:15 GMT 11
I bought a cheap expander from Repco a while ago but the aerial plug wouldn't fit.Took it back and they swapped it for a dearer one free that worked ok.Got all the stations ok too.
Harry.
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Post by wizbru on Aug 7, 2005 16:40:38 GMT 11
10, 12 & 14 mhz expanders all have blank spots. Do a google for fm band expanders and find a manufacturers website that indicates which one you need.
I tend to agree though with replacing the whole thing. My radio picks up the stations but not very well - it's a pain but I can't afford a new one yet.
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ken
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Post by ken on Aug 9, 2005 18:41:38 GMT 11
I got a 14 Mhz expander at the Warehouse for $10. That gets the National program on FM in Christchurch area.
Ken
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Burty
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Post by Burty on Sept 1, 2005 12:11:01 GMT 11
Righto
Thanks for all the advice.
Now I am in the situation of 'hmm what wire' do I connect the expander to.
If anyone has connected an expander onto a clarion and has some good advice I would love to hear it...
Cheers
Burty
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Post by mulover on Sept 1, 2005 19:48:25 GMT 11
It is very simple,
1 remove sterio
2 locate aerial wire, it is a big wire about 5mm diameter that will have a plug going into the back of your sterio, pull it out and it should have a stalk thing on the end of it which should be the same as one of the plugs on your band expander
3 Plug the same plug on the expander into your sterio
4 plug the wire you pulled out of your sterio into the other plug on the expander, usually in the opposite end to the wire coming out of it
5 turn on your sounds and see if it works
6 if it works put it all back together and rock hard!!
And if you can understand all that then you are doing well!!
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Post by geeves on Sept 1, 2005 20:05:29 GMT 11
Not sure about instruction 1 I did mine in situ laying on my back with feet hanging over the seat back using a torch for light
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Post by mulover on Sept 1, 2005 20:11:42 GMT 11
good idea, wish i had thought of that ages ago!!
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Burty
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Post by Burty on Sept 2, 2005 7:06:10 GMT 11
Howdo
No worries re hooking into the aerial, thats all ok. The problem is then hooking the band expander into the AC power supply (it has a red wire for this purpose) when the back of the head unit has numerous wires coming out of it - hmmm, so many choices.
So the question is - where do I tap into to connect the expander to AC?
Cheers
Burty
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Post by geeves on Sept 2, 2005 9:33:19 GMT 11
When I did mine I used the wire that was labeled electric ariel.This only turns on when the radio is on and wasnt used on the bighorn.Yours might be differant
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Post by pig75 on Sept 3, 2005 7:35:30 GMT 11
Howdo No worries re hooking into the aerial, thats all ok. The problem is then hooking the band expander into the AC power supply (it has a red wire for this purpose) when the back of the head unit has numerous wires coming out of it - hmmm, so many choices. So the question is - where do I tap into to connect the expander to AC? Cheers Burty The Accessory (ACC) wire can be any one that becomes active when the key is turned to the ACC & ON position I would not recommend using the remote wire on the head unit as these usually have a very small current capacity i.e. only used to turn a device on not to power a device. The cigarette lighter is an easy ACC wire to use |
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