xantia aerial

john alexander · Post by **john alexander** » 13 Apr 2008, 18:43

Hi my xantia suffers from poor reception and searches quite a lot , the aerial has an extra lead to the base . I think this is a booster, am I right? and does anyone know how its meant to work, where does the other end of the wire go to > regards john.

Ross_K · Post by **Ross_K** » 13 Apr 2008, 21:22

No idea about the second wire, but I replaced the standard short antenna with one from a ZX which was a great improvement on the reception I had been getting. 8)

Post by **xantia_v6** » 13 Apr 2008, 21:28

If your antenna has an amplifier, the amplifier could have failed, it has happened on both my Xantias.
As a check (and maybe a fix), you can remove the amplifier by pulling out the metal disk that covers the mounting nut, then remove the mouning nut, and the amplifier comes away, with the antenna cable probably attached. You will then find that the amplifier can can be unclipped from the round PCB that is attached to the end of the antenna cable.
Put the amplifier can to one side, and just remount the antenna with the PCB and lead attached. If your radio signal is now the same, or improved, then you can be fairly sure that the amplifier is faulty.
On one of my cars, the radio worked well enough without the amplifier, so I left it like that. On the other, the performance was still not very good, so I got a replacement amplifier from a breaker.

reblack68 · Post by **reblack68** » 13 Apr 2008, 21:35

Both the Xantias I've owned displaced a Renault and both of them had their aerial swapped with the Renault ones- same mounting, proper length of mast.

rlatarche · Post by **rlatarche** » 14 Apr 2008, 13:52

My Xantia is the same, the radio signal is poor to unusable. How does one go about replacing the aerial?

An idiots guide is what i'm after - i've got a N reg AC xantia.

Thanks

reblack68 · Post by **reblack68** » 14 Apr 2008, 18:38

All you need to do is access the 8mm nut in the base of the aerial. It's a while since I did it but I think it was just a matter of removing the sunvisors and pulling the headlining down gently. It's a bit of a fiddle but not that hard. You can retain the existing cable.

Most French cars of the era use the same base with either a stubby or long aerial so it shouldn't be hard to find a donor.

Check at the back of your stereo too, if you can. On my car the stereo was very rusty around the aerial socket for some reason, probably a contributory factor in the poor reception.

john alexander · Post by **john alexander** » 14 Apr 2008, 19:19

Hi . I believe the extra wire powers the amplifier but I dont know where the other end connects to. regards john.

john alexander · Post by **john alexander** » 16 Apr 2008, 10:40

Post by **elma** » 16 Apr 2008, 13:16

If all that doesn't work take out the front driver side carpet.

You might find an unplugged wire, it's the aerial.

Happened to my car so could happen to yours as well.