Fixing faulty aerial in 2013 C3 Picasso

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SWJ
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Fixing faulty aerial in 2013 C3 Picasso

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Hi there,

I have searched the forum about this matter but have not come across anything that helps in my particular situation so any assistance would be welcome.

I have a 2013 Citroen C3 Picasso and the radio (picture below) cannot receive any AM stations and only one FM channel (and that erratically).

My Vin is VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]. In order to find out if the radio was faulty I followed advice and bought a cheap internal aerial from Amazon to test. By holding this up inside the car with my hand I was able to get all FM bands clearly, so obviously the radio is not the issue.

Does anyone know how to fix the aerial? Reading the forum I understand that that my car aerial might be amplified (viewtopic.php?t=69161) but after removing the courtesy light in the rear headlining I can see that the roof aerial only has one cable going to it. Does this mean that the aerial might still be amplified via the coaxial output from my radio? If so, why does the aerial I tried from Amazon get such a good signal when it is not amplified?

Im a bit baffled so any advice would be much appreciated.

All the best, Simon.
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kzk
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Joined: 27 Jan 2025, 00:48

Re: Fixing faulty aerial in 2013 C3 Picasso

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Same problem with my 2016 C3 Picasso, I'll wait here with you for the clever bods. :)
could I ask which cheap ariel you bought, and did were you able to get one with a matching connector?
SWJ
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Joined: 21 Jan 2025, 10:14

Re: Fixing faulty aerial in 2013 C3 Picasso

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Hi there,

Yes, let’s hope someone comes to our assistance :)

I got an aerial and an adapter for attaching it to the head unit from Amazon. You can however get the same aerial which also has a fackra connector on and can be connected directly. The aerial I bought was here, and the one you might prefer next to it:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07TDPGS36 ... b_ap_share

The adapter is here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D8JC4T99 ... b_ap_share

Hope that helps.
kzk
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Joined: 27 Jan 2025, 00:48

Re: Fixing faulty aerial in 2013 C3 Picasso

Unread post by kzk »

Thank you for that, I received it in the post today and it works so well that I think I will just keep this one, I'll feed it around the dash and fix it to the windscreen. job done! cheers!
SWJ
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Joined: 21 Jan 2025, 10:14

Re: Fixing faulty aerial in 2013 C3 Picasso

Unread post by SWJ »

Glad you found a solution that works! All the best.