yeah I forgot to do that also...but I have XM so I stopped caring and decided it wasn't worth the time to pull apart my dash and aftermarket gauges to hook this up...

 

any 12vdc, like just splice the red 12v from the car into the antenna booster?

 

Any wire that provides 12VDC when the ignition is on. It's ok to have the antenna energized even when you are not using FM radio. It won't damage the antenna booster.

 

Need to connect all the wires on the Metra. Except for speakers. The wire labeled Power Antenna must be connected.

 

Finally got off my lazy butt and fixed the reception. Yes, it was one wire that needed to be connected. Man, if only all problems were THAT simple!

 

My problem with no radio reception is different. The prior owner installed a cd disc changer since the oem cd player has problems. The player works via an fm transmitter, but it's the only "station" that works. Did he not connect the antenna into the transmitter, or did he manage to disconnect the antenna amplifier power wire?

 

Since the aftermarket CD changed is operating off of a FM transmitter (I'm guessing 87.1 or some other low frequency that is not conventionally used), then it would seem that the antenna signal wire is connected to the head unit. It's probably a situation where the FM booster signal wire needs to be connected to a 12v+ source. Unless, PO did something weird and only connected the CD changed to the FM input of your head unit.

Either way, you're going to need to remove everything as all the connections are on the back. It would probably be easier to replace the head unit with an upgraded aftermarket unit. Just be sure to connect the power antenna output wire from the new head unit to the FM signal booster/amplifier wire.

 

FM freq CD player?! We've rolled back to the 90's! Haha. Lemme go pull out my cassette-Walkman adapter! 🤣

 

You're not fooling anyone, Mic. This is more your style...

 

In car record player. You kidding me?! Shee, I scratched more records on my turntable in my bedroom! You think I could be trusted with one in a car?!

But, my "first car" had a similar dash and my underdash, slide-out, cassette player was bitchin'!

 

I see you still scratchin' in your bedroom...

 

 

Not sure scratchin' Dean Martin will ever catch on.

But probably fun to do the "Disco Duck" to.

 

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