Hi

Please can someone tell me if the shark fin on the roof of a 2014 Skoda L & K Superb diesel 170 hp hatchback is for the digital tv and DAB radio?  Also that the heating element on the rear screen is just that, and not also an antenna.  Is the roof mount also the GPS?

 

Reason for asking: I had a problem with a dashcam looking out of the back window mounted on the plastic housing of the central brake light and it interfered with the digital signal.

It seems ok if I relocate it low on the back screen but I will have to stick the mount over a corner of the element.

As far as i know the roof aerial is just the GPS aerial.... The radio aerial is the vertical strips in the rear window on the twindoor or the vertical strips in the rear side windows on the combi. Not sure where the DAB or TV antenna's are within the car..... Are they located around the dashboard area somewhere?

As far as i know the roof aerial is just the GPS aerial.... The radio aerial is the vertical strips in the rear window on the twindoor or the vertical strips in the rear side windows on the combi. Not sure where the DAB or TV antenna's are within the car..... Are they located around the dashboard area somewhere?

 

I'm not so sure. I still have the roof aerial but only have the poverty spec Superb - no satnav, no DAB etc... Presumably roof aerial is used for AM/FM

I'm not so sure. I still have the roof aerial but only have the poverty spec Superb - no satnav, no DAB etc... Presumably roof aerial is used for AM/FM

 

In your case the sharkfin just isn't used...... The radio aerial is definately in the rear window / windows..... http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/217559-roof-antenna-fake-or-not/#entry2560255

My 2011 se model the original aerial was for phone prep only with a single wire leading to the back of the glovebox, I swapped to a elegance spec aerial i.e. gps & phone prep so that now my columbus & premium car kit are both running through the shark fin on the roof.

 

The single wire that leads to the glovebox was intended for phone prep but can be used for satnav,you will need to swap the ends at the aerial base & will need an adaptor wire (i can supply this if needed) also a separate wire approx 5m if you intend to fit a module under the drivers seat for the phone kit. 

In your case the sharkfin just isn't used...... The radio aerial is definately in the rear window / windows..... http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/217559-roof-antenna-fake-or-not/#entry2560255

 

Thats probably explains why the radio reception on my Superb II isn't as good as on my Superb I

My apologies for starting a new topic but I cannot discover how to edit my query from a few days ago.

 

Firstly thanks to Wavey Davey for his reply;  I am sure that you are correct because I have dismounted the rear facing camera (Smart Witness Smart-i Duo with the main camera mounted on the centre brakelight housing and the secondary camera looking left to cover the side - I have a similar arrangement at the front with the main camera behind the rear-view mirror with the secondary cam looking right...........just because you are paranoid doesn't mean no one is after you!!!) and held it away from the rear screen and right under where the shark fin is and there is no problem with the digital signal.

 

If I bring the main cam anywhere near to the rear screen the digital signal dies, so my earlier idea of attaching low on the window is no good.  Even trying it as far away as the back of the central headrest has the same bad effect.  So the digital aerial is definitely in the rear screen.  I have swapped the cameras over, used a different power supply directly from the car via the power point in the back of the centre console - same result.  Usually power is from a socket wired from the fuse board in the dash (via an inline fuse, of course) so it doesn't interfere with the Cambus.

 

Has anyone had a similar problem?  Does anyone know if I can shield the camera somehow.  I dont want to swap the main camera to the secondary position as the resolution of the secondary cam is lower I believe and the main cam is bulkier to mount in the side window.

 

I would be grateful for any ideas.  Thanks.

 

 

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