Lo ... I have a 2001 1.4mpi ... I need to change the radio for one that plays shiny discs ... I have the plasticy bit to fill the gap ... and the wirey thing to wire the wires up ... but I hear tales of an aerial amplifier ... as I don't want the smoke to fall out of my new radiogram I thought it best to ask people who know such things ... thats you that is ... so ... what sort of adapter do I need to make the people of radio 1 come out ... but the smoke stay in?...

And ... the stereo I am going to get will have DAB ... how hard will it be to find a way out from the back of the stereo to the windscreen for the aerial?...

Next ... the idle seems a little irratic (serviced a thousand miles ago ... but before I bought it) ... it kinda sounds like its missing on one cylinder but it does it with such good rhythm that I am sure thats not the case ... do they all do that?...

Fanks velly much...

And one last one ... on the original stereo ... if I have my Griffin itrip plugged in ... it stays in stereo for about 10 seconds then goes to mono ... I am sure this is some "feature" of the radio so that low powered radio stations still sound ok ... but I can't find a way to turn it off ... I only ask as I don't think I will have my new radio in by the time I go on holiday in it in 2 weeks ... damned strange if you ask me...

Cheery bye!...

And one last one ... on the original stereo ... if I have my Griffin itrip plugged in ... it stays in stereo for about 10 seconds then goes to mono ... I am sure this is some "feature" of the radio so that low powered radio stations still sound ok ... but I can't find a way to turn it off ... I only ask as I don't think I will have my new radio in by the time I go on holiday in it in 2 weeks ... damned strange if you ask me...

Cheery bye!...

Some radios used to have a LOC or local setting as a manual attenuation setting. Not sure if these do though.

Lo ... I have a 2001 1.4mpi ... I need to change the radio for one that plays shiny discs ... I have the plasticy bit to fill the gap ... and the wirey thing to wire the wires up ... but I hear tales of an aerial amplifier ... as I don't want the smoke to fall out of my new radiogram I thought it best to ask people who know such things ... thats you that is ... so ... what sort of adapter do I need to make the people of radio 1 come out ... but the smoke stay in?...

And ... the stereo I am going to get will have DAB ... how hard will it be to find a way out from the back of the stereo to the windscreen for the aerial?...

Next ... the idle seems a little irratic (serviced a thousand miles ago ... but before I bought it) ... it kinda sounds like its missing on one cylinder but it does it with such good rhythm that I am sure thats not the case ... do they all do that?...

Fanks velly much...

my car is a 2001 1.4mpi and mine does that idle thing so im not the only one i thought there was something wrong with it so i took it to the garage had it hooked up to a computer and everything and it was perfectly fine i dont reallly notice it any more now!

Completely random, but Ooohhh a Tool fan...

Tool are cool.

Lo ... I have a 2001 1.4mpi ... I need to change the radio for one that plays shiny discs ... I have the plasticy bit to fill the gap ... and the wirey thing to wire the wires up ... but I hear tales of an aerial amplifier ... as I don't want the smoke to fall out of my new radiogram I thought it best to ask people who know such things ... thats you that is ... so ... what sort of adapter do I need to make the people of radio 1 come out ... but the smoke stay in?...

And ... the stereo I am going to get will have DAB ... how hard will it be to find a way out from the back of the stereo to the windscreen for the aerial?...

The most straightforward swap is to take out the original Symphony head unit and replace it with a later one with a CD slot. They are often for sale on eBay. No DAB though.

If you remove the glovebox (5 screws if I recall) you should get access to the back of the head unit and the underside of the dash for routing cables etc.

The Symphony has a built-in aerial amplifier, and many aftermarket head units don't, so you will need either an external amplifier or a replacement external aerial for DAB with a built-in amplifier. (saves sticking things to the windscreen and unsticking them when the screen gets replaced).

Completely random, but Ooohhh a Tool fan...

A very misunderstood band are Tool ... but ... as you say ... they are a bit cool ... so cool in fact I will seek out the music section of this forum and start a thread tomorrow...

The most straightforward swap is to take out the original Symphony head unit and replace it with a later one with a CD slot. They are often for sale on eBay. No DAB though.

If you remove the glovebox (5 screws if I recall) you should get access to the back of the head unit and the underside of the dash for routing cables etc.

The Symphony has a built-in aerial amplifier' date=' and many aftermarket head units don't, so you will need either an external amplifier or a replacement external aerial for DAB with a built-in amplifier. (saves sticking things to the windscreen and unsticking them when the screen gets replaced).

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Bugger ... I don't really want to install another outside aerial ... I'm lazy ... and I also don't normally listen to "normal" radio any more ... I'll find a way ... thanks for the info though...

don't really want to install another outside aerial ...

The Blaupunkt combi aerial is a replacement for the existing aerial, not an extra one. However you would have to route the extra DAB wire to the head unit if you went this route.