I have a JVC DAB headunit and I need to put in an aerial. JVC do an interal aerial which looks like a heating element that just sticks onto the windscreen. However, there's a warning on the website to this tune...

"Another drawback is if the windscreen has heater filaments or metallic sunscreen within the glass it will not work."

Do Fabia's have either of these?

Jon

What they are referring to is the 'comfort glass' as fitted in some VAG vehicles and or heating elemnts as fitted to Fords, front screen, and no the Fabia is not fitted with this type of glass.

As for the stick on patch DAB antenna, they are absolute garbage, cheap and cheerful, i personally would not even consider one after going to the expense of buying and fitting a good DAB HU..

Hope this helps anyway.....

I have a stick on internal on my fabia and it is as said above garbage.

You absolutley must have a decent antenna to receive DAB in the UK, coverage is not 100% yet.

I have the amplified AM/FM + DAB OEM version on the Octy and even then it can drop out in certain areas. Having said that though, the performance is excellent and once you have DAB going back to FM can be painful.

This is bizaare because my last car a Peugeot 106, I had one of these stick on ones and it was bloody brilliant. There was only one place in the South West where I couldn't get very good reception!

I would go for a DAB aerial for the roof .... but I have NO idea how to install it....how the hell do you get into the roof-space to put cables in?!?! I can just about manage to hide a cable down the A-piller

Thanks for your help though guys

De-installing and re-installing either body mount or glass mount antenna is fairly straight forward, trim removal in a couple of places including A pillar is essential for a smooth install, have done both Fabia and Octavia.

I have to say though i am still not convinced by the easy fit stick on DAB glass mount antennas as they are a cheap alternative to a good body mount or glass mount variant..........Persionally i can't see the point of investing in a good quality HU and installing an under performing receiver.........:confused:

I had one of those 2-part antenna (base sticks on window inside and antenna with base, on the outside) and the reception was brilliant.

Noticed on the Fabia though, that the heated rear-window elements cover the entire glass on this car, so there is nowhere to fit the ariel (as the instructions say not to put it over one of these), so you may be a bit stuffed.

I wouldn't advise the units that are internal-only and are basically a strip of metal on a box that sticks to the glass inside. You do really need an antenna that resembles a normal FM type.

I've had a bosch dab gti aeriel on my last two cars. (The same one that Skoda fit with their DAB radio options) Never had a problem with reception in 5 years. Only down side of it is the last one cost me

A big plus is that it you cannot tell it isn't the standard factory fitted aerial.

You can, but you need to know what to look for...

The Sportsflex type are excellent.well worth the money and the overall investement................

I did not to fit another aerial on the roof. I had a pioneer aerial from my last car.

I drilled a hole in the lid from a tin of biscuits, just a bit bigger than A4 paper size then fitted the aerial to it. The metal lid acts as a ground plane for the aerial. It just sits on the rear parcel shelf.

I keep meaning it drill a hole in the parcel shelf and then put lid on the underside then it would only be seen with the tailgate open

It works as well as my last car with a JVC Dab unit. I have to travel through a section where there is no Dab or FM coverage

I've had a bosch dab gti aeriel on my last two cars.

Stuffy, what did the installation of that consist of?

Apologies . .ignore this double-post!

:eek: A biscuit tin..........

I didn't do it myself but the shop where I got it from fitted it in a hour. I would guess you would follow the cable for the existing aerial back from the head unit removing the appropate panels. Unscrew the existing aerial from the roof, screw the new aerial in. Route the cable along the same route as the original aerial and plug in to the head unit and dab unit. It will need a 12v supply as it's an active aerial but most head units will have a 12v output.

The OEM lead runs forward to the nearside A pillar and down the pillar. As I have a sunroof, it wasn't practical to drop so much rooflining, so my FM and DAB leads runs down the C pillar, into the space where the rear speakers are then over the rear wheel arch and along the inner sill.