OK – lame amateur move on my part. I installed a new HU in my ’98 Mercedes E300 (w210 chassis). It has the FM antenna built into the rear glass & a factory antenna amp. The tuner was getting phenomenally good FM reception (pulling in stations & HD stations that I never got before!).
The radio was still on while I tucked in the rats nest of wires, and the antenna lead came off of the radio input. I put it back on, but now the FM reception S**ks. Badly.
So the bottom line is that the antenna lead was disconnected while the antenna amp was on – could that have been enough to fry the antenna amplifier?
The radio was still on while I tucked in the rats nest of wires, and the antenna lead came off of the radio input. I put it back on, but now the FM reception S**ks. Badly.
So the bottom line is that the antenna lead was disconnected while the antenna amp was on – could that have been enough to fry the antenna amplifier?