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Factory antenna amplifier = fried?
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<blockquote data-quote="ignorant1" data-source="post: 8227340" data-attributes="member: 659635"><p>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 &amp; a factory antenna amp. The tuner was getting <strong>phenomenally</strong> good FM reception (pulling in stations &amp; HD stations that I never got before!).</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ignorant1, post: 8227340, member: 659635"] 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 [B]phenomenally[/B] 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? [/QUOTE]
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