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[steve2.6]

I have 2001 Y reg 2.6 elite auto estate. The sat nav,cd and and phone all work fine but the radio reception is very poor. The car has the Siemens NCDC 2015 installed. The car had no aerial when I bought it only a housing were it should have been on the roof. I have been told that the part I need is over £200 as it is the Elite version but as the phone and sat nav both work surely it can only be the physical aerial stub and some connectors for the radio that is required.

Any help will be most appreciated.

[aaronjb]

What do you actually have on the roof - do you have the bit with the threaded hole?

The phone & GPS are inside the 'bulb' of the bulbous base, the radio aerial is a whip bit that screws in to that.. I think any suitably threaded aerial will fit.

If you do have a threaded aerial fitted, check you've got 12v on the power feed to the aerial amplifier (according to someone in my earlier thread, in the boot lid on the saloon, headlining on the estate)

[RobG]

What do you actually have on the roof - do you have the bit with the threaded hole?

The phone & GPS are inside the 'bulb' of the bulbous base, the radio aerial is a whip bit that screws in to that.. I think any suitably threaded aerial will fit.

If you do have a threaded aerial fitted, check you've got 12v on the power feed to the aerial amplifier (according to someone in my earlier thread, in the boot lid on the saloon, headlining on the estate)

Under the parcel shelf just behind rear centre headrest

[aaronjb]

I was close, ish, then 

Still I checked after I posted that and the OP has an Estate - at least I know where it is on that one

In fact - Steve, if you take the center plastic piece out at the rear of the boot headlining (undo the two bolts in the top corner of the side pieces and you can flex it all enough to get it out easily) then look in at the aerial connector;

RF lead is the big 'fat' connector.
Telephone is the small male screw in connector (male end on the aerial side)
GPS is the small female screw connector (female end on the aerial side)
Power is a single-pin square push-fit spade connector and the supply wire is attached in a bundle with the feed wires to the boot light.

[TheBoy]

Estate aerial amps are in the tailgate, saloons on the parcel shelf.

[aaronjb]

Then.. what's the power supply for in the aerial base? I presume either the telephone or GPS (or it routes back down to the tailgate amp somehow?)