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[alerton]

hi,  todays question.......

mini facelift 2.0 gls.

i bought the car with a jvc radio cd player stuck in the dash but not quite 'fitted'. the cd works just fine and even the steering wheel buttons work ok but no radio reception at all so i took it out today to check things out and found the coax has been cut off at some point in its history. the wires too short to even think about joining a new bit onto the end.

i read somwhere on here that there is a plug / socket behind the passanger side kick panel but when i had that in bits the other day i didnt see anything and the coax on mine seems to go off behind the drivers side dashboard so maybe its the later models have the joint on the passanger side?

so....  would it be easier to strip that end of the dash to find where it goes and see if there is a joint along the way or should i just bite the bullet and get the black and decker out and fit a roof aerial?

[Broomies Mate]

You should be able to get satisfactory results by extending the coax you have.  Use a decent joiner and crimp it correctly. 

[Andy B]

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i read somwhere on here that there is a plug / socket behind the passanger side kick panel but when i had that in bits the other day i didnt see anything and the coax on mine seems to go off behind the drivers side dashboard so maybe its the later models have the joint on the passanger side?  ....

I thought it was the driver's side  :-/ :-/ :-/
I'm sure that someone that actually knows will confirm. 

[alerton]

You should be able to get satisfactory results by extending the coax you have.  Use a decent joiner and crimp it correctly. 

that would be my first plan IF i enough coax to get hold of but it means stripping the drivers side dash to find enough slack to get hold of.

[alerton]

I thought it was the driver's side  :-/ :-/ :-/
I'm sure that someone that actually knows will confirm. 

i know some have the joint on the pasanger side because i spotted it on the scrappers facelift model i took my heater blower motor out of but im 100% sure mine not the same.

[Andy B]

I thought it was the driver's side  :-/ :-/ :-/
I'm sure that someone that actually knows will confirm. 

i know some have the joint on the pasanger side because i spotted it on the scrappers facelift model i took my heater blower motor out of but im 100% sure mine not the same.

IIRC someone commented about the connector & me thinking it was the opposite side to my Senator.

[RobG]

I thought it was the driver's side  :-/ :-/ :-/
I'm sure that someone that actually knows will confirm. 

i know some have the joint on the pasanger side because i spotted it on the scrappers facelift model i took my heater blower motor out of but im 100% sure mine not the same.

Remove driver`s side kickpanel you`ll see a blue connector one end comes from aerial amp, other goes to behind console to radio

[Welung666]

I have the piece from the drivers kick panel to the rear of the head unit if that's any help to you?

[alerton]

update, i got the drivers side kick panel off and there was the joint i needed. thought the quickest fix would be to cut the front section there and solder up a joint to extend the coax with new upto the radio. problem was the origional coax would not solder, i guess its not copper wire or it may be plated or whatever: so i ended up splitting the plug / socket and re crimping the front part with my nice new coax. bit fiddly but it works a treat now.

thanks for the help and advice guys