Just noticed I'm up to 99 posts so I thought I'd make my 100th something that some of you may find useful
I've spent the last month or so playing about with a few aerials getting the DAB function of my Pioneer head unit working in my car.
I tried the standard Pioneer windscreen one which sort of worked but looked terrible and only picked up about 3-4 stations. The other options were a body mounted antenna which meant drilling a hole in my 911 and was never going to happen, a roof mounted mag mount which meant my car looking like a Nissan Bluebird minicab or an 80s repmobile glass mount.
I went for the glass mount but instead of mounting it on the exterior, I stuck the base and the antenna together, placed the box in the corner of the rear shelf and replaced the antenna with a piece of solid core bell wire which I ran up and tucked behind the C pillar trim. The box is barely noticeable but if you wanted to take it a stage further you could probably stash the box behind one of the trim panels.
Result - full DAB coverage of all stations available in my area. Very happy. Obviously the results will vary depending on the DAB coverage in your area but round here it is spot on.
This is the antenna I used, you will also need to order a cable as it doesn't come with it.
http://www.dabonwheels.co.uk/Kinetic_DEGA-T4002_telescopic_glass_mount_DAB_car_aerial.html
This may have already been covered on here but I done a search and couldn't find anything solid, so thought I'd write this up in case anyone else is thinking of doing the same.
I've spent the last month or so playing about with a few aerials getting the DAB function of my Pioneer head unit working in my car.
I tried the standard Pioneer windscreen one which sort of worked but looked terrible and only picked up about 3-4 stations. The other options were a body mounted antenna which meant drilling a hole in my 911 and was never going to happen, a roof mounted mag mount which meant my car looking like a Nissan Bluebird minicab or an 80s repmobile glass mount.
I went for the glass mount but instead of mounting it on the exterior, I stuck the base and the antenna together, placed the box in the corner of the rear shelf and replaced the antenna with a piece of solid core bell wire which I ran up and tucked behind the C pillar trim. The box is barely noticeable but if you wanted to take it a stage further you could probably stash the box behind one of the trim panels.
Result - full DAB coverage of all stations available in my area. Very happy. Obviously the results will vary depending on the DAB coverage in your area but round here it is spot on.
This is the antenna I used, you will also need to order a cable as it doesn't come with it.
http://www.dabonwheels.co.uk/Kinetic_DEGA-T4002_telescopic_glass_mount_DAB_car_aerial.html
This may have already been covered on here but I done a search and couldn't find anything solid, so thought I'd write this up in case anyone else is thinking of doing the same.