New Owner, first question!
New Owner, first question!
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Poledriver

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29,591 posts

223 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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Hi! i picked up my Cerb on Friday, and have driven a little over 500 miles biggrin

It is (hopefully) a good reflection on the previous owners that the only problem I have is with radio reception! Is the aerial integrated with the rear screen heater? If so, where does it actually connect?

assynt road

379 posts

216 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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The radio reception is terminally crap on all cerbs I believe, I don't think the factory thought it was very important!

Allandwf

1,773 posts

224 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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They're all like that ! although I believe some people had improved it. Mine used the rear screen, reception was terrible, but with the engine noise, and the wind you couldn't really hear it anyway. ( Plus the bonus that my other half couldn't talk to me :-) )
Hope you enjoy your car and it remains trouble free, they are superb machines.
Which one did you buy ?

kevin63

4,661 posts

282 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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Get a sports exhaust and open the window, and then no is Ariel needed.

Poledriver

Original Poster:

29,591 posts

223 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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Allandwf said:
They're all like that ! although I believe some people had improved it. Mine used the rear screen, reception was terrible, but with the engine noise, and the wind you couldn't really hear it anyway. ( Plus the bonus that my other half couldn't talk to me :-) )
Hope you enjoy your car and it remains trouble free, they are superb machines.
Which one did you buy ?
This one, 4.5 AJP-8 biggrin :-


Poledriver

Original Poster:

29,591 posts

223 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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kevin63 said:
Get a sports exhaust and open the window, and then no is Ariel needed.
I have, it's also got a wicked stereo, and I need to listen to something in the traffic jams! biggrin

mickk

30,460 posts

271 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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Can i see a spoiler on the back of your car?

kevin63

4,661 posts

282 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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Poledriver said:
kevin63 said:
Get a sports exhaust and open the window, and then no is Ariel needed.
I have, it's also got a wicked stereo, and I need to listen to something in the traffic jams! biggrin
thumbup

Will you be coming to the Chatsworth Gathering in it.

Poledriver

Original Poster:

29,591 posts

223 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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mickk said:
Can i see a spoiler on the back of your car?
No, it's an optical illusion whistle And anyway, it was on there when I bought the car!

Poledriver

Original Poster:

29,591 posts

223 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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kevin63 said:
Poledriver said:
kevin63 said:
Get a sports exhaust and open the window, and then no is Ariel needed.
I have, it's also got a wicked stereo, and I need to listen to something in the traffic jams! biggrin
thumbup

Will you be coming to the Chatsworth Gathering in it.
Quite possibly. I've a lot on this year and am trying to squeeze everything in!

mickk

30,460 posts

271 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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Poledriver said:
mickk said:
Can i see a spoiler on the back of your car?
No, it's an optical illusion whistle And anyway, it was on there when I bought the car!
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boss1uk

260 posts

203 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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put cds in eventually as radio reception crap. still cant here it though. never mind i now drive wiv the window open

M3John

5,974 posts

248 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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Radio reception is beyond useless in mine. I pod travels with me if i'm in any of my cars for longer that 15min.

Ireland

3,517 posts

243 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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alinton on here has managed to sort the radio reception on his.

He told me what to do but I just use an iPod when I go for a spin so I never bothered.

If he's not on here during the week to tell how it's done then send him a PM and he'll explain.


al 350i

974 posts

224 months

Sunday 14th March 2010
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have you pulled the stereo out yet to see if there's even an ariel attached! i have come across a few cerbs that haven't even got an ariel plugged into the back of the stereo and no sign of one ever being there. must have been a busy day at the factory or the ariel man was sick! biggrin

Jimii

182 posts

206 months

Monday 15th March 2010
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radio is fine in mine?

Byker28i

91,720 posts

246 months

Monday 15th March 2010
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Been here, done this.

The FM aerial on mine is a wire built into the wiring loom under the dash, hence is useless. I sed to use mp3 cd's etc.

To start with I fitted a powered FM aerial from Halfords, the T shaped ones that you are supposed to stick to the window. I ran it down the centre console, through into the boot and stuck it on the rear panel next to the rear window, above the fuel tank. That improved FM reception about 200% but still wasn't great. I experimented with the idea of the normal telescopic aerial poked up inside the rear quarter or behind the rear seats but it wasn't as good,

I then picked up a dab unit for my JVC head, plugged that in and ran a JVC HAL1 aerial (similar to the windscreen T) under the front dash. Again worked OK, but not perfect. I bought the external JVC Hal4 aerial but it took me about 18 months to fit this as I didn't want to ruin the lines of the car with external appendages. This aerial has a block mount to stick inside the window, then another to stick outside that the aerial screws into (has up/down angle adjust). I put this midway at the top of the rear window with the wiring going around the rear window trim, behind the rear seats and again down the console to the dab unit. This works brilliantly and I've rarely got the radio off.

arebrec

3,545 posts

252 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Congrats on the new car thumbup

Is that the GT Cerb with the quad exhaust?

Poledriver

Original Poster:

29,591 posts

223 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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arebrec said:
Congrats on the new car thumbup

Is that the GT Cerb with the quad exhaust?
Nope!

al 350i

974 posts

224 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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thought that one was the one thought to be the ex ann summers car! shame there's no glove box to have a rumage around in if it is biggrin