Mattbchillin Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Is there any kind of grounds wires coming off an antenna on an 850 wagon? Or is it just straight to radio from antenna? Will amp wires interfer with antenna cable? I try to catch a program on the way to and from work and in certain areas it goes all static and it sucks. Our 1998 v70 sounds perfect in both areas that the 850 goes out. So i got a booster for the antenna, sort of helped but it still gets static. I want to check if im missing someing i can do before i go for the whip antenna :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulVer Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I know the s70 and 850 radios are different. Maybe the s70 one is just more advanced. Has this always happened? Or did it just start recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergmjs Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 My girlfriend's 850 wagon also has some dead spots in the radio driving around campus. I do not experience them in my 850 sedan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEJinFBK Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 See if the problem follows the radio or the car. Both of those radios should work in either car. Be sure you have the codes handy for each of them and swap'em for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattbchillin Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Great idea,I was able to further investigate the antenna and everything seems in order. Still have to go through the wireing diagrams. But i will defiently switch the radios for a bit, smart idea B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRL Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 The car's long single antenna works better than the wagon in glass antennas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z31jaime Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 The car's long single antenna works better than the wagon in glass antennas This is correct I have 3 850's 2 sedans and a wagon and both the sedans get much better radio signal than my wagon. and it don't matter what radio is in them. I've been thinking of adding some kind of antenna booster as I don't want to add anything to the outside, but have had no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattbchillin Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Im giving it one more try. Im going to install an antenna like the 2000 jetta wagons. Hopefully this will solve the problem Is there any pictures around with an aftermarket antenna on a wagon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattbchillin Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I tried the sc-816 out of my wife's V70 and the reception was MUCH better, only thing is i cant hook up my amp . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEJinFBK Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 What amp? Oem audio amp? Which radios are you dealing with ? You only mentioned an sc-816. Model numbers would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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