The cold is getting to my battery I start every day just about and its sounding weak.
Also my sticker has lost its blade due to removing ice.
Also my sticker has lost its blade due to removing ice.
Here in the Land of the Finns we use silicone on the door seals, works at -27C. Mine is like giant lipsick ~12cm, roll a little bit and smear to seals.Have you tried silicone/rubber rejuvenator on the door seals? If it's the lock, I dunno, silicone oil maybe? (Course you have, don't mind me).
No, I didn't. Interesting!By the way Mika, did you know that Finn Mac Cool is a much loved Irish mythological hunter/warrior?
I'm wanting to sort out a few things the speaker is blowing on passenger's side.
Not sure if it's something else causing the sound or just need replacing I need to look at it soon.
Also I'm trying to figure out how one can hook up the steering wheel audio controls to work with the aftermarket radio.
Seems that I need to buy an adaptor and wire it into the loom some how.
This seems to be the only way it would be great if I had some guidance as to what adapter would work and how to wire such as a diagram basic for this project.
this one will work and is plug and play or least looks to be what is phone button tho ?
incartec.co.uk/product/Nissan-Micra-K12-Note-Audio-Steering-control
dynamicsounds.co.uk/connects2-ctsns007-2-nissan-micra-note-steering-wheel-control-stalk-adaptor.html
Edit:- had a look at the speaker it appear to be find visually no wire loose as far as I could see..
Tryed to rearrange the push clips amd deleted the old one that was probably an original that was no longer re-usable.
Door carde is now held firmly in position around the areas of the speaker leaving me one that needs replace down in the bottom middle.
Had another try and it sounds horrible not sure so much why other than maybe the magnet is wornout or my music quality is just crap.
Anyhow I think best to replace them as they don't really look that good anyways.
You will find that the RF circuits in the average car radio are pre adjusted to match to the 'standard' length of aerial mast fitted to a car, in the case of the K12, around 800mm long, which equates to about 1/4 wavelength on the FM spectrum of 88Mhz-102Mhz..........short 'fashionable' aerials will always give poor results in comparison......... Also aerial polarisation has quite a lot of effect...... some stations are transmitted vertically polarised and others horizontally polarised, the 'standard' rake of the roof mounted aerial on the K12 of about 45 degrees to the roof ground plane is a deliberate compromise to allow for 'acceptable' reception of both modes of polarisation...... (guess who has held a 'ham' radio licence for over 40 years )Today removed the stubby radio antenna. I'm replacing it again. Since not getting any signal at all, only one local station would work.
Found that the adapter that makes it fit was rusted, along with the inside thread that it connects with.
I've blown this out a couple times with spray. Then try to remove the rest with bit of wirewool. Since I don't have any other ideas how to remove the rust in such an area.
Also this time sealed the connector to help reduce corrosion.
Now that I have replaced I can pick up a few more channels than before.
Using a bee sting antenna seems better.
It may not be the antenna or wiring to fault tho.
The local transmitter has had trouble lately.
And I sometimes have trouble with over head wires from telephone cables where its parked.
All I know for sure is the other car picks up all channels no problem
Aerial length is always a compromise on M.W. and L.W. reception but again the radio's internal circuitry is optimised for best reception of these bands with the 'standard' length aerial. The wavelength of the Medium wave band is about 200 to 600 metres and Long Wave is 1,100 to 2,000 metres so the chances of achieving even a matching 1/4 wave are just a tad 'difficult' even with a fixed mains powered radio and a 'long wire' aerial in your back garden......... . I'm currently 'playing with' (repairing and restoring) some 1940's/50's valve radios like this one......So the angle could affect the reception as well because I think I pushed it down and then was unable to pull it back up.
23cm the bee sting.
Stumpy was about an inch long.
I want to reinstall the original but am unable to find it atm.
Have used an airband radio when I was younger it was really cheap and did not last very long.
The head unit in the car though has Fm Mw and Lw.
It could also be settings related because in the past it has done this before when battery was taken off to charge then replaced it seemed better.
I did notice this though in a photo I had taken the angle was more at 45 degrees with the original antenna installed so this is probably the cause since its pushed almost flat maybe 25 to 30 degree.
The bee sting was about 2.50 so I don't expect much from it although it does seem to be decent picking up a Lw frequency where the stubby did not.
Its not the greatest reception but it shows its picking up well because longwave atlantic 252 is usually hard to pick up.
The down side to a bee sting is it's designed to be installed at the rear of a vehicle.
I will give it another try at moving it but I'm afraid to snap it and end up having to replace knowing its going to be hard to find one.
You want 'state of the art' how about this tiny valve portable from 1948, it owes its existence to sub miniature valves, developed in WW II for clandestine and walkie talkie radios .That must once have been state of the art technology . Yet still interesting today