To be installed by a competent technician...

esoteric · 25 Dec 2014 at 16:01

My, Mum got a Panasonic SC-HC15 stereo system about 2 years ago and has never used the radio. It doesn't get a reception and it has no antenna, she couldn't figure it out.

She bought it up today because I got a new radio alarm clock, so I had a play and it gets no reception and there is a plug for an FM antenna. As far as I can tell it should all be internal for the radio, but I found the antenna and.. well look

The manual only says the antenna should be installed by a competent technician, no other instructions about it. Well it looks like the silver bit plugs into the middle of the black bit which then plugs into the stereo. Well I did that and the static goes away but still no reception.

Maybe I did it wrong, maybe the radio on this stereo is just knackered, but probably I got this antenna business all wrong.

We got any competent technicians here?

touch · 25 Dec 2014 at 16:21

Probably need to connect up the other wire to the outer part of the connector too?

slinxy · 28 Dec 2014 at 05:28

Dude... This is common!

The black tubular thing is an male to male adaptor to plug in a RF antenna, like on a TV.

The black wire is an antenna. You can use one or the other or both. For the RF, look for a male RF connector like the one for the antenna of your TV, pop that on then pop on an antenna like an indoor one, it's better for AM and LW.

The cable looks like a slide in one, this normally only produces FM radio, have a look for something that says FM, or FM loop. It's more common to have another set of connectors like the ones for the speakers. But this looks like a slide in to a port of sorts, the may even have a metal turn post, turn to loose, slide on then turn to tighten up.

anything I don't mind · 28 Dec 2014 at 10:53

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R19D...pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004WKH67E#wasThisHelpful

Found a review on Amazon seems others had same problem with it.

Not sure what they mean though.

Ewanb75 · 28 Dec 2014 at 11:11

The Manual.

I've had those type of FM cables in various equipment over the years, should just pop in the back of the stereo, the connector should look like a normal TV aerial point. Or plug it into the black piece in the centre and plug that into the socket on the back.

Deleted member 77746 · 28 Dec 2014 at 11:57

What "competent technician" really means is probably someone who has dealt with electronics and knows electronics enough to be able to fit that part! lol

phil675 · 28 Dec 2014 at 13:08

mrbell1984 said:
What "competent technician" really means is probably someone who has dealt with electronics and knows electronics enough to be able to fit that part! lol

It's probably mistranslated Japanese from 'non-idiot'.

Deleted member 77746 · 28 Dec 2014 at 13:16

phil675 said:
It's probably mistranslated Japanese from 'non-idiot'.

lol, couldn't really add 'non-idiot' to all areas labeled 'competent technician' though could we?

Westyfield2 · 28 Dec 2014 at 17:53

slinxy said:
The black tubular thing is an male to male adaptor to plug in a RF antenna, like on a TV.

What he said.

Aod · 28 Dec 2014 at 21:30

I can't really see from the photo, but it looks like there are fingers which have been squished down in to the centre and then shoved into the hole in the adapter. Antennas need two connections, a ground and the conductor. I think you need to open out the fingers/petals and put them in the outer ring of the adapter, and there should be a central spike that goes into the middle.