hey i just installed alpines 9851 and the radio reception now sucks. i bought the nissan antenna adap***. the only thing that confused me was that there was like 2 ends on one side of it. i only used one of them. am i supposed to ground the other lead somehow. im kind of confused. also, with out the the antenna plugged in to the radio didnt turn on. thanks

 

First you need to ground the radio. Which by the sound of it, it isnt.

For your issue to be resolved, you need to power the antenna wire. Blue one in the harness...

 

This along with PAC question.

 

o well, no1 is born knowing exactly how to do everything.....

as for grounding the deck, i connected the ground on the deck to black (ground) wire that plugs into the pac then the factory wiring. should i not do that and ground that wire directly. also i have the blue wire connected....

 

Being that theres no actual ground wire in that harness, then you need to ground directly to the chassis.

 

With all due respect to your sarcasm, this type of post as well as PAC adaptors are covered in the FAQs.

Maybe not everyone is born knowing how to wire up radios with Bose, but the majority of people DO know how to READ.

 

trust me i read them. the specifics of connecting the wires were not there. maybe because it was common knowledge to you guys but what ever the case may be, i still needed some information. i wanted make sure i connected everything perfectly before i attempted my install.....

 

Took the words right out of my mouth.

 

Fair enough.

1. There is no need to ground the antenna adapter, in any way shape or form.
Some antenna adapters have the 2pin connector, as well as another female connector, then the side that goes into the aftermarket HU. Just zippie tie that extra female end up, it's not used for your purposes.

2. Make sure the radio itself (black wire coming out of HU harness) is grounded.

3. Make sure the solid blue wire coming out of the same HU harness is hooked up to the solid blue wire in your aftermarket nissan harness.

 

so where should i ground the deck.... just any bare metal or is the like a spot you guys recomend...

 

bare metal is great, theres also two 10mm bolts below the radio, very easy to use as well.

 

ok thanks man....my bad for all the questions but i have one more.... you say the wire harness doesnt have a ground wire but i connect the decks ground the pacs black wire that said ground lol. little confused why that would be there yet not work....

 

If you check the wire with a DMM, it is in fact not a ground at all. You can thank NIssan engineers for that.

 

yea thats pretty stupid.....o well