Is this normal?
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- Shazzam
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Is this normal?
Today I had jb hi fi install my stereo.
Cost me $170 then when I went to pick it up he tells me I have no radio and probably need a windscreen antenna.
I don't see why he couldn't of rang me to tell me, I would of paid whatever extra he wanted?
I feel ripped, I paid to have it installed and the radio doesn't even work?
Not his fault if I had no antenna or whatever but I don't see the point in radio installation if the stupid thing doesn't even work. Is this just my bad luck?
Cost me $170 then when I went to pick it up he tells me I have no radio and probably need a windscreen antenna.
I don't see why he couldn't of rang me to tell me, I would of paid whatever extra he wanted?
I feel ripped, I paid to have it installed and the radio doesn't even work?
Not his fault if I had no antenna or whatever but I don't see the point in radio installation if the stupid thing doesn't even work. Is this just my bad luck?
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Re: Is this normal?
You do have an antenna
Funny enough, it IS in the rear windscreen.
He probably didn't hook up the power line for the antenna which needs 12v tap from ignition, or amp out power.
Funny enough, it IS in the rear windscreen.
He probably didn't hook up the power line for the antenna which needs 12v tap from ignition, or amp out power.

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Re: Is this normal?
Is it my bad luck or he didn't do it right?
I don't want to complain if he did his part.
I don't want to complain if he did his part.
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Re: Is this normal?
all FTO from standard have an antenna in the rear window.
If they have a button on the dash near the guages and A/C controls, then it has a power antenna. (retractable)
I believe it's a pink wire coming out from a split where the antenna cable is, it needs a 12v feed for the radio to function.
If they have a button on the dash near the guages and A/C controls, then it has a power antenna. (retractable)
I believe it's a pink wire coming out from a split where the antenna cable is, it needs a 12v feed for the radio to function.

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Re: Is this normal?
Thanks I might ring him back and ask more.
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Re: Is this normal?
i told you mum... the end bit that has to go into the radio is missing something so if u pop it in it will fall back out lol
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Re: Is this normal?
I dare say then that the tabs on the side of the plug have been compressed in.marshy1223 wrote:i told you mum... the end bit that has to go into the radio is missing something so if you pop it in it will fall back out lol
Simply put a small flat head under the tab, pull it out a bit and then push it back in to the headunit, should then hold.

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U told me squat, you laughed and said my sub and amp are sitting in the bootmarshy1223 wrote:i told you mum... the end bit that has to go into the radio is missing something so if you pop it in it will fall back out lol
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Re: Is this normal?
Astron_Boy wrote:I dare say then that the tabs on the side of the plug have been compressed in.marshy1223 wrote:i told you mum... the end bit that has to go into the radio is missing something so if you pop it in it will fall back out lol
Simply put a small flat head under the tab, pull it out a bit and then push it back in to the headunit, should then hold.
yess thats it!!! i couldn't find the word for it haha there wasn't any tabs pressed in... it wasn't even on there ?? but mum the stuff in the boot has nothing to do with the antenna in the front

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Re: Is this normal?
Yeah it did, you put a radio in that didn't work
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Re: Is this normal?
So did JB HiFiShazzam wrote:Yeah it did, you put a radio in that didn't work

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Hey Marshy.......
1-Fold your mirrors away
2-5 times in a row
mikeey01nzl wrote:Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done!![]()
Daniel2019 wrote:Come on phil, we bonded at the bonfire, lets be honest here...me and phil are besties now...![]()
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Re: Is this normal?
Bite me Phil, I know where you live 

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Re: Is this normal?
Hey Phil, what does that mean? 5 times in a row?PHIL069 wrote:Shazzam wrote:
Hey Marshy.......
1-Fold your mirrors away
2-5 times in a row

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Re: Is this normal?
Shazzam wrote:Hey Phil, what does that mean? 5 times in a row?PHIL069 wrote:Shazzam wrote:
Hey Marshy.......
1-Fold your mirrors away
2-5 times in a row



mikeey01nzl wrote:Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done!![]()
Daniel2019 wrote:Come on phil, we bonded at the bonfire, lets be honest here...me and phil are besties now...![]()
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Re: Is this normal?
Shazzam wrote:![]()
It clearly states "Shazzam wrote..."PHIL069 wrote:Shazzam wrote: Hey Marshy.......
1-Fold your mirrors away
2-5 times in a row
Anyway...............I think we should stop hijacking this thread................
Oh! hang on.............it's your thread
mikeey01nzl wrote:Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done!![]()
Daniel2019 wrote:Come on phil, we bonded at the bonfire, lets be honest here...me and phil are besties now...![]()
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Re: Is this normal?
PHIL069 wrote:So did JB HiFiShazzam wrote:Yeah it did, you put a radio in that didn't work![]()
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Hey Marshy.......
1-Fold your mirrors away
2-5 times in a row
Is that better? Lol
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mikeey01nzl wrote:Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done!![]()
Daniel2019 wrote:Come on phil, we bonded at the bonfire, lets be honest here...me and phil are besties now...![]()
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Re: Is this normal?
PHIL069 wrote:So did JB HiFiShazzam wrote:Yeah it did, you put a radio in that didn't work![]()
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Hey Marshy.......
1-Fold your mirrors away
2-5 times in a row
yeah yeah yeah !!! lmao
