SubeeTed Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Hi ALL! So my OEM radio started too loose reception a few months ago ! I was listening to CD's , but wanted my radio back ! I decide to do the Crutchfield thing, got a Pioneer AM/FM CD player. Had in professional installed, along with to rear door speakers that were blown out ! So...new radio also has poor reception, in the same way ! Unfortunately I started to Google antenna problems AFTER I did this ! Seems that there is a antenna problem in the 2005 Legacy Wagons. Maybe not the antenna, but the signal booster ! I saw some info on this, not quite clear on how to track problem down ! It seems that the antenna wires are on the drivers side wire bundle in the hatch. Which is shared by the windshield fluid tube. I don't have any idea were the antenna booster is, or how to get to it, or how to diagnose ! HELP !!! SubeeTed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubeeTed Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Hmmm .... No info ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 on gen 2s , I think the booster itself is in the cargo area behind some trim panel on the left side. did you install tint? some say that will interfere with reception. And I suppose a scratch could mess-up the antenna but - not sure. And yes, any new head unit has to power that remote booster. you might dig around at www.opposedforces.com and find it on a diagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubeeTed Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Thanks for the reply Texan !No...I did not install tint. When I order head unit from Crutchfield, I bought the Metra wiring harness as well. I'll suppose it powers up the booster as the OEM radio did !? I'm WONDERING if I could buy an aftermarket signal booster, if that would work ? They are a lot cheaper than the OEM one. Or are they just junk ???? Thanks, SubeeTed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirtokesalot Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 my uncle has one of those aftermarket antennas in his car its not as good as the factory one the aftermarket boosters ive found dont do much for anything. id head to a junk yard and pull a used one they cant be too much if you pull it yourself. the booster is located behind the trim panel in the cargo area on the drivers side i saw it recently in a friends 04 outback when we took the panels off to hammer the damage out from his rear end accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubeeTed Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Hi again. Just found my antenna booster, I just pulled the panel down . Found out that it's a Clarion unit, EF-1214I-A . I started snooping around the interwoven, can't find anything ! Went to FEEbay, found a used unit that sold. It says that it came out of an '05 Subee Leg Wgn like mine. I can look at the model #....everything is the same except it has a " C " at the end...wonder if that makes ANY difference ?? Anyhow...I think I'm going to go to the junk yard to get one.... I'de like to be able to test to see if I'm getting 12 Volts to the one I have in the car, I'de like to know what pin it is ? I suspect that it's ( - ) ground via the screws that hold it on ??? Many thanks, SubeeTed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 does yours get 12V ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubeeTed Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 It ended up being that wire problem in the hatch area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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