Radio Reception

[Steve J]

Okay, so I was bored of working at home today so did some badly needed filing. Found an SELOC post I'd printed off ages ago about fixing radio reception in the elise. So thought I'd have a go.

 

Just done the simple bit of wrapping aluminium sticky tape round the ariel cable from where it goes through the body to where it dissapears down past the expansion bottle.

 

Wow

 

I now can get every radio station in crystal clarity.

 

Cheapest mod yet

[emmajaneb]

Cool! Sounds like a worth while mod...

 

Now you can listen to on the radio.

[Scott_Mac]

You can just turn up Phoebe's radio and hear it in the car can't you though Em?

[emmajaneb]

[Scott_Mac]

[Zircon450]

Aluminium sticky tape

Just read the old posts on SELOC,

 

You young uns with your new fangled FM, MP3's, DJ's, MTV's and the like.

 

What about old senile radio hams like me (steady Scott) who operate wireless telegraphy on AM (again for the young uns - thats Absolute Max !)

 

Where would one procure said ally sticky tapey stuff ?

 

 

Le Mans here we come

[Scott_Mac]

Not sure if its an S1 fix too Tango.....

 

I get great radio reception anyway, possibly down ot aluminium boot lid i guess

[Steve J]

Think I bought mine from Halfords about 15 years ago !

 

You don't need much as you can fit it lengthways rather than wrapping around and around.

[Zircon450]

FM's ok but AM's poor, Radio Five Live is really hard to pick out the voices.

 

Will have a look tonight, but it could be down to the Clarion cats whisker radio set !

 

[Steve J]

?

 

Mine's the standard Clarion unit.

 

Buttons too small and unfathomable.

Have to wait ages for it to warm up before putting a CD in otherwise I get Error 6 or Error 3.

 

However the blue screen matches the blue dash lights

 

The S3 has orange screen with orange dash lights. Nice to see Lotus is going for matching colours rather than quality kit

[Scott_Mac]

FM's ok but AM's poor, Radio Five Live is really hard to pick out the voices.

 

Will have a look tonight, but it could be down to the Clarion cats whisker radio set !

 

You still get AM? Amazing.. whatever next!

 

As for Five Live don't they just cover football? Therefore a complete waste of radio bandwidth?

[Sibs]

Can anyone give me the details for fixing it? I haven't been able to use the radio since I bought it (3 yrs ago).

 

Cheers

Sarah

[Steve J]

1. Buy some sticky aluminium tape (from Halfords or the like)

2. Wrap around the wires coming from underneath the beesting ariel (under bootlid). Cover the black split plastic sheath that houses the wires as far as you can.

Optional:

3. Stick tin foil underneath the plastic engine cover

4. Cover the wires coming out of the engine cover with aluminium tape

 

This last bit I haven't done as 1. and 2. did it for me.

 

It's just about shielding the ariel from interference from the other electrical circuits.

 

Sorry can't post pics as the home PC is still off being repaired.

 

Good luck.

[ipanter]

I find i get a better reception if i simply turn my lights on, weird but it works!

[simon_prickett]

I took all the radio kit and speaker pods out of mine, cos I couldn't hear it and it added weight!!!