tonyflow Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 MP3's, Navigatio etc work fine, just will not tune in to any radio stations (on any band) - this is in an A4 B7 (upgrading from Symphony II). Kinda stuck , as everything else was simple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Are you sure the FM aerial is plugged into teh back of the unit - it might have come out when you pushed the unit back in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Remember there's 2 antenna connections - and one of them is a different type of connector on the RNS-E compared to a Symphony II. Did you get and fit the antenna adapter lead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 If you didn't get the adaptor lead, drop a PM to Shark_90 - he fitted the RNS-E into my car and bought all the right cables (so I didn't even have to think about it). Top job as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 tonyflow has answered this question on www.navplus.us - the centre pin of the antenna connector was bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Crusan Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 tonyflow has answered this question on www.navplus.us - the centre pin of the antenna connector was bent. hi all! This is my first post here... first of all I want to say sorry about my english, because I'm from Spain I have an A3 Sportback from 2005... I had a concert II installed and recently I upgrade it to an RNSE. Everything was fine except of radio signal... I have vagcom and I saw the classical DTC's about ZF open circuit, ground cero, etc. But it seems that it has nothing to be with whe radio signal because it's just common with the upgrading from II radios to RNSE. I've been searching for a posible solutions so before writting here i've read a lot of post in several forums... I heard about the Golf V solutions (but it has nothing to be with my problem cause it's just for upgrading from II+ radios to RNSE), I thought I need an amplifier but I've read that my car has amplifiers at his antennas... maybe the connectors that I have are not well connected... maybe the only thing I know is that my old Radio Concert II worked fine and now my RNSE has no radio signal... well, at some areas it can catch 1 or 2 radio stations but it do it badly and not for a while... even in big cities it catch nothing! it's very strange isn't it? could my RNSE radio broken? I think that my problem has to be with antenna circuit... I pluged both antennas HF and ZF to the adaptator and then I plugged them to my RNSe but seems that it doesn't work... Is there any part of the vagcom program to check if the amplifiers of my radio antenna system worked fine? maybe the pin of my connector adaptator was also bent... how can I check it? by just looking at it? I would thank any help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Crusan Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 well I see that anybody knows anything... Maybe at least somebody could help me by finding the post where it's explained the "solution" of that bent pin... I've searched at Audi Forum forum but I've found nothing... thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 But it seems that it has nothing to be with whe radio signal because it's just common with the upgrading from II radios to RNSE. I don't know where you read that because it just isn't true. When upgrading from a II radio to an RNS-E you need an adapter to convert the 1x Fakra + 1x "normal car radio" connector to the 2x Fakra used by the RNS-E - result? Fully working radio and NO error codes. When upgrading from a II+ radio to an RNS-E there IS a problem - the II+ radios use a different diversity scheme, so cars fitted with the RNS-E are wired differently at the factory from cars fitted with the II+ radios. There is a workaround using a VW antenna module that converts the 2 antenna connections used by a II+ radio into the HF & ZF connections needed by the RNS-E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Crusan Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 I don't know where you read that because it just isn't true.When upgrading from a II radio to an RNS-E you need an adapter to convert the 1x Fakra + 1x "normal car radio" connector to the 2x Fakra used by the RNS-E - result? Fully working radio and NO error codes. When upgrading from a II+ radio to an RNS-E there IS a problem - the II+ radios use a different diversity scheme, so cars fitted with the RNS-E are wired differently at the factory from cars fitted with the II+ radios. There is a workaround using a VW antenna module that converts the 2 antenna connections used by a II+ radio into the HF & ZF connections needed by the RNS-E. Hi petroldave! thanks for your answer, you're right! It's not a common problem... After my first post I was investigating about the problem and I realized that antennas compatibility between RNSE and II radios are perfect (except by the fakra connections). So I was supoused to have full radio stations with my RNSe and my pre-concert II instalation. But the result is that I haven't radio sations... only in a very few places and that's very strange. Even a friend of mine with a RNSE (mounted at factory) has full radio stations so that means that my car has a problem. Anyway before taking my RNSE unit to the reparation workshop (wich means $$$$) I would like to discard the posibility of having the RNSE unit broken... So I will try to verify the adaptator connections, the antenna cables, also the antennas amplifiers... I hope that I could find the solutions to the problem in some of this points... If anybody has any idea abouta posible solution feel free to post it to me Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Have you tried wiggling the connections at the back of the RNS-E, these are known to break off the circuit board inside the RNS-E and give bad or intermittent reception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Crusan Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Have you tried wiggling the connections at the back of the RNS-E, these are known to break off the circuit board inside the RNS-E and give bad or intermittent reception. Hi craigyb! Thanks for your answer... During the instalation of the RNSE I was very careful about the connections, but anyway I will check that posibility tomorrow and I will post the results. I will check also the cable connector and the pins (I still hadn't enought free time this week to sit at my car to check everything ). In case of confirming what you are saying, does it have a posible solution? maybe opening the RNSE unit and repairing the connection wit the circuit board? Or should I forget about listening radio anymore? Or maybe do you know any post of people explaining that problem and the way they solve it? thanks again!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have opened the RNS-E up and resoldered the board, it is not easy, but possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsilviuro Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 When upgrading from a II radio to an RNS-E you need an adapter to convert the 1x Fakra + 1x "normal car radio" connector to the 2x Fakra used by the RNS-E - result? Fully working radio and NO error codes. What adapter is this? I did chorus II to RNS-E... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 If you didn't use any adaptors then it was a chorus II+, not a chorus II which is single DIN with a tape player. Chorus II, concert II single DIN - requires adaptors Symhony II double DIN - requires adaptors Chorus II+, Concert II+ and Symphony II+ double DIN with RNS-E style connectors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsilviuro Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 I did chorus II (1din with tape player) to RNS-E... It's antenna adapter or cables adpater? I have the cable adapter, but I thought PetrolDave was speaking about antenna adapter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 You would have still required some adaptors. 1. RNS-E adaptor for power/signals etc 2. Antenna adpator for FM ISO to Fakra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsilviuro Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 1. I've got this KUFATEC GmbH - RNS E Adapter Audi A3 8P & 8P Sport 33405 2. and this KUFATEC GmbH - Audi Antennenadapter Navigationseinheit RNS-E 33408 Chorus II doesn't have diversity antenna, so I thought there is a splitter and goes into diversity in the RNS-E I guess I got them confussed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 You use the same adaptor regardless of having the diversity or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slidingsash Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 You use the same adaptor regardless of having the diversity or not. Has anyone packaged up a kit to fix this RNSE/radio antenna issue yet or do you still have to buy the bits and make it up yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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