After puting in a new CD player and speakers a few weeks ago, i never got round to working out how the arial connects in. i wasnt bothered at the time but iv actually started to miss the radio.

The standard jap plug has 2 prongs on it. does one go to a window arial and the other to the electric arial?

i cant see an adapter in the shops so what one do i have to cut to solder on the correct plug.

cheers

All I did was cut off the j spec plug and fitted a standard plug from Maplin to the thicker lead

Autoleads do one, check Halfrauds or give me a bell 08005422875

 

Bob

It had me fooled for a while as well. The original equipment aerial connector in the J spec is a silly thing. You simply cut it off and put a standard coax plug on in its place and plug that into a standard radio/CD aerial socket. You can get the plug pretty much anywhere.

 

The power aerial control is not part of the aerial plug. The power aerial control wire is embedded in the multi wire connector that plugs into the radio/CD unit. I got a conversion plug for mine at a Car Radio shop. The socket end plugs into the original ZX plug and the plug end went into my new Pioneer stereo. Click click, all fixed, and everything works.

 

However, since your new unit is working, you must have already solved the power connector issue, therefore all that remains is to chop the aerial co-ax, fit a proper plug and stick it into the socket.

 

Cheers

 

Barry

hi guys, thanks for the info.

ive got the power wire, its the blue remote wire from the headunit. thats fine,

its just the jap spec arial wire it has two prongs and 2 bits of co-ax.

Paul, if your saying the thicker one of the 2 that answers my question. wont bother with an adapter cos it'l no be going back to Japan, il just cut it neatly and solder on the right plug.

cheers

Fraser

hi guys, thanks for the info.

ive got the power wire, its the blue remote wire from the headunit. thats fine,

its just the jap spec arial wire it has two prongs and 2 bits of co-ax.

Paul, if your saying the thicker one of the 2 that answers my question. wont bother with an adapter cos it'l no be going back to Japan, il just cut it neatly and solder on the right plug.

cheers

Fraser

Arrrrrrrr!! This explains somthing.......... I now know why I have a thin co-ax wire behind my head unit (cut off) :D But does anyone know why there was two co-ax leads in the first place?

I think it's for the FM diversity, the Z must have 2 aerials, the normal power one on the rear arch and maybe the other is in the rear window, but not too sure where it is.

I think it's for the FM diversity, the Z must have 2 aerials, the normal power one on the rear arch and maybe the other is in the rear window, but not too sure where it is.

 

Yep that's right, the FM band in Japan came in two chunks and there were two aerial inputs braided together for the rather dumb original equipment radio. The dual wire job goes in the junk bin with the head unit. I think you are right about the rear window secondary aerial.

 

B