Installing DAB headunit aerial

[Nastynick]

My W210 E300 came to me sans radio. Thankfully, a work colleague has lent me a Blaupunkt Woodstock 52 DAB head unit with a view to buy.

I installed the radio without a hitch but only the standard aerial. The DAB antenna is a coaxial type affair that has 2 end pieces that mount either side of the vehicle glass. the cable then has to be routed through the vehicle to the back of the headunit.

Has anyone got a similar radio or had experience of installing a DAB antenna in a W210?

 

[IanW]

Not in a W210, but I installed the Woodstock 52 in an elderly Audi. I mounted the antenna in the top right of the back window, avoiding the demister elements. I ran the cable through the headlining, down the 'C' pillar, along the cabling channels in the floor, back to the headunit.

Reception was absolute pants! On my daily journey from Reading to Staines, it would pick up DAB stations around Reading for 5 minutes, then nothing, then for the last 100 yards they'd be back.

The solution was to replace the standard AM/FM pigtail antenna with a 3-band Hirschmann one (AM/FM/DAB). Fortunately, the Audi wiring loom included switched +12volts for the built-in amplifier. A little over £100 at the time. Excellent reception - Planet Rock all the way into work!

DAB reception is something I miss from the COMAND unit.

Ian.

 

[jonnyMercUK]

DAB reception is something I miss from the COMAND unit.

I have it in my C Class Coupe and think it's rubbish, it cuts out quite often!

 

[toolman1954]

I have a Woodstock DAB54 in my 210 estate and a stick on aerial up close to the n.s window pillar. I have had no problems, with reception except traveling up to Scotland on the A74 where reception is a bit patchy, and sometimes in the countryside there might be a deaf patch. I rather think that it depends on where you live for quality of reception. Also for me Planet Rock is always on, I only bought the radio to listen to Planet Rock !!- how sad eh !!