Planning on fitting a DAB radio to my 1993 Mk1 and am considering my options regarding a DAB aerial - magnetic ones sound like a good idea but the cable would need to be fed through a window rubber or somewhere (assuming roof up!) so perhaps not the best solution; glass-mounted aerial is another option, but the neatest option would appear to be to fit an aerial splitter so that I can just utilise the existing FM aerial. However it appears that this will only work if the existing aerial is NOT amplified.
So, here’s my question - can anyone tell me if the standard original equipment electric aerial as fitted to a 1993 Mk1 Eunos is amplified or not? ![]()
Hi, I’ve got the aerial from my 94 mk1 on the dining table at the moment as one of the gears that raise the mast is damaged and it is not amplified. I don’t think amplifiers were fitted until the mk3 with the stubby aerial came along.
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Thanks Combemartian, I kinda thought it probably wasn’t amplified but I wasn’t sure and to be honest I wouldn’t know how to tell…! ![]()
I strongly considered going for a splitter for my mk1 Eunos as I didn’t like the idea of having an aerial on the windscreen and wanted to keep the look as original as possible…
Having spent some time researching this and taking advice from a car audio specialist I came to conclusion that the DAB reception with a splitter would be too unreliable.
In the end I went with the glass mounted aerial and have no regrets. It is less conspicuous than I thought and reception is generally very good. In my Previa I have wireless DAB which
avoids the need for wiring to the head set and it comes with a remote but the aerial does still need wiring to the electrics to provide amplification. This is a great solution in the Previa as I have the aerial glass mounted in the rear side windows out of the way ( and wired to the rear 12 volt socket ) and it allows me to use the original head set. However this might not be such a good solution in the MX5 with only the front glass to work with…
After taking advice from two car audio specialist shops, and the internet, I went for a conventional externally mounted antenna for the best and most consistent DAB reception. I thought long and hard about the antenna positioning, and ended up with this. 
The lead feeds through a tiny hole in the boot rubber seal, then on through the boot and below the centre console. Looks neat and unobtrusive, IMHO.
Hope this helps. Steve
I’ve had this ebay item 111075366265 fitted to my pajero for 9 years now and the reception is fantastic in fact it’s far better than my new Renault traffic factory dab system
Thanks for all the replies folks! We get fairly good DAB reception around here (central Scotland) so I think I’ll try the splitter option first as its definitely the neatest, and if the reception is not good enough I’ll need to investigate the aerial options… ![]()
Very best of luck
Would be interested to hear how this works out for you