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What are these brackets on the roof?

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:06 pm
by BongoSanj
I've just bought a Ford Freda. And I haven't figured out what these brackets are? The previous owner didn't know either.

There is a small TV/DVD unit inside but the tv aerial input doesn't work, (the DVD does apparently, not tested it). If its for a TV aerial I don't know why there are 2.

They're only on the driver's side.
I'm trying to avoid removing the trim to trace the wires.

Any ideas much appreciated.

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Re: What are these brackets on the roof?

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:11 pm
by g8dhe
Because it can be rather mountainous in Japan its normal to fit diversity aerials for TV/Radio so that which ever aerial or combination of aerials give the best signal is fed to the receiver. Hence its quite common to see several often 4 mounts around the vehicle. Totally useless in this country so you can remove them and the associated wiring, which is usually excessive ion length :-)

Re: What are these brackets on the roof?

Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:06 am
by BongoSanj
Ah! Right. Thanks for that. Will probably remove them.

Cheers