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What is this?

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Having taken my cab roof lining out I noticed this ribbon and connector coming from my windscreen. Is this an fm aerial do you think? I know my fm aerial is in my mirrors as I’ve seen it when I swapped them out for Touran mirrors. Since then I haven’t bothered with radio as I don’t want to drill my roof. Could this be a windscreen aerial that just isn’t being used? I can see a line in the glass and this wire is coming from directly where that is?

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Yes, an aerial.
Perhaps you've had a replacement windscreen, and they've used a pre facelift one, and tucked the ribbon out of sight?
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Thanks for the reply mate.

It looks like the original screen, no signs of it having been removed but it was 3 years old when I got it so it's possible.

Do you think I'd be able to get a wire to connect it to my head unit and use it?
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I don't see why not.
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Is that a part I could buy from VW/tps? Or is it part of the loom and wouldn't be available to buy separately?
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Isn’t that the aerial for the DAB?? I have the same on mine. Try connecting it to the DAB cable at the back of the head unit.


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If your aerial was in the mirror, the Dab aerial would be in the other mirror.
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I don’t have dab.


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Don’t you have one of those Chinese apple play thingys. Your have to upgrade to DAB one. Better sound quality.


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