Pioneer AN-DAB1 Glass Mount DAB Car Radio Antenna Installation Guide

DAB Antenna Antenne DAB
AN-DAB1
Installation Manual

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Notes:

  • High degrees of skill is required to install this product, so have it installed by a professional Pioneer installer.
  • Use the cleaner to wipe the area of the windscreen where the antenna film, earth sheet, and amplifier block are to be located.
  • Cold glass needs to be heated with the car heater.
  • Install the antenna on the passenger side of the front windscreen.
  • Remove the backing gently.
  • Do not touch the adhesive side of the antenna film.
  • Completely dry the windscreen before mounting the antenna film.
  • When attaching the antenna film, smooth it gently from the edges to preventing air bubbles and wrinkles from forming.
  • Do not allow this product to come into contact with liquids. Electrical shock could result. Also, this unit damage, smoke, and overheat could result from contact with liquids.

Items included (Fig.1)

1 Antenna Lead with Earth Sheet and Amplifier Block
2 Earth Sheet
3 Antenna Film
4 Cable Clamper × 3
5 Cleaner

Installation

  1. Remove the pillar cover from the passenger side.
  2. Check the attachment position (Fig.2)
    6 When mounting on the left-hand side
    7 When mounting on the right-hand side
  3. Peel off Tab I and attach the antenna film to the windscreen glass (Fig.3)
    8 Tab I
  4. Peel off Tab II and attach the antenna film to the windscreen glass (Fig.4)
    Attach the antenna film, using your fingers to force out any trapped air by pushing in the direction indicated by the arrow.
    9 Tab II
  5. Tab III Removal (Fig.5)
    Do not touch the antenna film’s feeder terminal – blacked out in the illustration.
    10 Feeder terminal /
    11 Tab III
  6. Peel the sheet from the amplifier block and attach it to the antenna film (Fig.6) Fasten the Amplifier Block in place, lining up the mark on the Antenna Film with the bump on the Amplifier Block. Do not touch the terminals or the sticky surface.
    12 Amplifier block protrusion / 13 mark
  7. Remove the backing from the earth sheet (Fig.7) Stick the earth sheet to the metal of the A pillar. No paint needs to be removed for the earth contact to work.
  8. Refit the A pillar cover carefully

Connection

  1. Connect the antenna lead to the dub antenna input on the main Pioneer unit (Fig.8)

Specification

[Cable Length]…3.5 m / [Weight]…Approximately 45 g / [Power supply voltage]… DC+9.0 to +16.0 V (DC+12.0 V Typ.) / [Connector]…SMB connector / [Frequency Band]…Band III: 174 MHz to 240 MHz/L-Band: 1 452 MHz to 1 492 MHz / [Recommended temp. for ELEMENT installation]…+10 ºC to +30 ºC, Less than 80 %RH

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