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Hello, is the broken pin on the back of the unit or is it on the antenna cable plug? If it is on the unit and not the cable, you would most likely need to replace the connector that is attached to the PC board inside, which extends through the back of the case. This would require knowledge of soldering / desoldering pc boards, etc. and would be best performed by a "bench technician". There are no "user replaceable" plugs available.
Buy replacement antenna mast. Remove old one by unscrewing the retaining cap nut. Turn on the radio & let the antenna cable run all the way up while you pull on it to remove it.
Install the new antenna mast by turning the radio 'off' so the spool inside goes back to its beginning while you feed the cable of the new antenna down into the antenna mast hole.
Once the cable is all the way down, reinstall the retaining nut/cap and turn on the radio to allow the spool to run the antenna 'UP.'... cycle the radio ON and then OFF several times allowing the antenna to move all the way up and all the way down.
That's it!
THE ANTENNA MAST DRIVE CABLE IS BROKEN, EITHER REPLACE THE ANTENNA OR THE DRIVE CABLE, CALL THE DEALER TO SEE IF A ANTENNA MAST KIT IS AVALIABLE FOR YOUR CAR, MUCH CHEAPER THAN A WHOLE NEW ANTENNA..
Well first repair the coaxial cable going to your antenna. There is no way you can use RCA cables as a substitution for coaxial cable. They have totally two different properties. You can use the coaxial and feed it to a VCR/DVD player where you can output the signal with RCA/composite cables. Basically, use your VCR/DVD player as a tuner for your TV.
Yes it is possible to replace just the mast/antenna part. You just need to goto a car audio place and get an replacement mast. The only other problem is if the the other half of the nylon piece is still stuck in the motor.
Take off the antenna nut that holds the antenna to the car and turn on the radio. The antenna should spit it's guts out, then position the new nylon lead in the same orentation that the old one came out, have an assistant turn off the radio and the antenna should get sucked back in. You need to be somewhat quick when doing the replacement part, sometimes you need to try a couple of times to get the antenna all the way in.
If it doesn't go all the way down there may be a piece of the old nylon string still stuck inside the antenna body.
Buy a portable card reader. Insert in USB port. Insert your card and download. You don't need a cable then.I just bought one for $10.49 with a $6 rebate from Radio Shack.
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