Radio to Firestick?
- Thread starter UpsideUp
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Guess I better take this one, lol. Yes, it can be done but it will take adding a splitter box to it to make it work right and it probably won't be easy or cheap to do. My work truck has such a box built into the OEM antenna system which allows the radio, television and CB to use the CB antennas but these boxes are notorious for burning out the diodes in them rendering the whole idea a joke. The reason why a splitter box is necessary is because without it you'll be pushing your transmitted power back into your stereo which will damage it.
David1tontj
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So it'll work fine until you try to use your cb? Haha. That would suck to find out the hard way!
Wouldn't want to use MY cb for sure, might see flames, lol.
David1tontj
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Jus to be clear- I think ridge is saying that the cb output going into the stereo fries the stereo- not the cb. It's a loss either way.
He's wanting to eliminate the OEM stereo antenna and use the CB antenna for both instead.
H8ROADS
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Ah, other way around then....well either way, I don't see the benefit of sharing ants....Easy enough to get a rubber stubby for the radio and call it a day. :beer:
That's exactly what I was thinking too. I have a splitter box on my truck and only thing it's used for is my scanner because they go out so easily.
hydrohut
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Have a look at this link. http://www.rightchannelradios.com/cb-am-fm-antenna-splitter.html They seem to work ok without any problems if you read the customer reviews.
And you believe customer reviews you find on a site such as this that make their money by SELLING? You mean to say vendors can't and don't change or write their own reviews to sell their products? Want reviews? Ask the guys that have these in their trucks right out of the factory that can't talk more than 20 feet because the thing doesn't work.
David1tontj
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Yeah Lee- but what do you know about cbs? I mean... How often do you even use yours? I use mine A LOT!. Sometimes even more than once a month!
hydrohut
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Settle down. I was just putting it out there for the guy who started this thread to have a look at.
Yeah, I wouldn't know. Not like I'm a trucker that sits less than two feet from a CB 12 hours a day or anything, lol.
I totally understand you're just trying to help. At the same time I'm trying to help him see that they aren't the answer. In my line of work I know several CB/Electronics repair shops that see truckers come into their shop all the time complaining that their CB doesn't work or their TV won't pick up any channels. It's because the diodes in the splitter roasted.