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METRA Ltd 40-UV44 Motorola Antenna Y-adapter

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This adapter provided a clean solution for my DIY project to install an HD radio kit in my car. Most car audio head units (mine included) do not have the capability to deactivate the internal AM/FM tuner after installing a compatible HD radio kit. Installing a HD radio kit requires use of the vehicle antenna--the problem is there is one antenna connection and two tuners. This kit readily enables you to have both tuners working. There are several reasons why: (1) avoids the "dead" source on your head unit (static noise), (2) enables one to compare station and tuner quality (internal AM/FM vs. the HD unit), (3) avoids "...there's something wrong with your radio" when someone else drives your vehicle, and (4) allow you to go back to regular AM/FM on your favorite station because sometimes the regular (non HD) audio may sound better than the HD version depending on the CODEC being used by the radio station. Depending on your area radio stations, HD radio can sound anywhere from near CD quality to very bad MP3 sound. The Metra 40-UV44 adapter let's you enjoy the best of both worlds and is one I consider a must have adapter if your car audio system does not allow you to deactivate the internal tuner.

In addition to this item, I also purchased the female to female adapter made by the same company which I am also very pleased with.

I want to clarify that I am using this in my car and I'm calling it an FM-antenna y-adapter for a car.

I purchased this because I have a portable MP3 player (Zune) that has HD radio (with a docking base I velcro'd inside the car) and a regular car radio.

I was in a rock/hard place, because I wanted to sometimes listen to the MP3 player and sometimes the car radio. Also, sometimes I take my MP3 player with me and simply forget to put it back in the car - therefore I need radio reception for both devices.

This car antenna y-adapter fit the bill perfectly and was reasonably priced. I was going to DIY and make my own y-adapter, but car antennas use a solid/stiff coaxial cable type wire which isn't the greatest for splicing.

I'm glad I came across this on Amazon and hopefully this review will have the keywords you need to find it too. (Who knew that "Motorola" is the same as a car antenna??)

It works just like it is supposed to. Not much to talk about. It is just a Y adapter to allow 2 receivers for one antenna.

If your purchasing a head unit that uses a seperate module for HD radio then this wire is a must. You will have a hard time with the switching of Analog and digital with this cable. This cable is also necessary if you plan to use the near defunct MSN Direct service available on certain high-end head units. Overall a great deal on a necessary item here on Amazon.

I installed this in a 2009 Accord V6 with Pioneer AVIC F90-BT and Gex P10 HD tuner and needed to split the signal. I also needed and antenna adapter because of a proprietary honda plug, but plugged the adapter into the stock plug, then the adapter to this with one leg going to the F90 for MSN traffic reception and the other going to the HD tuner and it works great.

freaking wonderful man... with my avic 90bt nav system. the HD radio is the bomb...

What can be said... a very good product for splitting your antenna input between two receivers in my case I purchased a digital receiver for my head unit, I still wanted the original analog signal going to my head unit but, needed antenna signal for my digital decoder without installing a second antenna.

This product was exactly what I needed, and couldn't find anywhere locally, for my Pioneer AVIC-F90BT to run the HD Radio unit and still have use of MSN Direct. There is plenty of length to connect to the components and hide them in empty spaces behind the dash of my Frontier. It looks, feels and operates like a quality product...plus it didn't cost hardly anything ;)

Well actually there is... Reading the installation guide for my HD radio component I saw they recommended disconnecting the antenna from my conventional AM/FM radio and connecting it to the new HD Digital Radio component. When I read the reviews of the HD Radio component I saw that everyone was complaining that they couldn't use their old AM/FM radio anymore because it was not connected to an antenna.

Hmmmm... The instructions were a little bogus - all the writer cared about was getting the new device connected and I guess figured that with the new fangled HD Digital Radio component attached, the "old" AM/FM would no longer be used. Think again.

I realized there must be a splitter out there somewhere so I went on a pilgrimage of audio stores (Radio Shack "we don't do car audio"; Best Buy: "There's no such thing."; Jim-Bob's DUBS AND TUNES: "Huh?". What was I thinking? I had already found it here, knew it would be at my house in less than a few days; why in the world did I spend all that gas money trying to find it?

If you're adding an HD Digital Radio component to an expandable system, do yourself a favor and get this. That way you have the use of your legacy AM/FM tuner and your new HD Digital Radio - and you won't need to add another whip antenna to your WHIP...

I thought that this was needed for my add-on Pioneer HD radio. The Crutchfield instructions said to only hook up my truck antenna to the HD Radio and not the head unit. I should have paid attention. I didn't and bought this. I had to take it out to get full HD reception. Save yourself some time.