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Hi G&ACU,

No I have not yet bought a replacement. I have been trying to figure out how to get the old one off hence the question about the screws and blanks. It sounds as though I need to dig around a bit with a fine screw driver to remove the blanks and then I can simply unscrew the arial from the side of the caravan. I must say I am not impressed with the Ring Arial. Although it works fine as an arial its a very flimsy affair. It just broke off in my hand when putting it away before setting off for our homeward journey. Is the Vision Plus a more robust arial and does it take  the same size  screws and are the screw holes the same distance appart? Sorry to load you with so many questions but I really need answers to these question before changing to another make of arial as I do not wish to drill any more holes in the side of the caravan.

I managed to sort out my problem with the radio arial but not quite as I had planned. I could only find a "Ring" Arial at my local accessories shop so I decide to try and fit it. I ended up only changing the antenna which turned out to be a simple job as it is simply held in place with a screw once the arial has been unscrewed from the side of the caravan. Replacing the whole lot involved removing the old wiring which would not have been that straight forward a job as it seemde to disappear into the corner of the caravan into some channelling. The other problem was that I could not get access to the cd/radio. I could not get it out of its housing in a top cupboard. There are two key shaped tools which I have  previously used in caravans to release the radio by inserting one on each side of the cd/radio, but they didn't work on this one. Its a Daewoo and there were only two places where the release keys would go and these were both on the left hand side of the cd/radio. The bottom key went in the slot OK but the top one would not and I was unable to release the cd/radio from its housing. So I have solved my arial problem but I am left with the mystery of how to remove the cd/radio if this should become necessary. Any ideas?