A car stereo that i was given had a ripped off antenna jack.?

[JN]

After getting into what was left of the wire, there was a braided steel mesh over top of a red cord, inside the cord was about 5 strands of copper wire. Does the braided steel mesh need to be continued, as well as the copper? Its not working with just the copper now, unless i did it badly to begin with. Anybody with car audio experience on?

 

[henny455]

Yes the wire on the inside needs to be connected and it cannot, contact anything.The steel mesh is the shielding,which also needs to be connected and protected.