 Question re: power antenna and aftermarket stereo |
 Apr 29, 2015 - 1:08 PM
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Hey y'all.
A while back, I had come upon a post from a user that was able to wire his stereo in such a way that he power antenna goes up only when the radio is active on his aftermarket unit. For the life of me, I can't find it and I'm trying to get mine to do the same. Basically, if the HU is on, the antenna goes up. It doesn't matter if I'm using the AUX or the iPod input - the antenna is getting the signal that the HU / "radio" is active and therefore goes up. I want to emulate his deal where it goes up ONLY when the radio is active. Any help would be really awesome. |
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May 12, 2015 - 7:21 AM
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QUOTE (pandito @ Apr 29, 2015 - 2:08 PM)  Hey y'all. A while back, I had come upon a post from a user that was able to wire his stereo in such a way that he power antenna goes up only when the radio is active on his aftermarket unit. For the life of me, I can't find it and I'm trying to get mine to do the same. Basically, if the HU is on, the antenna goes up. It doesn't matter if I'm using the AUX or the iPod input - the antenna is getting the signal that the HU / "radio" is active and therefore goes up. I want to emulate his deal where it goes up ONLY when the radio is active. Any help would be really awesome. Simplest way would be to put a switch between the power wire and the antenna, when you use the radio flip the switch on, when you're not using it, flip it off. |
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May 12, 2015 - 7:29 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 1, '14 From Hawaii Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
wire in an up switch and a down switch,
That would be the simplest way, but it won't be automatic Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if our antennas have just a positive 12v control wire that makes it go up, if it does you can just wire a on/off switch between that and when it's off the antenna will retract? I'm not sure I'd have to check again |
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May 13, 2015 - 9:07 AM
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QUOTE (Noahwhite2014 @ May 12, 2015 - 7:29 AM) wire in an up switch and a down switch, That would be the simplest way, but it won't be automatic Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if our antennas have just a positive 12v control wire that makes it go up, if it does you can just wire a on/off switch between that and when it's off the antenna will retract? I'm not sure I'd have to check again I used to have a simple toggle switch interrupting the antenna wire in my car. Head unit turned on but the signal stopped at the toggle switch until I turned it on. It would still automatically retract when I shut the car off, due to loss of signal power. -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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