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Power antenna connections - review?
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OK, I posted on this a while back and got some replies, and I tried to connect them like was suggested, but it didn't work. Maybe I connected them wrong, but I want to make sure I don't fry another part by just trying different connections. I think I need to describe what I have better to get the correct answer. Please bear with me... I have 3 wires coming from my power antenna. 1 is the fat black antenna signal wire (I have this connected). 2 is a thin blue with white tracer. 3 is a thin blue with red tracer. I assume the antenna is grounded where it's mounted to the car. One of the thin wires brings the antenna up and the other brings it down. It makes sense to me that the up wire should be connected to the keyed 12V, so it goes up when the key is turned. Then where does the down wire connect to? I think I remember someone suggesting the remote wire from the amp connecting to the up wire and then both to keyed 12V, but I'm not sure. Can someone please tell me exactly how to connect this thing? I bought a new amp and am planning on some quality 914 time tonight, so hopefully, I can stop bugging you guys about this and get to my clutch pedal issue... Thanks! Andy... 
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Andy,
I think the blue wire with a red tracer should be connected to constant 12V. The blue wire with the white tracer should be connected to the Automatic Antenna or Amp wire from the stereo. So, when the antenna sees 12V on the blue wire with white tracer, it goes up, when it doesn't see it, it goes down. If your stereo doesn't have a Automatic Antenna or Amp control wire, then you could connect it to a 12V line that is controlled by the ignition switch. The advantage to connecting it to the stereo is that the antenna will only be up when the stereo is on. Make sense? applescotty |
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Power antenna connections - review?
Applescotty:
I have an update if you're interested... Thanks for all the help up to this point. Tonight I connected the power antenna like you suggested and like the diagram I have showed, but now I get no sound from the speakers at all. The blue wire from the stereo is labled "amp remote/power antenna", so I have the amp remote wire connected to it and it works fine like this. When I connect the power antenna (either wire), it cuts out. The amp and stereo stay on, but no sound from the speakers. Basically, everything is working fine, except the power antenna doesn't work. Like you said, I'd like to have the antenna go up only when I turn on the stereo and down when I turn it off. If I leave the stereo off while driving, I'd like the antenna to stay down. Won't connecting the antenna to the switched 12V (like you suggested and the diagram shows) cause the antenna to go up anytime the key is turned? I'd rather not have it work like this. Man, I'm really at a loss here. Any ideas? Thanks! Andy...
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I also think you can have the remote wire connected to BOTH the amp and the antenna.
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