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I'm at the point of stereo install before I reinstall the interior on the 86 restore. I'm installing a headunit and two amps. I've installed a couple stereo systems in the past but neither have been on a car with a retractable antenna, only a solid mast. So onto the predicament.
I have the Metra wiring harness and all is fine. I do, however, have one rather untechnical tech question. The stereo, a Pioneer, has the blue wire to connect to either the amp remote ON lead or too the power antenna lead. In this case that blue wire will be connected to both the amp and antenna. Connecting the wire in this configuration means that the antenna will ALWAYS extend whenever the stereo has power, even if it's just playing a CD.
Has anyone found a way to work around this and wire the antenna to only extend when the stereo is set to the radio (FM/AM) setting? I'm no electrical guru but it appears that in order to keep the antenna retracted and only extend when desired upon using the radio, one would have to install a switch of some sort. A toggle switch that would be flipped to manually extend and retract the antenna. Am I correct in this assumption or am I just really ignorant and missing something so easily apparent?
If needing to wire in a switch, which wire/wires (color) control the antenna? I've looked at the TSRM but got lost with their color codes. Some wires are a solid color, some are solid with the stripe, some are solid color with dots and still others have the solid color, stripe and dots. I can't decifer all the codes in the TSRM to what is actually in the car. Most wires I've identified but some are still a mystery.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my beer the most.
Scott
I have the Metra wiring harness and all is fine. I do, however, have one rather untechnical tech question. The stereo, a Pioneer, has the blue wire to connect to either the amp remote ON lead or too the power antenna lead. In this case that blue wire will be connected to both the amp and antenna. Connecting the wire in this configuration means that the antenna will ALWAYS extend whenever the stereo has power, even if it's just playing a CD.
Has anyone found a way to work around this and wire the antenna to only extend when the stereo is set to the radio (FM/AM) setting? I'm no electrical guru but it appears that in order to keep the antenna retracted and only extend when desired upon using the radio, one would have to install a switch of some sort. A toggle switch that would be flipped to manually extend and retract the antenna. Am I correct in this assumption or am I just really ignorant and missing something so easily apparent?
If needing to wire in a switch, which wire/wires (color) control the antenna? I've looked at the TSRM but got lost with their color codes. Some wires are a solid color, some are solid with the stripe, some are solid color with dots and still others have the solid color, stripe and dots. I can't decifer all the codes in the TSRM to what is actually in the car. Most wires I've identified but some are still a mystery.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my beer the most.
Scott