Disabling R33 Ariel...?

[ch0pstA~]

Gday all

I was wondering how to disable/ stop the rear antenna from coming up and down??

Its a long ugly thing and i just want it to stay inside the car!

Is there a fuse i can pull out of a wire i can disconnect??

[MANWHORE]

I'm not sure about a fuse, but if you take the headunit out, there is a wire that controls the remote aerial.

Sorry, I don't know what the colour is, look at the headunit installation guide thread. Etiher that, or disconnect the power to the aerial unit from just under it.

NB: signal will not be that good with the aerial inside the car. it's good though if you only listen to cds.

Edited February 8, 2006 by 97r33gtst-typeM

[Eug]

i unplugged the power from the motor...

no problems with it - its not like radio is good quality anyway

[ch0pstA~]

Thanx guys....

So to get to the ariel motor, i just have to remove the left hand plastic/carpet panel thingy in the boot and reach around and its the box i can feel yeah??

Power cable runs out the bottom?

[Eug]

Thanx guys....

So to get to the ariel motor, i just have to remove the left hand plastic/carpet panel thingy in the boot and reach around and its the box i can feel yeah??

Power cable runs out the bottom?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

spot on buddy! u might actually need to remove the whole motor to do it. unless u can find someone with really skinny hands.

[MANWHORE]

Why disable it though? My headunit only makes the aerial come up when in FM mode. When listening to cds, it's down.

Some headunits have a separate remote wire and separate aerial wire. Does yours have separate? perhaps it was connected wrong?

[cd04]

Unplugg the ariel from your head unit,...

no arial going up and down, and no radio,... but radio is shaite anyway if the arial is connected and down

[MearCat]

When you have a look at the stock head unit aerial connection, you'll see there are actually 2 aerial connections. One for the aerial that goes up/down and one for the aerial that is a series of wires ON your rear window (amongst the deimster wires). If you don't want to the rear aerial to go up and down, simply use the other aerial wire and leave the motorised one disconnected. You should still get a decent radio reception with the "rear window" aerial.