Disabling Auto Arial Going Up

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

hey all, when i turn the car on, if i have my sterio facia in the arial goes up which i dont want, is there a way to stop the arial from going up at all? (i dont listen to the radio)

cheers

[HGS130]

make a switch for it? disconnect the aerial?

[PUDZ 32R]

behind the stereo there will be a blue wire coming out the back with a heap of other wires. disconnect this one. not the blue with white trace though as this is your amp remote turn on wire. that should fix it!

[lachlanw]

snap the aerial off if you really dont want it and cant be f**ked pulling the head unit out .

or change it to cd or tape mode . aerial should not go up

[deano3350]

If aerial goes up when head-unit is not on radio its wired wrong. like PUDZ 32R said fix the blue wire

[08yannch]

i had the same problem so i just installed a switch to block the antenna signal wire from the HU.

what u will need

-switch

-wire

-screw driver

-wire cutters

-wiring diagrams for car and HU

-and a way to connect the wires. i recommend solder and shrink sleeve but some terminals will also do the job

to do this u need to remove the HU. using the wiring diagrams find the antenna signal wire. cut and splice it. attach a length of wire to the wire to one of the spliced wires. now chase the length of wire through to were u want to mount the switch. now get another length of wire and do the same to the other spliced wire. now attach the switch to the 2 lengths of wire. put it all together and done. it took me about 20min the longest bit was removing the HU, wiring takes no time

it the antenna goes up with HU off. the wiring is f**ked and u get to have fun fixing somebody else's f**k ups. its a bitch i had to fix my bros HU and it would have been easer to pull it all out and start over.

but also bear in mind some HU will make the antenna go up even if its set to CD or USB. my HU done this thats why i have the switch but u still pick up FM real good with the antenna down so i have mine down all the time unless im traveling out of town and want to listen to FM

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

i had the same problem so i just installed a switch to block the antenna signal wire from the HU.

what u will need

-switch

-wire

-screw driver

-wire cutters

-wiring diagrams for car and HU

-and a way to connect the wires. i recommend solder and shrink sleeve but some terminals will also do the job

to do this u need to remove the HU. using the wiring diagrams find the antenna signal wire. cut and splice it. attach a length of wire to the wire to one of the spliced wires. now chase the length of wire through to were u want to mount the switch. now get another length of wire and do the same to the other spliced wire. now attach the switch to the 2 lengths of wire. put it all together and done. it took me about 20min the longest bit was removing the HU, wiring takes no time

it the antenna goes up with HU off. the wiring is f**ked and u get to have fun fixing somebody else's f**k ups. its a bitch i had to fix my bros HU and it would have been easer to pull it all out and start over.

but also bear in mind some HU will make the antenna go up even if its set to CD or USB. my HU done this thats why i have the switch but u still pick up FM real good with the antenna down so i have mine down all the time unless im traveling out of town and want to listen to FM

thanks heaps mate

[R33 Sleeper]

if you just disconnect the blue wire it will stop your antenna from going up and down, it will still be connected, just wont look like your trying to contact out of space.