Series II Antenna - how far does it go up

[Red Sky II]

Finally got my antenna working - all it needed was stripping down, cleaning and putting back together. Here is what happens now:

When stereo is turned on, antenna goes up about half way

When I push the Series II antenna switch up, the antenna goes all the way up and when it is down, it is about half way.

When playing CD's the antenna remains at about half way.

Is this normal or should the antenna come down fully when the antenna switch is in the down position?

Cheers, Al

[JAGR33]

When your switch is in the 'half way' postion, your antenna should be at half mast. When it's in the 'full extended' position the antenna should be fully extended, regardless of whether playing cd's or listening to radio. I say since you've got your aerial going up everytime you switch on stereo, don't worry about whether it sits at half or full.

Cheers

[skyline33]

mine fully retracts when playing CD's

[Red Sky II]

Originally posted by skyline33

mine fully retracts when playing CD's

What head unit are you using as I know that some head units, such as Alpine, that is a function of the unit itself?

Mine is a Panasonic MP3/CD unit without that functionality

[skyline33]

i"m running the stock stereo, and the same thing happens when running a kenwood system

[FRISKI]

Some of the decks don't have an arial cable to connect the arial to so that it willonly goup if your listening to the radio so then the car arial cable will have to be hooked up to the deck remote and so this will get the arial up as soon as you trun it on.

[eliter33]

Most audio retailers can usually hook in a relay or a switch for you so that you can have it completely any which way you want to... it is just a matter of giving it 12V or not....easy