[SOS]

I've recently put a Pioneer head unit in my VY and unfortunately this headunit does not have a remote wire for the electric aerial wich means the arial is always up when in the car is turned on, even with the headunit turned of with the car on it still stay's up.

Does anyone know if there's a fuse just for the aerial?? if so I'll just pull it out.

I dont know if i can disconect the aerial from the back of the headunit as on some headunits they wont work unless the aerialis pluged in.

Another thing I could do is put a switch in along the aerialcable so that when I want the aerial up I just hit the switch.

Has anyone had or have this same problem? And is there anyother way to over come this??

This post has been edited by SOS: 20 April 2007 - 11:18 AM

[Prewer]

A simple solution would be to use the Remote wire that comes from the headunit, it supplies power whenever the headunit is turned on, it is usually used to switch amplifiers on etc..

That would work in my mind

[SOS]

9psi-vr, on Apr 20 2007, 11:29 AM, said:

A simple solution would be to use the Remote wire that comes from the headunit, it supplies power whenever the headunit is turned on, it is usually used to switch amplifiers on etc..

That would work in my mind

But with remote power on wouldnt that keep the aerial up??

[HR1966]

Yes, with remote the aeiral is always up. Lots of talk about this on LS1.com.au. This is part of the reason I got an Alpine H/U, has remote out and electric aerial out. My old Pioneer does too, but the have removed it from new models.

[V8RMBL]

Didn't Murph go through this issue in his thread not so long ago? might be worth a PM

[SSHatch]

If you connect the remote out it will only power the aerial when the head unit is switched on.
Switch it off and the aerial should go down.

Yes there is the issue that the aerial will be up even when you are listening to CD's but its a small price to pay.
Other option is to do like Murf did and put a switch on it so you can switch it on to power the aerial when listening to the radio or off when listening to CD's.

[SOS]

K thanx for the imput guys, looks like i'll be putting a switch in. Its really starting to bug me with the aerial up all the time makes it hard to get in and out of the garage aswell.

[SSHatch]

Pioneer only has the one remote wire which you simply split and send to the amps and the aerial.

I got three of them here and they are all the same. They range from the cheapest entry level model right through to one of the upper end models.

[Ben]

Just put in a little hidden switch somewhere to put the aerial up and down manually. That's what I did in the Trans Am (hid it in the ashtray) and I think Murf did the same thing in the ute.

I think the switch cost me about 85c and it only took a few minutes to wire up

[BUZURK]

when i use my 6 stacker my aerial comes up. but who cares really. they dont look bad mine isnt really tall so it donst bother me

[Prewer]

Each to their own i guess really

Sos, if ya wana hand to put that switch in, lemmie know

[BLOWN-VT]

I just put a pioneer head unit in the commie and it actually had a aerial wirs for it so mine was easy

[SOS]

Is there more than 1 wire for the aerial? Its just that the aerial wire looks huge and thought that maybe there's more than 1 in there.

[SSHatch]

Whats the model number of you new headunit??

I can have a look at the wiring diagram and soon let you know.

[SOS]

Sorry I ment the aerial wire in the car, from the aerial its self to the head unit. This is were i would put the switch isnt it??