Antena Staying Up

[cjw.891]

I recently got a new pioneer headunit for my VZ SV6, and after i got it back the antena stays up whilst playing cd's when it used to go down. how can i fix this?

[B-roca]

Does it go down when the radio is off?
Because if it isn't going down it is because the remote wire for the motorized antenna isn't connected.

[WELSHH]

i have the same problem with my ss ute, i have i pioneer headunit and when ever its on no matter what the antenna will be up but if its off it goes down?

[kcpwns]

You could wire a switch into the antenna wire?? It's because the antenna is running off a wire that tells it
to go up as soon as there is power in the headunit. Whereas the old headunit only told the antenna to
go up/down when the radio was on or off..Kinda like how the trigger wire triggers amps to turn on or off
when there is power or not.

You could wire a switch into the antenna wire??
Me, I just left my antenna down, I hate listening to the radio anyways

[fyfee]

As far as I can recall Pioneer is the only major manufacturer whose headunits don't have the smarts to the 'tell' the antenna to go down when a CD is playing. There's not much you can do shy of wiring a switch in so you can manually control the antenna.

I have a clarion so mine goes down. However I think it looks shit when it's up so mine is always down. The reception is still great with my headunit even with the antenna all the way down

[D3CID3R]

you could wire in a Normally open relay.. so it reverses your situation.. so for radio it will go up and cd it will go down..

[cjw.891]

cheers for the opionions guys. think im gonna have to buy a switch and just install it.
i agree WELSHH, they look silly when they are up cause there so big compared to other cars.