power antenna and aftermarket stereo
hey guys,
im looking at getting an alpine cda-9886 for my vy calais by it seems that the alpine only has one wire for the power aerial, where as the commodore has two wires, one for up and one for down... am i missing something here? how are you guys able to make sure aerial's still work with aftermarket stereos?
cheers
Last edited by vycalais; 25-01-2008 at 11:13 PM.
Ahhh Yes, Ahhh Yes....
The wire from your head unit is +12V, when it activates, usually the antenna goes up and satys up... when the power is lost(wire deactivates) the areal drops. IMguessing the Vy ones work in that id you supply power, or earth, to the up wire, it goes up, same with the down wire... Earth out the Antenna Up(on antenna) wire while its down and see what happens... if nothing, supplly 12v to it... have a play.
you may ahev to make a custom stwich/relay for it...
aZk.
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Originally Posted by ryno_vrx
ok cheers for that aZk...
anyone know for sure how its done before i try...?
mmm bass
VN - VZ
Accesories - Yellow
Constant - Orange/White
Illumination - Brown/White
Earth - Black/White
12V OUTPUT - Yellow/Red
Radio Mute - Yellow/Black (VT onwards)
Antenna up - White (VR onwards)
Antenna down - Blue (VR onwards)
Illumination OUTPUT - Grey (VT onwards)
according to that aZk is right. it shouldn't be that hard to wire it up with a relay.
buy a 12v relay like this one from jaycar
and connect it like the pic attached below if the antennas work off 12v. if not replace 12v with GND.
the other thing is that your factory head unit may have had antenna hight adjustment so the extra wire could be linked in with the hight adjustment.
thats cleared it up heaps for me even, will give it a go.
cheers
Trev
i just got a reply from alverts car stereo with the same question, they replied:
Just connect the yellow/red wire to the blue wire and the antenna will work the same way.
is this correct?
Anyone tried this?
I don't know much about this stuff so can some clear something up for me.
Can i run a wire off the 12v wire that goes to the head deck to the relay and same for the ground wire?
So which wire would be to keep the memory on the aftermarket ? The constant wire?VN - VZ
Accesories - Yellow
Constant - Orange/White
Illumination - Brown/White
Earth - Black/White
12V OUTPUT - Yellow/Red
Radio Mute - Yellow/Black (VT onwards)
Antenna up - White (VR onwards)
Antenna down - Blue (VR onwards)
Illumination OUTPUT - Grey (VT onwards)
according to that aZk is right. it shouldn't be that hard to wire it up with a relay.
buy a 12v relay like this one from jaycar
and connect it like the pic attached below if the antennas work off 12v. if not replace 12v with GND.
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