vs aerial question

**holden_man86** · 11-02-2009, 03:04 PM

i have a vs 96 commodore ececutive just wondering is the areial on the electric or manual????
also how do i find out what it is

**accentstencil** · 11-02-2009, 03:06 PM

It should be manual.

**EREXON** · 11-02-2009, 07:02 PM

if its eletric it would go up and down on its own when you turn the car off and on and put the radio on unless its disconnected.

But im pretty sure its manual.

**dufus** · 11-02-2009, 07:03 PM

Turn your radio and if it goes up its electric, if it stays down its manual. Alternatively if the aerial is up when the ignition is in the off position it is manual.

**moff_man** · 11-02-2009, 10:06 PM

if the tip of the aril is metal with 2 slits cut in it than its manuel, if it has a plastic or metal ball looking thing with no slits cut in it than its electric and if it dosnt move than its stuffed.....

**pjdm1980** · 11-02-2009, 10:45 PM

If its standard it will be manual but just pull the iner guard off and have a look at the bottom of it will only take 10 mins!

**dufus** · 11-02-2009, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by moff_man

if the tip of the aril is metal with 2 slits cut in it than its manuel, if it has a plastic or metal ball looking thing with no slits cut in it than its electric

That only works if its the original aerial, just looked at mine and it is metal tipped with a single slit and is automatic.

**VrWagz1** · 11-02-2009, 11:08 PM

exec stock is a manual aerial. If it has the up down aerial buttons then it may have a shagged electric one swapped into it. If its been swapped to a 3rd party then its anyones guess. Have a look under the inner gaurd and see if you really worried about it.

**Andrew426** · 12-02-2009, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by VrWagz1

exec stock is a manual aerial.

That being said, a lot of fleet cars (which 90% of executives are) have electric aerials.

Im not gonna speculate as to why, but I have found that a lot of them do have factory elec. antennas.

**holden_man86** · 12-02-2009, 05:26 PM

yeah iam 100% sure its manual thanks for advice

**Nato B** · 03-09-2009, 09:21 AM

hey guys i have a vs vacationer and was wondering if there is a was of disabling the auto up/ dwn feature on the aerial... i have the buttons to do it but whenever i turn on the cd played it auto puts the aerial up anyway lol and its annoying? is there any way to make it so u just have to use the buttons rather than it doing it it

self?

**Andrew426** · 03-09-2009, 09:42 AM

What brand head unit do you have? The up/down operates off a 12v signal out of the back of the H/U. There are two possible lines its operating off. The first is the [REM] (remote) line. This has a constant 12v whenever the H/U is on. It is normally used to turn amps on, but it sounds like your aerial is connected to this.

The second is the aerial line (normally has a little picture of an aerial on its tag, or just says AERIAL). This supplies 12v ONLY when the H/U is switched to radio. Hope this helps.

**VrWagz1** · 03-09-2009, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Nato B

hey guys i have a vs vacationer and was wondering if there is a was of disabling the auto up/ dwn feature on the aerial... i have the buttons to do it but whenever i turn on the cd played it auto puts the aerial up anyway lol and its annoying? is there any way to make it so u just have to use the buttons rather than it doing it it

self?

there is but it would mean manually wiring it up and disconnecting it from the BCMso it dosnt have that auto feature.

**Philthy** · 03-09-2009, 01:00 PM

Just put it down. It should have a "memory" so it remembers that you put it down last time, and it won't go up until you put it up, and een then will only go up as high as you had is last time.
At least that's how it works on my VS Berlina

**Nato B** · 03-09-2009, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Philthy

Just put it down. It should have a "memory" so it remembers that you put it down last time, and it won't go up until you put it up, and een then will only go up as high as you had is last time.
At least that's how it works on my VS Berlina

yeah nah tried that.. it always puts itself up no matter what and to full height..

**Philthy** · 03-09-2009, 02:10 PM

Odd. Do you know how its hooked up to the headunit?

**Nato B** · 03-09-2009, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by Philthy

Odd. Do you know how its hooked up to the headunit?

Straight in using the aerial jack im pretty sure.. i dunno apparently the only way around it is to insert a extra power switch into it to cut the power.....

**Nato B** · 03-09-2009, 10:31 PM

i just worked out why it wont stay in memory... i figured out its when the ignition is turned off it wipes the memory.. any suggestions? easy ones? lol

**peckzz** · 09-10-2009, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Nato B

i just worked out why it wont stay in memory... i figured out its when the ignition is turned off it wipes the memory.. any suggestions? easy ones? lol

your wires a back to front, you have 2 wires coming out the aerial, one goes to constant 12v and one to the amp wire, swap them around

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