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Hi guys.
After 11 years finally upgrading from the eurovox tape deck to a CD player. Not a massive music fan as you can probably tell. One of the reasons I hadn't upgraded is because I mainly listen to FM radio and the the fact that the original unit worked perfectly with the genuine electric aerial I fitted after busting the original non electric hitting a bird.
So I bought a Pioneer DEH 2050MPG. When I bought it I asked if the unit would work electric aerial. They said yes. On reading the wiring diagram I got concerned that there was a problem with talking about the electric aerial/amp switch wire being one wire. With no amp and no intentions of putting one in I thought surely if a 1994 tape deck can put the aerial down when you put a tape in surely a 2008 pioneer unit can. So dived in pulled the centre console etc out plugged in the pioneer to genuine harness adapters in. It all works EXCEPT no aerial. So back to the instructions and confirm the amp switch wire is it. Plug it in temporarily to the genuine harness aerial goes up but stays up when CD (and I presume when aux ipod etc plugged in) it only goes down when unit turned off.
Does anyone know if it is possible to get these units to put the electrical aerial down when a CD is on. Or to put it another way to only go up when the radio tuner is in use without wiring in a secondary switch which would just annoy me because I like things to work in an integrated factory style of fashion.
thanks for any help
H.O.
After 11 years finally upgrading from the eurovox tape deck to a CD player. Not a massive music fan as you can probably tell. One of the reasons I hadn't upgraded is because I mainly listen to FM radio and the the fact that the original unit worked perfectly with the genuine electric aerial I fitted after busting the original non electric hitting a bird.
So I bought a Pioneer DEH 2050MPG. When I bought it I asked if the unit would work electric aerial. They said yes. On reading the wiring diagram I got concerned that there was a problem with talking about the electric aerial/amp switch wire being one wire. With no amp and no intentions of putting one in I thought surely if a 1994 tape deck can put the aerial down when you put a tape in surely a 2008 pioneer unit can. So dived in pulled the centre console etc out plugged in the pioneer to genuine harness adapters in. It all works EXCEPT no aerial. So back to the instructions and confirm the amp switch wire is it. Plug it in temporarily to the genuine harness aerial goes up but stays up when CD (and I presume when aux ipod etc plugged in) it only goes down when unit turned off.
Does anyone know if it is possible to get these units to put the electrical aerial down when a CD is on. Or to put it another way to only go up when the radio tuner is in use without wiring in a secondary switch which would just annoy me because I like things to work in an integrated factory style of fashion.
thanks for any help
H.O.