1978 corvette antenna new stereo question
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From: Beecher Illinois
Well you want a GOOD connection so you don't have to go back and do it again.
And you want the hot connection, not the one on the ring at the top.
Maybe you can find the original cut off orange under the dash......
And you want the hot connection, not the one on the ring at the top.
Maybe you can find the original cut off orange under the dash......
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THANKS!!! This is helpful, I went to autozine and got those wire splicers so will connect the hot to the cigarette lighter. One more question... if I wanted a toggle switch with just the yellow wire coming from the relay to the yellow wire on the stereo... is that possible to rig... like a push button.
Example, I am liking the idea of having the antenna down when I listen to my MP3 player... so to have that option to toggle an antenna up or down would be cool in my eyes! DOes the yellow wires operate the antenna as a trigger when they are touched together?
Example, I am liking the idea of having the antenna down when I listen to my MP3 player... so to have that option to toggle an antenna up or down would be cool in my eyes! DOes the yellow wires operate the antenna as a trigger when they are touched together?
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I installed a Kenwood KIV-BT900 Digital Media Receiver last year in my 1980 and a new Metra power antenna a couple months ago. The radio has a blue wire on the harness that connects to the yellow wire. On my radio the power antenna goes down then I switch it to on board memory, USB, IPod, or standby. It only goes up when in receiver mode. Here's a link to the power antenna install:
http://www.calweb.com/~griffitt/MetraPowerAntenna.html
Link to radio install:
http://www.calweb.com/~griffitt/Radio.html
Tony G
http://www.calweb.com/~griffitt/MetraPowerAntenna.html
Link to radio install:
http://www.calweb.com/~griffitt/Radio.html
Tony G
Last edited by Yellow1980; Apr 25, 2011 at 06:52 PM.
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Nothing seems to work!!!! KapsSa... green and grey connected together and touching the red on the battery terminal should raise the antenna, correct????
That doesn't seem to work for me, once more the connection to the relay and yellow cable itself connected to antenna cable on stereo is not raisng the antenna... I think I may have fried it without even realizing it!
Did you say grey and gree touching the positive terminal on the car battery would raise the antenna?
That doesn't seem to work for me, once more the connection to the relay and yellow cable itself connected to antenna cable on stereo is not raisng the antenna... I think I may have fried it without even realizing it!
Did you say grey and gree touching the positive terminal on the car battery would raise the antenna?
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If you bypass the relay how do you get it to go up and down? Or the yellow and hot are running directly to the stereo and power respectively? Is your hot cable touching the cigar lighter or fuse box?
Last edited by 78stan; Apr 25, 2011 at 06:48 PM.
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Orange wire is part of original wiring harness, not sure where it is connected. Yellow is connected to blue wire from radio wiring harness that came with the radio. The antenna I installed does not need a relay, and from posts I have seen in the past it can cause the up/down of the antenna to operate abnormally when left in the circuit path.
Tony G
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Nothing seems to work!!!! KapsSa... green and grey connected together and touching the red on the battery terminal should raise the antenna, correct????
That doesn't seem to work for me, once more the connection to the relay and yellow cable itself connected to antenna cable on stereo is not raisng the antenna... I think I may have fried it without even realizing it!
Did you say grey and gree touching the positive terminal on the car battery would raise the antenna
That doesn't seem to work for me, once more the connection to the relay and yellow cable itself connected to antenna cable on stereo is not raisng the antenna... I think I may have fried it without even realizing it!
Did you say grey and gree touching the positive terminal on the car battery would raise the antenna
Green on + term of battery
Grey on - term on battery,
NOT connected together.
Down
Green on - term of battery
White on + term of battery
Did you connect the orange wire?
If you just connected the wires together and touched them to the poss term and nothing to the neg term you shouldn't have fried anything.
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Yellow80 is dealing with an aftermarket antenna. NOT GM.
Different wires, probably different connections.
Double check your antenna. Some GM 'service replacements' have a small relay connected to the mast tube. THEN you wouldn't use the relay under the armrest.
But the wires you have that were running along the door/kickpanel and the manual switch most likely mean there was no relay in use.
Different wires, probably different connections.
Double check your antenna. Some GM 'service replacements' have a small relay connected to the mast tube. THEN you wouldn't use the relay under the armrest.
But the wires you have that were running along the door/kickpanel and the manual switch most likely mean there was no relay in use.
Last edited by KapsSA; Apr 25, 2011 at 08:17 PM.
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IT WORKS!!!! THANKS AGAIN KapsSA!
HOWEVER... I Cant get it to come down. When green is on - and white is on + I hear the motor turning and after a while it stops (as if the slimline has retracted)... but now the antenna just stays up... I manually rolled the antenna back into the starter position and connected the terminals to make it roll up... and it works again. My antenna fully extends! I try to lower it and I only hear the motor turning... antenna remains up! What can I do? What is happening?
When I slide the antenna do the down position it takes a little resistance but then goes down... WD-40?
So to go up:
green +
grey-
To go Down:
green -
white +
I was gonna try green + and white - (opposite of going up replacing grey with white to -)... but didn't want to fry it! BTW: This is useful because if I ever get down to work I can definetly rig a manual switch without using the stereo,,, like how it was before.
HOWEVER... I Cant get it to come down. When green is on - and white is on + I hear the motor turning and after a while it stops (as if the slimline has retracted)... but now the antenna just stays up... I manually rolled the antenna back into the starter position and connected the terminals to make it roll up... and it works again. My antenna fully extends! I try to lower it and I only hear the motor turning... antenna remains up! What can I do? What is happening?
When I slide the antenna do the down position it takes a little resistance but then goes down... WD-40?
So to go up:
green +
grey-
To go Down:
green -
white +
I was gonna try green + and white - (opposite of going up replacing grey with white to -)... but didn't want to fry it! BTW: This is useful because if I ever get down to work I can definetly rig a manual switch without using the stereo,,, like how it was before.
Last edited by 78stan; Apr 25, 2011 at 09:43 PM.
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If you can MANUALLY raise and lower the mast the nylon cable inside that pushes it up and down is probably broke.
VERY common problem.
If it goes up under power the nylon cable is probably just catching the wheel it rolls up on. Or the cable broke right at the nylon/mast joint and is just catching the mast enough to push it up. Matter of time before that stops, too.
If it's actually a REPRODUCTION Delco look alike that some of the vendors were selling, it's anyone's guess. Those are pretty problematic.
Replacement cables are available.
http://www.antennamastsrus.com/GM/Ch...01979-1982.htm
VERY common problem.
If it goes up under power the nylon cable is probably just catching the wheel it rolls up on. Or the cable broke right at the nylon/mast joint and is just catching the mast enough to push it up. Matter of time before that stops, too.
If it's actually a REPRODUCTION Delco look alike that some of the vendors were selling, it's anyone's guess. Those are pretty problematic.
Replacement cables are available.
http://www.antennamastsrus.com/GM/Ch...01979-1982.htm
Last edited by KapsSA; Apr 25, 2011 at 10:21 PM.
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Custom Auto Sound is the WORST!
I have a JVC, all the wiring works, I have an aftermarket replacement antennae, AND it only goes up when the radio is on radio. Not when I am playing a CD, or running the Ipod. Get a grip and do it right.
Jeez.. Custom Autosound?
I have a JVC, all the wiring works, I have an aftermarket replacement antennae, AND it only goes up when the radio is on radio. Not when I am playing a CD, or running the Ipod. Get a grip and do it right.
Jeez.. Custom Autosound?
