Who knew
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Melting Slicks
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From: Stella, North Carolina
Who knew
The power antenna on convertibles had a switch in the center console? Or was this added by the PO? Since my wife got her dream car(2000 Vert) earlier this week we have been out in it daily...and all of a sudden when we went out yesterday, the antenna did not pop up when the radio came on. I read the manual, pulled the fuse, jiggled the wires, looked at it through tail light and nothing helped. That is, until I remembered playing with a switch in the center console that I had no idea what it was because the radio wasn't on when I was flipping it on and off. Well my last flip must have been to the off position...feeling dumb and relieved at the same time.
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The PO added the switch.
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Great mod done by PO. The factory vert power antenna stays up when the stereo is turned on, even if you're just using the CD player 
(or at least mine did).
And, if you live in an urban area, you probably get decent reception with the antenna down anyway.
(or at least mine did).And, if you live in an urban area, you probably get decent reception with the antenna down anyway.
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The power antenna on convertibles had a switch in the center console? Or was this added by the PO? Since my wife got her dream car(2000 Vert) earlier this week we have been out in it daily...and all of a sudden when we went out yesterday, the antenna did not pop up when the radio came on. I read the manual, pulled the fuse, jiggled the wires, looked at it through tail light and nothing helped. That is, until I remembered playing with a switch in the center console that I had no idea what it was because the radio wasn't on when I was flipping it on and off. Well my last flip must have been to the off position...feeling dumb and relieved at the same time.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Stella, North Carolina
It was such a nice and subtle install I did not notice it at first. When I found it, I started fiddling with it to see what would happen...nothing, I thought, until antenna did not come up and I did not realize what the problem was for 2 days.
