Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 02:43:11 GMT From: yada_yada_etcnopsamail.com (Inky) Subject: Re: Electric Antenna
On 23 Oct 2001 06:03:39 -0700, ychennopsam30.net (Yaofeng) wrote: >yada_yada_etcnopsamail.com (Inky) wrote in message news:<3bd4f281.16615195nopsam.CIS.DFN.DE>... >> On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:44:09 -0400, Kyle <KyleJKnopsamero.net> wrote: >> >> >Inky wrote: >> >> >> >> The radio isn't original. It's a Blaupunkt. According >> >> to the diagram, I have the right wire. When I turn the >> >> radio on, the antenna extends. When I shut the radio >> >> off, it retracts. However, if I leave the radio >> >> on and turn the ignition off, the arial remains extended. >> > >> >Nothings wrong with the antenna or it's wiring, though I would >> >say you've wired the radio's two power wires wrong since it >> >doesn't seem to turn off automatically with the car; based on >> >what you wrote above. >> >> I guess I wasn't clear. The radio *does* turn off when I switch the >> ignition off (it keeps its time and settings, etc., though). However, >> the only time the antenna will retract is when I turn the radio's >> power off while the ignition is still in the on position. Is this the >> way it is supposed to work? >> >> -- christian > >The power antenna should retract either by turning the rado off or by >shutting the engine off with the radio on. Check your wiring. The >Blaupunkt should work with a SAAB. I had one in my 89 900S which was >destroyed by fire two months. The radio wiring in the 900 is very >simple and straight forward. There are eight wires for the four >speakers, one constant power, one switched power and one ground. Your >Blaupunkt manual should tell you which wire coneect to which. And one antenna control wire, right? I bought the radio used but the wiring diagram on it is pretty simple. I need to get out there and fool with it some more. Thanks for the tip. >Yaofeng -- christian Well, Harv hit the aisles dancin' and screamin'. Some thought he had religion; others thought he had a demon, And Harv thought he had a Weedeater loose in his Fruit of the Looms. -- Ray Stevens (in "Mississippi Squirrel Revival")