Power Antenna Over-Ride

[Black97]

Was thinking of installing a switch to over ride the power antenna when playing a CD.

Found on Brent Franker's site a link for it but it doesn't work.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/ritc1/Antenna.html

Anybody has an idea how to do this?

[Trash man]

i think all u have to do is find out which "pin" on the relay lets the motor bring the atenna down, then just wire up a switch that supplies it power

[msfyter]

On my stock radio its the pink wire coming off the harness.

[Black97]

So do I just wire in an on / off switch?

[msfyter]

On my camaro thats what I did. the pink wire is the "signal" wire. I do have an aftermarket ant. It has its own power source.

There are three connectors on the back of the radio. The two 10-pin connectors are clipped together and plugged into the same socket on the back of the radio so that they look like a single 20-pin connector.

C1 is the black 10-pin connector and the pins are number 1-10. C2 is the black 9-pin connector for the CD changer and the pins are numbered 7-15. C3 is the gray (or white) 10-pin connector and the pins are numbered 11-20. All these connectors are numbered from right to left when looking at the connector with the locking tabs on top and the wires coming out the back.

C1 - Black 10-pin connector
1 - GRAY - left front speaker negative
2 - TAN - left front speaker positive
3 - DARK GREEN - right front speaker negative
4 - LIGHT GREEN - right front speaker positive
5 - BLACK - ground
6 - BROWN - parking light input (lets the radio know when headlights are on so it will dim the display)
7 - GRAY - dash light dimmer input (controls brightness of radio control illumination)
8 - PINK - (Firebird) power antenna output
9 - YELLOW - ignition controlled power
10 - ORANGE - battery power (for radio memory)

C3 - Gray (or white) 10-pin connector
11 - GRAY - (Convertible) amplifier sensor
12 - not used
13 - not used
14 - DARK BLUE - steering wheel controls input
15 - not used
16 - DARK GREEN w/WHITE - (Camaro) vehicle speed sensor input for automatic volume
17 - LIGHT BLUE - right rear speaker negative
18 - DARK BLUE - right rear speaker positive
19 - YELLOW - left rear speaker negative
20 - BROWN - left rear speaker positive

C2 - Black 9-pin connector for CD changer
7 - not used
8 - not used
9 - Bare - drain wire
10 - DARK GREEN w/WHITE - right audio signal
11 - BROWN w/WHITE - left audio signal
12 - BLACK w/WHITE - audio return
13 - BLACK - ground
14 - DARK GREEN - power
15 - not used

Link Here: http://www.houston-f-body.org/tech/monsoon/index.htm
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[Black97]

Thanks,

Once I get into installing the switch for the cut out valve I'll pull the radio and check it out.

[ConElite]

THis is a lot easier than doing all that. All I did was bridge the main power cable that accuates the ant. and mount the switch somewhere you want. Ill post pictures tomorrow if you want. It took me about 30 minutes total.

[Black97]

THis is a lot easier than doing all that. All I did was bridge the main power cable that accuates the ant. and mount the switch somewhere you want. Ill post pictures tomorrow if you want. It took me about 30 minutes total.

Sure would appreciate it.