electric aerial

[gar81]

I just got a replacement aerial and it has 3 wires going to a relay on and 2 to the motor

I have brown, red and white, I presume brown is the ground as it has a lug on it but what do I do with red and white, is red perm live and white remote(switched) live??

cheers in advance

[gar81]

I went with the above wiring and it worked ok, its a bit noisey on the way up and down, seems to be the motor. also its very long but i suppose there is nothing i can do about that or can you get shorter after market ones

[Alex]

they do sound noisey but thats just what there like, i think its because there fixed to the body work so the sound tavels through the car

[fingerman]

It's a great noise when the old skool aerial goes up - means something works It's like the noisy electric wing mirror adjustment !

In my 2nd E30 the aerial went up when I turned the stereo on, in my 3rd it went up when I turned the ignition on and the one I have now doesn't have an aerial - got a pound store fm aerial in the boot

[Alex]

It's a great noise when the old skool aerial goes up - means something works It's like the noisy electric wing mirror adjustment !

In my 2nd E30 the aerial went up when I turned the stereo on, in my 3rd it went up when I turned the ignition on and the one I have now doesn't have an aerial - got a pound store fm aerial in the boot

you can wire them upto the ignition or radio i prefer them wired to the radio

[gar81]

which wire do i use for radio, i used the blue wire and it comes on with ignition, which one is the radio wire the white one or the orange (illumination) wire

[Alex]

ive always wired the signal cable to the blue wire on the radio that will make it come on with the radio rather than ignition

[gar81]

your probably right, i never switched it to cd yet

[Alex]

your probably right, i never switched it to cd yet

just turn the radio off and it should go down

[gar81]

i turned stereo to cd but aerial did not drop. I am using the blue wire, there is a orange wire (illumination) and a white wire, I can't get 12v on either wire when i switch from cd to radio. its a jvc kd-g343 stereo.

Will i just have to put a switch on it????? I have a blank for switch beside rear window heater, can i get a switch that would fit there.

[Alex]

yer you will have to turn stereo fully off