Viagra type aerial

[crockett]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 03 March 2011 at 20:12

[snotrag]

Normal. Your stereo, lights etc all do the same (watch the dash lights dim as you fire it up). Just the starter motor sucking all the power.

[Digby]

Mine is a bit of a mystery (mk1).It has an aftermarket stereo and only ever used to go up when you selected the radio itself (as apposed to CD or USB).Now it goes up as soon as I select any source.I have no idea why, but it never does what you describe above either.If I turn the ignition on but don't fire the engine and then turn the stereo on, it will go up and stay up even when I fire up the engine.Can any ICE experts possibly explain why that would be? I don't really want the aerial up if listening to CD's or USB stuff.

[towelie]

Digby said:

Mine is a bit of a mystery (mk1).It has an aftermarket stereo and only ever used to go up when you selected the radio itself (as apposed to CD or USB).Now it goes up as soon as I select any source.I have no idea why, but it never does what you describe above either.If I turn the ignition on but don't fire the engine and then turn the stereo on, it will go up and stay up even when I fire up the engine.Can any ICE experts possibly explain why that would be? I don't really want the aerial up if listening to CD's or USB stuff.

mine did this an it was just due to having traffic anouncements (ta) turned on.. have a look on your head unit i'll put a quid on, thats the problem!

if only i could get my radio to actually pick up anything.. first it looked like the arial wan't plugged in at the back of the head unit.. plug it in an it still doesnt work.. nightmare

[Conian]

Put a switch into the ariel wire, do you really want it up (oo-er) all the time? Do you play the radio all the time? Would you want it up if you were driving through monkeys in a safari park or past a gang of suspicious looking hoodies?

Plus get one of these and feel like an F16 pilot every time you put the ariel up

[crockett]

Conian said:

Put a switch into the ariel wire, do you really want it up (oo-er) all the time? Do you play the radio all the time? Would you want it up if you were driving through monkeys in a safari park or past a gang of suspicious looking hoodies?

Plus get one of these and feel like an F16 pilot every time you put the ariel up

legend lol