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[Guest_Matthew_*]

ok i have a power antenna on the celica. but when i first got the car i tried like 5 different wire harness adapters but none of them worked. so the guys at the local stereo shop suggested to hard wire everything. what that means is just run new wires to each speaker from the deck. i did that until i got a 4 channel amp. but when i did that (first install the deck) i completely forgot about the power antenna since i didnt listen to the radio that much. so i need to know from the factory harness which wire is the power antenna wire?

[runriot95]

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I think I connected them to one of the speaker grounds. Because, unless your stereo is turned on, no power will go through the speaker ground, but if it is is on, your power antenna will receive power and go up. Only thing I don't like it that it's always up, even when I'm listening to a CD...lol oh well no biggie

That's funny because I just installed a new deck and one of the things I was worried about was if the power antenna would come up everytime I turned on the stereo - even if I was just listening to a CD. After getting the aftermarket wiring harness and connecting all the wires, including the power antenna wire, everything works perfect. The antenna only goes up when I switch to the radio, if I'm listening to a CD it stays down.