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wisewood
20-02-02, 01:06 PM
a bloke at work has a jvc cd head unit, and his car has an electric ariel.

all of a sudden the cd player works but not the radio, it just gets static all the time, but the ariel still goes up and down as normal.
where could the problem be? head unit or ariel somewhere?


the name is misleading - because i am not called wisewood.

blondie
20-02-02, 03:37 PM
earth?

Stuart
20-02-02, 08:17 PM
aerial lead may have come out

Im a Corporate tart :D

wisewood
21-02-02, 10:26 AM
would the ariel still go up and down as normal though if the ariel lead comes out?


the name is misleading - because i am not called wisewood.

jamesburrows
21-02-02, 10:43 AM
The electric ariels use a live remote wire from the head unit to go up n down, just like a amp has a live from the head unit to turn it on/off. So, the ariel would still go up n down regardless of the ariel lead, providing the live is still connected.
I know this cause my old SR had a electric ariel which had been wired into the ignition, not the head unit, so the ariel went up the moment you turned the key!!

wisewood
21-02-02, 11:27 AM
right then. thankyou very much


the name is misleading - because i am not called wisewood.