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Hello people, I needed help with my antenna because the damn thing just won't turn on, here's the info, I recently bought a head unit and took out my factory stereo and everything and cut all the wires and attached them, all 4 speakers work and so does the unit, i attached everything accordingly now the problem is the antenna. I connect the antenna from the unit to the BLACK/ red wire from the car and the antenna won't work. I figure the switch 12v wire which is gray from the car should also be attached to the wires because when i attach it, my clock also turns on so that MIGHT be a good sign, I don't know but the antenna still doesn't go up when it's on tuner, I checked all my fuses and none were blown and this site says the BLACK/ red wire is the antenna trigger wire and i connected my antenna plug. What else is wrong, any help would be appreciated, thanks!!

Peter

the only thing i can think of is to make sure you are connecting the antenna wire from the harness and not the remote turn on lead...if everything is good then try a relay.. but i wouldnt think you would need it..

i don' tknow what other thing to connect it to. I connected my switch 12v to my constant 12v and now my clock works permanently. I connected the antenna controller to the antenna feed from the car. Does anything else have to be connected to it for the motor to run like one of the 12v. This is my first installation so bare with me.

Peter

12V constant on radio goes to battery or constant 12V at fusebox (+12V wehn car is off)
switched 12V goes to ignition so the radio turns off when the keys aren't in it.
blue remote antenna lead on radio goes to the power antenna lead for the car so when the radio is turned on, the antenna extends.
antenna cable from car plugs into antenna connector on back of radio. male from car, female on radio usually.
that should be all you need to get power to the antenna

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-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi

The BLACK/ red wire is the right wire but there is also another wire which needs connecting. If you can tell me the colours of the wires not being used I will be able to tell you which the other one is, I think it might be a pink with some colour trace on it.

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Sam

https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/detail.asp?info=alarm&year=1994&make=Toyota&model=Camry&ID=18953&type=Stereo

Those should be the colors for a radio install now whatever color is left post back and if you have a meter check and see what it does.Dont cut the harness off of the factory wires just tap into them. Sometimes when installing an aftermarket radio there will be wires left over that do not get used. Did you try to make the antenna go up wiring it directly to 12 volts to rule out the functionig of the antenna motor itself???there will usually be two wires on the aftermarket radio one will be blue the other will be blue/white one is for your amp turn on the other is for antenna if you only have one wire then use it the only thing that will happen is your antenna will always go up when the radio is on .

also make sure your radio is putting out twelve volts on the blue wires when the radio is on if not then that is most likely your problem. The best thing to do is take the antenna trigger and send it to a known good power source (ie your 12 volts to the radios yellow wire see if the antenna goes up) if not then you may have a problem with th eantenna itself but i dought this. If it does go up but not with the radios blue wire then it is your aftermarket radios output.

It definately uses 2 wires to send the aerial up. Try pulling the deck out. Look on the cars plug and you will find a pink wire with I think a blue trace. Get a piece of solder and join the black red and this pink wire together, turn the deck on and it should go up. Be careful not to short the solder out on anything.n Make sure this is a spare wire first.

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Sam

welcome to the forums, by the way Sam.

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-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi

Thanks GlassWolf,

Wariow, could you let me know if you've fixed the problem, I'm 100% sure that you use 2 wires to trigger the aerial and I know it is definately the BLACK/ red and possibly a pink/blue or pink/green.

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Sam

Thanks guys for the replies, I really really appreciate it. Sorry for not posting but I was busy with work and just listening to the thing without the antenna working. I'm going out to my car this instant and trying the things out. Thanks. I believe I did tap the BLACK/ red wire to the 12 volt wire which is the blue / YELLOW one. I never had a problem with my antenna before it always worked fine but I'll try out the suggestions that you've all made. Thanks again.

Oh btw, what's the driver's pillar for antenna is it the long metal plug that plugs into your reciever? Just wondering or is it something else thanx.

Peter

oh yeah i also have aproblem with my clock. You know that your clock is supposed to turn off when the car is off correct? Now I figure that i should connect it to the switch 12v but won't i lose the clock settings? Just wondering. Thanks

Peter

I got it to work, it was the blue/pink one Samantha i connected the BLACK/ red with the blue from the unit and the blue/pink and it worked! Thanks a bunch, you sure knwo your stuff. Thanks again glasswolf, samantha and mobiletoys2002 and whoever else that helped me. This site is great!!

Peter

I recently bought a head unit to try to install into my 94 camry, trying to follow the instructions on this page. I hooked everything up as described, and the unit will not power on. To top it all off, both the constant and the switched 12 V sources are no longer supplying any voltage at all. Both my door ajar indicator (light on dash and sound) and my dome light are no longer functioning. I've checked the fuse and it seems to be fine. Have I totally ruined the electrical circuit? Does anyone have any suggestions about how I might get the power going again?

Thanks,

Chris

you blew the fuse on the dome, open the hood and go into the big box, it should be the dom fuse the 20 amps one right in the middle of the fusebox, replace it and it should be work again. The camry doesn't have a acc supply or something like that so you'll have to connect both the ignition wire and the power wire to the constant 12v power which is the blue / YELLOW stripped wire. and it should power up.

Peter

Peter,

Thanks for the reply. You're were right on the money. I checked the fuse, and it was blown. I"ll get a replacement ASAP. I'm somewhat confused about your comments about the acc supply. I was under the impression that the gray wire provides switched 12 V, while the blue / YELLOW wire provides constant voltage. Isn't that correct? So the ignition wire from the head unit goes to gray, while the constant power wire from the head unit go to the blue / YELLOW wire, right? This is my first installation, so if you wouldn't mind walking me through it, it would be very much appreciated.

Thanks so much for the help.

Chris

It would be great idea to double check your wiring to see why you blew the fuse if it is shorting out somewhere you will blow the new fuse as well . It will keep blowing fuses until the problem is fixed. And as for the accesory wire(acc) if taht car dont have one wich i dought just go to your ignition switch and tap it t here and now you should have no problems if you conect your acc and your constant together than your radio may be left on when the car is off.

your acc wire should be pink with blue at the ignition switch. All you do is tap the red wire from your radio there and now it will only turn the radio on when the car is in the accesory position or running. posted_image

alwayd double check any colors anyone gives you with a meter. this particualar wire can also be tested with a test light. This wire will light the bulb when in the accesory position and when you try to start your car while it is crankingt he light will go out then come back on when running this is the correct wire.