Re: First time poster

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Richard Browne say:

> I have greatly enjoyed some of the technical help on the list.  I've had
> my '94 S4 for just over a year.  Wow, I'll never buy anything but Audi.

And so Audi claims another one....

> First, it's strange enough that unlike most cars I've owned (read rice
> burners), the audio system stays powered without even a key in the
> ignition.  Not really the problem however.  Does anyone know why the
> antenna stays up while playing CD's and tapes?  

That's because the antenna is triggered of the head unit's power,
not some special signal that says "tuner is on".

You could just wire a switch in series with the power lead from the
radio to the antenna. Turn the switch off, the antenna should go down.

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