Lizardking
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What's the deal with the two antenna plugs? My deck only has the one antenna jack.. There is also a wire that runs with both plugs...
Okay guys I need help!!
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I think the 4Runner uses two antennas. One on the tailgate, the others on the two side cargo windows.
The extra wire is very important! It is the antenna booster/amplifier wire for your 4Runner. When I installed my HU, I did not hook up the smaller black wire and my radio reception sucked.
I then read over the wiring schematics for the 4Runner and found that I needed to supply it with power. I spliced attached it to the Power Antenna wire on my AVN5435. I think it was a blue wire, but I am not sure.
Once spliced, my radio reception was much better.
IIRC, only one of the antenna plugs fit in my HU. I did look for a Y adapter, but was unable to find one. So I guess I am down an antenna compared to the stock 4Runners.
The extra wire is very important! It is the antenna booster/amplifier wire for your 4Runner. When I installed my HU, I did not hook up the smaller black wire and my radio reception sucked.
I then read over the wiring schematics for the 4Runner and found that I needed to supply it with power. I spliced attached it to the Power Antenna wire on my AVN5435. I think it was a blue wire, but I am not sure.
Once spliced, my radio reception was much better.
IIRC, only one of the antenna plugs fit in my HU. I did look for a Y adapter, but was unable to find one. So I guess I am down an antenna compared to the stock 4Runners.
Lizardking
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I figured it out...Thanks!!! I finished installing all my equipment over the past few days including the dynamat.. I just picked up a Eclipse CD5435 until my AVN5495 shows up...All my equipment is in my sig...
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sharp4runr
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Actually the antenna are in the side windows in the cargo area. They call them diversity antenna because it switches to whichever has the better signal.
