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Does factory antena need a blue wire?

Discussion in 'Audio & Video' started by Thacrow, Jun 22, 2024.

  1. Jun 22, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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    Thacrow

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    In this picture I have blue wires from my amps with a metallic plug at the end.

    There's also an antena wire coming off the wiring hardness.

    And the with all the Metra stuff there's an adaptor that has a plug for rhe factory antena but also a blue wire going into the factory harness.

    Do I need to plug the blue wire fron the wiring harness, labeled antena, to both my amps and the factory antena? Or should I factory antena needs power?

    I was just going to plug the amps into the antena wire off the harness and noticed this

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  2. Jun 22, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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    Nevermind. That's for the antena. There's so many damn wires I didn't see this other wire to power the amp....which apparently past me already put a plug on to make ibstall really easy. Wow. Embarrassing thread here.

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  3. Jun 22, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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    It's totally understandable in a project of this scale.
     
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  4. Jun 22, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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    Thank you for saying that :)
     
  5. Nov 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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    I am going to be looking for the best way to wire my Vantrue dash cam ... 2024 does not have cig adapter in dash area ..

    Toyota deleted it in the dash and put it inside the console ... too far away for the dash cam.
     
  6. Nov 17, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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    You looking for suggestions?
     
  7. Nov 18, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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    ...^^^... Yes
     
  8. Nov 18, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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    Could research Dongar adapter for the rearview power for dashcam use.
     
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  9. Nov 18, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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    ...^^^... Will do that ... thank you ..
     
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