piggiepigg

i've got juice coming out of the radio when i power the tuner on, and have it wired to what i think is the power feed to the antenna, but no juice at the plug in the trunk. is there a fuse or circuit breaker in between that i could check? both radio fuses are good and the radio works and always has. the wire i've attached antenna out (blue wire from the radio) to is red on the honda harness side. the book schematic shows red with white stripe, which it may be, i can't see in there so well, and its the only wire available, so i'm pretty confident i'm wired up correctly. the antenna has never worked since i've owned the car and my mission is to get it going. the antenna is currently mounted so i'm pretty sure it's grouded securely between that and there is a wired ground in the harness (assuming black is ground). thanks for your suggestions....

Eagle16nam

the antenna on 94-95 accords are built into the back windshield................ , where did you get this antenna?

piggiepigg

this is definately a stock honda power antenna. i just found that there are 3 fuses involving the radio. 2 power the radio itself a 15 amp fuse 36, a 7.5 amp fuse 37 which are in the engine compartment, and finally fuse 11 a 10 amp which is in the the dash i'm assuming down on the left near the pedals. i just read this in the book, and will investigate when i get out of work.

P_Adams

Honda had the Brain Fart idea for the printed circuit rear glass antenna beginning with the '96 model year for the Accord.
The '94's and '95's both were the last with the antenna mounted to the rear L/H Quarter Panel.
Everything in a Honda is Fused (and they dam near try to put a relay in everything too).
I suspect they use a relay in conjunction with a signal from the radio. I find no reference to an antenna control switch.

P

Hcivic88

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My 94 lx has the intenna printed in the rear glass but then again, its a canadian model so that could be why
but like everybody said, check out any fuses... did you check to see if u have power at the rear antenna?

Honda-Master

underhood fuse box fuses # 36 , 15 amp and 37 ,7.5 amp
underdash fuse box fuse # 11, 15 amp

if they are ok, chk to see if you get power at antenna plug white/yellow or yellow /white cannot remember ..which color exactly

piggiepigg

antenna is working finally !!!
i did have power at the power antenna fuse which is #11 at the dash fuse panel near your left foot. the antenna harness at the antenna motor has a 3 wire plug going to it. there is a black wire, a yellow with white, and a white with yellow. the black is ground, the outside pin is 12volts supplied by the car, all the time hot, and the middle pin is 12 volts hot supplied by the radio unit, can't remember which color was which. i had the 12 volts on the outside pin which controls the 'down' voltage for the antenna pulling the mast in to the unit, but never got voltage at the middle pin to push the antenna 'up' or back out. a long story short, on my kenwood stereo, there are 2 blue wires, one with a stripe and one without. the audio shop connected the blue wire to the blue wire on the harness, which quite honestly i would have done the same. the blue wire had no voltage in any state, which to power the antenna up, 12 volts should show up when the radio is powered on and go away when the radio is powered off. this was not happening at the blue wire but was at the blue wire with the white stripe. i hooked that wire up to the blue wire on the car harness and now am getting 12 volts at the middle pin of the antenna motor harness when the radio is powered on. installed my new antenna mast and it works like new. i say long story short because there are a lot of interior trunks pieces that needed to come out, and i had to disassemble the antenna unit a few times to get it to work too. which if you take the antenna motor off, god help ya!!!! getting those brushes back in? a true bitch and a half. i used dental floss. cleaning the grease off the limit switch plate is what ultimately brought the sleepy monster to life. and of course getting 12 volts out of my radio to the proper wire connection. i must admit i feel very satisfied having the little bastard fixed. now i notice everyone else's broken antennas on the street and smile to myself.... 'fix that antenna you loser !'