Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:55:18 +0100 From: tangennopsamcom (Leif Tangen) Subject: Re: 95 900s antenna mast - replacement
tom reingold <trn244nopsamnline.net> wrote: > Simon Putz wrote: > >> Why does the antenna go up when you're playing a tape? I mean I know > >> why, but it really wouldn't be hard to get the logic right. > >> > > > > > > because this is not just an antenna connector pin on the backside of > > your radio. sometimes it is also referred to as REM(ote) connector. it > > can also be used for switching power on for example a cd-changer or > > amplifier. you want the amp on when youre listening to cds or tapes > > right? > > > > bye > > > > simon > > > > > > As I said, I understand, but I still feel it wouldn't be that hard for > them to design it so that it extends the antenna only when the radio is on. > > You are defending the design from the designer's point of view, not from > the customer's point of view. If things were always made that way, we'd > still be warming up our cars for 10 minutes before driving. The car > industry responded to a market of customers who didn't want to do that. > Now we have cars that don't need it and in fact prefer not to have it. When the antenna goes up, it's not a bug, it's a feature. It seems like nobody in this discussion remembers that the RDS function needs the antenna at all times. You'll lose the traffic messages and PTY news broadcasts if you don't provide a radio signal even when you're playing your tapes or CDs. Saab already solved the problem for those of us who don't remember to bring a separate walkman to the car wash: The radio antenna on the Saab 9-5 (and maybe the new 9-3?) is integrated in the rear window - in fact you can't distinguish the antenna from the demister threads. Nothing sticks out at all (except for the stupid looking mini sharkfin mobile antenna on the new models). -- Leif Tangen, Svelvik, Norway 1976 96L V4 1977 99 GLS 1986 900i 1992 900i 2,1 Griffin 1998 900S 1999 9-5 2,0t
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