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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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Ok well I just bought an alpine cd player for my 01 firebird. Got the wires hooked up, but I cant find where to hook up for my antenna(where it goes up when I turn it on and down when it goes off). Also, I bought the dash kit and everything but the cd player slides forward out of it sometimes.(Im sure I did something obvious wrong)

And lastly how did you guys get your stereos to fit right with that little stub thing in the back that held the stock radio in?

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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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What kind of car?
BTW, the pinouts are in the Monsoon FAQ sticky at the top of this section.
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 08:32 AM
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You can hook up the power antenna to the "external amp on" output of the aftermarket HU. Blue wire IIRC, maybe with a white stripe.

As far as that little stub goes... I cut mine off I figured it is in my way and I'm never putting the stock HU back in anyway.
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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I cut that little stub thing off with a mini hacksaw because mine wouldnt fit either.
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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Ok thanks alot guys! So a mini hacksaw huh? that would certainly solve the problem!
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