Welcome to the ROC! and post pics asap!

I don't have an answer for you but I'm sure someone in the ROC community will chime in soon. :act035:

 

Will do! This is a big weekend for me as the nerf bars, rear mud flaps and Westin bug deflector are suppose to be delivered today! I already installed an aftermarket trailer wiring harness on Tuesday (but after reading some posts, I wish I bought the factory harness), and plan on getting the radio and Sirius installed.

 

It is used to power the amplifier in the OEM antenna. You should connect it to a source of switched 12V power, i.e. the radio power. Expect to be less than impressed with the antenna, it sucks.

 

it can got to the blue wire which is for power antennae or the blue/with wire which is amp tun on. it only makes a difference if the car has the older style power antennae that went up in the air. If hooked up to the blue/white the antennae would stay up for as long as the radio is on.. with the blue wire power is cut off to it when you put in a cd and not listening to the radio.. as for the dimmer wire and illumination, they are not necessary.

so you can use blue or blue white, i personally would not use the ignition wire or switched 12volt since it is powered by turning the ignition on and not the radio.

 

Just to add a bit to Shovelhd's post - the Ridgeline radio antenna has a signal amplifier. It needs +12V to power it. If you do not supply +12V to that blue wire, the signal from the antenna will be nil. With power, it rises to barely satisfactory.

So connect it to a switched 12V wire.

 

I wonder what the blue wire did now I know

 

Much appreciated, thanks for the help guys- I'll hook it up to blue/white remote turn-on.

FYI, I find the reception to be pretty good on my 2011 (I've read a lot of complaints about the reception), maybe they changed something? But honestly It doesn't make a difference as I only listen to satellite nowadays. I just wanted to make sure I hooked it up properly.

 

Much appreciated, thanks for the help guys- I'll hook it up to blue/white remote turn-on.

Don't do that. Use a switched 12V line with sufficient ampacity to power the amp. Remote signals are often less than 12V and don't have a lot of oomph.

 

The switched wire. It should be red but I don't know if you have a CEIA compliant harness or some cheezy eBay special.

 

Got it! And yes it's compliant. Thanks for all of your help-I'm heading out there now.