Hi all! This is my first post here. So the CD player in my 2009 Fit Sport/Navigation model finally died, so I bought an aftermarket Sony stereo head unit. I am not much of a car technician expert but I watched many, many Youtube videos and thought I could do it myself.

I bought the stereo from Crutchfield, and paid an extra $30 for them to open the box, take out the wiring harness, and connect everything the way it should be based on my specific car's make and model. I got everything hooked up just fine except for the plug to the antenna adapter, which for the life of me, I can't find the corresponding plug in the "rat's nest" (as I call it) of cables in the radio cavity.

After digging around for a while I popped the stereo in place so I could drive around in the meantime and fix it later. The stereo works great! Bluetooth, steering wheel controls, etc. Except for the radio!! Without the antenna hooked up it's all static. How do I get the antenna plugged in? Please do not tell me it can't be done because I LOVE listening to the radio! Thanks!!

 

You have to buy the antenna adapter that connects the oem antenna harness to the aftermarket radio.

 

RESOLVED!!!


First of all, thank you to my replier. I had my neighbor take a look (he's a car guy) and he agreed that the plug I thought was for the antenna was in fact the antenna. He said Crutchfield must have sent me the wrong antenna adapter. Then I emailed Crutchfield some pictures and they said what I received was for a Fit Sport 2009, not a Fit Sport+Navigation 2009. So they are sending me the right part. I'm a little annoyed that I paid an extra premium to have them assemble the whole wire harness, and this time they are only sending me the adapter. So I will have to splice it in myself. Oh well. Below are some pics.

 

The adapter should have a plug on each end. No splicing needed.

 

But the blue wire coming off of the old adapter is integrated into the main wire harness. I believe it is for power to the powered antenna. So I meant I may need to splice the blue wire on the new adapter to the blue wire on the old adapter... Seems easier than disconnecting the blue wire from the harness (which I don't know how to do - I bought it pre assembled) and then attaching in the new blue wire.

 

Does the Fit has a powered antenna?

 

No it does not.

 

Hmm. I thought I read the blue wire in the antenna plug/adapter assembly was for a powered antenna. So what IS the blue wire for? Because in my pre-assembled wire kit the blue wire is definitely connected to the central harness.

 

I think I'm confusing my antennas. When I think powered antenna I'm thinking motorized up and down. The other meaning could be an amplified antenna to boost the signal. With that I don't know. A quick search says that the Honda CR-V has an amplified antenna.