How do I hook up the antenna on my car stereo?

Installed a new stereo but it doesn't play fm tuner or am tuner or any radio stations just static. The car stock antenna is one of those old ones that go in and out and rise up out to play the radio. Its probably not connected. Any idea how to fix this?How do I hook up the antenna on my car stereo?
When you installed the new stereo you may have not connected two necessary things:



1. The antenna itself - a coaxial cable connection that plugs into the back of the radio.

2. The remote wire for the power antenna. Without this the antenna will not extend when the radio turns on and you won't get reception.



If the antenna is not activating it's probably number 2. If your stereo does not have a power antenna or remote wire, then you will have to wire the antenna remote input to a wire that has power when the car is turned on (like the wire for the radio power, not the radio memory wire that's always on). Then the antenna will always be up when the car is on.