Antenna Booster question

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All,

Just installed Alpine CDA 9815 in my 2005 Forester X and got weak FM
reception. I'm using a wire harness from Cructhfield. On the factory
harness, wire 14 (I've listed the pinouts below)is for Motor Antenna. From
studying a couple of diagrams I found on ScoobyMods, I'm pretty confident
that wire 14 is the Antenna Booster for the window antenna. My question is,
can I simply connect this wire to the Power Antenna wire on the radio or
will I need to find an alternate source to power it? I have no idea what
voltage is required to power the booster, nor do I know what voltage is
coming from the Power Antenna wire from the radio - about to call Alpine and
find out.

Layout of the connector

6 5 4 3 2 1
14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7

1. Ilumi (+)
2. Front SP, Rch (+)
3. Front SP, Lch (+)
4. Rear SP, Rch (+)
5. Rear SP, Lch (+)
6. Power Supply, +B
7. Illumi. (-)
8. Front SP, Rch (-)
9. Front SP, Lch (-)
10. Power Supply, ACC
11. Ground
12. Rear Sp, Rch (-)
13. Rear SP Lch (-)
14. Motor Antenna
 

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