Satellite Radio
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I just bought the Sirius satellite unit with a car adapter. It's the outboard jobby that you mount on your console, dash, etc. I have it broadcasting to my unit via FM (88.3) FM but since it sits on my console and my radio antenna for the car radio is built into the side back window, I am getting static. I want to hard wire this bugger to the stock radio. I have the 6-disc in-dash player with a changer in the console. I want to hard wire the audio so I am not broadcasting 88.3FM. I think this is possible via the audio-out wires from the Sirius unit, but I don't know where to hook them in to (there are RCA jacks and I don't have RCA jacks on the stock cd player in the dash).
Can anyone help with wiring diagrams or ideas??
Thanks,
-Tim
Can anyone help with wiring diagrams or ideas??
Thanks,
-Tim
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you can add a pioneer xm radio and the ford radio will controll] that unit like if it was a cd changer
for sirius
there is a ford to rca auxiliary adaptor it work on all ford radios from 1995 to 2004 with the cd changer controls
for sirius
there is a ford to rca auxiliary adaptor it work on all ford radios from 1995 to 2004 with the cd changer controls
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Sirius Radio
I've got the Sirius radio, Brix Streamer, mounted in the roof of my 2002 F-150... I took out the sunglass door and replaced it with a nice trim plate and the Sirius tuner hangs down from there facing me. I prefer that to putting it on the front or top of the dash where the wiring would be visible, as I could run the antenna wire through the roof liner, and I'm powering it off the compass instead of from the cigarette adapter (Radio Shack has the right plugs in stock to make your own power lead.)
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I may try mounting mine in the sunglass storage area too. All that room in my Expy and I can't find a place to mount this thing. I may take a trip to Radio Shack and hard wire it for power.
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I'd recommend it, especially for your Expy, which probably has a center console. With my F-150's front bench, the middle rider would have the Sirius unit too close to be comfortable on a long trip, but you probably won't have that problem at all.
The suction cup mount that comes with the unit "siriusly sucks", meaning it holds on *really well*, and it just fits into the sunglass holder bay between the two posts.
I ordered the Brix Streamer unit (my friends have the Audiovox unit) because it has green lighting which comes closer to matching my dash lights than the amber lighting on the Audiovox unit.
Don't forget to take the cigarette lighter cord with you to match it up to the plugs at Radio Shack, although if you forget it, just remember that the plug is the only one with a dimple near the end of the post, all the others have a smooth post. I wish I could remember the letter designation for you, I believe it was "H", and when you wire it up, make the tip "+", just like the cigarette lighter cord.
The suction cup mount that comes with the unit "siriusly sucks", meaning it holds on *really well*, and it just fits into the sunglass holder bay between the two posts.
I ordered the Brix Streamer unit (my friends have the Audiovox unit) because it has green lighting which comes closer to matching my dash lights than the amber lighting on the Audiovox unit.
Don't forget to take the cigarette lighter cord with you to match it up to the plugs at Radio Shack, although if you forget it, just remember that the plug is the only one with a dimple near the end of the post, all the others have a smooth post. I wish I could remember the letter designation for you, I believe it was "H", and when you wire it up, make the tip "+", just like the cigarette lighter cord.
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