XM on OEM 6-disc Sirius Radio???

2204 Views 6 Replies 4 Participants Last post by BeerMonkeY, Nov 17, 2007

Ipe

Discussion Starter · Nov 15, 2007

Ok... After having owned my Rubi for a full week now I can safely say that there are very few things that I miss from my H3. :smokin:

One thing that I do miss and I find my Rubi falls short in is the radio. Specifically XM vs Sirius. Satellite reception is poor (can't go more than a mile before the signal fails and the radio needs help acquiring a new signal), and the program lineup just isn't as good, or at the least its not what I've grown to enjoy on XM.

Here are my questions:

Is there a way to get XM to play through the OEM head unit instead of Sirius? If you've been able to do this, what pieces/parts do you need to make it happen? If I have to I'll get an external unit and wire it via a FM antenna input, or via the Aux port, but I'd really prefer to use the factory head unit instead.

Thanks in advance,

Rob

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RubyMtnRubicon

· #2 · Nov 15, 2007

I don't know about Chrysler, but theres a new brain for GM vehicles that have XM to convert over to Sirius. I's sure there has to be something to go from Sirius to XM. I had XM in my other car and find Sirius to fit my music needs better. Each has their +'s.

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BeerMonkeY

· #3 · Nov 16, 2007

there prob wont be one for the stock radio because the sat tuner is built into the radio, on Gm's the sat tuner is a external unit that plugs into the stock radio, thats how you can swap it over from XM to sirius. but it might just be a software change, because sirius and XM both say that if they merge you will not need to buy new quipment

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BigO

· #4 · Nov 16, 2007

Crutchfield has lots of options. You could purchase a plug-n-play unit with a built in FM transmitter which will play XM over the FM channel you choose.

Here's a link with more options...

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Category/GroupMenu.aspx?g=251350&tp=1413#

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BigO

· #5 · Nov 16, 2007

XM plug-n-play units...

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Group/ProductMenu.aspx?g=250150&tp=592&nvpair=FFService|XM#

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Ipe

Discussion Starter · #6 · Nov 16, 2007

I had hoped to avoid an external XM head unit, but if necessary I guess thats what I'll do. Anyone have any idea how long until the actual merger of XM and Sirius occurs?

Then I could get my programming and not have to change out the radio! :laughing:

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BeerMonkeY

· #7 · Nov 17, 2007

i heard they will announce something soon, i also heard that if it isnt approvved sirius is goin to sue. theres so much more our govt needs to be worring about than the xm/sirius merger

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