Sirius Connect substitute?
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Sirius Connect substitute?
Got this info today from a Sirius vendor -
It seems as though the GM Sirius Connect won't be available until late summer at the earliest. In the meantime we have discovered another package that will work with most GM models (sorry, it wont work with the Corvette....yet).
This package works exactly like the GM SIRIUS Connect. It will allow you to play and control your SIRIUS signal through your GM factory headunit.
A company called Soundgate (actually the same company that SIRIUS has hired to create the GM SIRIUS Connect) has a product that will "fool" a GM Radio into believing that it is a Kenwood radio. Then, with the use of the SIRKEN1 SIRIUSConnect, you can get a SIRIUS signal in the appropriate format for a Kenwood tuner.
The advantage of this combo is that it is available now and works very well (it is what Hertz uses in their GM rental cars). The disadvantages are that it is $90 more expensive than the GM Connect will be and it does not work with as wide a selection of vehicles as the GMConnect will.
Keep in mind that both the GM SiriusConnect and our KNGM1 Package will require that you use the included SIRIUS Antenna and will not be able to use the Factory XM Antenna.
It seems as though the GM Sirius Connect won't be available until late summer at the earliest. In the meantime we have discovered another package that will work with most GM models (sorry, it wont work with the Corvette....yet).
This package works exactly like the GM SIRIUS Connect. It will allow you to play and control your SIRIUS signal through your GM factory headunit.
A company called Soundgate (actually the same company that SIRIUS has hired to create the GM SIRIUS Connect) has a product that will "fool" a GM Radio into believing that it is a Kenwood radio. Then, with the use of the SIRKEN1 SIRIUSConnect, you can get a SIRIUS signal in the appropriate format for a Kenwood tuner.
The advantage of this combo is that it is available now and works very well (it is what Hertz uses in their GM rental cars). The disadvantages are that it is $90 more expensive than the GM Connect will be and it does not work with as wide a selection of vehicles as the GMConnect will.
Keep in mind that both the GM SiriusConnect and our KNGM1 Package will require that you use the included SIRIUS Antenna and will not be able to use the Factory XM Antenna.
Last edited by Craigster05; May 24, 2006 at 07:33 AM.
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What about this one. Based on the way it reads, the unit works with factory GM head units.
http://www.directed.com/audio/sirius...all-Manual.pdf
http://www.directed.com/audio/sirius...all-Manual.pdf
