sirius/xm
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 40,156
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From: San Pedro CA
locate what? the antenna?
There is this great section here with tons of audio related answers: Audio/Electronics Forum
There is this great section here with tons of audio related answers: Audio/Electronics Forum
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 918
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From: Gainesville FL
My car came with a Kenwood Sirius-compatible head unit in the dash. I was told that the Sirius receiver was somewhere behind the breadbox, but I've never looked for it. The antenna is attached to the rear deck just behind the convertible deck lid.
Racer
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 357
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From: Miami FL
I have the S50 Sirius that I plug into the cigarette lighter. Nothing is mounted - I keep it all in a Crown Royal bag (luckily I happened to have an empty one 
) and take it to the car only on longer cruises.
I also bought the home kit so I can use the system in my office, home or the car kit.
When I travel it also records several hours of programming that I playback on airplanes, jogging, etc.
Best Buy wanted to drill here and bolt there and I said - CYA
It's worked well for me for 2 years now and the interior remains stock looking.
) and take it to the car only on longer cruises.I also bought the home kit so I can use the system in my office, home or the car kit.
When I travel it also records several hours of programming that I playback on airplanes, jogging, etc.
Best Buy wanted to drill here and bolt there and I said - CYA
It's worked well for me for 2 years now and the interior remains stock looking.
Last edited by 96RedRoadster; Apr 5, 2007 at 08:58 PM. Reason: spelling error
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 3,053
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From: OREGON
i actually have a modified sharkfin antenna from a 2007 mercury montego, i gutted the inside, and stuck my stock XM antenna into the enpty shell... i have no problems with signal loss, and looks pretty good
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2000
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From: Springfield PA
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I have XM but I understand XM and Sirus are merging. I mounted my antenna on the rear hatch glass up near where the above is mounted but on the glass on the left side. No wire showing. The receiver is mounted to the left of the Bose unit. I took off the dash piece and mounted a (custom bent) bracket to 2 bolts that hold the Bose (or the HVAC unit, can't remember). So the bracket comes out from under the dash cover to hold the receiver. The power is hot wired in, no cig plug!
Tech Contributor
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Peoria Arizona.. Resident Gold Cylon
I think it looks good too, like a small shark fin!! A good location
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2005
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From: OREGON
i still have some clean up work to do with the wiring, but when i installed it i had just peeled off half the paper for the tape, but it is very solid, and has been tested up to around........ well i'm not gonna say, but it was not quite to triple digits
and i was looking for something that would fit on the rear window flap, and all the ones i saw on ebay, and other european cars were about an inch or 2 too long, and the ones from the new freestyle, montego were prefect lenght
and i was looking for something that would fit on the rear window flap, and all the ones i saw on ebay, and other european cars were about an inch or 2 too long, and the ones from the new freestyle, montego were prefect lenght
Last edited by ZfidyONE-84; Apr 5, 2007 at 11:55 PM.
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From: Peoria Arizona.. Resident Gold Cylon
Intermediate
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: allentown pa
Here's my mount that I made for my XM myfi out of some polycarb plastic. I work in a plastics machine shop, so that kinda helps. Anyway, I removed the top of the center console and made the inside bracket with a 180 deg. bend that 'hooks' over the lip of the transmission tunnel, then attached all the other parts with some small flat-head screws. I also lined the entire underside of the mount with some self-adhesive felt so there was no worry of scratches... and I didn't have to drill or stick anything to my car.
I also wired mine directly to the accessory leads in the center console (I actually found them when I took the console apart, who knew?), and use the cassette adapter. You can barely see the wire running into the cassette deck from behind the bezel.
I also wired mine directly to the accessory leads in the center console (I actually found them when I took the console apart, who knew?), and use the cassette adapter. You can barely see the wire running into the cassette deck from behind the bezel.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 779
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From: Murrieta California
I just had a Kenwood DNX7100 installed. The salesman talked me into Sirius but I didn't want the antenna on the exterior of the car. After reading several threads on antenna locations, I had it installed under the grill on the dash. The reception was not very good. I spoke to the techs at Kenwood and was told the antenna for XM was much better for that location. It's being installed Monday.
