XM Radio

bobavila · 07-24-2006, 11:08 AM

Hi Guys,
I want XM in my ride but had an installer tell me the only way to get it is to remove the dash and it will "Scuff" it up quite a bit. Anyone have any input?

WOW_FCTR · 07-24-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by bobavila

Hi Guys,
I want XM in my ride but had an installer tell me the only way to get it is to remove the dash and it will "Scuff" it up quite a bit. Anyone have any input?

Don't know why he would "scuff" it up a bit....try a different installer.

n29we · 07-24-2006, 11:22 AM

Well, part of what he says is true, you have to remove the dash BUT if he uses some caution there will be NO damge. There are alot of us on the site that have the XM installation with no problems. Do a search and you'll see what others have done. I've had 2 installations done. One on my 05 and now on my 06 with NO problems!! It's worth it!!

houtex · 07-28-2006, 01:38 PM

Here's some more. THanks to all of the previous post from many members and the bits of advice I got. Have a guy that works for me that did most of the work - but it is a bit nerve wracking to see your baby all torn up like that. It's a bear getting all the new plugs and wires situated so the radio will go back in the same hole. We wound up cutting up most of the superfluous (we hope) plastic off of the plugs.

Got everything hooked up and checked it - worked fine. Then buttoned up the dash and back out of the garage to activate it with XM. Got "No Signal" Had to take the dash off again and found that we'd crimped the antenna wire on the edge of the dash - since it's a microwave unit we had to chuck it. Luckily Jeff had another - so this time we ran the antenna line over the guages and it worked fine.

That airbag cover will scare the #$it out of you when you horse the dash over it - but it will go. Skip2004 also came and helped, but his kitchen pass ran out before we were done.

In hindsight - if you've never done this, it's a valuable learning experience, but if you can get the install done for under $100 it's probably worth the money.

houtex · 07-28-2006, 01:40 PM

BTW - On one of the threads I researched, there was a post about the information screen from XM with the artist and song scrolling by. Somebody said that all you had to do was push the "Info" button on the radio when you turned it on and the scroll would appear in XM - tried it - didn't work. Anybody got any ideas??

JeffDBFl · 07-28-2006, 01:54 PM

No, you have to push the tune button. The lower left hand round button below the volume control.

houtex · 07-31-2006, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffDBFl

No, you have to push the tune button. The lower left hand round button below the volume control.

THANKS!!! - it worked.