SIR GM1

[mrmayhem]

sweet.. i need access to the back of my radio.. My sirgm1 is here.. and glove is out. No xm module. I can still hook up the sirgm1 according to crutchfield.. but how the heck does the dash come off.

[mrmayhem]

In case anyone needs it..

http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/s...t=dash+removal

[mrmayhem]

I'm an idiot.. that is for center console..
here is radio

http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/s...=radio+removal

[mrmayhem]

Well I now have sirius.. my installation was a bitch. I have a 6 disc in dash oem.. that did not have xm pre-installed. First off.. getting the friggn dash out was time consuming.. you have to practically remove the center console (including shifter cover, storage bin, etc), just to slide it back a couple inches. Then pull the dash cover off.. (simple). Plug in the SirGm1 T harness and put the radio back (that was also a bitch).. the T harness kept wedging itself behind the radio. Then I had to find power and hook up the SirGm1 noise filter. Luckily I pulled the passenger side dash panel off and there was some kind of factory plugs sticking out with nothing on them. I tested and viola.. power. Plugged everything in... stuck the antenna out the door.. and Sirius! (the display works fine and says SIRIUS not XM as others had mentioned).
Tomorrow I have to zip tie the unit under the dash.. as the T harness was only about 12 inches long (not long enough to run to spot where the XM modules are normally mounted).
Oh well.. it works for the non sat ready H2's.. as long as you have oem radio. Just a little more work.

[Fitz2333]

How do you route the antenna feed to the outside? Can I use the stock XM antenna?

[ree]

Originally Posted by Fitz2333

How do you route the antenna feed to the outside? Can I use the stock XM antenna?

Search will give you a bunch of threads (some including pictures) related to install of CB antennas, roof/rack mount lights, etc. There's this one I posted a while bach that shows how to route up the driver side pillar. I assume something similar can be done on the passenger side pretty easily.

BTW, I don't know anything about the compatibility of XM and Sirius antennas.

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by ree

Search will give you a bunch of threads (some including pictures) related to install of CB antennas, roof/rack mount lights, etc. There's this one I posted a while bach that shows how to route up the driver side pillar. I assume something similar can be done on the passenger side pretty easily.

BTW, I don't know anything about the compatibility of XM and Sirius antennas.

junk says that they are incompatible, but I don't know. I have all my stuff "hooked up and installed" but I haven't even begun to put things back together.

I don't have a sunroof and am trying to track down the sunroof relay so I can steal it's use for things since it's on the RAP circuit. I've got so much wire stuffed around the I/P fuse panel that I can't get to the fuses.

BTW, you can double-sided-tape the Sirius tuner on the PS of the radio just outside of the center I/P compartment. I did it w/o removing all of the top and PS dash, but it would make it easier if you did. There is enough length to the antenna wire to run it anywhere you want. Bringing wire down through the DS clearance light is the easiest, IMO.