Thank you for the info. I am not to familiar with the radio world,
I think i use 88.7 in my Dak, and even with the shorty antenna that gets worse reception I've had to change frequencies more than once. Cali was the worst for it as pretty much every frequency was in use be it with a legally broadcasting radio station or some pirate radio station(usually playing the best of latino music) broadcasting.
I will go with Sirius as I have Sirius in 2 vehicles already.Basically you aren't "adapting" anything. The satellite radio will "broadcast" on the selected frequency and your stock radio would just be tuned to that frequency and it would work just like you were listening to a regular radio station. Only difference is when you want to change stations on the satellite, you have to hit the buttons on the satellite radio receiver and not your stock radio. Which "name" are you looking to go with. Sirius or XM??
I have XM in my truck. This iss the radio I had in my old van before we traded it in.
http://www.xmradio.com/roadyxt/
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Worked really good. I had this "hard wired" in so I didn't have to worry about normal radio stations interfering with the XM signal to my factory stereo. There is an adpater kit for that which you have to buy separately.
no you don't. all you gotta do is plug in your antenna and then plug the fm mod into your head unit. No seperate power and ground needed. But you're gonna need forward and reverse antenna adapter.
I have one preset on my headunit for the XM and the rest are for local radio stations that I listen to more often than the XM. And my XM presets on the receiver aren't all used. I had them all programmed until the merger which took out three of the 8 presets I had which no longer work unless I pay extra. And actually, I haven't paid for the monthly service for two months now. Will probably just keep it until they turn it off. Like i said, I rarely listen to the XM anymore due to excessive commercials and the fact that I only drive my truck about 60 miles a week anymore.
This is what I used on my van when we had it.
Or have a radio with the 3.5mm input jack and use the stereo out jack on the XM/Sirius unit and set the head unit to aux input.
http://www.myradiostore.com/fmmodulators/fm-direct-sa10112.html
my fault, we're talking about the same thing. The way you worded it above, it sounded like you had a separate power and ground for the fm mod itself.
Na, just meant to power the actual XM.
if it was constantly on then it had to have been wired wrong or the unit itself was bad. fm mods are definitely better in terms of sound quality compared to transmitters.
Again, it depends on where your at. I can run I-70 from Denver to Grand Junction, I-25 from Denver to Billings, I-76 from Denver to Nebraska, I-70 from Denver to KC and never change the frequency on mine, but going from Denver to Alb. I have to change it once becuase there is a station that has just enough power to override the FM modulator. There used to be a station in Glenwood Springs that did this, however, in the new semi because of the way it's laid out, there is no problem anymore.
