XM radio on a sirius head unit

[ctoolman]

ok here goes,i have xm weather hooked up to my garmins,i want radio but.........my radio is sirius ready,how can i do this?without getting sirius..

[Glen E]

ctoolman - 10/17/2007 7:09 PM

ok here goes,i have xm weather hooked up to my garmins,i want radio but.........my radio is sirius ready,how can i do this?without getting sirius..

you can't...yet....maybe when the merger is done if that ever happens....I have XM weather and sirius feeding my clarion....

[cross21114]

Get a wireless XM unit which plays through the radio (Clarion?). That's what I do. I learned one thing the hard way - put a ziplock bag over the XM unit so it does not get shorted out by water.

[Glen E]

cross21114 - 10/17/2007 7:23 PM

Get a wireless XM unit which plays through the radio (Clarion?). That's what I do. I learned one thing the hard way - put a ziplock bag over the XM unit so it does not get shorted out by water.

if you can have one account feed two units , the garmin and the XM handheld...then this is the hot ticket - feed the wireless into the aux in on the radio...good idea!

[cross21114]

Glen,

I use the same XM Radio unit in my truck and boat so I only have one account - it moves in a minute. I don't have XM weather. As I understand that, I have to have a different type of antenna feeding my Garmin 3210 and this is another account and billing package. If I ever add XM weather, I think I will purchase a smaller Garmin unit so I can use it in my truck when not in the boat. I love having a GPS (Garmin 60CS) in my truck. Took me all the way to Alaska without a map.

Chris

[Glen E]

oh sorry - my commet was for Ctoolman...if you can have one acct for XM weather and a wireless XM audio device on the same acct - the wireless could feed the "aux in" on the radio...assuming he has one...and bypasing the Cnet input for sirius....

[Duct Tape]

if the radio is a clarion, all you would need is this adapter

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-qQLhGy1...x?i=209XMDCLA1

and this tuner

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-qQLhGy1...x?i=209XMD1000

with those, you can control the xm right from the face of the clarion and have all the song titles/artists etc.

[ctoolman]

thanks everyone...even if it was what i didn't want to hear..

guess i need to go get a sirius anteena this weekend...

[ctoolman]

Duct Tape - 10/17/2007 5:11 PM

if the radio is a clarion, all you would need is this adapter

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-qQLhGy1...x?i=209XMDCLA1

and this tuner

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-qQLhGy1...x?i=209XMD1000

with those, you can control the xm right from the face of the clarion and have all the song titles/artists etc.

its all JBL..

[Duct Tape]

no direct wire adapter made for JBL as far as i know