Installing Sirius in my car

[James Bond]

I was recently given this sirius radio for Christmas. I'm dieing to get it installed in my car, but I haven't found time to get an appointment yet.

My question, how difficult would it be to install this myself? Best Buy charges $75.

 

[shocksyde]

I did mine myself. But then again I installed a full audio system too, so I knew what I was doing.

 

[FoBoT]

depends on how you want to do it

my sat. radios are just plugged into the lighter and the antenna is sitting in the front window

five minutes

if you want to do it all fancy , with the antenna on the trunk and stuff, it'll be harder and take longer

 

[austin316]

if you are just using the fm modulator, its really easy. did mine in 30 minutes.

 

[blackdogdeek]

i installed our car kit but it didn't require anything special. i put the antenna on the dashboard instead of the roof and i affixed the mount on the dashboard too. the rest is just plugging the adapter into the lighter and the antenna into the mount.

did you read the instructions? you should be able to get an idea from them.

 

[Heisenberg]

I just installed one for my brother in law using the cigarette adapter and the FM modulator. The hardest part was running the antenna wire under the weather stripping and interior pieces as I put the antenna on the roof in the back. It only took me about 90 mintues, but I've also installed several stereos in vehicles I've owned. Still, it's a pretty straightforward job.

 

[James Bond]

Well, I've never installed a stereo, but I had no idea it was so simple. I thought there would be wiring involved etc. It sounds like the "hard part" is just getting everything where you want it and aesthetics.

 

[ultimatebob]

It's not that hard... I put the antenna on the trunk lid and brought the wire in through the trunk opening and under the seats in my A4. It's pretty easy to hide the wires under the trim, but I ended up with a bunch of three cables creeping up my dash to the receiver. I don't really see a way around that without drilling holes in the dash and doing some serious rewiring, though, since the receiver needs 12V power from the cigarette lighter and audio output to the cassette deck adapter in my stereo. The FM modulator sounds like crap, so I went with the cassette adapter route.