CAn you elaborate on your set up? Have you kept Sirius intact? Is it directly wired to the aux input on your new head unit? What type of harnesses did you buy and where did they come from?

Thanks,
Zack

 

I have factory Sirius as well. No problems with sound. The sound is as good as FM or better. IMO better than FM. I haven't listen to regular radio in years!

 

My truck had the factory Sirius, but I have never paid for the service. Any good head unit todayshould have provisions for Sat. radio, both Sirius and XM. Check out www.crutchfield.com they sell anything you need, you can even keep the factory steering wheel controls.

Any good custom stereo shop should have all the harnesses and adapters you will need, that's where I got mine. It was an easy install, and I did it myself. So far all the mods I have done I have done myself.

Here is a picture of the unit.

 

I asked the dealer mobile tech if he had an extra antenna to test if it affected the signal and sound quality. I figured that would be an easy test and help narrow it down to the Sirius radio or it's antenna since the factory AM/FM radio had been swapped without any change in the Sirius sound quality. But he didn't have one.

I did change the facotry speakers to Polk Audio speakers. Vast improvement. The factory CD changer sounds pretty decent with good speakers.

If the factory installs sub-par Sirius receivers and antennas, it again makes me wonder what they are trying to accomplish. After a free year of crappy service there is no way I would give Sirius any money to continue it's use. I'm going to visit a couple of stores today to listen to what it should sound like.

Has anyone tried HD Radio? It would be nice if there was a unitthat would plug into the sat radio connection in place of the Sirius unit.