It's not that difficult to have a clean looking satellite radio installation, you just have to know what you're doing. I'll post some pics of some of my sat installs later tonight when I'm not at work, and give some descriptions of the work for you and anyone else that's looking to integrate satellite radio to an OEM head unit.

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This XM was done in a 2005 Peterbuilt. Power is taken from the radio harness (switched accessory). I also used a fm direct connect to plug into the factory equipped radio. Antenna was mounted on the visor in front of the windshield.


This one was a Sirius hardwire done in an 08 Nissan (Altima I think it was). Again, power is taken from the radio circuit, fm direct connect relay with the appropriate antenna adapters. Sat antenna was mounted on teh roof, right in the center above the rear view mirror. The wire for the antenna is hidden underneath the weather stripping, down along the driver side, below the fender, inside the door boot and into the car.



This one was in a 2005 Honda Accord. The sat antenna again was mounted top center of the roofline, wire run down underneath the weather stripping and through the boot (molex plug = PITA). There's an antenna junction underneath the large pocket that you can go to for the direct connect relay instead of removing the eniter pocket and radio assembly, which is more work than it's really worth. Power was pulled from the ignition harness and grounded underneath the dashboard. The receiver is secured with two screws into the bottom of the pocket. Honestly, one of my favorite cars to do for satellite radio because aside from the antenna on the roof, you cannot tell that there is any work done to the car from the outside.

 

Does anyone happen to know if the factory cd players are interchangeable? Meaning... I have an 04 Durango with a busted indash 6disc (RAQ). Would an '07 model RAQ or REF work? The ol lady is killing me about this cd player. Thanks, sorry for thread hijack....