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Question: Just bought a PIV with the Sony CD player thats satellite ready. Where can I get the satellite setup that works with the unit for either Sirius or XM? Is it pretty easy to install? I believe my wife has XM in her car so it would be cheaper to add an XM receiver.Suggestion: Lowrance offers a CD/radio/satellite/Ipod system that works with their HDS units. Can you start offering this as an option when adding the Lowrance units. Might be slighty cheaper than the Sony and give the user limited satellite radio (weather channel) access even without a satellite radio account.Last edited by kramr on June 5th, 2010, 8:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I ran the antenna to the back deck putting it next to the gps puck, ran the wire through the air vent and used silicone to hold it down the the cap. Works good, dont see much of a battery drain, love fishing in the fall and listening to football!
I love my Sirius year around. I have a portable unit but it works great.
It is Sirius ready, though we do not sell the Sirius head units. We understand that this allows the stereo to control the Sirius units that are enabled to it, as it does and iPod. BCB
tae73 wrote: I ran the antenna to the back deck putting it next to the gps puck, ran the wire through the air vent and used silicone to hold it down the the cap. Works good, dont see much of a battery drain, love fishing in the fall and listening to football!Which XM/Sirius unit did you buy? Can you give me a link?
Go to tssradio.com they are the ONLY specialized Sirius/XM company in the USA and work to have ALL parts needed instock,plus they are based out of Chicago so your supporting america. Sirius/XM is the best thing EVER for a guy who travels or is in that Boat alot… Get sirius so you can have the 2 Only Channels that make a profit on Sirius/XM, they are Called Howard 100 and Howard 101, you may hear things shocking and scary, but its the real world. At 2pm Central Time on channel 101 you will experience Bubba The Love Sponge, you will be HOOKED……….BTLS for President
I have a stilleto 2 and installed the cradle in the drivesrs side rod locker against the console side, and ran the power cord under the console and pluged it in the supplied cig lighter. I also screwed down a small painted steel (powder coated) plate right behind the drivers seat in that little space between the seat and rear compartment for the antenna. It works great and have never lost signal in 2 diffrent BCBs. Tuck the wire in behind the seat and run through the drain hole next to the seat and back into the rod locker. Looks super clean and works great. Get the stilleto 2 because you can take it out of the boat and put it in the truck for the ride home. (besides its the best unit and Ive had 4 diff ones) It is the best for those long prefishing days by yourself and you can listen to the PACKERS any where in the country!!!
my antenna is mounted on top of my passenger console. in the corner of the windshield, never been a problem.
I have a sirius starmate 4, I purchased a car kit I have the mount suctioned cupped to the wall under the dash. Then plug into the auxiliary port in stereo, works pretty good I cant control from the stereo but both units have remotes so its no big deal. Its nice to have sirius instead of using fm radio, some station are tough on the water.You loose the ground plane on the water, the antennas are not that much help with water as the plane for FM radio. BCBLast edited by tae73 on June 7th, 2010, 1:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Yeah, if the radio is a Sony unit with the rounded corners, Im reasonably certain those head units have an auxiliary input (headphone jack) on the rear.Sony does offer a Sirius tuner that also plugs into the rear of the head unit. The benefit of this piece is that you control the channel surfing right there from the head unit, and all the rest of the working bits are store away somewhere.The downside, is that it is not transferrable from boat to vehicle.A “regular” XM or Sirius standalone “dock and play” unit offers the flexibility of going from truck to boat. One unit, one subscription, multiple locations (obviously not simultaneously). You would probably want to get a second vehicle mounting kit – one for boat, one for vehicle. (the car kits come with 12V adapter; home kits with 120V and converter) The audio connection between the DnP unit is made through the AUX input on the rear of the receiver…pretty straightforward. I have a DnP unit in my commuter car, and a home kit w/generic alarm clock radio with AUX input for my work office. Its been at least two years since Ive listened to terrestrial radio. And even back then, I usually was playing CDs or an iPod.The other benefit to the DnP route is that it allows the user to decide between XM or Sirius. Music-wise, theyll be pretty much the same…just different names for different channels of music genre. The bigger difference is between the sports broadcasting and talk radio programming. Personally, I prefer Opie and Anthony to Stern but thats a whole different discussion. Of course, if you happen to have a iPhone, theres a app for that too. (software- and hardware-wise)
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