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« on: December 27, 2007, 12:01:20 PM »

My wife got us both SIRIUS radios for Christmas and apparently the guy at Best Buy told her that our stereos were XM only or not compatible w/ SIRIUS... I'm not exactly sure... Anyhow, it's my understanding that it can be run through the Premium stereo in the xB. Is that correct? I believe the manual only has information regarding XM.

So, should I keep the SIRIUS radio and run it through the AUX input, or should I return it and get a car kit. My wife also mentioned something about there not being one for Pioneer yet, but you can order it on their site? I don't know... Are there any benefits to either method? And how hard would it be to install the car kit vs. the separate receiver/controls? Also, I got us both mp3 players, so I'll have that going through the AUX input at times as well...
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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2007, 11:29:32 PM »

This is NOT true.  You keep the kit you have and use the AUX input instead of the FM transmitter for better quality, but you would have that extra receiver to worry about...  Dunno about you but I hate that extra unit, especially when parking a nice vehicle in a bad area.  If you do want to go that route, the new Sirius Sportster 5 model has the color changing button feature that will change all the LEDs in the unit to match the orangy glow that the Scion instruments have (as well as other colors).

There is a sirius reciever/antenna kit that will work with the factory radio (any of the three) but you MUST purchase it from Scion.  Best Buy does not carry a tuner that has the proper connection to work with the factory Scion stereo, despite their vast variety of sirius and xm tuners for satellite-ready radios - including alpine and pioneer (I asked the same thing because I didn't want to pay the $400 from Scion).  Good news if you have the time and patience to install it yourself, you can find the factory sirius tuner that installs hidden and works with your Scion stereo on eBay from Toyota Mall for $249.50.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SCION-2008-XB-SIRIUS-SATELLITE-RADIO_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ38645QQihZ014QQitemZ330199228102QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2007, 09:21:20 AM »

Thanks for the tips Smiley If I had the money to throw at it, I'd probably go that route, but that's a bit much compared to the deal she got at Best Buy. In a perfect world, I'd just get a DVD/Nav sysem w/ bluetooth & have everything run through that instead of having separate units for each mounted everywhere...

Now, I guess I need to find the best place to mount it - Our Camry has a big cubby in front of the shifter w/ a door, so the SIRIUS unit can be hidden...
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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2007, 11:13:50 AM »

Well, I mounted the radio in both cars yesterday & I think I like the way everything came out. I still need to hide all the wires in the xB, so I'll take pics once I'm done. For the xB install, I used the suction cup arm, but removed the suction cup and screwed it in down below the shifter, in front of the cup holders, so the SIRIUS unit is down low and doesn't affect night vision. Plus, it makes hiding the wires easier and you can't see the arm holding it up.

In the Camry, it was a little more tricky. I took out the center console, removed the cubby in front of the arm rest and screwed in the arm w/out the suction cup. It held horizontally over the edge of that cubby, before the shifter and cup holders. We can still use quite a bit of that cubby and nothing else is lost. It can also be flipped back toward the arm rest to hide it a little better. The wires are run under the console & up into the front cubby w/ the door. I still need to cut some grooves for the wires because, as of right now, the door won't stay closed. It may seem like it's not a great place because you have to look down to see it, but where it is, you can rest your arm on the arm rest and use the presets w/ your fingers w/out moving your arm. Smiley

Here are some crappy cell phone pics of the Camry - I think my wife left our camera at work over the weekend...  I hope it's still there!



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