[RickH]

I promise that this is my lst thread on this, but I have an '05 that XM was not installed. Is it possible to get an antenna and install it myself? Do you have to get a different radio too? Cost of antenna? Installation?

 

[Ed and Sandra]

See again our comments (the blue ones) in this thread with regard to installation:

http://www.xlrforum.com/showthread.php?t=631&page=2

You can do it yourself if you have some mechanical skills and are careful when applying them.

Someone else will have to answer with regard to the tuner itself and whether the XM wiring from the tuner to the trunk lid is in place for all '05 XLRs.

Best regards,
Ed and Sandra

 

[Uintah]

I have been trying to do this for about a week. I bought the terk micro antenna and the XM splitter. You have to have the splitter because the car has the two cable old style set up. One lead is for the satellite and the other for the terrestrial signal.
Removing the trunk liner is fairly straightforward and my intention is to wrap the small antenna in foam tap and place it between the liner and the trunk lid.

The problem I have encountered is the splitter has a female end as does the factory wiring harness you need to plug into. I am waiting for some feedback from the store I bought the splitter from on how to fix this.

I am leaving for Idaho/Canada tommorrow so the project is on hold for about a week.

Uintah

 

[aerobat3]

I promise that this is my lst thread on this, but I have an '05 that XM was not installed. Is it possible to get an antenna and install it myself? Do you have to get a different radio too? Cost of antenna? Installation?

Are you sure you want to do it? The selection is pretty good (I generally listen to classical so even XM only has about three channels that I listen to) but-- the music seems so compressed to me, the sound is not nearly as good as our local classical station (which for the most part plays crap with reasonable sound quality) -- anyway, the compression is so great that it seems a crime to play it on that fabulous Bose system where CD's, rock, classical, jazz, anything, really come across. The rear compartment between the seats is a good place to store lots of CD's.

I iive near Baltimore. On country roads, with overarching trees, the XM signal dies fairly frequently. Overall, I'm not impressed and I would think twice about making a hole in the trunk.

And it is such a pain to have to turn the volume way up for XM, and if you forget, to get blasted if you change to FM. I'm glad the Bose is bulletproof.

aerobat

 

[Tek King]

I have been trying to do this for about a week. I bought the terk micro antenna and the XM splitter. You have to have the splitter because the car has the two cable old style set up. One lead is for the satellite and the other for the terrestrial signal.
Removing the trunk liner is fairly straightforward and my intention is to wrap the small antenna in foam tap and place it between the liner and the trunk lid.

The problem I have encountered is the splitter has a female end as does the factory wiring harness you need to plug into. I am waiting for some feedback from the store I bought the splitter from on how to fix this.

I am leaving for Idaho/Canada tommorrow so the project is on hold for about a week.

Uintah

To eliminate the male / female issue, try connecting the splitter directly into the xm unit and then run the single cable along the route the dual coax used into the trunk lid.

 

[Uintah]

To eliminate the male / female issue, try connecting the splitter directly into the xm unit and then run the single cable along the route the dual coax used into the trunk lid.

As a follow up, I did install the aftermarket antenna as Tek King suggested. Also, installed the antenna between the trunk lid and the liner so I wouldn't have to drill any holes. Seems to work just as well as the Sirrus antenna on the roof of my Grand Cherokee.

Uintah