I bought my wife a Plug and Play Sirius receiver for Christmas, and I'm trying to find the best place for mounting the magnetic antenna. She has a convertable, so the next option was the trunk lid. Apparently the trunk lid isn't steel, because the magnet doesn't stick to it. I have it mounted inside the trunk now, but the reception isn't the best, so I'm looking for alternate mounting locations that you all have found to be best.
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I'm sure being mounted on metal helps, but like I said, I have no problems with it on the dash.
From what I understand your location has a lot to do with how good of a reseption you get. Me living in So Cal I'm right under the satalite, so its pretty easy for me to pick up a signal. Give it a shot and see how it sounds. Just place it up there without routing anything for a few days and see what happens. If you don't get a good signal then you'll have to look into another option.
heh you could get real high tech and wire it through the engine compartment and right up toward the grille? and it really dosent stick to the trunk lid?? thast weird cause it works on meh 95
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i was told by bestbuy staff that sirius is coming out with a antenna model that goes across the top of the inside of the windsheild (not all the way across) and is hardly noticeable. That should work good i would think. My g/f has teh normal one and it doesnt stay on the metal one.....put it on the dash!
I've had it on the dash for a couple weeks now, and my reception is OK in that I don't lose a signal often, but the sound seems so muted, especially when compared to regular FM. Forgive me if it's a stupid question, but is it the antenna location that does that, or is that the best I'm going to do using the FM transmitter? Will I get a sound similar to FM radio or a CD if I hardwire it into the head unit, say though an auxiliary input? I love the satellite stations, just not impressed with the sound quality at all. It sounds like I'm listening to it with cotton in my ears.
I've had it on the dash for a couple weeks now, and my reception is OK in that I don't lose a signal often, but the sound seems so muted, especially when compared to regular FM. Forgive me if it's a stupid question, but is it the antenna location that does that, or is that the best I'm going to do using the FM transmitter? Will I get a sound similar to FM radio or a CD if I hardwire it into the head unit, say though an auxiliary input? I love the satellite stations, just not impressed with the sound quality at all. It sounds like I'm listening to it with cotton in my ears.
If you want the best sound quality you will have to hardwire it to the headunit. What head unit do you have? PIE makes adapters that work on most radios.
For the best sound quality is goes in this order (best to worst)
-Hard wired to head unit
-Tape deck adapter
-wired FM modulator
-wireless FM modulator
That's what I figured. I've got the stock Mach 6-disc system, which makes replacing it with something aftermarket a PITA. Looks like I'm going to have to get rid of the 'Stang pretty soon for something 4WD anyway, so I'll have to look into hardwiring it into the new ride. Thanks for the input.
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