Want to get Sirius.

[SilvrSRT10]

What do I need to make my NAV4 into a Sirius receiver? Anyone know? Is it just an antenna or is there more involved? Thanks

 

[FlyingLow]

I think Boomer has done this. Maybe he will chime in. If not then PM him.

 

[AWDisuzu]

save your money unless you like 64kb/sec streaming audio in mono. it's useless for music. not too bad for talk radio. I took mine back and got a refund on the service.

basically, it sounds like a really poorly encoded mp3. lots of compression artifacts in the sound. not even close to fm radio quality.

xm is a little better, at least it's in stereo.

 

[OCBob]

I think you need to buy a sirius receiver that plugs into the back of the head unit.

 

[Black1]

You could always get a stand-alone, FM Modulated unit. They sell them at Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. :dontknow:

 

[noid]

I had one in my last truck and loved it. I actually thought the reception and quality was better than fm radio.

Now back to your original question. You will get a separate Sirius receiver that plugs into the back of you stock unit. The Sirius receiver mounts up and to the left of you pedals. You will have a antenna that mounts on top of you truck, just in front of the third brake light. In the kit you will receive a template so that you can drill a hole in your roof for the antenna wire to feed through. It sounds a little scary. But it's really not that hard or complicated. It might take you 1.5-3 hours if you have never done it before.

 

[AWDisuzu]

No one has mentioned the sound quality! Yes, it is all digital and there are none of the usual analog problems. However, the bandwidth and thus the fidelity, is quite bad in many cases. Both systems [XM SIRIUS] talk about “Digital quality”. Well, yes, Digital clarity perhaps, but not CD quality. Both companies use compression techniques to cram as much as they can down that soda-straw of bandwidth.

It also seems to me that the ratio or split of bandwidth is adjusted based upon time-of-day, such as drive-time, evenings, and so forth. News/talk get low bandwidth (that’s fine, it’s talk), traffic gets the worst (that’s fine, it’s talk), but the music stations where quality makes a difference (Classical, Jazz, etc.) really suffer.

I thought it might be the FM modulator, but I bought the home kit and trotted off to my engineering friends. They all listened on their “professional grade” systems and heard what I heard – compression and low-quality on stations (Classical being the worst of the music channels) that would receive a lower audience share.

We all know the American public long-ago accepted whatever goes out over the air and never questioned quality. I think that is why AM Stereo bombed – who cared?

...Americans will go for quantity over quality, sadly, any day.


I listed to sirius now through my cell phone actually (streaming via the internet), and it's piped into the head unit through a cable I adapted. as long as I have good cell phone reception it sounds great.

I had one in my last truck and loved it. I actually thought the reception and quality was better than fm radio.

Now back to your original question. You will get a separate Sirius receiver that plugs into the back of you stock unit. The Sirius receiver mounts up and to the left of you pedals. You will have a antenna that mounts on top of you truck, just in front of the third brake light. In the kit you will receive a template so that you can drill a hole in your roof for the antenna wire to feed through. It sounds a little scary. But it's really not that hard or complicated. It might take you 1.5-3 hours if you have never done it before.

 

[OCBob]

To be honest, I have never noticed an issue with the sound quality. But then again, I am deaf in one ear thanks to those 81mm mortars LOL.

 

[Texas Yellow Fever]

No one has mentioned the sound quality! Yes, it is all digital and there are none of the usual analog problems. However, the bandwidth and thus the fidelity, is quite bad in many cases. Both systems [XM SIRIUS] talk about “Digital qualityâ€. Well, yes, Digital clarity perhaps, but not CD quality. Both companies use compression techniques to cram as much as they can down that soda-straw of bandwidth.

It also seems to me that the ratio or split of bandwidth is adjusted based upon time-of-day, such as drive-time, evenings, and so forth. News/talk get low bandwidth (that’s fine, it’s talk), traffic gets the worst (that’s fine, it’s talk), but the music stations where quality makes a difference (Classical, Jazz, etc.) really suffer.

I thought it might be the FM modulator, but I bought the home kit and trotted off to my engineering friends. They all listened on their “professional grade†systems and heard what I heard – compression and low-quality on stations (Classical being the worst of the music channels) that would receive a lower audience share.

We all know the American public long-ago accepted whatever goes out over the air and never questioned quality. I think that is why AM Stereo bombed – who cared?

...Americans will go for quantity over quality, sadly, any day.


I listed to sirius now through my cell phone actually (streaming via the internet), and it's piped into the head unit through a cable I adapted. as long as I have good cell phone reception it sounds great.

I have Sirius in mine from the factory and I think the FM sound quality is better.