89GTA2LV

I just got an sirius Satellite. I got the one that runs through your radio FM. I was told that if I have the antenna not go up the reception would be great when I am playing the satellite.

I looked in the fuses and didn't see one that was marked ant.

Does anyone know of a easy way to disconnect to power to the antenna?

Gummie

If you want disable the power antenna going up/down you just need to cut the wire for it in your harness on the back of your headunit. Pull your head out and take a look. The wires should be labeled.

NEEDAZ

Is this a stock or after market HU? What's the make and model. And I don't see this doing anything useful unless there is already a station near the TX F of the RF modulator, and most should give you a chouse for TX frequency of the modulator so that shouldn't be a problem. I'd put the thing in, then pull the Rem. wire and see if it made a difference. If not, don't hack the wiring. If it makes things better, try a different output frequency.

89GTA2LV

Its just the normal factory power antenna.

I stopped the one from my other car from going up and the sirius Satellite comes in awesome on any frequency. I just wanted to know of a quick fix and I donot want to cut anything

NEEDAZ

Is this a stock or after market HU? If after market, what make and model?

89GTA2LV

Its a stock antenna

UCF1Slider

Doesn't matter if the antenna is up or down your reception will be the same. All you need to do is set the frequency of the wireless transmitter inside the Sirius unit to a FM frequency that is as far away from any other FM radio station as possible. In Orlando FL the best frequency is 88.1 FM because the closest station is in the 89's. If you *still* want to disable the power antenna the easiest way to do it is to cut the power antenna wire behind your radio... it is usually blue with a white stripe or just blue. I wouldn't bother with that though, it's completely unnecessary. By the way I am an installer for Best Buy and I do these installs on a daily basis :P

johnblacksox

How well does it work to send the Sirius signal via FM versus hooking it up direct?

I'm debating what to do, I don't want the reception to suck. We have radio stations all the way down to 88.5 here.

Nic

The reception will be fine as long as you stick with the newer sirius equipment. The wireless modulators in the older equipment (more than say, 6 months old) completely sucked. The Sportster 2 was really the first decent piece they put out quality-wise. Also, I've done this on a daily basis for several years and I've never heard this whole "keep the power antenna down and you'll get better reception thing."

UCF1Slider

If you have a head unit that says "XM Ready" or "Sirius Ready" then you should buy the module for dedicated satellite radio if you're worried about reception problems. With the dedicated units that plug directly into your satellite-ready head unit the signal is digital and doesn't have to go through FM modulation. You would simply select it as another source just like a CD or tuner for FM radio... much cleaner looking than having a portable unit mounted from your dash or windshield and it's better quality sound. The price of the dedicated units is pretty much the same as the portable units - only downside being that the dedicated units are..... dedicated.... therefore they cannot be removed from the vehicle for use in your home.

NEEDAZ

The signal at this point is analog, not digital. And he’s using a stock HU but didn’t add that to this post.