Sirius/XM radio ready receivers

Justin from Detroit1 · Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:57 pm

If a head unit says that it is Sirius/XM radio ready, what does that mean exactly? What else do I need to buy in order to start using Sirius or XM? I know the antenna is needed, what about the tuner? Is that still needed?

Jszar · Post by **Jszar** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 4:17 pm

no the tuner is built in, just the antenna is needed i believe.

Justin from Detroit1 · Sun Jan 09, 2005 4:30 pm

You believe, or you know? lol.

jonnyb · Post by **jonnyb** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:08 pm

no. the tuner is needed. there is only one hu with a built in tuner, from alpine.

71buickfreak · Post by **71buickfreak** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:13 pm

you will need a tuner and an antenna

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:30 pm

jonnyb wrote:no. the tuner is needed. there is only one hu with a built in tuner, from alpine.

Actually the JVC KD-SHX900 has a built in Sirius tuner.

From my understanding the "ready" ones have a seperate connection dedicated to the specific tuner.

I am not sure if it is an RCA connection or some other type.

Jszar · Post by **Jszar** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:16 pm

oh. well, its a coincuidence then, thqt my aunt has that alpine. i figured....oh well

jonnyb · Post by **jonnyb** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:30 pm

i think its around $100 for the tuner and antenna. when i got my xm radio, i had an alpine hu, and the tuner at the time was like $300 so i said f that, and just bought the Roady thing from delphi (for $90). i do believe the roady2 runs for about the same price right now.