Does anyone know if I can use the stock antenna that the car comes with for xm ??? if I can slightly mod it or anything I dont want to rig into the electric system. Thanks

 

please search the forums for more details. The question has been asked many times.

but the brief answer is no...you cannot easily use that antenna.

 

thanks

 

really? that sucks

I used an XM antenna for a sirius radio on their first gen units.. it's probably just a different end connector but could be modified.. ?

 

ooo I like that response even better.... I gonna check it out i have somewhat of an idea of how I can mod it...... if i do decide to rip it all apart n do it Ill have a write up on it.

 

it's possible that Acura has some special XM antenna but it should be the same as every other XM radio out there..

 

^^ oh and how are you getting Sirius?

VIAS technology is supposed to release ".. in July"... (bit over due now) an XM to Sirius interface for Honda/Acura.. Directed (they make the Clifford/Viper/etc. alarms and the Sirius modules for Pioneer/Alpine/Kenwood/etc.) is supposedly making one as well..

Here is the Directed one..
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sirius-20...ern-289981.php

Per quote from poster: "Sirius told me it will be available the first week of September from Circuit City, Best Buy and one other place."

 

I have an S50 unit....... I just wanted to integrate it into the cars system because I only really listen to 4 channels. So looking at it to me isnt that important I tried to use an FM MOD. and see what the quality of the sound is like and it sucked....and the XM quality was really nice when i had it I just thought it would sound better integrated

 

if that box really exists for our cars im on it!

 

The antenna will work fine. The problem is that the Honda connector is not a SMB connector like the after market receivers.

I Extended the antenna on my new Pilot to under the seat and through a custom coupler it is running my Eclipse Sirius radio and my XM Commander XM radio.

If you are not going to use the XM radio ever again the cleanest way would be to salvage the antenna connector. Then cut the cable from an antenna and solder it to the connector that was removed from the XM box.

 

glenn thanks.....thats what I was thinking i was just afraid of ruining the cable by splicing it....but since u said its ok im all for it..thanks....im still trying to find out whats with the box....I heard right now its only for the GM.............. honda another month

 

I suppose you could splice it if you are very careful. I put on a BNC male connector and a BNC female on the extension cable. Remember it is Coax and the shield needs to be pulled over the spliced center conductor to maintain a sembalance of the original cable. The active antenna is strongly amplified to over come the extreme loss of the tiny cable at 2 gig so there is a fudge factor.

Any connector with good high frequency performance could be used but I went with a connector that could be used with RG 59 since I used a modified Satellite splitter with F connectors for the dual coupler.

 

nice what about this? http://www.tss-radio.com/sirius-dual...er-p-3910.html

 

or
http://www.tss-radio.com/sirius-sing...cb1029ccd5b595

if ours are single cables..

 

yea

 

There are these old threads (taken from the Audio/Electronic FAQ and a search):

 

good stuff... thanks bro

 

I was reading more into the unit form gizmodo and howard stern is promoting that thing like nuts.....plus for the honda acura enthusiasts its coming out at the end of this month or the middle of next.