hello all! i just picked up a XM Radio pioneer GEX FM903xm for 50 dollars at sears. its the whole package and the tuner is the same size as the alpine.

heres the link and picture of it:

http://products.consumerguide.com/cp...el/electronics

again..its on sale at sears for 49.99 and there is a 5 dollar off coupon. i think its a nice match for the tsx since the back light is blue.

 

A great place to mount it is in the sunglass holder.

 

50 bucks is a great price but its fm modulated

 

whts the difference? and which one arent? and can i do something so it wont be?

 

FM modulated means that it runs from your FM radio. The sound will not be digital. I have a blitzsafe adapter in my 03 tl-s. It connects my fm to my cd player. The sound is then digital.

I emailed blitzsafe this am if they have adapter for the TSX. I will let you know what I hear.

 

I was planning to buy the Kenwood SIRIUS Satellite Radio. On sale now at BestBuy for $99. With FMmodulator, car kit and installation total cost would be about $300. $120 for the installation is expensive. Did you do the install yourself? How did the Sunglass Holder install work? Where did you put the box and antenna? Is it easy enough or do you recommend professional installtion?

 

I took it to a local installer. They put the receiver somewhere behind the dash. The antenna is mounted above the windshield between the glass and sunroof. I have the low profile one that is magnetic.

 

huge difference IMO i actually had mine wired both ways at the same time and was switching back and forth to make the comparason, i can say that the channel separation is much better and the high frequencies are much more noticable when directly connected through the AUX input.
running through the FM modulater there is static or hiss when silent parts of the music are present and the high frequency section is notibly reduced.

 

The SNHOND3 will work to add one set of auxiliary RCA inputs to the factory
system. This retails for 129.95, and will allow the audio to pass digitally
into the car. There is no control features for the XM from the radio so you
would need a separate controller/display in order to control or see the XM.
Thanks CHET.

 

chet is a great guy and very helpfull if you need to order the snhond3 you can get it from a local caraudio shop or buy from www.logjamelectronics.com for 99 bucks i paid 90 and some tax from an audio shop

 

Can you use the adapterw/any make of XM radio?

 

you can use the adapter with anything that has RCA outputs or even somthing like an MP3 player that has a headphone out. you can use an adapter to convert to RCA

 

you can use the adapter with anything that has RCA outputs or even somthing like an MP3 player that has a headphone out. you can use an adapter to convert to RCA