The idea is that placing the broadcast and receiving antennas close together will create a better signal. A long wire allows you to place the broadcast antenna close to the FM receiving antenna on your car. An FM extender is a broadcast antenna on the end of a wire that plugs into your tuner.
If you’re having difficulties with the FM transmitter integrated into your SiriusXM tuner, you might be thinking about installing an FM extender. Then you search the forums and discover that the plug is proprietary to Toyota and Lexus but that you can buy an adapter cable for anywhere from 50-70 bucks and you're like, "WTF?" Reeling from the bitter pill of having to pay for radio in the first place, the last thing you want to do is dole out even more money.The Pros And Cons Of SiriusXM FM Extenders So here's the down and dirty DIY to connect the radio's antenna cable to the truck's antenna cable. Note: you will be cutting the proprietary connector off the end of the shark fin antenna wire and you will be cutting the antenna off the vehicle kit's antenna wire then splicing them together. The factory satellite antenna wire runs under the driver's side sill plate and terminates under/behind the left side kick panel. Pull those panels off, unwrap the tape from the wire harness and look for the black coaxial cable that is a tad thicker than all the rest.Ĭut the cable up near the foot rest and strip about 1.5" of the outer jacket and then carefully peel back the braided shielding. Once the shielding is pulled back, carefully strip about 1/2 ~ 3/4 inches of the center wire's insulation. Then do the same with the antenna wire coming out of the XM/Sirius unit. Remember to slip some heat shrink tubing over your wires before joining them together (if you're going to use that but you can get away with just electrical tape). Twist and solder the center conductors together and seal up with heat shrink or tape or both. Then slide your frayed shielding back together over your first connection.
So long as the shielding from both wires is touching, you should be able to test-fire your connection. If you have a good signal, continue by ensuring a sound electrical connection for the shielding by applying solder in a few locations around the perimeter of the cable. Then, seal it up with heat shrink.įor abrasion resistance, wrap it all up with more electrical tape. Route your antenna wire as desired and put all your panels, carpet, etc back in.ĭid this today, but a little different. On my 2011 the OEM head unit had Sirius, but I wanted a better stereo so I set out to replace it, and wanted to continue using the shark antenna with the sat radio module for the new head unit. As the OEM unit had Sirius there had to be an antenna connection at the head unit somewhere, right? After hooking the new head unit up I went through the "left over" plugs and found a blue one with what looked like coax cable going into it. I then cut the coax going to the new Sirius control box, did a Frankenstein splice job of the two and boom, 3 bars of Sirius. No cables to run! I'm too embarrassed to show photos of the splice, but I did as VR6 did but with a crimp connector to connect the internal wire. I then used a piece of wire with lots of thin strands, not one thick one, and wrapped it around the outside of the plastic crimp connector a bunch, basically replicating the "weave" wire that was too short and frayed to connect. I was careful to make sure the interior single wire was totally encased in my plastic splice thingy so nothing would short.So many consumers never apply for an auto loan because they think their credit score isn’t good enough for consideration. Thankfully, you’re doing the research needed to keep you from becoming one of those people. While your credit rating may affect your monthly payment, interest rate, and other aspects of your loan term, it isn’t necessarily the deciding factor in your loan application approval. You can take several steps before applying that will make you stand out to a lender. This can also mean the difference between buying a cheap used car that will last you a few months and acquiring a ride that will carry you through the next decade.
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