crawfish333

I have Sirius in my 2008 Lincoln and I love it. I only have a base stereo in my 2007 Vette (no XM.) Can someone suggest what the best way to add Sirius to the Vette would be? Do the little receivers that work through the FM radio work OK, or should I replace the whole thing with an aftermarket system?

2008c6

I think I read somewhere that the hertz ZHZ rental vette comes with the sirius system instead of XM. I wonder if GM used different antennas for them.

LowFlight

Who has the best deal on the SIR-GM1 unit...since I just missed out on one on the Parts For Sale?

ILLUSHN

Very helpful write-up!

What is the cost of Sirius service compared to an XM $77 renewal?

Flyinbyu

I bought my directly from Sirius when they were on sale, but I just ran across one for $89.99 with free shipping.

Link: SIR-GM1 (Free Shipping)

If you have a Circut City close to you, the offer theirs for $79.99 but they will not ship it to you. You must pick it up in store.

Link: SIR-GM1

~Brian

LowFlight

Just ordered and installed....AWESOME

Problem is, I backed the Z06 out of the garage and it had a small leak of tranny or rear fluid....oh well..at least it is under warranty

Flyinbyu

Very easy install.

Too bad the rear end leak isn't as easy.



~Brian

slab0meat

I hooked mine up tonight, which was easy.. only problem was running out of daylight while trying to keep the antenna connected.. I only tried once so far with black tape, but that didn't seem to work.

Any suggestions on keeping that connection tight?

slab0meat

Since it fell far fast, bump

Flyinbyu

Try a little contact cement.

~Brian

rallyred65

Now that the companies have merged, I'll use the ala carte programming until new receivers/adapters come out that allow me to receive both.

Actually, if the ala carte deal works out, I save the money on an adapter....

slab0meat

Thanks for the suggestion. I ended up taping it temporarily, and also ordering a connector cable made just for this situation, from TSS Radio online... thanks to Da Bum for helping me out with that.

cylon

Folks, forgive me here, or least help me understand. I understand that having the 3 satellites provide data is good but both are digital signals aren't they? If so, you get the signal or you don't. So if you get the signal you are getting all of it. The difference woul dbe that one carrier might deliver a greater amount of "data" over their download stream, which would give you better sound. But if get the signal, you get the signal, it is binary is it bot?

thanks for the guidance that is coming my way

pa1adin

Just curious, but on the Nav radio does the button still show up as XM1/2 after you install the Sirius unit or does it show SR1/2?

=Shannon=

vettetax

Nope, that's a down side. The NAV and HUD headunits are fixed to display XM1/2, but at least the station ID's on the 6 presets change. I just tell people since the merger, my Corvette is able to receive Sirius through its XM receiver. Oh the look of surprise

Corvette SSX

I'm glad this thread came back to life. I hate XM for the way they do business and didn't even let the delivery folks activate my XM. I love Sirius though, and will be doing this conversion in the future.

NVR LAT

Just a word of caution...

I also made the switch to Sirius and am very happy with it...BUT...as most people here suggest to just remove the yellow wire from the connector and tape it onto the Sirius module. That is what I did. It worked for a couple days and then quit and gave me a "antenna" message on the radio. I removed the Sirius box from it's mounting spot and found that the antenna connection had come loose. I guess I applied too much pressure when taping it because some of the "tabs" on the connector had broken and could no longer make connection. The end result was having to buy the new wire from GM that connects the antenna the the Sirius module. This involved removing (not completely) the Halo and the interior trim parts below the Halo and running the new wire. What started out to be an $80.00 change, ended up being a couple hundred $'s to fix the screw up.

Morale of the story...BUY the ADAPTER and save yourself some possible aggravation! I was going to buy it at first, but didn't because of advise here on the forum. Trust me...BUY the ADAPTER!

BigSlick

...but,..is there an adapter to connect both the yellow and green connector's for better reception..

NVR LAT

Not to MY knowledge, but my reception now is every bit as good as it was with XM.

JoesC5

I want to installl the SIRGM unit along with the XMtoSIRIUS dual input antenna adapter(shown on tss-radio website) that is recommended for the Corvette. My question is that I have a June built 09 Z06 with NAV and I can't find a "band" button that they say I need to use the tss-radio unit to switch from XM to SIRIUS. Can someone with a 05-08 w/NAV check their radio and let me know where I should be looking for the "band" button? Thanks.