Satellite Radio Install Query

[jcp429]

Good day. Having recently purchased a 2004 T Bird in pristine condition and
very low miles previous owner had not activated the satellite radio option. My question: would I be better off having one of the local Ford dealerships install the kit or is there an after market option that would be better. Your thoughts please. Thanks -John.

 

[borchcp]

John, I purchased a satellite receiver from Southern Electronics and installed it myself, fairly simple. I placed the receiver on the bottom of the passenger side of the dash and the antenna on top of the dash, works fine. Use the search function on this site to read earlier posts on this topic. Good luck. charles

 

[dick]

satellite radio

john
i bought a sirius radio from radio shack for 40.00, it is wireless so you do not have to hook into radio under dash. put antenna on front of dash(directly below windshield antenna)
attached to airvent with adapter. works great and looks neat.
dick

 

[zozobra]

New to Satellite Radios

I guess I'll sound really uneducated (dumb), but it would be far worse if I don't ask at all. I bought an '02 a year ago with about 9,500 miles on the car. No problems at all to date. Several weeks ago I saw a display at a Best Buy about satellite radios. One of my few complaints these days about driving the 'Bird is the endless commercials on the radio. So I am interested in a satellite radio, except that I do not want to chop on the car's interior that is, in my opinion, just about as good as it gets not do I want wiring lying around. On the other hand I don't want something just lying somewhere in the console, due to the obvious visual distraction but also because I can (easily) imagine someone breaking into the car just to get the radio itself. Is there a site I can visit that perhaps has radios designed to some extent for the 'Bird or did they ever come stock with a satellite compatible radio?

Thanks

 

[George]

If you use the 'search' function above for satellite radio, you will find 8-10 different threads discussing various points on satellite radio's.