Has any one who has the factory installed Sirius antena swapped out there head unit for a after market one with sirius. Can the antenna be used on other than Ford Units.

 

I just finished doing a search on this in the SAT radio forum. The consensus is that its a universal plug on the antenna that should fit aftermarket tuners.

 

Here is CONFIRMATION that the stock sirius antenna plug will fit an aftermarket reciever. Kenwood

 

I am using my stock Sirius antennae on my Pioneer XM unit and it works perfectly. If it works for XM it will most likely work for aftermarket Sirius as well.

 

wait a minut here, do yall mean that this is basically plug and play or you have to get another sirius reciever but you can just use the antenna??

for instance i have the eclipse avn5435 can i just use the plug that goes into the stock radio or do i have to get the aftermarket eclipse tuner and then i can use the antenna that came with the truck

 

You have to get a new sirius tuner. The Ford one is connected to the stock head unit thru the harnesses and theres no way to connect it to an aftermarket head unit..

BUT..you can use the stock antenna. I have the Alpine setup and all I had to do was pull the plastic connector off the stock antenna wire and it plugged right in.


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