TV Tuner wiring question

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Old 02-10-2011, 07:39 PM
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TV Tuner wiring question

I am sure this is a stupid question, I have done a search and not really come up with a definite answer.

I am installing an after market digital tv tuner to my after market head unit. I am removing the factory sirius box. I need 12 volts to power the TV tuner. Could I just take the existing factory power supply from the sirius and cut the wires, maybe see a red and black wire and splice in and power the tuner from here instead of installing a fuse splitter or whatwever it is called, at the fuse panel.
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Old 02-10-2011, 08:07 PM
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You aren't planning on driving with it on right?
 
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Old 02-10-2011, 09:24 PM
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Since the new digital system doesn't work while the receiving antenna is moving, you can be pretty sure he won't be unless he 1) gets a new ATSC M/H receiver, and 2) lives in a city where the ATSC M/H systems have already been turned on.
 
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Old 02-10-2011, 09:36 PM
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I knew that... that's why I was asking
 
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Old 02-11-2011, 07:33 AM
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I am actually going to attach the parking brake wire from the head unit to a ground, it will enable my dvd and I was thinking this could be on during movement...I won't be watching, but passengers could...The antenna on this unit is interior, correct? I imagined it like the boxes they gave people that didn't have cable when out TVs went all digital.
 


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