Installing Factory Sirius
 

I am still trying to figure out how to install the Ford Factory Sirius tuner that I bought on ebay. I figured out where it mounts...just now so sure of the wiring connections.

Sorry for the sloppy image below, but best I could do. Does anyone know what the connections are for? I know "A" fits into the back of the radio, but would have to remove a connector from the truck harness in order to have an opening for it. I could not find anywhere in the truck for "B" to fit Any ideas?

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The harness you have is odd I have never seen one like that. Is there a pass trough for the 16 pin plug. because I happen to know of a harness that will work for you. It is a "T" harness that will supply power and ground. It would take some minor modifacation but it will be just plug and play after. If you google 2U6F-14588-BA it will bring up a couple of sites. This part # is made to work with the old visteon sirius tuner but you can easily make it work the dephi sirius tuner. Let me know if you are interested, and i will let you know what you need to do.

Radioman
 

I have the same kind of harness shown in okstategrad2002's pictures. I bought the factory headunit, factory sirius tuner, and factory harness as a set on eBay for my 05 Lariat Supercrew. I was told they came out of an '06.

The part numbers I have are:
Headunit: 6L3T-18C815-FE
Sirius Tuner: 6L3R-18C963-AE
Harness: 6L3T-14K024-AE (this one's difficult to read)

I can't figure out where to connect the smaller connector on the harness (labeled 'B' in the picture). There is nothing on the HU that it would fit, so I suppose it is meant to connect into the truck's harness - but I don't seee the male version of this connector anywhere behind the dash. The two wires going into this small connector are black/green and lt green/violet.

Any ideas??? Thanks in advance for any help.

I can tell you that on my truck--06 with factory sirius the two wire plug goes to a connector on the right hand side of the stereo support bracket ---although I dont know for sure what they are I suspect power and ground. I hope to find out because I have taken the tuner out of my truck ---like the options s50 have better --but plan to use the tuner in my wifes freestyle.

update ---just installed mine in my wifes freestyle the small connector is indeed a power and ground I just tapped into the light power and grounded it to the main support bar behind radio ---black with stripe is ground --everything works great hardest part was running the antenna wire --all the presets are actually saved in the sirius tuner ---which was cool didnt need to reprogram all of them.

Sirrius factory install
 

Installed my Sirrius factory unit with factory 6 cd HU & pigtail today great setup.

HU unit ebay $120
Sirrius headunit ebay $150
Pigtail Ford $16.00
Antenna adapter Best Buy $15.00

Total $301.00 with factory look & sound

2006 F-150 FX4

i need help with sirius install
 

I have a 2006 F150 with the 6cd HU. i have the sirius tuner that I purchased with the 6cd HU. But I had no harness to connect from the HU to the sirius tuner. I was told to purchase the 2u6f-14588-ba harness, which i did, but it does not fit the sirius jack. What do I need to do to make this work?? Please help...

which pigtail?
 

what pigtail did you buy or use?

Contact speedometer service 1-800-241-2385 part # may be not sure 6632-14588-AA

Don't go to speedometer they want $15 for the cable. The ford dealer only wants $12.72 for it.:banana:

The right part# is 6L3Z-14588-AA:rocker:

Sat Plug
 

Are The Plugs On A Both Female?


Thanks

I have this same unit and for the life of me I cannot find where this little plug goes myself????

Guys it plugs into the back of the cig liter plug on the 05 06 models...
It is for power and on my 04 I will need to GO FISH to find a hot wire...
Why do I feel like I am posting to myself in here?

Well bhaaaaaaaaa It will not work on an early 04 Radio 6 disk changer audiophile..... Software for Sat radio not in the early model we r guessing
But the good news is the guy I bought it from on E Bay is awsome he worked me through it..... So far I think... When I get out the other side I will post.

OK Dude I got the OEM Sirius from on EBAY sent me a 06 HU unit he had "LAYING" around ... It works great!!!!.....
This guy rocks

POWER .... Get power from cig lighter... U need constant power......
The factory plug in the newer trucks plugs into the back of the cig lighter......
I got power from a keyed scorce and it worked funky because the sat tuner was not pre powered when the radio came on and it would not go to where you had it set when you shut the truck off and the delay shut off mode was worthless... ALso I out the antenna on the dash and it works GREAT!!!!!
I wanted it in side the truck... because I run it through the carwash and was worried it would get hosed up
GATR

Thanks for the play-by-play GATR. I'm about to do the same thing in my '04 Audiophile. I just received an '07 Audiophile HU via eBay and I'm on the prowl for the Sirius tuner now. Did you have to get the head unit reprogrammed or anything to work with your steering controls? Or did it work immediately? Can you give a quick recap of everything you needed to do to swap out head units and install the OEM Sirius tuner?

Also, can you post some pics to show what you did with your antenna? I'm curious to see how that looks.

Thanks - Dave

Dave the HU is EASY to change out!!! 4 little bolts...
I did not have to get Anything reprogrammed...
I am not sure what you mean buy steering controls
I just zip tied the tuner under my HU...
The center plug of the HU is where the plug from the tuner goes..
Just let the old plug in the unit hang free
The small gray plug is for power I had to cut it off and wire it manually.. Te old fasion way :)
I had to get power from the fat blue wire on the cig liter...
I forget what I used for ground....
I ran the antenna wire in front of the dash tray and put it up to the windsheeld center between the defroster vents
Take out the two bolts above the HU and it pops out...
Same size as the ones on the HU.....
OH the biggest pain in the arse is the airbag plug on top of the.. cvr
If you have any more questions e.mail me your phone number and I'll talk you through it...
Gatr

I'm having the same issue on my '07.. no place for the small grey plug with black/green and green/violet ... so is 6L3Z-14588-AA actually the wrong cable for 2007 models?

If I give up... just run green/violet to constant power and ground the black/green? I really don't want to do that... but I guess its easier than getting/waiting for another cable.

Someone posted their 2 wire plug goes into the cigarette lighter area... mine doesn't, maybe it changed in 07?

Matt

Well I just tapped into the grey plug and ran to power and ground, problem solved. Woulda been nice to have the correct cable and factory plug, but whatever. Factory sirius in the head unit, finally !

Matt

The constant power is the only way to go.... I was TOLD the plug fite 05 06 model in the back of the cig lighter... I have an 04 " the good one"
LOL
Gatr

Ok, got my new headunit installed in my '04 Audiophile and it works great. I found a 2007 audiophile HU on ebay for $64. Ridiculously cheap. Anyone know where I can get an adapter to connect the 2004 antenna to the 2007 HU? I can only find adapters that go the other direction (2007 antenna -> '04 style connector). Is my only option to buy an '07 Antenna+cable?

Also, I just bought a new OEM Sirius tuner on ebay (also crazy cheap - $57) but it doesn't come with the antenna. Does anyone have the part number handy for the Sirius antenna (and the harness part # too just in case the included harness isn't correct)?

Thanks guys!
Dave
:rocker:

6L3Z-14588-AA <<<<<Harness number I used

I would use this and get power fron the cig liter....
I used a standard Sirus car antenna
Man u dot me on the HU antenna... seems like an 07
is a good idea....
Yeah crazie cheap
WTG
:)
Gatr

Factory power connector is hidden
 

On my 06 Supercrew I had the connection to the Factory HU and then the Sirius unit but couldn't find the power plug connection. I was about the give up and cut it off, but I finally found the factory spot. If you remove the Sirius unit and reach around to the back outside right of the radio cage you will see a wiring loom running up and down. Attached to that is a grey power plug where the Sirius cable plugs into for power. It was a pain to get it pulled to the left so I could even see it.

Thanks to everybody else's posts here I got the pieces/parts and now have Sirius with the 6 disk mp3 player installed.

Thanks!

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Dang....
That's a bunch of looks....
I hope the info in this thread was helpful... We all learned from it that used it
The info on the boards at 150 Online is awsome...
many thanks to all you folks
Gatr

I have an '07 and this harness does not work for me with the cig lighter 6L3Z-14588-AA. Is there a harness for the 2007 or what>?

Well I got it to work and I just cut the end off and hard wired it into the lighter, the green and violet(+) and the black green(-). It works great and I dont know if the unit I bought came with the 6 months free like the new trucks get, but I have not paid for service and I am getting it, so I am not going to buy a subscription until I have no service, no reason to pay for something I have.
JK

Interested in doing same installation (CD/MP3 radio with sarellite module in vehicle that did not have either option).
04white&tan20s, is the female connector shown below, the connector you were referring to that's located on right side / below radio, that small male connector in radioman's photo labeled B, wolld connect to?
It was held in place with electrical tape to main harness, appears that's how it came from factory.


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