mac spyder
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We have Sirius XM on our car and have been getting offers for a portable XM radio with a car kit. Is there anyway of hooking the XM radio up through the system on the RT. I have a 2011 RT-S.
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gnirtsnod
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Do you have the GPS mounted? I've got the Garmin 665 and just connected up the GXM 40 XM radio receiver head in the trunk. Works great! The XM is controlled though the graphics interface on the GPS right in front of the rider. Some other solutions leave you listening to one station until you get off the "open air riding machine", i.e. Spyder, open the trunk, and change channels.
If you have the Garmin 660, you can probably sell it on the forum and upgrade to the 665. The mount is the same but you might have to run the harness that comes with the 665. It's not difficult.
captblack
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I have one mounted in the trunk with the antenna stuck at the top of the passenger back rest. It works great but for some reason when I unplug the power plug it blows the F9 fuse - still trying to find out what is happening there. I just turn the unit off and all is well. I use the BRP single jack cable which gives me volume control only.
mac spyder
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Thank you all for your input. I think I will look at the Garmin 665 and kill two birds with one stone. Again thanks for the help and direction.
Thank you all for your input. I think I will look at the Garmin 665 and kill two birds with one stone. Again thanks for the help and direction.
KCPete
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Thank you all for your input. I think I will look at the Garmin 665 and kill two birds with one stone. Again thanks for the help and direction.
That's what we ended up doing...just ran a wire from audio out on the 665 harness back to the MP3 input cable in the trunk...works great!
I'll take a picture of where I mounted the antenna, too...tried it in two or three different spots, and always had a 'dead' spot when facing a certain direction, or when we were riding 2-up. Finally mounted it on the front deflector right under the windshield. If I remember correctly, I got that tip from Dave & Teddy!
Works great!
mac spyder
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Thanks Pete!
Thanks Pete!
gnirtsnod
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That's what we ended up doing...just ran a wire from audio out on the 665 harness back to the MP3 input cable in the trunk...works great!
I'll take a picture of where I mounted the antenna, too...tried it in two or three different spots, and always had a 'dead' spot when facing a certain direction, or when we were riding 2-up. Finally mounted it on the front deflector right under the windshield. If I remember correctly, I got that tip from Dave & Teddy!
I'd like to see the picture, too, in case I run into reception issues.
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