Satelite radios

[AeR0]

so ive been looking into getting a satelite radio for my grand am just wondering where has everyone been mounting them so they look good?

[curtisjade1]

i have mine right next to the headunit and it looks pretty good and it is also functional:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2263/hpim1203hn8.jpg

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/8913/hpim0629pn9.jpg

[AeR0]

cool im just looking for ideas where i can put mine!

keep the pics coming!

[DFizzle]

Mine is mounted in front of the sunroof between the visors.
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a245/juggleboy720/Car/IMG_0623.jpg
Some people have said it's hard to see or use but I use the remote and almost never look at it at all.
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a245/juggleboy720/Car/XM%20Roady/IMG_0654.jpg
It's a pretty simple install with just a standard universal bracket screwed into the headliner and the wires run up the passenger side A pillar and out the sunroof molding.
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a245/juggleboy720/Car/XM%20Roady/IMG_0855.jpg
One of the other guys on here named "TAGS" was asking about it and ended up doing something similar. His thread is here (http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69396). Good luck, let us know what you end up doing.

[AeR0]

i have no sunroof lol

[red hornet]

mine ,Roady xt is on vent with mount that came with it

[MantaGreen97]

Do you have an aftermarket deck or a stock one?

If you have an aftermarket deck, many companies have compatible tuner add-ons so you don't have unsightly out-of-place separate receiver things in the car. Everything's controlled and displayed right from the HU.

Factory GM heads can run an add-on sat radio tuner as well, but I don't think that would be possible on your 99 (if you still have the stock radio) as this feature didn't start until later years.

[04alyGT]

http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69396
Thats probably the coolest mounting i've seen.

[toobroke]

Originally posted by MantaGreen97
If you have an aftermarket deck, many companies have compatible tuner add-ons so you don't have unsightly out-of-place separate receiver things in the car. Everything's controlled and displayed right from the HU.

Is that the little box they try to sell with the Sirius ready head units? If so, are the morons at best lie right that it cant be mounted in the trunk? If not do you know why?

[dandragonrage]

It can be mounted in the trunk if it's one of those modules, as opposed to a player itself. Might need to extend the wire, depending on how long it is.

[AeR0]

yeah my deck is sat. radio ready but i just want one that gives me the portability.

[curtisjade1]

I agree I also had the option to get the tuner for my pioneer deck but i got the audiovox one because I can take it out of the car and hook it up to my home theatre system

[dandragonrage]

Well hey, you are 16 ;)

[MantaGreen97]

Originally posted by AeR0
yeah my deck is sat. radio ready but i just want one that gives me the portability.
I'd rather get two tuners if that were the case, but that's just me. I'm not really a fan of having things stick out out-of-place like in the car really.

Then again I have no idea how XM/Sirius work, I mean do you have to have a subscription per tuner or can you have more than one tuner listed on a single account/subscription?

[curtisjade1]

yes it does cost more for each extra tuner

[red hornet]

My Roady Xt

[AeR0]

here is my sat radio

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/aerospage/Picture035-9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/aerospage/Picture035-10.jpg

[Zohie]

I just decided to go with a deck with satelite built in.

xm anyone? :)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c253/rollingem20/mycar7-25-07005.jpg

I tried one of them delphis at first, and they mounted it so it was sticking out in the passenger side and my friend knocked it off. So I said, well this is crap. I took it back and bought this deck. You have to buy a receiver if you do it this way, and that is installed underneath the passenger floor board, only costs about 100$. Almost anyone will tell you, if you go with the deck it's going to sound so much cleaner. Just saying :)

[jonnythan]

The deck add-ons certainly sound better than using an FM transmitter, but don't really sound any better than hooking up to the line out of a separate.

I went from a Sportster to a deck add-on and liked the integration, but I really missed the larger display and better interface of the separate unit.

[bertz]

ive got serius im going to move mine i mounted it on the dash above my cd player.

[AeR0]

i have mine all hooked up through my aux input.

i like the portability of it!

take it in the house use it inside take it out to the car..

[bertz]

i realize i spelt siriuswrong

[jonnythan]

Also, I had mine mounted underneath the A/C controls, right in front of the shift lever. It fit there very well on my '98.

[bertz]

hmmm thats sounds like a nice place ill try it out there..