Sirius Radio swap for XM.

[luxurycarowner]

How can I go about swapping the Sirius radio on my M35x for XM radio? really love XM radio.

[enyce]

I have a XM Tuner in my 06, I hate XM and want Sirius. I would be willing to swap if you would like. We could USPS Priority mail them to each other. I am a eBay Power Seller with over 6000 feedbacks.

Let me know if your game. Its a simple plug and play swap, even the factory antenna works, its bi-sexual

[eggyacid]

just FYI.

it's not as easy as just swap, you have to swap antenna as well.Yos and I did a swap and in his car, the signal isn't strong enough and in my car, i'm getting "Antenna Error' every few minutes.

also, the bracket won't fit, you have to find a different location to mount your XM.

[yosM45]

Let me know if your game. Its a simple plug and play swap, even the factory antenna works, its bi-sexual

eggyacid is correct on this. It's not a simple plug and play. Within the 2006 model year, the antenna's changed. You can go to an Infiniti dealership and ask to see thier accessories page for the satellite antennas. There will be different options for XM and for Sirius based on the vin numbers of the cars.

The antenna's will change by model years. Some have splitters, and some don't. Come have the same connectors, and some don't. You really won't know until to open it up.

All satellite antenna's have a built in satellite receiver, and a terrestrial antenna receiver. The XM antenna's split these signals going into the receiver. Siruis has both signals on one band.

I was able to make changes to the connectors to make it work, but the signal strength is horrible. Anything as small as a light post would make it cut out. Eggy wasn't even able to get a signal, since his antenna wouldn't split.

Also the receiver mounts in the trunk are different. The Sirius receiver is smaller, so it will fit in the XM mount, you'll just need longer bolts. But the XM receiver will not fit in the Sirius mount since it's smaller than the XM tuner. You could find a different place to mount it, but that defeats the purpose of plug and play, becasue of the amount of work required to reroute all of the cables.

So to do this properly you'll need to trade receivers, your antenna, and your mounts.

Which requires you to remove the trunk liner, the rear seats, the rear woofer panal, and the rear section of the head liner.

Or you can just add the bext of XM or Sirius for $4.00 more.

[infinitiandbeyond]

You might first want to call Sirius. One hour ago I received an email from XM Radio stating that the merger between them and Sirius is complete announcing at the same time that I can call to immediately add some Sirius stations.

Maybe they will be doing the same thing with Sirius subscribers, offering the addition of XM stations.

Pretty interesting and should get more so.

[enyce]

Odd........... I expected it to be simple like in my Audi. Took 2 mins to swap and away I went.

I am aware of the Sirius / XM deal, but the Sirius channels they offer on XM are not the ones I want, other than Howard.

Thanks for all of the help, I guess I will suck up the crappy XM programming.