hornsfan44

F150 with factory Sirius

I've done what searches I can and have found out I can reuse the factory sat antenna with an aftermarket head unit. I know the Sat tuner is behind the glovebox and I am trying to find out if there is an adapter cable that would make it possible to reuse the factory tuner as well with a new aftermarket headunit. Any ideas?

71_340

If your Sirius tuner is in fact a seperate unit you can use one of the newer Kenwood units and an i-datalink Maestro ADS-RR which will allow you to use the OEM Sirius tuner.

I don't know what year truck you have, the sat tuner in my 2012 F150 is part of the main factory radio. I just ordered a complete set up today and had to get an aftermarket sat tuner to go with it.

Wyo11Scab

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What head unit?

hornsfan44

Stock headunit right now. Single disk MP3 with Sirius. 08 F150 Screw.

Wyo11Scab

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What aftermarket HU do you want to use it with?

Windup

The antenna have a standard plug end that can be used by any receiver. Its the same for sirius and xm, at least the new stuff.
I looked behind my glovebox, it has a female end.

I would think the factory Sirius receiver would only work with a factory head unit.

I found that the factory antenna would loose the signal often. I'm using a aftermarket antenna now.

hornsfan44

Not sure yet. still looking at options.... something affordable. Im not the type to drop $500 on a unit.

FX4362

I always thought the factory SAT tuner was integrated into the main radio. But yes you can use the factory antenna with any tuner. If you are using an XM tuner just pry off the yellow plastic piece at the end of the cable and it will fit.

Wyo11Scab

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They integrated them mid 2010 or 2011

hornsfan44

Starting to look like I will have to buy a sat tuner to match whatever HU I buy.