Sirius in the New Subarus

[Guest]

Has anybody picked up one of the new Subaru's with the Sirius kit? I
am interested in knowing what the kit includes and how it hooks in. I
already have a Sirius unit mounted in my 02 wrx and I am working out
the details for a new 07. An information/pictures would be
appreciated. I haven't found anything online that is too informative
and the salesmen...well they are salesman and sadly, they have no idea
what they are selling.

 

[Charles Perry]

Has anybody picked up one of the new Subaru's with the Sirius kit? I
am interested in knowing what the kit includes and how it hooks in. I
already have a Sirius unit mounted in my 02 wrx and I am working out
the details for a new 07. An information/pictures would be
appreciated. I haven't found anything online that is too informative
and the salesmen...well they are salesman and sadly, they have no idea
what they are selling.

I don't know anything about Sirius in Subarus. My wife's new Tribeca came
with XM built in.

Charles

 

[David]

Has anybody picked up one of the new Subaru's with the Sirius kit? I
am interested in knowing what the kit includes and how it hooks in. I
already have a Sirius unit mounted in my 02 wrx and I am working out
the details for a new 07. An information/pictures would be
appreciated. I haven't found anything online that is too informative
and the salesmen...well they are salesman and sadly, they have no idea
what they are selling.

I have the official Sirius option installed in my '07 Forester X
Premium. It uses the SIGMA antenna, which is inside the glass and
virtually invisible from the outside. The factory radio also controls
the satellite receiver. No wires, no black pimples.

 

[Joe]

The antenna is a big ugly thing that goes on the inside passenger side
corner of the windsheild
The sirius tuner itself sits on a little shelf under the radio behind the
HVAC controls. I know this all because I removed it when swapping my alpine
in and removing my 07 HU.

 

[David]

The antenna is a big ugly thing that goes on the inside passenger side
corner of the windsheild
The sirius tuner itself sits on a little shelf under the radio behind the
HVAC controls. I know this all because I removed it when swapping my alpine
in and removing my 07 HU.

It's not very big. I never notice it unless I look at it and when I
consider the alternative is something attached to the roof I smile.

 

[Larry Weil]

It's not very big. I never notice it unless I look at it and when I
consider the alternative is something attached to the roof I smile.

But an antenna on the roof will probably work better in marginal
situations, like on a strret wit a tree canopy.

 

[nobody >]

But an antenna on the roof will probably work better in marginal
situations, like on a strret wit a tree canopy.

Verified.. My aftermarket Sirius head unit came with two antennas, on
little one to sit up on the dashboard and the "roof zit". The little one
was about worthless on tree-lined streets. I now have the roof zit
mounted and ya know... it doesn't look all that bad.

This was a Kenwood HU, but the antenna came in a Sirius bag. It's about
3" in diameter and about a half-inch thick in the middle. It fir between
the sunroof and the windshield just fine, the little rubber channel
brings the coax down to the windshield gasket and the wire routes thru
the flap of the gasket down to the fender/door gap where it snakes into
the interior.

 

[David]

But an antenna on the roof will probably work better in marginal
situations, like on a strret wit a tree canopy.

Perhaps. Not an issue in North L.A. County.