Can You Add Satellite Radio To A Car

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Thinking about adding SiriusXM Satellite Radio to your machine or truck? In this article, we'll take a look at ii of SiriusXM's best tuners, the SiriusXM SXV300V1 and the SiriusXM SXWB1V1 TOUR.

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More and more cars are rolling out of the factory with satellite radio built-in, but if yours doesn't accept information technology and you want it, SiriusXM has a tuner that's right for you and your car. If you're still in the "Gee, Idunno?" stage of the conclusion-making process, here's just a few of the reasons you really do desire to add SiriusXM satellite radio to your car:

An unparalleled variety of music choices: You lot'll become multiple music channels, including rock, pop, state, hip-hop, R&B, electronic, jazz, classical, Latin, world, and Christian channels.
An amazing array of news and talk: If information technology's worth talking near, someone'south talking about it on SiriusXM's wide variety of national news, sports, talk, and entertainment channels.
Up-to-the-minute traffic and weather: In select metropolitan markets, you tin can notice out what the conditions are and program your route accordingly.
Sports: If y'all're a sports fanatic, y'all really need SiriusXM. Whether you're into baseball, basketball, football, hockey, racing, and/or soccer, you'll never miss a large effect.
No annoying ads: Most music channels on SiriusXM are commercial-gratis.
Crystal-clear signals: SiriusXM's digital point ways no static or interference and the power to transmit text information like stock quotes and sports scores alongside musical signals.
Coast-to-declension coverage: satellite radio is available beyond the continental 48 states, plus parts of Alaska and Puerto Rico. Yous tin can even get a signal upwards to 200 miles offshore, so if you're a boat owner, at that place's another reason to get into SiriusXM.

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What kind of tuner is correct for your car?

If you already have a compatible aftermarket stereo or yous're planning to install 1, the SiriusXM SXV300V1 tuner is the one to choose. But if you can't (or simply don't want to) supercede the stock radio, yous'll want a dock-and-play choice, like the SiriusXM SXWB1V1 Bout with 360L. We'll take a closer await at each one below.

SiriusXM SXV300V1 Tuner

The SiriusXM SXV300V1 fits behind your vehicle's dash, so you'll get great programming and a clean look.

Add together SiriusXM to your aftermarket stereo

When you connect a SiriusXM SXV300V1 to whatever of the many SiriusXM-Prepare™ aftermarket car stereos currently bachelor, all that awesome entertainment will sound improve than ever in your car or truck.

This meaty tuner fits behind your machine's nuance and plugs into your SiriusXM-Ready™ machine stereo without the need for additional cables or interfaces. It comes in a complete package that contains the hideaway tuner, an outside antenna (with a magnetic base for piece of cake mounting), and an installation guide.

With select car stereos (see note below), yous can admission some corking new SiriusXM features, like Traffic & Conditions Now, SportsFlash™, and TuneMix™ which plays a unique alloy of songs called from channels yous've stored as presets. The best office is that if you don't want to hear a particular song right now, you can skip over it.

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Look for the "SiriusXM-Prepare" logo on receivers similar this Kenwood

If you have an older receiver that'due south SiriusXM-compatible, you won't get those newer features, only y'all'll still get all the SiriusXM music, entertainment, news, and sports programming you love, plus cool features like Replay and iTunes® song tagging. And you'll exist able to enjoy the new features whenever you upgrade your receiver.

Depending on your subscription bundle, you lot'll get SiriusXM's Xtra Channels with the SXV300V1. That'south over 20 additional music, sports, entertainment, plus SiriusXM Latino, a collection of dedicated Spanish-language channels. Enquire your Crutchfield counselor for more details.

Manufactory Radios and Other Notes: The SXV300V1 connects directly with aftermarket in-dash receivers that take a "SiriusXM-Ready™" logo.

With the help of a Vais Technology adapter, you can add together SiriusXM satellite radio to a wide variety of factory radios. Enter your vehicle info or talk to a Crutchfield Advisor to run into if there'due south one available for your motorcar or truck.

You lot'll also need to purchase a subscription from SiriusXM. Satellite radio service is available only within the lower 48 states — not available in Hawaii or U.S. territories. Limited service is available in Alaska.

A special parcel for boats and RVs

Want to bring SiriusXM programming to your boat or RV? The SiriusXM SXV300M package includes the satellite radio tuner, plus a marine-ready Shakespeare antenna, a 25-pes antenna cable, and iii antenna mounting options — surface, depression profile with base of operations, and pedestal.

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If you have an older car, a leased car, a car with a seriously integrated nuance, or you simply don't want to supplant the stock stereo, you don't have to settle for second-rate entertainment. The SiriusXM SXWB1V1 Bout with 360L lets you add together SiriusXM when you lot idea yous were stuck with AM and FM.

SiriusXM SXWB1V1 TOUR with 360L

The SiriusXM SXWB1V1 TOUR is a bang-up option when replacing the stock radio isn't possible

The SXWB1V1 Bout offers tons of cool features, including born Bluetooth® connectivity, WiFi, and vocalization control. With Personalized Stations Powered by Pandora, you tin create your own creative person stations and get recommendations curated just for you based on your listening history.

There's an on-demand feature that lets yous access recorded shows, alive performances, interviews, and events, and if you're a sports fan, you can get real-fourth dimension updates on all your favorite teams. You tin view all the program and channel information on the 4.3" touchscreen color display, forth with great graphics similar aqueduct logos and album fine art.

The congenital-in Bluetooth makes it piece of cake to connect to your radio, home sound system, or a Bluetooth speaker, but you'll too become the accessories you'll demand for installation in your automobile. The vehicle kit inclides a vehicle dock and antenna, dash and vent mounts, and a cable to connect to your machine radio'southward auxiliary input.

If your car's radio doesn't have an aux input, the included SiriusXM PowerConnect™ organisation will deliver clear audio through your vehicle'due south FM radio. If you accept an older motorcar, the Tour volition work with a cassette adapter (non included).

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When the factory radio is nearly incommunicable to replace (like this one from an Acura TL), the SiriusXM SXWB1V1 TOUR is a great solution. (Crutchfield Research Photograph)

Desire to learn more?

Not sure which of these tuners is correct for you? Bank check out our full selection of dock-and-play satellite radios. To learn more than near SiriusXM satellite radio, cheque out our other satellite radio manufactures and videos.

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