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Old 05-08-2007, 08:11 AM
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Glad to hear it'* fixed up. Now you'll have good tunes while working on the car.
Old 05-08-2007, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
Glad to hear it'* fixed up. Now you'll have good tunes while working on the car.
More like my wife has good tunes while trotting around the house....while I'm working on the car!
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Interesting that it was a power supply issue. Did you buy your kit brand new or used?

90% of the time, when there is an "Aquiring Signal" issue, it'* a bad antenna. The other 10% are bad dock or bad tuner. I haven't had an issue yet with them coming with the wrong power cords, but they have been known to go bad on several occasions.
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Good find! Glad you got it fixed
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Sirius tends to make junk hardware.
I had it a while back and after the second receiver took a crap I gave up and went back to XM
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Originally Posted by slick94prix
Interesting that it was a power supply issue. Did you buy your kit brand new or used?

90% of the time, when there is an "Aquiring Signal" issue, it'* a bad antenna. The other 10% are bad dock or bad tuner. I haven't had an issue yet with them coming with the wrong power cords, but they have been known to go bad on several occasions.
I actually bought the kit from a friend who had it. So, yes, it was used. He had a shopping bag of odl power supplies and we simply tried plugging in every power supply until we found the one that fit. Well, just because it fit didn't mean it was correct!
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the new sirius radios have had thier voltages dropped from 12v to i beleive 6.6v so ya, the correct plug is DEFINATLY very important, glad to see you got your problem fixed tho
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it'* actually been dropped from 12V to 5V. My old radio was 12 and the new one is 5 so I can't use my old power supplies with the new stuff.
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