Seems Xm has seen the light, no more commercials on the music channels starting in Feb.

www.xmradio.com

 

Do you have XM installed in your S, gaebril? If so, where/how did you mount the antenna? (got any pix?)

 

Not yet. My alpine HU is xm ready, but I haven't gotten around to getting everything else. I had xm in my old car though, and figure sometime this spring when it warms up I'll install it.

If you do a search there are several pictures of people with the install of both xm and sirius. I only posted this because I still get the xm newsletter and there was some arguement about who was better because sirius is commercial free.

 

The best place to mount a satelitte radio antenna IMO is in the secret compartment. A lot of S owners have it in there...

 

That seems reasonable, but won't the top (when its up) affect reception??

 

hey Chazmo - yes a few members have placed the antenna in the secret compartment and they still get a pretty good signal. I mounted mine just behind the rear window

i'll shoot some pics in the morning

 

 

The antenna should be fine in the secret compartment with a soft top- several of my friends have had satellite radio (both XM and Sirius) installed lately, and installers are putting the antennas on dashboards in hardtop cars.

Personally, I used the area in front of the trunk lid to mount my magnetic antenna. If I am park in a high crime area, I just toss the antenna in the trunk.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bass
hey Chazmo - yes a few members have placed the antenna

 

XM is also adding/updating their programming... a few new channels and dedicated weather info for major metro areas.