XM/Sirius Question
 

If you bought a car that only had XM as an option can you switch a reciever and software in a factory radio to receive Sirius instead?

Yes, from what I hear, there's parts that make it very easy to switch over. You might wanna contact one of the local installers to be sure that they can for your model.

I had a portable Sirius unit in my old car. I don't want to have portable again. The manufacturer of my car now only deals with XM.

I've only had the car for two days and I already dislike XM as compared to Sirius. I never really liked XM.

Both my car and my wife's are GM's... both had XM's, and we switched both to Sirius. No comparison in my opinion.

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I had an XM top of the line portable reciever with a years free service. It even had a built in antannae and rechargable battery. Definitely the shit for an XM reciever. I sold it for $225 bucks for the whole package and service and went Sirius. Heard enuff XM on DirecTv to know thats not what I wanted. Cant wait til I can afford a a car to put a car kit in.

Yeah its some small sirius made box that changes it over

Hey Steve, you can still buy the part to hook up and convert that XM reciever to a Sirius. You won't have to change your deck or add in a portable unit. As a matter of fact, Howard was just talking about the situation about GM cars being sold with XM radios, that it's very easy to convert.

The car I have is a Honda. Does anyone know where you can buy the hardware and how much it costs?

So far it's all heresay and rumors as to be able to convert a car built for XM to Sirius.

I have both services. I recently got the new Pioneer portable for XM. Its great!

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what a pain in the ass xm is