ibeb Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 I just picked up an 06 F150 King Ranch that had the factory sirius radio. I have the Avic-D3 and the XM unit and installed it the other day from my 04 F150. Previously I had been using the antenna that came with the pioneer xm unit and did not have any problems, and cancelled my xm service a while back because I never listen to the radio and primarily use my iPod for music. When putting the system in my new truck I decided to install all the components in case I change my mind down the road and was able to plug the stock sirius antenna into the pioneer xm unit (just removed the plastic plug cover). I can recieve channels 0,1 and 247 and am wondering if the antenna will work for the complete xm line up if I sign back up?? I mounted my sat antenna on the metal braces of the dash and get 7-8 of 8 antennas on the signal meter and would love to not have to run/mount the xm antenna - on the dash doesn't work where I am at, needs to be on the roof. Thanks for any info - Erik Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garrettoomey Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yes, you can use your factory antenna and still get the full line up. I am using my Dodge Ram stock Sirius antenna for XM and Nav Traffic. No problems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ibeb Posted September 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Thanks for the response. Was doing some searching and found a couple other posts that said that I should, but nothing recent and some said that they were only able to get a smaller range of channels. Thanks agian - Erik Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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