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D3 and GEX-P10XMT degraded audio

By Camelot One · Oct 12, 2007in Problems/Troubleshooting💬 2 posts👁️ 590 views
Posted Oct 12, 2007 · 16:40 UTC#1

I'm not sure what to make of it. I've used XM before, and the audio quality was good. However after hooking up the GEX-P10XMT to my D3, the stations all sound like crap. There is a static to it, but it's not a low antenna signal type static, more like a low signal static on the input to the D3. I've heard similar things when people split an audio output to multiple units, but that isn't the case here.

 

I currently have it wired from Bluetooth module to XM, then XM to the D3. (plus the extra data line for NavTraffic) I'm wondering if I need to reverse the order, so that the XM runs to the BT, and then to the deck. But the logic of that doesn't make sense. Both the bluetooth module and the XM tuner are stacked behind the dash, maybe I need to separate them? Bluetooth is working flawlessly, no audio issues there.

 

I haven't figured out how to display an antenna strength on the XM Radio itself, but if I go into the Nav menu I can pull up the XM Traffic status, and it shows a perfect signal there.

 

Anyone have ideas?

Posted Oct 13, 2007 · 22:28 UTC#2

Pulled everything apart, tried wiring the XM through the BT, then with just the XM connected alone. Tried running it without the data cable, swapped the main cables, still the same result every time. I think it must be a bad XM tuner.