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Please Help Sirius Sat Install Problem?

Old May 5, 2006 | 09:27 PM
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Please Help Sirius Sat Install Problem?

Ok So here's the deal. I received my Sat unit today and I recieved a tuner & antenna (and a bunch of misc stuff). So I decided to test it out. I plug in the Sat wire harness in the back, and I plug the antenna in. I go and push the sat button & nothing happens. I then get some speaker cable & cut the silver part off & use it as a ground wire. I connect the ground wire to my trunk latch & try again, nothing happens. I connect it to the metal plate that the factory amp is on; again nothing happens. I see the "earth point" in the instructions but I can't actually find that in my car. I saw some people saying that theirs came with a "metal bracket" and I see it in the instructions but I don't have it. Can someone tell me where they grounded there units to make it work? It's a late 03.

also, there were two plugs + antenna plug and I plugged in one plug + antenna, what is that other plug for??
 
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Old May 6, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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Since pics are worth a thousand words. Here is what my install looks like. I see nothing wrong with it personally, and I have tried the ground *everywhere*. I do think however if anything could be wrong it would be with the ground. However, I had 2 pac units and neither one of those worked either (with a good ground). Both of them just blinked 6 times & went off). I think it's either the pre-wire or the radio (I'm leaning towards the radio). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated at this point.

Btw, I found the earth point in the car by lifting up on the black peice at the back of the trunk. Underneath it was the earth point with 2 other connections on it. Still nothing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47897619@N00/?saved=1
 

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Old May 8, 2006 | 08:48 AM
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Your anntena should have two plugs, if not then you need the adapter to spit it into two. Look at the adapter this this picture; (ignore the antenna)

http://www.grubbsperformance.com/Mer...=G35CoupeAudio
 
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