Having some Issues, all out of Ideas

[sstockton]

Ok, i have the Sirius Tuner(model SIR-PNR1), for my Pioneer AVIC-N2. I bought them together about 5 months ago, as well as the iPod interface. I installed everything, and it worked fine for about 4months. I didn't change anything, just came out to my truck one afternoon, after it had been parked for about 30mins. and the Satellite wasn't working. Blown fuse, no big deal, I went and bought another one, put it in, it worked for about 3 hours, and blew that fuse. Put in the second fuse from the package and it worked for 3 days, then it just started blowing up fuses as soon as I'd put them in. We are talking about the fuse in the power lead to the box, not the a fuse that came equiped on the truck. Naturally I assumed that it was something internal, nothing had changed in the wiring, location, or anything, since it had been installed.

I took it back, today and had it replaced. Put in the new one, with the new power lead and it does the exact same thing. I tried routing it to a different Accessory wire, changing my ground, Checked my antenna wiring for any shorts, and even replaced the cable to the brain on the TV. Nothing, I don't know what is going on. Oh yeah, here is the real kicker. The ipod system is and always has been tapped into the same power source and ground, it still works just fine. Any thoughts, anyone. I would greatly appreciate it.

Sean

P.S. I'm on my way to go buy a new multimeter right now, cause I really just don't get this. and sorry this was so long, I'm just getting really frustrated.

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[twistedtrik 10+ year member]

Just out of curiousity, your Sirius antennae is outside of the vehicle (on the roof) correct? I had sorta the same deal happen with my XM, I fought it and finally called the manufacturer and they told me that having the antennae inside the vehicle causes the unit to work to hard for a signal for 1 which leads to overheating. #2 the antannae needs to be grounded (base needs to be directly on metal) for the unit to function properly. I moved my antennae outside as they suggested and have no problems since then. Just an idea.

 

[sstockton]

Yup, the antannae is up on the roof, thats what I was starting to think, I didn't see any problems with the antannae lead, but I'm not sure what else it could be. I wonder if something is preventing it from grounding well.

Sean