XM radio noise.

[ronnorth10304 10+ year member]

I did it, it's not perfect but it's WAY better I can tell you that much. just make sure you get ONLY the rubber coating and none of the wire I took a paring knife from my kitchen and very lightly scraped away just enough rubber all the way around the wire. I still get a hint of static here and there, but it's pretty good and alot easier than running it outside, which isn't even possible for me.

 

[dinty01 10+ year member]

Hey Chris, I got your PM too, Ive never actually used one of these sure connect pieces, so I dont know a whole lot about them, I dont understand why people have issues connecting with these though, I mean in theory its supposed to be a "sure connect" right? do you have any pics of what your setup from inside the car? I dont know why you would have static. You do realize that you need to run the XM antenna outside the car, it doesnt work too well inside, the only time it works in the car Ive found is sitting on the dash, but the XM antenna is separate from your vehicle's antenna, lemme know if you have any pics---Dinty

 

[cande17]

i do have the xm radio antenna on my roof.. there is wire #1. wire #2 is my power. wire #3 is the sure connect wire that comes with the sportscaster xm and you are supposed to clip it on to your vehicle's fm antenna taht sticks outta the fender. i'm gonna try strippin back the insulation on the antenna wire right in back of my pioneer deck and see if that gets rid of the statick.. i have clipped on the wire in there instead of bringing it ouside across my fender.

 

[cande17]

well i stripped back the insulation on my antenna wire and clpped the sure connect onto it and it did help.. if i'm not moving i have no static. when i'm accelerating i do hear static.. the only thing i can think of is that the truck's sparkplugs and wires are causing noise???? i dunno..