Hard wiring XM-Radio help

[NMdcporter]

Gang,

Here we go again, I just set a up a fuse box under my seat and have the wiring ran under the tank all going well. I wired in the GPS no problem. I went to wire my XM-Radio and found that the auxi-plug I was going to cut off reduces the 12v to 5v. How can I hard wire the XM-Radio in? I'm not sure how to reduce the voltage down can anyone please help.

Thanks,

Dave

 

[Wolfhound]

Well you could use a cig adaptor (taped together) . . . .I'm going to be in the same boat soon as I change to new radio.

 

[Wild72]

I did mine with a Direct Hardwire Cable from here (2nd item on the page).

Basically, it's an in-line transformer, which I mounted in the tool tray, and ran the output lead under the tank to the radio. Worked just dandy.

 

[Kieth]

Open up the cig lighter end on the sat radio, remove the fuse, the springs, and the external chrome, solder a red with to the pos, solder a black wire to the neg, put it back together, attach the wires to your fuse block.

I did mine with a Direct Hardwire Cable from here (2nd item on the page).
Basically, it's an in-line transformer, which I mounted in the tool tray, and ran the output lead under the tank to the radio. Worked just dandy.

 

[Silent]

Open up the cig lighter end on the sat radio, remove the fuse, the springs, and the external chrome, solder a red with to the pos, solder a black wire to the neg, put it back together, attach the wires to your fuse block.

Don't waste your time trying to modify the cig adapter, or using a cig socket to power it. I did, and I picked up a whine on my XM Roady 2 that drove me plain nuts.

I did mine with a Direct Hardwire Cable from here (2nd item on the page).
Basically, it's an in-line transformer, which I mounted in the tool tray, and ran the output lead under the tank to the radio. Worked just dandy.

This is the ONLY way to fly IMO. I picked one up and installed it and I have 0 noise. I've had no issues with it in about the last 15k miles.

 

[NMdcporter]

Awesome guys thanks for the information. I like the black box method since I have everything already wired under the seat, I can tap into my fuse box and rerun wiring under tank.

Thanks for the link,

Dave