Sirius XM Pro Pack Satellite Radio Kit

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  1. crazyk

    crazyk Light Load Member

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    Question: Does this work a lot better for some of you OTR than the Satellite Radio Receiver Kit? I'm asking b/c it's $50 more and wanted to know if it's a waste of $ or the way to go since I plan to get SiriusXM.

    Thanks in advance!
     
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  3. White Dog

    White Dog Road Train Member

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    Just go with the regular receiver kit...it works fine. And I found out the expensive way, that my magnetic 'mouse' antenna works just as good as that $70.00 universal mirror mount antenna you find in truck stops...so don't waste your money there either.
     
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  4. Balakov100

    Balakov100 Road Train Member

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    I think the Mirror Mount does work better.
    And if you order it of Amazon or someplace like that it's not even close to $70.

    You can buy one of those at Amazon for what Truckstops charge for the 'magnetic mouse' antenna.
     
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  5. crzyjarmans

    crzyjarmans Road Train Member

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    This is true, I've done both, now the tall expensive one sits in cabinet in the buck, using the little mouse one, found a small square metal with a hook on it, with sticky pad on the back side, put that on the roof, and put mouse antenna on that
     
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  6. bobtrucks2204

    bobtrucks2204 Light Load Member

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    I may be cheap but I'd call it resourceful.

    Got the regular Sirius and took a piece of cardboard maybe 4" by 6" and folded it into an el. Put the long side into the dash crack up at the window on the pass side, making a platform. Use some elec tape to hold it in place and have the antenna mouse taped on top of that platform. This means everything is inside and portable. Works fine, loses signal just occasionally depending on the direction I'm going
     
  7. Fourpsi

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    How do you connect to the in-cab radio? Is it by tuning to a specific FM channel or works through the aux port?
     
  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    my radio in my new truck came with sirius radio built in
    i dont know or care where the antennae is
    never lose signal
     
  9. Balakov100

    Balakov100 Road Train Member

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    Best way is if you have an Aux port on the radio.
    FM Channel works as well but not that good.
     
  10. Lucar

    Lucar Road Train Member

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    Remember it's tax deductible
     
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