improving Sirrius reception

You can get a adapter to put inline with the radios fm ant wire, they also make a casette adapter. the best way is to use a front input jack if you have one. Radio Shack should be able to help you out.

 

They also have a inline device that all you have to do is unplug the antenna plug in the device and plug in your antenna into the device. It is what I use..Or did use I had to give it up to the wife....

 

That might just do the trick!!!

 

Hope it has a front auxilary input.

 

if it happens again do the easy thing....buy a Xm...sorry couldnt resist

 

Longbed, if your Sirrius reception is worse than my XM, you have my sympathy!

The XM reception in my W900 SUCKS! (please note that "SUCKS" is in caps!) Currently using 3 antennas, I have the FM direct adapter, which supposedly uses the FM/AM antenna, the XM windshield antenna, and the magnetic antenna, which I just moved from a fruitcake lid on my dash, to a metal plate attached to a mirror bracket on passenger mirror. After much trial & error, this seems to be the best setup, short of buying another external antenna. Approx, 8 or 9 songs out of 10 are heard without losing reception, however I have read that the little antenna wire won't hold up to outside elements very long, not to mention truck washes, tree limbs, etc.
I have also read that if you have a fiberglass roof, a'la the W900, you can attach the magnetic ant. to a 3" metal plate, and put it up in your overhead console, supposedly with no reception loss. I'd sure like to hear from anyone who has that, or any other setup that works.

 

If you're doing long haul, you're best off with (as others have suggested) a direct FM connection, cassette adapter or aux line input, either on the front or in the back. The nature of long haul is that you're going to be constantly encountering new FM stations as you travel cross country, and this will wreac havoc with your reception.

Honestly, you'll find it's worth it to get a new head unit with an aux input if you don't have one.