Sirius/XM in company trucks

I went out and got the direct connect kit and installed it myself. It connects to the back of the stereo, just unplug the antenna and plug in the direct connect, then plug the antenna into the direct connect, then you never have to tune it again. Most radios in trucks are easily removed. Our company mechanics will gladly do it for us. Of course if your stereo has an Aux input on the front of the faceplate, that would be the ideal way to go.

 

yes i use the aux. jack on front of my radio and sounds great!

 

I've used one of the Roady XT units with the FM transmitter for 3 yrs without a single problem. I have one primary FM station on my preset, very rarely do I have to adjust it from that point and even then it's no more than up 2 stations to get a clear signal.

 

I do the FM transmitter for all my stuff as well. I've got an external one, because I use it for my Ipod and such, as well as my laptop when I'm watching movies during resets. Its not ideal, but it works.

I'm putting a new radio in the truck after X-Mas. Or rather, I'm buying it and the company is installing it. A couple of our drivers have done this. Then I'll have the Aux input and Ipod input as well.

 

I used the old cassette adapter until a few weeks ago when my company informed me that they sold my truck, and that I'd be getting a new one. So I climb into the new one and the radio has a stupid cd player, no inputs for auxiliary items. So now I'm stuck using the FM transmitter that my SAT radio came with. It comes with a clip that clips on the exterior antenna to boost the signal, which helps, but it still seems like I have to scan around for an unused channel every time I come into a large town, because it bleeds over. And I can't plug my phone in any more. My phone doubles as an mp3 player, and I used to listen to podcasts and books on tape with it all the time.

CD player indeed. What good is a stupid cd player? Does anyone really use cd's any more? A big disk with a lousy 12 songs on it? I mean they were pretty cool back in 1983, but I'd much rather have my cassette player radio back. I can't plug anything into this darn thing!