CanadianLS
Active LVC Member
I installed xm radio in my LS today after buying the Terk kit off Amazon.com for $49.99 .All went well and installation was a breeze ( or so I thought ) .The kit allows you to use the sat button on your factory stereo and is similiar to the fact sirius kit but at a 1/4 of the cost
So like I said it was straight forward until I turned it on and pushed the sat button and nothing happened and I was like WTF and the kit has no trouble shooting guide so I play with it some more thinking loose connection or something but still nothing and fact manual says nothing about sat radio really so I think ok maybe it needs to be on a certain channel and nothing still .I called XM and audiovox and no help .........they seem lost as to what the problem is
I go on the net and do a search and find a xm radio forum and start reading ford installs and come across this one post on a ford escape where they had the same problem in 2007 so I read it ,pull my radio out check the harness and do exactly what this poster says to do and move 1 pin ( wire ) in the harness and bingo it now works ..it looks like Terk ( audiovox ) has 1 wire in the wrong place so if you have bought this kit and have this problem ...... read the fix and do it !
http://www.xmfan.com/viewtopic.php?t=76453
I like it, works awesome and I even have the antenna on the dash in the centre behind the factory blinking LED and looks like it came that way from the factory and the signal is good with no loss of signal
So like I said it was straight forward until I turned it on and pushed the sat button and nothing happened and I was like WTF and the kit has no trouble shooting guide so I play with it some more thinking loose connection or something but still nothing and fact manual says nothing about sat radio really so I think ok maybe it needs to be on a certain channel and nothing still .I called XM and audiovox and no help .........they seem lost as to what the problem is
I go on the net and do a search and find a xm radio forum and start reading ford installs and come across this one post on a ford escape where they had the same problem in 2007 so I read it ,pull my radio out check the harness and do exactly what this poster says to do and move 1 pin ( wire ) in the harness and bingo it now works ..it looks like Terk ( audiovox ) has 1 wire in the wrong place so if you have bought this kit and have this problem ...... read the fix and do it !
http://www.xmfan.com/viewtopic.php?t=76453
I like it, works awesome and I even have the antenna on the dash in the centre behind the factory blinking LED and looks like it came that way from the factory and the signal is good with no loss of signal